The Redneck Games
East Dublin, Ga. and Athens, Tex. recently sponsored their own versions of Redneck Games, with events such as mud-pit bellyflopping, seed-spitting and making armpit music, "red-neck horseshoes" played with toilet seats, a Spam-and-jalapeno-eating contest, a mattress chuck, Full Story
Not my fault
Amy Mueller filed a lawsuit recently against Samy's Bar and Grill in Joliet, Ill., after she willingly tried to climb onto the bar to dance in May 2006 but fell and broke her ankle. Samy's should have had a ladder or other climbing aid, said Mueller's lawyer. Jeromy Jackson and his family filed a $10 million lawsuit in Morgantown, W.Va. Full Story
Compelling explanations
• Cheveon Ford, 21, was arrested in Pensacola, in July and charged with making false 911 calls. According to authorities, Ford's only explanation was that he had no more minutes on his phone and knew that 911 calls were free. Full Story
Ironies
• Florida Rep. Bob Allen was a co-sponsor of 2007 legislation to increase the penalty for public lewdness and indecent exposure, such as trolling for sex partners in public restrooms (upping the crime from a misdemeanor to a felony). The bill did not pass, which was lucky for Rep. Full Story
Great moments in anger management
Raul Ponce Jr., 20, was arrested at his anger management class in San Diego in April and charged with killing his teenage girlfriend by stabbing her 122 times. And Rev. Full Story
Grrlzz with attitude
• A 12-year-old girl was sentenced in Perth, Australia, in July to two months detention for stealing a car and leading police on a harrowing high-speed chase. According to court records, she has already been convicted of more than 60 crimes. • A 7-year-old named Alisha told reporters in Reidsville, N.C. Full Story
The benefits of eye damage
An estimated 50 followers of Hira Ratan Manek live in the Atlanta area, according to an August report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and regularly follow his teaching to stare directly into the sun, supposedly for energy and clarity of thought. Full Story
Fine points of the law
• In July, a federal appeals court ruled that no one could challenge President Bush's order permitting warrant less eavesdropping on phone calls into and out of the United States, unless it was a person actually eavesdropped on. Full Story
Recent alarming headlines
• "(British National Health Service) Dentists Turn Away Patients With Bad Teeth" • "Indian Lawyers Tie Man to Tree, Beat Him" (a May Reuters report from Lucknow, India) • "Principal Admits Throwing Excrement (at a kid)" (an April story in the Toronto Star; said suspended principal Maria Pantalone, "I couldn't take it any more. Full Story
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