While taping a segment on the Seattle waterfront, news reporter Shomari Stone witnessed a fight break behind his cameraman and bravely jumped in to help stop the vicious attack.

Like so many of us, Naples, Fla. resident Hersha Howard is guilty of loving Girl Scouts Thin Mints cookies. She is also, according to Naples deputies, guilty of attacking her roommate, for taking her Thin Mints.

Is there any worse pet than a small, yapping dog? No, and that fact has now been confirmed—with numbers.

Albany bar owner Timothy Rankin has been acquitted of ordering two men to attack the local paper's restaurant critic, Steve Barnes, who'd written some negative things about Rankin's bar. Every single person involved in the attack got off easy.

A German woman swimming in the ocean at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt was killed by (probably) an oceanic whitetip shark on Sunday. But it's just an isolated incident! If you don't count the three other attacks since Tuesday.

New York state senator Kevin Parker is currently on trial for attacking a New York Post photographer last year. Parker's lawyer says the case is "entirely about politics." I dunno. It almost seems like there's a pattern here.

The driver of a New Zealand train last week was surprised to find a cute house cat stowed away on board. When he approached, the cat viciously attacked him, sending the driver to the hospital and shutting down the train.

Are you thinking of climbing the fence and entering the tiger enclosure? Don't. A zoo gardener at a park in Shezhen, China was mauled to death by five tigers after, yes, climbing the fence and entering the tiger enclosure.

Today Shep talked with Drew Ellis about the footage she and her husband captured while on their honeymoon in Vegas. Shep's quip regarding the lion attack at the conclusion of the segment seamlessly leads into news on floods in Texas.

The tony New York suburb of Rye has been dealing with two separate coyote attacks this weekend. Today, trappers tracked down and killed the coyote thought to be responsible—but not before it bit its pup's head off.

An orgy organizer (orgynizer?) in a small town northwest of London was recently attacked with a Zippo by her angry ex while hosting an orgy for black guys and the (white?) women who love them. Only in America England! (via)

In an incident with shades of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, at least 33 people—including six politicians and an 11 year-old boy—have been killed in a Mogadishu, Somalia hotel, in an attack by anti-government insurgents. [NYT. Pic: AP]

Not the kind of story you want to read at 2:00am on Friday the 13th, but here it is: Rabid vampire bats are attacking a Peruvian village! Four children have died of the disease, and over 500 have been bitten.

A 22 year-old white guy in Florida (NATCH) was walking along, listening to some Gucci Mane, when a 14 year-old black kid with seven friends totally kicked his ass—for listening to rap while white. MLK weeps so fucking hard.

At least 30 people were killed while watching the World Cup final in Uganda this afternoon when two bombs went off at a restaurant and a rugby club, respectively. The al-Qaeda-affiliated Somalian militia al-Shabab may be behind the attacks. [AP]

Afshan Azad, who plays Padma Patil in the popular film series, was reportedly attacked at her Manchester home by family members. Her father and brother appeared in court yesterday and were charged with threatening to kill the 22-year-old college student.

The parents of a 17-year-old boy filed a police report claiming Jodie Foster grabbed and shoved their son after he took her picture outside an L.A. mall. Spotting a celeb en route to the food court can be dangerous! Updated.

The psychos of China have upgraded from killing defenseless school children with knives to killing three judges with an automatic weapon. Once they combine the guns with the school attacks, they'll be just like us. [WSJ]

Five are dead after gunmen dressed in police uniforms opened fire at a Pakistani hospital.

Two trains have crashed in India, killing at least 65 in a suspected Maoist attack.