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July 2011

LAPD Officers Save Suicidal Man Falling 13 Stories in Heroic Rooftop Video

July 29, 2011 10:06pm by copythis

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The Los Angeles Police Department may have flaws. But when officers do something outrageously right, credit is deserved. At least six LAPD officers work together as heroes--to drag a suicidal man who's already falling over the building--back onto a rooftop in a video 13 stories high. Determined to jump, the suicidal man bites a female officer's, a woman who continues to hang on. Read more

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Clark Gable III No Jedi $250000 Bail for Lightsaber Laser Shined on LAPD Helicopter

July 29, 2011 8:12pm by copythis

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It'd surely embarrass the Hollywood star who lit up movie screens as a man to know grandson, Clark Gable III, acts like a "boy". The film star's relation plays Jedi with a 'Lightsaber' while LAPD isn't happy about lasers shined on police helicopters. No, a coper's not the Hollywood sign. Yes, it does cost $250,000 to bail out of Los Angeles jail. Read more

LAPD Police Blames DJ Kaskade Not Riot Gear in Electric Daisy Carnival Shut Down

July 28, 2011 10:11pm by copythat

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The Electric Daisy Carnival Experience movie screening was invite-only, DJ "Kaskade" slated to spin a free show before the the Hollywood event. LAPD dubbed the Los Angeles event a "riot" despite only 3 vandalism arrests. Maybe it was riot gear and bean bags chucked by police that sparked violence toward cop cars. Read more

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Thank You Cards Lead to Kansas Arrest Weatherby Police Say First Degree

July 28, 2011 7:02pm by hearit

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Who knew a picnic bench could be such a dangerous place. It seems Weatherby Police don't have a lot to do in Kansas: A woman discovered sitting at picnic table--writing 'thank you' cards near Weatherby Lake on a work break--is arrested for first-degree trespassing. Read more

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Mystery Utah Inmate Claiming Jail Food Great Identified After 4 Weeks

July 28, 2011 6:03pm by hearit

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Most people don't want to be in jail but a guy in Provo wanted to be there so badly he refused to reveal his identity to cops. The Utah mystery man arrested on minor charges--now more than three weeks ago--has remained behind bars in Utah while law enforcement tripled his charges. The inmate didn't fall for the 'free phone card' trick. Read more

Bryan Stow Beating Witness is 10 Year Old Son of Suspect Louie Sanchez

July 26, 2011 1:24am by copythis

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It seems the LAPD is using kids to nab suspects, or future arrests: The 10-year-old son of Louie Sanchez--the man arrested with Marvin Norwood July 22 in relation to the Bryan Stow beating case--is supposedly the 'tip' to which to which the police department has been vaguely referring. Read more

Strauss Kahn Hotel Maid Nafissatou Diallo Speaks Publicly in Rape Case

July 26, 2011 12:57am by editor

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The hotel maid that accuses Dominique Strauss-Kahn of raping her in May 2011 in New York is heading to the public for backing, after prosecution sends the signal of plans to potentially ditch her. The woman who claims rape has been identified as Nafissatou Diallo and has gone public--speaking via Newsweek and ABC's "Good Morning America". Read more

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LAPD Better Hope Sanchez Norwood Right Men After Wrong Bryan Stow Arrests

July 25, 2011 8:50pm by copythis

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It was the unthinkable crime that left Los Angeles police detectives first naming, arresting and charging the wrong person after Bryan Stow sustained brain injury in a severe Dodgers stadium beating. LAPD better hope its new arrests of Louie Sanchez and Marvin Norwood are right after wrong paths in arrests related to the Stow criminal case. Read more

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Lost Happy Feet Penguin Gains July Pool Swim at New Zealand Zoo

July 25, 2011 6:20pm by hearit

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New Zealand's 'Happy Feet' got his first swim July 25, a month after the stranded baby Emperor Penguin turned up beachside. After repeated surgeries from ingested sand, the stranded animal has been on ice. Video shows temps finally cooled enough for 'Happy Feet's' first swim at Wellington Zoo pool. Read more

Father Wants Breivik Son Dead Oslo Gunman Enters Court July 25 as 76 Dead

July 25, 2011 5:45pm by hearit

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The death toll of 86 has been lowered to 76 as, July 25, Anders Behring Breivik enters court for the first time in the terrorist bombing and youth camp shooting massacre in Oslo--the gunman confesses to the shooting and bomb attacks but denies criminal responsibility. He says he was saving Norway from Muslims. His father wants him dead. Read more