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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie believes he would win a brawl against former President Donald Trump if the two fought toe-to-toe in a UFC-style cage match. The 2024 Republican candidate told Piers Morgan in a Fox News interview that aired Thursday night he was eager for a grudge match with the GOP front-runner — either with words or fists and feet. “Talking of fighting, if you and Trump got in the ring — he loves his UFC and stuff like that, right? — if you got in the octagon, you and him, who would win?” Morgan asked. “Come on,”...

A man in the UK was filmed kicking a teenage girl in the face because he was upset she wasn’t wearing a mask. Before he knew what happened, a brave bystander slammed him to the ground and stomped on his head. In the beginning of the viral video, a couple is heard arguing with a fellow passenger on the UK public transit bus. “All I’m saying is put your mask on!” the man screamed at the 16-year-old girl. “I’m not being racist but the virus is more common in Black and Asians. Put your f***ing mask on.” The girl tried...

A man suspected in a downtown beating that left a man bloody and unconscious in the street after he crashed a truck during a confrontation that unfolded near a downtown Portland demonstration is now in custody. Marquise Love, 25, turned himself in and was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on Friday morning, according to Portland police. He’s accused of felony assault, coercion and rioting and is being held on $260,000 bail.

Portland police have arrested the 25-year-old accused of viciously attacking a truck driver who was seen on video being violently beaten, jail records show. Marquise Lee Love was booked in the Multnomah County Detention Center on Friday shortly after 5:30 a.m. local time, according to jail records. He was charged with assault, coercion and riot, all three of which are felonies, records show.

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) urged Americans to demand that their representatives ban assault weapons or kick their "a---" out of Congress. "Americans, please stop tolerating the pain, suffering, and prayers of families, friends, neighborhoods & all caring Americans. Demand the Members of Congress get rid of ALL assault weapons or kick our a--- out of Congress!" she tweeted Tuesday.

Here's a not-so-subtle reminder to leave stray felines alone. A woman who was apparently trying to protect her dog from an ornery cat that she'd taken in kicked a little snow in the feline's face. What could possibly go wrong? A lot. According to WJBK Fox 2 in Detroit, which aired the video, the cat lept onto the woman's face and clawed at her forehead. The catfrontation with its silent-movie-type visuals can be seen as a tad comic, but the woman in the video did suffer significant injuries, WJBK reports. The victim told WJBK that she had to go to...

BIG EAST Conference coordinator of football officiating Terry McAulay has issued the following statement, with regard to a play in the fourth quarter of Saturday's football game between Syracuse and Toledo. "After studying the videos of the Syracuse extra point attempt at 2:07 of the fourth quarter, we have concluded that the ruling on the field that the kick passed between the uprights was incorrect, and that the replay official made an error in failing to reverse that ruling. In reviewing the video, we have determined that the angle from behind the kicking team shows conclusively that the ball passes...

Action film star Steven Seagal accompanied UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva to the Octagon at UFC 126 on Saturday night before Silva knocked Vitor Belfort out with a highlight reel front kick. Seagal was not just there for star power. According to Silva, he learned the kick from Seagal. "Steven Seagal helped me perfect that kick. That was a kick we were working on before I stepped in," Silva said through a translator at the post-fight press conference. "This was a kick that I trained a lot."

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A fun trend on Twitter called #AssesBarryKicked has been making the rounds, here's a partial and evolving list (a mix of humor and serious): My ListHope American Medicine The Dem Majority Media whores Clean oceans Golf tees Capitalism Government Motors Presidential decorum Glistening presidential pecs Respect for Supreme Court National Security Accepting fault (Bush's fault) His daughters at Stratego America's backbone Martha Coakley’s Senate Campaign Staying classy Jihad (the word, not the ideology) Tax cuts Leadership The Olympics in Chicago Memorized speeches The dollar Jimmy Carter's legacy My favorites from Twitter: NASA The salute 37 bowling pins “The fools...

Once again he breaks the boundaries of presidential decorum. This guy isn't the president of a college fraternity. He is one of only 44 people in the history of a nation of hundreds of millions who have had the honor and privalege to hold one of the greatest positions of power in the history of mankind.....and he's looking for an "ass to kick?" Yeah, Matt Lauer prodded him, but THATS MATT LAUER. He is the PRESIDENT. Shouldn't someone be the adult here? Whats worse is Lauer said "kick butt," Obama turned it into "ass." It was totally gratuitous for him...

HOUSTON -- A Memorial Middle School teacher is on administrative leave following allegations that she instructed all of her students to kick one boy for having kicked another child last Friday. “All of us had to walk around and kick this kid,” said Taylor Reed, a 13-year-old student who was in the 8th grade U.S. history class. “Some people drop-kicked him and kicked him really hard. He sits next to me and when I saw his legs they were all red and bruised up … his face was really red and he was starting to cry.”

NAPLES — Ten North Naples Middle School students were suspended last week after district officials said they participated in “kick a Jew day.” District Spokesman Joe Landon said a student told the dean of students at dismissal on Thursday that she was kicked because it was “kick a Jew day.” The following morning Principal Margaret Jackson addressed the entire student body on the morning news regarding the incident, reviewing the code of student conduct, explaining why what happened was wrong, the need to respect one another and possible consequences, Landon said. Jackson asked that anyone with information on the incident...

We love Chuck Norris just the same as you. That's why we thought you might want to know the following facts about your favorite he-man we found on various fan Web sites. + Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. + Chuck Norris can speak braille. + Chuck Norris uses ribbed condoms inside out, so he gets the pleasure. + Macgyver can build an airplane out of gum and paper clips, but Chuck Norris can kill him and take it. + Chuck Norris isn't afraid of the dark. The dark is afraid of Chuck Norris. +...

Defense Department to Kick Off ‘Why We Serve’ TourBy Steven Donald SmithAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2006 -- Beginning next week, 13 servicemembers from across the force will fan out across the country to speak about their military experience. Thirteen servicemembers who served in Iraq or Afghanistan meet with Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England before they begin their speaking tour across the country. The Why We Serve speaking tour is a program created to respond to the requests of the American people who invite returning veterans to participate in community events and a variety of public affairs...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Virginia Tech suspended forward Deron Washington for one game Friday, one day after he appeared to drive his foot into the face of a Duke player when both were laying on the floor. Washington, a starting forward and the Hokies' third-leading scorer with an 11-point average, will miss Saturday's game at Wake Forest. He was ejected from Thursday night's 80-67 loss to No. 2 Duke for a flagrant foul, which came with 1:30 left after he was fouled by Lee Melchionni. Washington said afterward that he kicked Melchionni unintentionally as he was trying to hurry to...

'Iron Lady' wants to kick out foreign petty crooks By David Rennie in Brussels (Filed: 01/10/2005) Foreigners living in Holland who repeatedly commit petty crimes will face deportation, under plans announced by the country's immigration minister yesterday. The shift in policy lowers the legal threshold for deporting immigrants holding Dutch residence permits. At the moment, they face expulsion only for serious crimes, such as kidnapping or murder. The policy change was put to the cabinet by the "Iron Lady" of Dutch politics, Rita Verdonk.A spokesman for Mrs Verdonk said she took action after an advisory panel urged the government to...

The Mozilla Foundation has released the first version of Sunbird, its standalone calendar application, for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Sunbird 0.2 offers various features, including the ability to create scheduled events and to see an overview of events on a particular day, week or month. The calendar can be shared by publishing it to a WebDAV (World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning)-capable server. WebDAV is a set of extensions to the basic HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) underlying the Web, enabling people to collaboratively edit and manage files on remote Web servers. The Sunbird application is available for...

LONDON, Jan 15 (IranMania) - Iran's influential former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, told Muslims in the weekly Friday sermon to "kick" Americans out of region, Agence France Press (AFP) reported. "The Muslims should take advantage of the political openness and kick the Americans out of the region," Rafsanjani said in a sermon broadcast on state radio. "The United States cannot mislead people any more and claim that they want to bring about freedom and the democracy... the shame of Abu Gharib and Guantanamo still trails the US and it cannot claim to speak about human rights," said Rafsanjani, now the...