ST. PETERS, Mo. A woman angry that her new puppy had died pushed her way into a dog breeder's home and repeatedly hit her on the head with the dead Chihuahua, authorities said.
The 33-year-old woman told police she had taken the puppy to a veterinarian, who said it was only 4 weeks old and needed to be returned to its mother. But before she could return the puppy, it died.
Early Wednesday, the woman went to the breeder's home, pushed her way inside and began fighting with the breeder as she tried to make her way to the basement to get another puppy, police said.
The breeder wrestled the woman out of her house to the front porch, where the woman then hit the breeder over the head numerous times with the dead puppy, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported, citing police.
As drove pulled away, the woman waved the dead puppy out of the car's sunroof and yelled threats at the breeder, police said. She later called the breeder and threatened her and her family, according to court records.
Police said they are considering felony burglary charges against woman and misdemeanor assault charges.
Via video at graduation says, If times seem tough, dont ever give up
BRISTOL, Pa. - A high school senior targeted by death threats spoke to his fellow graduates through a video hookup Friday, drawing a loud cheer when he appeared on a large screen set up on the football field. Tyrone Lewis, 18, was excluded from the ceremony at Harry S. Truman High School because of the threats, which police said stem from his sister's alleged involvement in a fatal shooting.
A star athlete and the class president, Lewis gave his speech via video from a municipal building a few miles away from the ceremony. A framed picture of Lewis was placed on an empty chair among the graduates.
Lewis did not mention the circumstances during his brief speech, which was upbeat and optimistic. He did, however, ask fellow graduates to remember his friend and spiritual brother Ahman Fralin, who was shot and paralyzed while driving with Lewis in April. This is the big day we have all been waiting for, Lewis told his classmates. We have survived bomb threats and police dogs patrolling the hallways. What really makes us a great school is the people in it. Live your lives in a positive way.
He closed by telling his fellow graduates, If times seem tough, dont ever give up. When Lewis was done, the crowd of about 4,000 cheered and the ceremony continued.
Lewis received his diploma before other graduates from Bristol Mayor Sam Fenton.
Lewis sister, Rachael Lewis, testified in January against a man who, police said, belongs to a gang in nearby Trenton, N.J., and who is charged with murder. She was also charged in the shooting.
Police said the threats against Tyrone Lewis had added credibility because he was shot at while driving in Bristol Township in April. Lewis escaped injury, but Fralin was wounded. The case remains unsolved, and police arent sure whether Lewis was a target or it was a random crime. Either way, police and school district officials said that for Lewis own safety and the safety of others he could not attend graduation.
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"he was shot at while driving in Bristol Township in April"
"police arent sure whether Lewis was a target or it was a random crime"
That's not the whole story that I have read in the local paper. One version says his car was shot at and his friend was hit only after he was fleeing the scene of a minor fender bender that he caused. He was in a neighborhood that can get you shot for less.
Who needs a guard dog when Jack the elderly suburban housecat is on duty?
The 10-year-old New Jersey tabby defended his neighbourhood turf earlier this week by chasing a wandering black bear up a tree twice. West Milford residents Suzanne and Jack Giovanetti first noticed a bear huddled in a tree in their backyard on Sunday afternoon. Sitting beneath the tree: A seven-kilogram, orange-and-white, declawed neighbourhood cat named Jack.
The bear remained in the tree for about 15 minutes, frequently looking down at Jack. When it slid down the tree and ran off, Jack was hot on its heels.
Suzanne Giovanetti told the Star-Ledger of Newark that the cat was hissing at the bear as it gave chase. The bear climbed up into a second tree until Jack's owner, Donna Dickey, called the cat home. "The cat sauntered back toward the group, rubbing up against everyone," said the newspaper.
As soon as the cat left, the bear clambered down the tree and walked into the woods.
Dickey told the newspaper that Jack is territorial, frequently chasing small animals from their yard. She believes the cat may have mistook the bear for the family's chocolate labrador retriever.
Giovanetti, who said she's never bonded with the neighbourhood cat, said she was always a little afraid of Jack. "Now, I think I fear him more," she is quoted as saying.
LAHORE: A young man who married 15 days ago was shot dead in a dispute in Raiwind on Friday. Police said that Muhammad Sarwar, 25, a resident of Jhang had come to Lahore for his wedding a few days ago.
The fact that he was a resident of Jhang might explain the gunfire...
Sarwar visited a local fair being held in the area on Thursday where he fell into an argument with another visitor Niaz over showering money on eunuchs. Both men started fighting on the issue.
I think I can honestly say that even in the most pugnacious days of my youth, I have never been in a fist fight over a eunoch. In fact, I don't even know anyone who has.
Would you admit it if you had been?
I don't even think I know anybody who would.
People at the fair resolved the matter by sending Sarwar and Niaz home.
"Youse dere! Knock it off! Mahmoud! Throw 'em out!"
On Friday, Niaz and his three accomplices waylaid Sarwar when he came to his wife's house at Moza Khan village.
"Here he comes! Gimme the shutter gun, quick!"
They shot at Sarwar and his brother Asghar when they were coming out of the house.
[BANG!] "Take that, fondler of eunochs!"
Sarwar and Asghar were taken to the hospital where Sarwar died after initial treatment.
"We'll have to operate, nurse!"
"Rosebud! [Rattle!]"
Police registered a case against Niaz and his accomplices on Asghar's complaint.
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"Man shot dead in fight over eunuchs"
What, they were fighting over some of the guys who run Europe?
Whatever for? Those guys will bend over without even being asked. (For anyone who's not American - but then we don't want them to.)
Eeeeewwwwwwwwwwww.
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Mulah Omar got going in the war biz after he got pissed at watching two warlords fight it out with tanks in Kandhar over the affections of a "pretty boy".
This is not a culture we can really relate to.
Its kind of . s i c k ......
A church-produced film about a school whose losing football team is turned around after the coach turns to God has been slapped with a "PG" rating - for being too religious.
The Reverend Alex Kendrick, who directed and stars in "Facing the Giants," says it was produced for only 100-thousand dollars by using members of his Georgia church for both cast and crew. Kendrick says when he sought permission to use a song by the Christian band "Third Day", their record label's parent company, Sony Pictures, asked to see the film and agreed to release it in 400 theaters in late September.
But after the Motion Picture Association of America rated the film, Kendrick says he was told that it got the 'Parental Guidance' rating for being so openly religious. Kendrick says he's never heard of that criteria before and suggests it shows how much times have changed.
A Vancouver lawyer says he was harassed by people at his law firm for "being a snappy dresser and too friendly and too gay."
His harassment complaint led to him being told to stay home until the complaint was settled.
"I've been exiled from the firm and I don't know what's happening with my law practice and my clients," Joseph Briante, who has been put on paid leave, told The Province.
Briante, 31, joined Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP -- an international firm and the largest in the city -- in October.
He said he experienced a constant barrage of uninvited comments about his sexual orientation and the way he dresses from some people at the firm.
"You should be able to walk down the hallway without people cursing or hissing at you, giving you dirty looks or making comments that have nothing to do with your performance," he said, describing some of his colleagues as "highly educated people acting like children."
The firm said yesterday it does not tolerate harassment and is hiring an external investigator to look into Briante's allegations.
Briante said he was advised on June 1 at a meeting with his mentor that there was a complaint about his mannerisms and dress and that he should make more of an effort to look and act "professionally" in the office.
"I got in trouble for being a snappy dresser and too friendly and too gay," he said.
Briante said he's friendly and calls his style "Etro-sexual." Etro is an Italian designer. Briante always wears a suit and a brightly coloured shirt and tie to work.
Briante says he's bisexual but doesn't discuss his sex life at work.
After last week's meeting, Briante sent an e-mail to his colleagues -- 140 lawyers and 300 support staff -- urging them to help build a more tolerant working environment.
"It appears that some basic education on respect, tolerance and emotional intelligence in the workplace is required," he wrote, ". . . where a colourful, slick and stylish manner of dress, a friendly demeanour, winning smile and alleged homosexual propensities are considered 'unprofessional.' This is simply unacceptable."
The letter referred to harassment but didn't name perpetrators.
The note has since become a sort of chain letter and has reached lawyers worldwide.
"Your open letter has made it as far as our small practice in the Central Australian Desert," wrote lawyer Simon Kenny.
"Good on you for having the courage to stand up and say what you mean.
"If more people in the big firms had your courage then the profession would be much healthier."
Briante said he received about 50 supportive messages before he was locked out of his office e-mail.
On Monday, managing partner William Westeringh and Briante's mentor visited him at his Kitsilano home and gave him a pamphlet on mental illness and counselling offered through the firm.
"The managing partner told me I was a 'very troubled young man,'" Briante said.
Briante called the comments on his mental health "unwelcome" and "insulting."
On Tuesday, Briante received a
letter from Westeringh that said: "In light of all of these events, I am of the view that it would be best that you remain away from the office until such time as the investigation has been completed. This is the classic "Free Your Mind" bogus argument. That is, pretense towards victimization for race or sex or sexual preference after dressing and behaving in a bizarre and improper manner.
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"You should be able to walk down the hallway without people cursing or hissing at you, giving you dirty looks or making comments that have nothing to do with your performance," he said, describing some of his colleagues as "highly educated people acting like children."
Ruck up Joe and move to Georgia or Texas. It will be all better here.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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