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HOLY SHIT BEE ATTACK IN NEW YORK CITY
Rich Juzwiak · 05/16/12 01:41PMThe scene in the East Village this afternoon looked a lot like this one, from The Wicker Man. Traffic was at a virtual standstill as police worked to contain the massive beehive in a tree at Bowery and First. At least a dozen people filmed alongside me, plenty of more snapped pictures and even more passersby inquired what the hell was going on to the bystanders. One woman thought the building was being robbed. There was little to no buzzing heard.
Fatal Bus Stop Hand-Grenade Attack May Have Been Attempted Jailbreak (Updated)
Max Read · 12/13/11 09:50AMThree Men Charged with Hate Crimes in Vicious Texas Gay Bashing
Brian Moylan · 11/11/11 11:57AMVicious Machete Attack in New Jersey Caught on Tape
Matt Cherette · 11/03/11 02:53AMGay Man in Texas Viciously Attacked
Brian Moylan · 11/01/11 01:16PMChristians Stink-Bomb Play That Features a Poop-Covered Jesus
Lauri Apple · 10/28/11 08:51AMAFP tells us that Italian director Romeo Castellucci's production of the play On the Concept of the Face, Regarding the Son of God features the face of Jesus "drizzled in excrement." The Guardian explains the poop on Jesus' face comes from "an excremental stream pouring from his right eye-socket." Sounds a bit like an extreme version of a Gallagher show!
Actor Omar Sharif Slaps a Woman on Camera
Maureen O'Connor · 10/27/11 05:39PMLegendary Lawrence of Arabia actor Omar Sharif slapped a fan at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival in Qatar. (Wouldn't exporting a festival named after a neighborhood sort of defeat the purpose?) Sharif is posing for pictures when the woman steps up to have her picture taken with him, at which point the 79-year-old slaps her and shouts:
Face Transplant Recipient Gives Her First Post-Op TV Interview
Lauri Apple · 10/27/11 07:53AMCharla Nash, the Connecticut woman who miraculously survived a vicious attack by her neighbor's pet chimpanzee (his name was Travis!?) back in 2009 but lost her face and hands, has given her first interview since undergoing a face transplant earlier this year. In interviews she gave before her operation, she wore a veil to cover her face. Now she doesn't have to do that anymore, and she's relieved. "I just know that it's okay...and I don't have to worry about scaring anyone," she says during the interview, which the New York Post reports will be shown tonight on Channel 5 in the UK. She says she was "disappointed" that an attempt to replace her hands wasn't successful, but hopes that maybe another try will work out in the future. What a brave and inspiring woman.
Someone Threw a Chemical Bomb at Occupy Maine Protesters
Seth Abramovitch · 10/25/11 02:10AMWhile drum circles imperil the future of Occupy Wall Street, the protesters of Occupy Maine (yes, that's a thing, and please, people, no "The 99% cahn't get theyah from heeah" jokes) have been contending with a far more serious threat: Someone tossed a homemade chemical bomb at the Portland encampment.
McDonald's Beating Victim May Have Permanent Brain Damage
Brian Moylan · 10/17/11 05:02PMMcDonald's Fight Videos: Brutal Metal Rod Beating Edition
Hamilton Nolan · 10/14/11 03:56PMTo the illustrious and soul-deadening genre of McDonalds Beatings Caught on Tape, we can add this: the one where two irate customers jump the counter so the McDonald's cashier runs in the back and fetches and metal rod and beats the hell out both of them, but the cashier was a man who just spent a decade in prison for manslaughter and the customers were both women so there really aren't any folk heroes here, folks.
Sacramento Cops Arrest World's Worst Human Being
Seth Abramovitch · 10/13/11 08:27PMThe internet is a funny place, in that one moment, it's restoring your faith in the world — say, with the story of a one-legged cat who returns a $10 million lottery ticket to his favorite waitress — and the next, it's showing you something so cruel and awful, you want to climb into a kayak and not stop paddling until you reach Pluto. This video, first posted on Tuesday afternoon by World Star Hip Hop and which has since gone viral, is a perfect example of the latter.
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Brian Moylan · 10/12/11 04:51PMBaltimore Walmart Evacuated After Bizarro Bleach Fight
Lauri Apple · 10/08/11 03:20PMTwo Baltimore women, whose relationship we'll describe as "strained," had a memorable encounter with each other at the Walmart this morning when one of the women either threw or poured bleach on the other. Maybe it seemed like the right thing to do at the time. Or they were filming a scene from a new John Waters movie? (No.)
Bodyboarding Tourist Ripped Apart by Shark
Max Read · 09/04/11 09:52AMSinger Gavin DeGraw Hospitalized After NYC Attack
Seth Abramovitch · 08/08/11 08:39PMMailman Blogger Chronicles the Dogs Who Want to Eat Him
Seth Abramovitch · 05/05/11 02:09AMThe old cliche about dogs and mailmen is no myth. Dogs really do attack postal carriers — 2,863 of them last year alone. Ryan Bradford, a mailman from San Diego, has taken pictures of every growling, snarling, slobbering beast on his route. As Ryan explains, "The mailman/dog relationship is no lie. It's like they can smell it on you, a scent that triggers their hunting instinct." These encounters had to be pretty terrifying at the time, but — forgive me employees of the USPS — they're also kind of hilarious. [ryancbradford.com]