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Suicide bomber kills 10 people, mainly Germans, in Istanbul
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Couple assaulted by group of teens at DC Metro station in unprovoked attack
[FOX5DC] Two more victims have come forward in another violent attack at a Metro station. It is the latest in a string of violent assaults happening in the transit system.

"I don't know exactly what was happening," said one of the victims. "I heard my girlfriend screaming."

It was 15 seconds of terror for a D.C. couple after they were attacked by a group of teenagers on Metro.

"I think there were about ten kids who were just all attacking us," said the girlfriend.

It was 9:30 p.m. Saturday night on January 2. The couple was waiting for a train at the Metro Center stop after spending a night at the movies. They were sitting on a bench when he was sucker-punched from behind and suffered a loss of vision.

"It all happened very quickly, and then they were just hitting us both in the face and head," said the female victim.

They said the attack was unprovoked.

"We literally said nothing to them," said the boyfriend.
Posted by: Fred || 01/13/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Aryan blond teens? Hasidic Jewish teens? Mormon teens? Inquiring minds want to know.
Posted by: Lone Ranger || 01/13/2016 2:05 Comments || Top||

#2  Some mean Washingtonian teens
Are full of tortillas and beans
And some are more urban
Or, older, sip bourbon
And preen in their clean limousines.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 01/13/2016 2:28 Comments || Top||

#3  If the couple were white, how can it be unprovoked attack?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/13/2016 3:21 Comments || Top||

#4  Ms. Sara Mutschlechner is very sadly unavailable for comment.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/13/2016 4:50 Comments || Top||

#5  Knockout game with extra elements.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 01/13/2016 10:54 Comments || Top||


5th Feral Teen Suspect In Custody In Brooklyn Rape, 4 Others Charged
[NEWYORK.CBSLOCAL] A fifth teen suspect was in jug Tuesday and four others have been formally charged in connection with an alleged gang rape of a Brooklyn woman last week.

The fifth suspect has been identified as a 17-year-old boy. Police said he is the accused ringleader in the case and is the one accused of threatening the victim's father with a gun, CBS2's Janelle Burrell reported.

He is still being questioned by detectives in the Special Victims Unit, 1010 WINS' Juliet Papa reported.
Posted by: Fred || 01/13/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So the perps ran the father off with a gun, then they claim any alleged sex with the daughter (which the attorneys denied happened) was consensual.

Riiiiiight . . . .

The devil will have a few pineapples waiting for you when your turn comes.
Posted by: gorb || 01/13/2016 1:31 Comments || Top||

#2  Paul Kersey to the courtesy phone.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/13/2016 9:39 Comments || Top||

#3  Yea, well they're minors = slap on the wrist.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/13/2016 9:55 Comments || Top||

#4  He is still being questioned by detectives in the Special Victims Unit

Bet that's one crime that would've never been dramatized on Law & Order SVU.
Posted by: Pappy || 01/13/2016 15:32 Comments || Top||

#5  Sounds like a great case for the new Nancy Drew to resolve.
Posted by: Airandee || 01/13/2016 21:03 Comments || Top||


Thief stuffs python down his pants at pet store
[NYPOST] A snake thief smuggled a 2-foot-long python from a Portland pet store by stuffing it down his pants.
"Is that a two foot python in your pants or are ya happy to see me?"
Sgt. Greg Stewart said no arrests have been made in Friday's theft. But Christin Bjugan, an owner of A to Z pet store, said video surveillance has helped viewers and police detectives identify a suspect, and she expects to have the snake returned soon.

"We know who did it," she said Monday. "We know where he lives, we know where he works, we know all about him and his girlfriend. We're just waiting to get our snake back."

The video shows the suspect with a blue-haired woman who appeared to be in on the theft. He handed her some keys before taking the snake from a tank and shuffling out of the store.

Bjugan says it was "pretty gutsy" for the man to put the python down his pants, and potentially a bad move because it was close to feeding day.
Posted by: Fred || 01/13/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Pythons have one-way teeth and strong jaws, I believe. Unfortunately, the situation didn't end up as a winner on America's Funniest Home Videos.
Posted by: gorb || 01/13/2016 1:33 Comments || Top||

#2  So that is why mothers warn their daughters to beware of trouser snakes.

Sorry tw.
Posted by: Sven the pelter || 01/13/2016 8:45 Comments || Top||

#3  Actually a pretty safe move. Python only bites as part of a strike. In a constricted space it wouldn't be able to strike, so...
Posted by: Iblis || 01/13/2016 10:35 Comments || Top||

#4  I ain't gonna do the science on that one.
Posted by: gorb || 01/13/2016 11:28 Comments || Top||

#5  Baby Snakes!
Posted by: Raj || 01/13/2016 18:46 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
CBS' Nancy Drew Will Be Diverse
[HOLLYWOODREPORTER] Crash. Burn. Scorch mark on the road to hell.

She can't be a curious and active 17-year-old girl. Instead she's gotta be all growed up and a detective on the NYPD, not on the River Heights police force, nor an attorney (practicing or otherwise) like her father was.

They have taken a fine stew of adventure, pluck, and character, and made it porridge.
Posted by: Fred || 01/13/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I'm going to enjoy not watching it.
Posted by: gorb || 01/13/2016 1:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Why do they have to reinvent characters that were already taken? Doesn't anyone have enough imagination to cook up something new anymore?
Posted by: gorb || 01/13/2016 1:38 Comments || Top||

#3  So they are looking for 'full African American or Latino' casts...

And that isn't racist at all...
Posted by: CrazyFool || 01/13/2016 2:41 Comments || Top||

#4  are we being prepped for internationalism?

no borders, free movement of people

and the invasion of the third world?
Posted by: anon1 || 01/13/2016 6:09 Comments || Top||

#5  Along time ago I read a short story by a Russian author called "Thee Making of the Soviet Robinson" . The plot invovled an author trying to write a version of Robinson Crusoe for a children's magazine. The editors keep asking for more characters since he will need to be told what he must do. Life imitates art.
Posted by: Pliny Glons2836 || 01/13/2016 8:21 Comments || Top||

#6  Left: It's not cultural appropriation when we do it!
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/13/2016 9:38 Comments || Top||

#7  They could just have easily written an entirely original series for such a character. But then, that's not the point of this exercise.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 01/13/2016 10:49 Comments || Top||

#8  Is the world crying out for a new version of Nancy Drew right now?

All I can think of is they probably had an ethnic girl detective show and changed the main characters name to get a few headlines and hope to get a leg up on ratings.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 01/13/2016 10:57 Comments || Top||

#9  Will she twerk when she solves a case?
Posted by: regular joe || 01/13/2016 10:59 Comments || Top||

#10  [sarc] Leave her alone! She's just a sweet TS "girl" of mixed non-Caucasian parentage trying make a living in a world of white privilege!
[/sarc]
My work is done.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 01/13/2016 11:09 Comments || Top||

#11  And I had the hots for Nancy, that blonde haired older woman, as a 10 year old.
Posted by: anymouse || 01/13/2016 23:44 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
Mexican officials investigate meeting held with actor Sean Penn and actress Kate del Castillo for possible crimes
Sounds like the government is a bit upset that Spiccoli found him whereas the entire Mexican government couldn't. It's a Daily Mail article. Here are the highlights from the header.
Government spokesman Eduardo Sanchez said Guzman has been moved eight times at the Altiplano prison after he was recaptured on Friday

The prison also now has 24-hour video surveillance of Guzman including all parts of his cell.
Except for one little corner of the bathroom which won't be a problem at all, no way...
Mexican officials said they are investigating the meeting that the then-fugitive had with actor Sean Penn and actress Kate del Castillo. Government spokesman said it is the possibility of illegal acts, rather than specific people, that authorities in Mexico are looking into.
Posted by: gorb || 01/13/2016 14:44 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Oh please, oh please file charges and ask for extradition.
Posted by: DarthVader || 01/13/2016 14:53 Comments || Top||

#2  Lena Dunham wants a piece of that, too.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 01/13/2016 15:11 Comments || Top||

#3  Government spokesman Eduardo Sanchez said Guzman has been moved eight times at the Altiplano prison after he was recaptured on Friday.

Dollars to donuts it'll be during one of his "moves" when the *next* breakout will take place.
Posted by: Crusader || 01/13/2016 15:48 Comments || Top||

#4  I would imagine that a lot of people want a piece of Sean Penn. Being a wanted attention 'ho may be bad for his health.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 01/13/2016 18:26 Comments || Top||

#5  As per DRUDGEREPORT Artics this AM, "El Chapo" willl now be placed under 24-7 monitoring, wid new + expanded rotation of his Guards + Security Cell(s) to deter any new escapes or "rescues" by cohorts.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 01/13/2016 23:12 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Wed 2016-01-13
  Suicide bomber kills 10 people, mainly Germans, in Istanbul
Tue 2016-01-12
  Bombings at Iraq cafe kill 20: Officers
Mon 2016-01-11
  It begins: Cologne gangs attack foreigners
Sun 2016-01-10
  US drone strikes kills 25 suspected militants in Pakistan, Afghanistan
Sat 2016-01-09
  Philadelphia police officer ambushed 'in the name of Islam'
Fri 2016-01-08
  ISIS Man Executes His Mom
Thu 2016-01-07
  Iran says Saudi-led airstrike hit Iranian Embassy in Yemen, but no damage seen
Wed 2016-01-06
  1 US soldier killed, 2 wounded in Taliban attack in Helmand
Tue 2016-01-05
  44 ISIS Bad Guys die in battles near Fallujah
Mon 2016-01-04
  38 die in Kurd, ISIS battles in Raqqa
Sun 2016-01-03
  Fierce Fighting Erupts Between Afghan Forces, Taliban In Marjah
Sat 2016-01-02
  Death sentences for nine 'hardcore terrorists' in Pakistan
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