Former ‘Power Rangers’ Actor Sentenced to Death in Yacht Killings

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A judge sentenced a onetime child actor to death for murdering an Arizona couple by tying them to an anchor and throwing them overboard from their yacht off Southern California.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Frank F. Fasel on Friday imposed the sentence recommended by the jury that convicted 29-year [...]

Russian doctors find tree growing in man’s lung

MOSCOW, April 13 (RIA Novosti) – Surgeons in Russia’s Urals Region were staggered to find a 5-centimeter high spruce growing inside a man’s lung, the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily reported on Monday. (VIDEO)
The discovery was made while Artyom Sidorkin, 28, from the Urals city of Izhevsk, was undergoing surgery.
Sidorkin had complained of extreme pain in his [...]

Spokane parks to detonate squirrels

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – The Finch Arboretum is being overrun by ground squirrels, and Spokane Parks and Recreation is bringing in some special artillery.
The agency is using a special machine called the Rodenator Pro to detonate some of the estimated 100 to 150 squirrels tearing up the grounds.
Shades of Carl Spackler, the gopher-hating groundskeeper from [...]

Cops: Woman Taped Puppy To Refrigerator – April 14, 2009

APRIL 14–Meet Abby Toll. The University of Colorado student, 20, is facing a felony animal abuse rap after she allegedly taped her boyfriend’s puppy to the side of a refrigerator in a bid to teach the rambunctious animal a “lesson.” According to police, Toll used clear packing tape early this morning to adhere the eight-month-old [...]

Sun prompts fire scare

A Coos Bay woman got a scare Tuesday afternoon when she thought her trailer had caught fire.
At about 3:25 p.m., the Coos Bay Fire Department received a report of a possible fire in the bathroom of 465 Village Pines Way. Elaine Owens reported she saw a red glow in the bathroom and had people get [...]

Russian Brothers Admit Killing, Cannibalizing Older Sibling

Two men have reportedly admitted killing their elder brother and eating parts of his body which they kept in the fridge for months.
The pair, named only as Timur and Marat G, said they murdered their brother Rafis at their home in the central Russian city of Perm, according to newspaper Tvoi Den.
Police grew suspicious when [...]

Man Jailed For Urinating On Woman During Flight

A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to three weeks in jail for urinating on a 66-year-old woman during a Continental Airlines flight last month from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Jerome Kenneth Kingzio, a resident of the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, was sentenced after pleading guilty Tuesday to assault charges in federal court [...]

Man Stabs Brother Over Pork And Beans

A sheriff’s deputy said a 54-year-old man stabbed his 63-year-old brother during an argument in their kitchen over a can of pork and beans. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Chadwick said the suspect was booked Tuesday on one count of aggravated battery.
Chadwick said the brother was treated at a medical center for stab wounds in his left [...]

Police Say Man Stole Chicken Wings And Hot Pockets

Police said a 22-year-old man broke into an apartment to steal $82 worth of chicken wings and Hot Pockets. Police arrested the man on Wednesday and charged him with breaking into the apartment last month. Detectives said two people were sleeping inside their apartment about 3 a.m. on March 18 when the man broke in.
Police [...]

Pilot Wrecks After Trying Take Off From Highway

A man whose private plane ran into a fence while taking off from a highway outside Great Bend suffered minor injuries. But his troubles may just be beginning. Authorities want to know why he was using a highway as a runway. The accident occurred Wednesday at the intersection of K-156 and U.S. 56.
The Kansas Highway [...]