Darwin

El Paso, Texas: A 30-year-old Mexican national who was being held on drug-related charges was found crushed to death in a landfill. Carlos Roberto Medina-Bailon’s was found after investigators traced the trash route taken by a garbage truck that serviced the prison. Sheriff Richard Wiles explained what he believed...

A Talladega man admitted himself to hospital after suffering burns to more than 90% of his body in an Alabama Power substation early Friday morning. Police Chief Alan Watson speculated that Willie Eugene Lewis scaled the fence around 2 a.m. Friday and began climbing onto some equipment and holding...

The Seattle Times reports that a man was rushed to hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the testicles in a Lynnwood department store. Police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions explained that the man was severely injured after a handgun in his waistband accidentally discharged, wounding him in the leg, foot and...

Colin Belle, a friendly man of West Indian origin, has claimed in a complaint to authorities in Darwin that bouncers at various clubs victimized him because he talks to too many women. Security employed at a venue called Shennanigans Irish Bar in Darwin’s CBD claimed he was a trouble maker...

A 28-year-old marijuana grower died of hyperthermia, as a result of excessive heat generated by his hydroponic setup. ...

Dover, New Hampshire: A teenager placed electrical clamps on his nipples on a dare in a bid to earn Mountain Dew every day for the rest of the school year. The shock that 18-year-old Kyle DuBois received after he attached the clamps to his nipples was enough to stop...

Tigers are interesting critters: Siegfried and Roy demonstrated that they can never truly be tamed. The other thing about them is that they can jump really, really high. Both points make the decision to have the Jiangxi Elite Children Arts Troupe stage a tightrope walk over a Siberian tiger...

Darwin, Australia: A 25-year-old man is recovering in hospital after he found a dramatic way to end an argument he was having with his ex-girlfriend – he jumped from her vehicle as she drove through Darwin’s CBD. Australia’s ABC reports that police responded to Daly Street on a report...

Osceola County Jail, Florida: It is generally good to take things that people tell you in prison with a pinch of salt, unless of course it is a message on the prison phone telling you that your call is being recorded. A 300-pound alleged drug trafficker chose not to...