Teen tells 911: ‘My grandma shot me’

      Jonathan Hoffman, 17, was shot five times. His grandmother, Sandra Layne, 74, is accused of killing him during a dispute in May. She says it was self defence, a judge ordered a trial for “Open Murder.”   Tapes of the emergency call were played publicly for the first time at the hearing, […]

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Man Eviscerates Himself and Launches His Own Intestines at Police

        According to CBS.com, Wayne Carter of Hackensack, NJ stabbed himself in the abdomen and threw pieces of intestines and flesh at police officers who were trying to subdue him.     Emergency services were called in when the forty-three-year-old man had barricaded himself into a room and was threating to harm […]

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The So-Called Naked Zombie and His Victim Have Both Been Identified

  Rudy Eugene, 31, of North Miami has been identified as the so-called naked zombie attacker. His victim has also been identified as Ronald Poppo, a 65-year-old homeless man originally from New York.   One of the many things that remain a mystery about this case is how Poppo ended up living as a homeless […]

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Victim of Saturdays Gruesome Attack on the Downtown Miami Exit Identified

  Ronald Poppo, of Miami Beach has been identified as the victim of the gruesome attack on the Miami, McArthur Causeway.   Poppo is a 65-year-old homeless man that has been living on the streets of Miami since the late 1970’s. This isn’t the first time Ronald Poppo has been the victim of a violent […]

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Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense

Correction Appended: April 16, 2009 For the past several years, I’ve been harboring a fantasy, a last political crusade for the baby-boom generation. We, who started on the path of righteousness, marching for civil rights and against the war in Vietnam, need to find an appropriately high-minded approach to life’s exit ramp

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