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Man claiming to have a suicide bomb on Santa Monica pier Ferris wheel is yanked down by cops after he sparked an evacuation and left families with kids stranded in mid-air - as tensions are heightened in the wake of the Israel terror attack A man claiming to have a bomb climbed the Ferris wheel on Santa Monica pier, and stayed there for two hours before he descended and was arrested Santa Monica police got the first call at 2:35pm and cordoned off the pier: he climbed down around 4:30pm, and police confirmed there were no explosives A cherry picker...

Bryant Christopher Watts and Aaron Jones were captured in Concho County, 300 miles away, in a car belonging to Panzica’s fiancée. The Dallas-area men were held without bond in the Menard County jail. Houston police seek a motive for Saturday’s slaying. Witnesses told police that Panzica earlier was with Jones at an adult entertainment club where the fiancée works.

A technical crew with The Orlando Eye safely evacuated all 66 stranded riders from the East Coast’s largest Ferris wheel Friday, an incident that caused the 400-foot attraction to shut down, authorities said. Orange County Fire Rescue spokeswoman Kathleen Kennedy told The Associated Press no one was hurt following the incident and all were taken off the ride in about three hours with help from numerous firefighters. Kennedy said the attraction, billed as the largest observation wheel on the East Coast, had initially stopped for more than 45 minutes.

MUNICH, GERMANY - Tourists at Munich's Oktoberfest got more than the price of admission when a fairground Ferris wheel was used as the impromptu location for a pornographic film, police said Thursday. Three Italian tourists were enjoying the view across the rooftops of Munich from the vantage point in a Ferris wheel gondola when a female passenger disrobed and engaged in sexual activities while a cameraman and a production assistant looked on. The tourists alerted authorities, who detained the trio. They were identified as a 21-year-old registered nurse, a 25-year-old university student and a 30-year-old political sciences teacher. They were...

DAVENPORT --- A developmentally disabled man riding the Ferris wheel Tuesday at the Mississippi Valley Fair in Davenport slipped out of his car and dropped between the wheel's spokes before being rescued by six employees of Evans United Rides, which operates the ride. Caleb Hill, 31, a slightly built man, was one of 120 clients of Davenport's Handicapped Development Center attending the first day of the fair called "Special Needs Day" at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds. He was not seriously injured. The dramatic incident was captured live by KWQC-TV6 in Davenport during its noon telecast, where the station was located...