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Mohawk-Wearing Idaho Teen Survives Scalping; Fellow Member of Punk Clique Suspected in Attack By Rebecca Boone Associated Press Writer Published: Feb 9, 2005 BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A member of a punk clique scalped another member apparently as punishment for her disrespectful behavior toward women, police said. The victim, a 16-year-old girl whose hair was cut in a mohawk, survived. Authorities are searching for Marianne Dahle, 26, who allegedly tied the teen up and used a 4-inch knife to cut away the crown and back portion of her scalp. A felony arrest warrant accuses Dahle of aggravated battery, which carries...

Blocking out the 22-story high horse's head is the focus of drilling and blasting on the Crazy Horse carving in progress in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The nine-story high face of Crazy Horse was completed in 1998. (Photo courtesy of the Crazy Horse Memorial project)

Amusement Park Operator Killed in Wash. LANGLEY, Wash. (AP) - An amusement park operator was killed Saturday when his hair got caught on a roller coaster car, pulling him up as high as 40 feet before he fell, back-first, onto a fence. Doug McKay, 40, was spraying lubricant on the tracks of the Super Loop 2, a ride at the Island County Fair on Whidbey Island, when his long hair got caught on a car full of fairgoers, sheriff's spokeswoman Jan Smith said. ``It basically scalped him, and he fell and landed on the fence,'' Smith said. McKay, co-owner of...

By JOHN SULLIVAN, Staff Writer RALEIGH - A Wake County judge stopped six companies Wednesday from selling high-priced tickets to the Stanley Cup finals at the Entertainment and Sports Arena after state Attorney General Roy Cooper filed a suit accusing them of ticket scalping. Wake Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens issued a temporary restraining order against the companies, citing "sufficient evidence to believe that the defendants are engaged in unfair and deceptive commercial practices." Stephens said consumers would continue to suffer losses unless he stopped the companies from advertising or selling tickets in violation of state law. North Carolina...