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It's Joerg. Useful zombie and vampire killing info. For those interested. I mean...you should be interested. Just in case. Never know. Plus, I think I'm going to kill that squirrel with one of these.

Since the dawn of time, man has battled the forces of gravity. We've built gliders, wings and contraptions of all sorts. In the end, all it took was a simple giant water slide down the side of a mountain...

Witness says up to 15 shots fired at L.A. Fitness Center BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. - Four people were killed in a shooting at a suburban health club, including the shooter, Pittsburgh television stations reported. A gunman walked into the gym, turned off the lights and began firing in an aerobics area, television station WPXI reported, citing witnesses. Collier Township police Chief Thomas Devin said nine or more persons may have been shot with a handgun. KDKA said the killings were at an L.A. Fitness Center not far from downtown Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh International Airport.

Sword chase mayhem MANAMA: A Bahraini man ran amok yesterday and brandishing a sword attacked policemen who came to his house in Zallaq in connection with a robbery investigation. On hearing the knock on the door the suspect pounced on the policemen with a sword - injuring four of them - and rushed back inside the house. Police then fired tear gas into the house but he managed to escape. On the run, he hijacked a public transport bus by pushing the driver out of the vehicle and headed towards Al Jazeera beach and then to Riffa where he crashed...

WASHINGTON - The man who caused a scare with suitcases at the U.S. Capitol this week was deported to Australia on Friday for violating the terms of his visa, Homeland Security Department officials said. The man, Wen Hao Zhao, had stationed himself on the west side of the Capitol on Monday with two black suitcases and asked to see the president. After a standoff, he was tackled and dragged away by police who feared Zhao was a possible suicide bomber. Police later blew up the suitcases, which contained a CD player. Zhao is a native of China but an Australian...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for the former Colorado man who shot President Reagan said Thursday that psychiatrists support letting him leave a mental hospital for visits with his parents. Government attorneys insisted the would-be assassin was still dangerous and trying to deceive his doctors. Both sides completed their arguments on the fifth day of a hearing on John Hinckley Jr.'s request for permission to leave St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington for the visits. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman declined to say when he would issue a ruling. Hinckley, 48, has been at the hospital since he was acquitted in...