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Arizona alligator ‘Mr. Stubbs’ gets world’s first prosthetic tail
One lucky Arizona alligator was got a prosthetic tail over the weekend, said to be the world’s first. The ‘gator is named Mr. Stubbs, according to Arizona NBC affiliate KPNX-TV. He was confiscated by officials years ago because of an Arizona law that makes owning alligators illegal. Mr. Stubbs’ name…
Heart transplant patient marries at San Diego hospital
Manuel Francisco, 46, didn’t want to wait a day longer than necessary to tie the knot with fiancee Diane Sobreo, despite the fact that he’s largely confined to a hospital bed. On Sunday the two officially married at San Diego’s Sharp Memorial Hospital, just weeks after Francisco underwent heart transplant…
Half-naked man with assault rifle shoots up bar, killing one in Pennsylvania
A man with at least four weapons — including a military-style M4 assault rifle — is in police custody after he allegedly killed at least one while shooting up a bar in North Fayette, Pennsylvania. Allegheny County police said that the shooter may have been talking on the phone to…
Tennessee 3-year-old shoots self with handgun left out
A 3-year-old boy from Manchester, Tennessee was left in critical condition over the weekend after being shot while handling a small gun that an adult left sitting on a nearby counter-top. Police told NBC affiliate WSMV-TV in Nashville that the child’s aunt set her .380 handgun down to tend to…
New York Rep. Peter King goes glove-to-glove with kickboxing champ
The 68-year-old Long Island Republican, Rep. Peter King (NY), laced up his boxing gloves last night for a fight that had nothing to do with either budget cuts or charity. The congressman, known for his racially-charged hearings on Muslim radicalization in the U.S., went two rounds against a New York…
North Carolina teachers flock to free concealed carry class
Educators in North Carolina gathered at a gun range on Saturday to attend a free concealed carry class. So many teachers arrived for the class that the gun range was forced to turn many of them away, according to local news station WSOCTV. The Rowan County Wildlife Association hosted the…
Georgia middle school teacher arrested after student’s fatal methadone overdose
A 37-year-old Georgia middle school teacher was arrested Thursday in connection with the overdose death of an 18-year-old high school student. According to Atlanta’s WSB-TV Channel 2, Emily Smith, a sixth-grade math teacher at Winder-Barrow Middle School has been arrested and charged with facilitating the sale of the powerful opiate…
Van Jones: ‘Civil rights villian’ Rand Paul is a civil liberties ‘hero’
Van Jones, the founder of the progressive group Rebuild the Dream, said Thursday on CNN that he supported Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) 13-hour filibuster of CIA nominee John Brennan. “You know, I love this president and I respect this president,” Jones said on CNN. “Rand Paul was a hero yesterday,…
Mentally ill man missing in alleged pattern of ‘patient dumping’ by Nevada health officials
A schizophrenic man has gone missing after an instance of alleged “patient dumping” by Nevada state mental health officials. According to a Wednesday report by Las Vegas’ CBS Channel 8, a patient named James Brown was allegedly sent from Rawson-Neal psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas to Sacramento, California with only…
New Mexico police search for the horrible person who shot this puppy with a crossbow
Police in Farmington, New Mexico said they’re on the lookout for whoever shot a local puppy in the hind leg with a crossbow, leaving the poor creature yelping in pain. The local animal shelter removed the crossbow bolt from the puppy’s leg and transferred him to a facility in Durango,…
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