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Man sues Royals for being hit in the face with a hot dog by mascotA Kansas man sued the Royals earlier this month, alleging that just such a flying sausage struck his left eye, detaching his retina and causing cataracts.
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Suspect crashes into treeJames Summerlott, 27, was hunting pigeons in the backyard of his home on Pembroke-Oak Grove Road around 3:30 p.m. Monday when he noticed an unfamiliar vehicle in his driveway, he told the Kentucky New Era in a phone interview.
Summerlott went inside, carrying his shotgun, and saw his TV lying on the floor. He had left the front door unlocked. A man walked out of his bedroom, and Summerlott held him at gunpoint while Summerlott called 911, said Chris Miller, spokesman for the Christian County Sheriff’s Department.
“He seemed a little frightened, I’ll be honest with you,” Summerlott told the New Era. “I would be too.”
Holly's Housesijustmadelove.comPhotoshop can cook (Thanks, Will!)
Three newspapers in thirty-nine minutesFormer prom king now living anonymously among commonersBob Costas and Al Michaels: Greatest sportscasters ever?Doctor charged in medical marijuana caseNo more blind spotLabels: baseball, beer, crafts, crime beat, drugs, links, New York Times, sports journalism, The Onion, Twitter
According to a report from the Associated Press (via the Jeff City News Tribune), Missouri leads the nation in meth "incidents". (This two-year-old story from the Columbia Missourian has some nifty infographics outlining which MO counties have the worst problems.)
I don't exactly know what they define as an "incident" (A bust? An explosion? A single guy spotted tweaking out on the street?), but apparently, I'm not the only one in a meth state.
And for the ninth straight year, Missouri had the most, with 1,774 incidents, up 19 percent from 1,487 the previous year. An “incident” includes meth lab busts but also any documented evidence of meth-making, authorities said Wednesday.
Indiana had the second-most meth lab incidents with 1,096, followed by Kentucky with 583, Mississippi with 577 and Michigan with 511.
That's right, SadBears: Our states (and those of our associates) are apparently meth-riddled hellscapes. Only Virginia is spared the wrath of a meth explosion.
See chart here- the Show-Me State still has 700 more than the Hoosier State, and nearly TWO TIMES more meth than third-place finisher Kentucky.
Never mind the fact that more than half of Missouri's meth "incidents" come from two counties— we'll just have to take our "meth capital of America" title with pride. At least we don't contain the nations "
murder capital" or "
highest rate of black homicide victims."
Also relevant, via Econ: Our nation's "
favorite drugs"
PS Is it weird that we already have a tag for "meth"?
Also, if you couldn't tell, I actually like Missouri... and I think a lot of the statistics they present don't tell the whole story. Like the fact that Frankin and Jefferson Counties have such a large proportion of meth busts that they bring the whole state down. Things like that.Labels: drugs, Indiana, Kentucky, meth, Michigan, Missouri
I get the feeling nothing in news is as chic as the Mexican drug cartel situation. When it gets coverage it comes with
gritty photos -- or night photos (see above) -- and frequent use of the word "gritty."
Of course, I'm eating it up, even slightly softer photos that include
soldiers with digital cameras. The Post has its
series, the LA Times
too (my pick), and even good news gets big play (see above, and
story here).
I'll admit Somali pirates are probably more popular, but they have yet to garner unique "ongoing project" type pages. Frugality is also making a push:
NYT,
Post, and
NPR.
Some crime stuff:
First, you probably don't need to read the full text of the bank robber whose genitals got burned when a dye pack exploded, or the full story about FBI agents who put their high-tech cameras to peeping tommery, but please do read about the car burglar who crapped his pants.
And I forgot to mention in my previous post that Phantom Planet's self-titled third album is really awesome. If you want something like Spoon but a bit more manic, check it out.
Labels: crime, drugs, music, New York Times, Washington Post
Seeing this lolphoto on Superpoop (
MTS sister site), I was prompted to Google Wayne Coyne.
Do this: Go to
Google.com and type "wayne coyne" (don't hit enter) and look at the
top search suggestion in the dropdown.
Ironically, the dropdown has different suggestions for Jim Morrison, Keith Richards, Lou Reed, and even Steven Drozd, a Lips member whose heroin habits almost killed him. Conversely, it's been 20 years since Wayne's last psychedelic experience.
Labels: drugs, google, humor, music
