From sci-fi cult film, to Twitter phenomenon to Detroit landmark-in-the-making.
Plans for a statue honoring RoboCop, the half-man, half-machine crime fighter of the 1987 movie, are moving ahead after a group of artists and entrepreneurs in Detroit, Michigan raised more than $50,000 via...
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Ohio on Thursday executed a one-time neo-Nazi who shot to death two men and a teen more than a quarter-century ago on the campus of Cleveland State University in a shooting spree that targeted blacks.
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Police in Virginia have charged a woman with felony counts of maiming livestock for allegedly decapitating one pig and stabbing another.
Ashley Marie Fowler, 21, of Portsmouth, has been charged with two felony counts of killing/maiming livestock, one count of misdemeanor vandalism and one...
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British police have arrested a 65-year-old man suspected of forging the signature of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill in books and then attempting to sell them on eBay or directly to buyers.
Officers from the...
Wounded Man Found in Trunk of Car After Fender Bender
This was a fender bender with a dark side.
When a blue BMW rear-ended a taxicab in New York City on Wednesday morning, it seemed like a routine traffic accident in a crowded city.
Then things took a strange twist.
The driver of...
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College Professor Accused of Urinating on Colleague's Door
A California university professor videotaped urinating on a colleague's office door may be a scholar, but he's no gentleman, prosecutors say.
Tihomir Petrov, a 43-year-old math instructor at California State University...
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ROME (Reuters) – The body of Mike Bongiorno, who was Italy's top quiz show host for more than 50 years and a close friend of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, was stolen from his grave, officials said on Tuesday.
Bongiorno, who died in Sept 2009 at the age...
Police: Teens Snorted Ashes of Man, 2 Dogs Mistaken for Cocaine
Police in Florida say teenagers they arrested as suspected burglars admitted to snorting the stolen cremated remains of a man and two dogs because they mistakenly thought it was cocaine.
"It is definitely very odd to have...
Naked Tourist Richard Gervasi Blocks Traffic in Florida, Gets Shot With Taser
He might be the king of the world, but police say this emperor needs new clothes.
A tourist was shot with a taser three times by Florida police after he allegedly got naked and blocked traffic in Big Coppitt...
Wisconsin Woman Finds $280K of Drugs in Vacuum
GREEN BAY, Wis. - A Green Bay, Wis., woman opened a Christmas present from her children to find a refurbished vacuum - and a load of drugs.
Authorities say the woman found 2 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and 2.2 pounds of cocaine...
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Pantless Man Allegedly Asks Drive-Thru Worker to Hold His 'Whopper'
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Police in Longmont, Colo., say Richard Troupe, 52, exposed his genitals to an employee at a Burger King drive-thru and asked her to hold his "whopper." After...
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Police in Bloomington, Minn., say a shoplifter snatched a $6,500 fur coat -- then hid it between her legs in a pair of barely-there underwear for three days while she was in jail.
As an accomplice...
Man charged with two felonies for making homemade explosive device on Waseca County News
A Waseca man has been charged with felony creation and possession of an explosive or incendiary device and felony terroristic threats after authorities discovered a homemade explosive device hidden in a...
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Police here are investigating a man for abandoning a corpse after his father's mummified remains were believed found in a wardrobe at the apartment the father and son shared.
According to police, Mitsuo Sonoda's 55-year-old son, currently in hospital, has admitted...
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Sheriff: Inmate tried to give serial stabbing suspect a poisoned apple - CNN.com
Authorities say a fellow inmate working in the kitchen of a Michigan jail tried to serve a poisoned apple to a serial stabbing suspect after the two had an altercation behind bars.
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Lincoln police said a woman tried to slice a tattoo of her name off her boyfriend's neck. Capt. Anthony Butler told the Lincoln Journal Star that the 19-year-old woman and her 30-year-old boyfriend had gotten into a dispute around 6:40 p.m...
Man survives after been shot 21 times by police
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A 23-year-old man is counting his luck today after he survived being shot 21 times by police. Armed officers were involved in a shoot-out with the 23-year old named as Angel Alvarez at a New York street party. It’s claimed that...
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It’s usually pretty rare to see female bank robbers unless you’re a big fan of Queen Latifah and have Set It Off playing in your house on a loop like a rapper on Cribs does with Scarface. But here’s something even more rare: Two girls, estimated between 12 and 16 years of age...