A Kentucky man, Woody Will Smith goes on trial today for strangling his wife. But Smith's lawyer says he was "temporarily insane" and in a state of "brief psychosis" after a days-long bender of diet pills, energy drinks and sodas.

Miami police this week arrested a woman for posing as a doctor and injecting another woman's butt cheeks to make them "look perfect." It didn't turn out so well — the victim passed out from the pain and almost died.

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In an interview with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, Joran Van der Sloot says he extorted money from missing teen Natalee Holloway's parents for the location of their daughter's body, because they "have been making my life tough for five years."

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has determined that a fire at a construction site for a mosque in Tennessee was, in fact, arson. Recent reports of gunshots near the site have been blamed on dove hunting season.

Good news for criminals in China: The government has proposed dropping the death penalty for several crimes, such as smuggling exotic animals and relics. And no more elderly executions, either. Currently, 68 crimes are punishable by death in China.

A new Islamic center is being built in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and this has scared a lot of white people, who think it will become a terrorist training camp. So, naturally, someone doused the construction equipment with gasoline and torched it.

A suburban Dallas police station came under attack yesterday by 29-year-old Patrick Gray Sharp, who loaded up his pickup truck and a trailer with explosives and set off a gun battle that ended with his death. Don't mess with Texans.

A report by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Britain concluded that marijuana is being grown on a massive scale in the country, but that "UK-produced skunk is of a lower quality than varieties available on the continent." Ouch.

Police in Paris are looking for two young women who robbed a man at an ATM machine by flashing their breasts: "As he stared at one, the other then withdrew 300 euros" from the man's account. [Telegraph, via]

California Assemblyman, and former filmmaker, Anthony Portantino has authored legislation that would make crashing high profile Hollywood events a crime, punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Oh well, LA parties suck anyway. [LAT]

A Harlem man who dresses up in Times Square as the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz yesterday stabbed a tour bus ticket seller with a screwdriver in what police described to the Daily News as "a turf beef."

A ski-masked Georgia man, after robbing a Wendy's at gunpoint yesterday, called the restaurant twice to complain about the weak amount of cash he got from the register: "Next time there better be more than $586." [AJC]

When a Florida cellphone store clerk was approached by an armed robber, she turned to Jesus for help: "I'm just going to talk to you about Jesus, my God, before you leave." He left, and later robbed a Payless ShoeSource.

32-year-old EMT Jason Green — who was being investigated for denying care to a dying pregnant woman while on his coffee break — was shot and killed early this morning after being turned away from Manhattan nightclub Greenhouse. [NYP]

The oxygen tank-carrying old man accused of robbing a clothing store in Manhattan last week died in a car accident after being chased by police in Maryland this morning. He is identified as 63-year-old Arthur Williams, from Gadsden, Alabama. [AP]

Trigger happy record producer Phil Spector's wife, Rachelle Spector, has a new record coming out! It's called "Out of My Chelle," and if the first music video from the record is any indication, it's going to be hot.

Italian authorities have arrested over 300 people in a sweep of the Calabrian mafia 'Ndrangheta, on suspicion of murder, drug trafficking and money laundering. Some 3,000 police officers took part and arrests were also made in the US. [BBC]

Angry model Naomi Campbell's reps have confirmed that she will provide evidence at the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor in The Hague on July 29. She allegedly received blood diamonds from Taylor in 1997.

After nearly a week the nationwide manhunt for killer Raoul Moat in Britain ended today. Police cornered Moat, shot him with a taser, and he then shot and killed himself. Moat had shot his ex-girlfriend and two others. [Independent; Getty]