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A BRISBANE nightclub bouncer has been jailed for seven years for killing a drunken patron with a martial arts style "roundhouse" kick in the head. Frank Nigel David Hutchings, 30, of Boondall in Brisbane's north, was manning the door of the Colmslie Hotel in Morningside in the early hours of June 14, 2003 when he delivered the fatal kick to David John Coddington, 27, also of Brisbane. The Brisbane Supreme Court heard the kick caused Mr Coddington to die of a brain haemorrhage. During the course of the trial, the court was told Mr Coddington had been heavily intoxicated and...

WATERLOO --- Here's a Chuck Norris fact: What will it take to get a 14-year military veteran to re-enlist? One arm twist by Chuck Norris. That's what it took to get Iowa Army National Guard Sgt. Tyce Oesterle to sign his name on the dotted line. He, and his arm, are fine. Oesterle, a 1991 graduate of Waterloo West High School now living in Denver, is currently serving in Iraq with the Waterloo-based Iowa Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry --- the "Ironman Battalion." The soldiers have been performing convoy security in Iraq over the past year. "My...

Tuesday night at the Boston Market on East Bay Drive in Clearwater: Guys behind the counter are slinging Chuck Norris jokes. "You know what kind of furniture Chuck Norris has in his house?" says Matt Kindred, 18. "Bowflex." Matt tells another: "Chuck Norris never blinks his eyes. Never." Behind him, manager Richard Moody, 22, echoes: "Never!" Matt executes a pirouette and whips a finger at countermate Evan Heebner, 19. Evan tells the one about how Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. "Too bad Chuck Norris never cries," Evan says. "Ooooh, good one," everyone says. There is no theory of evolution. Just...