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Former NFL superstar wide receiver Andre Rison, most recently of the Raiders, is a real “bad boy.” Here are some of his off-the-field accomplishments:

He wrote bad checks totaling $167,627.46 to Elif Jewelry in Atlanta for a Rolex watch, diamond jewelry, and a gold necklace.

He owes his ex-wife $236,949.96 in child support (and legal fees).

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Deborah Rouvalis told the police that her boyfriend, Steven Pagels, got mad at her for leaving pizza crumbs on their motel room bed. (Apparently he would kick her out of bed for eating crackers. Sorry!) Then things got ugly. thumbsm.jpgPagels jammed his thumb down her throat [Who would think of that? I’m having trouble visualizing it.] He then dragged her down the hall, and tried to throw her from the motel balcony.

At his assault and battery trial, though, Deborah denied the whole thing. Unfortunately for Pagels, they record those phone conversations during jailhouse visits. Yup, and two of them caught Pagels ripping Deborah, and threatening her. So a charge of intimidating a witness was tacked on. The verdict? Guilty of the assault and battery, and the intimidation. Pagels is in jail now, and I’m sure he’s much more careful when he talks to his visitors. You can read more here.

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So Kevin Costner was getting a massage at a hotel in Scotland. According to the masseuse, who later filed a claim of unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination, here’s a highlight:

Throughout the massage he kept putting his hand underneath his towel but never kept it there long enough for me to suspect anything.” However, as she went to massage his head, he whipped off his towel and “performed a sex act to climax”.

Costner’s friend said it was a set up. The hotel settled with the masseuse. You can read more here.

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They can in Lake County, Florida. I was just kidding about Jackass. It was Jackass Number Two that a kid who appeared to be about 11 rented! And the issue was born.

Last week, the library board voted 9-0 against a policy that would prohibit kids under 17 from renting R-rated movies. Lake County commissioners are set to discuss the board’s recommendation today.

So what’s the reasoning behind the unanimous vote? Movie ratings are set by a private group, the Motion Picture Association of America. According to Assistant County Attorney Kimberly Williams, “It’s an unconstitutional delegation of authority for the county to use those MPAA ratings as a guideline for obscenity.” Her opinion is supported by several court decisions, including one by a federal judge in Minnesota last year.

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Student Justin Layshock, apparently not to fond of his former principal, Erick Trosch, create a MySpace profile that was, as Judge McVerry described it, “lewd, profane and sexually inappropriate.” The Hermitage School District suspended Justin and moved him to an Alternative Education Program. The Layshock’s filed suit in federal court, claiming that Justin’s MySpace profile is constitutionally protected speech. The school district claimed that it has the authority to discipline Justin because his acitivities, even though not done on school grounds, were disruptive of the school environment. So who do you think won? (See below.)

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Justin! Because the school district did not show “a sufficient nexus between Justin’s speech and a substantial disruption of the school environment.” Next up, a trial to determine the amount of damages Justin is entitled to. Oh, one other little thing. Principal Trosch filed a defamation suit against Justin (and the alleged creators of 2 other less than flattering profiles).

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Although we seem to live in a time where the law is routinely ignored (warrantless wiretapping anyone?), Vermont? Yes, the state of lawlessness has hit Vermont. Seems the Health Commissioner is required by law to be a doctor. Not surprisingly, there is an exception for an “acting” Commissioner, as in “the person is only occupying the position temporarily, to ensure continuity” until so
actors%20book.small.jpg Well sir, Nurse Sharon Moffat, a/k/a Health Commissioner Sharon Moffat, has been “acting” the part since June 2006! Nothing against Ms. Moffat, but certainly the law was enacted for a reason. (By the way, a bill introduced to change it did not even make it out of committee!) No sweat, said Vermont’s attorney general, who stated that he doesn’t know of any time limit on how long someone can retain the “acting” title. So much for the law, at least the spirit of it anyway.

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A good friend sent this to me. Hopefully it hasn’t been around the world too many times, without finding it’s way into my inbox. Anyway, there’s a town in Austria called “Fucking.” Seems people keep stealing the signs. Go figure. Enjoy the article!

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overdose.jpgIn a recent case from Australia, two 20-year-old men, Robert Karaca and Jarred Royce Price, were charged with attempted murder. Their “victim” was a 32-year-old friend of theirs named Bruce Levin, who was intent on killing himself, and convinced them to help.

Levin spoke of overdosing on sleeping tablets. If that failed, he wanted to be hit on the back of the head with a steel bar. Oh, and he threw in more than $5,000. (That’d be a little less than $5,000 U.S., but, still, nothing that a couple of broke 20-year-olds would scoff at.)

When Levin’s sleeping pills appeared not to work, Karaca couldn’t bring himself to hit Levin with the pole, so Price was asked to do it. Apparently, Levin thanked them profusely before he was hit and then suddenly had a change of heart – after he was hit twice, he laid still and played dead to avoid being hit again.

Thinking Levin was dead, his pals took off. A bloodied Levin got his wounds stitched at the hospital. A remorseful Karaca told the police what they had done.

So, what happened to them?

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In the past three years, trains on which Lee Shuang-chuan and his wife Chen Shi Shen-hong rode derailed three times! After the most recent derailment, on March 17, 2006, authorities thought the death of Lee’s wife was a tragic accident. They had been traveling on a train bound for Vietnam to visit Chen’s relatives. Suddenly, the train violently derailed, and Lee became a widower soon after the crash. train1.jpg

It wasn’t long, though before authorities began to uncover the following bizarre series of circumstances surrounding Chen’s death:

The 2 prior derailments!

Lee was a railway worker, and had worked as a railway inspector 2 years ago.

An autopsy of Chen’s body revealed the presence of Eutimine (a strong sedative mainly administered to patients with mental illnesses) and traces of a poisonous substance that was either rat poison or snake venom.

Lee had lost more than NT $33 million (roughly US $1,030,000) in the stock market between 2001 and 2004 (a tidy sum for a railway worker, no?)

Several days before the derailment, Lee took out a NT $20 million (US $625,000) insurance policy on his wife covering “accidental death.”

Lee’s previous wife died under “mysterious circumstances” four years ago. And what did Lee claim was the cause of his previous wife’s death? A snake bite. Do you think he collected on her insurance policy? He did.

Oh, and witnesses saw Lee giving Chen injections after dragging her to a bathroom near the scene of the derailment!

So What Happened to Lee?

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Last time it was a doctor, this time a former police officer and school resource officer – allegedly. (Though it shouldn’t be too hard to prove!)

David Wayne Coburn has been charged with taking pictures of his genitals and sending them to the cell phones of a 15-year-old girl, and a 19-year-old woman. Oh, and the 19-year-old is the daughter of the police chief, Coburn’s former boss. Brilliant! And the 15-year-old is the daughter of one of Coburn’s “friends!” And what was Coburn’s job this year? He was the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) officer at a middle school! Now he’s looking at three felonies for disseminating obscenities.
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