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Picture somebody able to avoid police officers hot on your tail for days on end. What did you imagine? Some kind of criminal mastermind? Nope. It’s a pig. Ironic, don’t you think? Anyhow, a loose hog had been wandering around Manheim Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, for days. The animal had been avoiding capture and …
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Trying to figure out a way to deal with a difficult neighbor is always a challenge. The residents of Tarrant County in Texas recently opted for a rather creative solution. They’ve set up two churches to prevent a new neighbor from constantly setting off fireworks. Tarrant County is an unincorporated rural neighborhood, some 15 minutes …
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Remember that cardboard box-clad burglar from Florida earlier this month? Well, we now have a competitor for him in outlandish criminal behavior. This story, however, comes from England. A knife-waving robber recently walked into a convenience store and attempted to steal a case of beer. Thanks to his quick wits and action, the store owner …
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Gotta blast ‘em all! Or that’s what a Maryland man seems to have attempted to do this summer. Aberdeen, Maryland, has been plagued by mysterious nighttime explosions for about a month. Although they haven’t caused any significant damage, the booms and bangs have kept people up — and have understandably worried them. But now, Aberdonians …
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Nobody likes it when you don’t get the respect you deserve, especially from your family. How can you reheat a cooling relationship between family members? Well, you could make an effort to treat your relatives better. Or, you could start attending more family events to remind them of what good company you are. Or you …
Fights between family members can get nasty. But they rarely involve necrotic limbs caused by flesh-eating bacteria. Unless, of course, you’re in Florida. Everything’s possible in that mad Wonderland. Donnie Adams from Riverview had to step in to break up a tussle at a family gathering earlier this year. One of the fighting relatives somehow …
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Have you read Marriage Joke on ‘Family Feud’ Turned to Murder: Part One? Follow the link if not because this is part two. Nick Eddy, Quincy Police Detective, testified that a “surveillance video that showed a person riding a bike near Becky Bliefnick’s house after midnight on Feb. 23, the night she was killed, and …
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Marriages end all the time but when marriage turned to murder, it’s a whole different story. It all happened in 2020, with Tim Bliefnick joking with host Steve Harvey about regretting his marriage and it being the “biggest mistake” he made at his wedding, saying “I do.” In 2021, the couple initiated filing for divorce. …
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The man who won the lottery probably imagined what he would do with all the money, too. But first he found a way to cheat the system as it were, with simple math. What would you do if you won the lottery? For Romanian Stefan Mandel, he won the lottery enough for 14 other people. …
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Modern technology has really made things difficult for our poor burglars. With surveillance cameras everywhere, they have to wear something on their faces to hide their identity. But sometimes you forget to prepare properly for the burglary. That’s when you have to improvise a mask out of whatever you have on hand. Take this Florida …
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