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Man discovers cicada allergy the hard way
"A man who cooked and ate nearly 30 cicadas sought medical treatment after suffering a strong allergic reaction to the sauteed insects. The man showed up at a Bloomington clinic Thursday covered from head-to-toe in hives, and sheepishly told a doctor he'd caught and ate the cicadas after sauteing them in butter with crushed garlic and basil... The man, who has a history of asthma and shellfish allergies, suffered a 'significant allergic reaction,' after eating the cicadas... After living underground for 17 years and feeding on tree roots, the so-called Brood X cicadas are emerging by the billions across the Eastern U.S."
Shock jocks fired for laughing at Berg execution
"The radio station KNRK at 94.7 FM is issuing an apology to its listeners after talk show hosts Marconi, Tiny and sidekick Nickie J. laughed at and ridiculed the beheading of American Nick Berg. The three were fired Thursday afternoon, after airing the audio recording of Berg's murder repeatedly on Wednesday and laughing at the incident... Company officials say they were never told the shock jocks were going to laugh at the killing of Nick Berg on the show." With video.
Confessed childkiller now wants new trial after all
"With his execution only weeks away, a death row inmate who told judges for years that he deserves to die has informed a court that he has changed his mind, and wants a new trial for murdering a 16-year-old girl. The abrupt about-face by admitted killer Hubert L. Michael, 47, came just a day after he won a decade-long court battle in which he sought permission to fire his lawyers and stop the automatic appeals that have kept him alive. In a handwritten letter dated May 5, Michael asked for his appeal to be revived and apologized for any inconvenience his change-of-heart had caused."
Strangled, stabbed, decapitated hooker died accidentally
"When a man accused of strangling a Waikiki woman goes on trial next week, his lawyer will claim that the woman was a prostitute who died accidentally while engaged in 'asphyxiophilia - the deliberate restriction of oxygen to the brain to intensify the sexual experience' ... Myles Breiner, the attorney for murder defendant Donald Marks, said Marks, 40, 'adamantly maintains' that Yoko Sanders 'death was the tragic result of sexual misadventure.' ... Despite multiple stab wounds, the autopsy found Sanders died of strangulation. Her head was found in a black plastic bag next to her body."
"A man who cooked and ate nearly 30 cicadas sought medical treatment after suffering a strong allergic reaction to the sauteed insects. The man showed up at a Bloomington clinic Thursday covered from head-to-toe in hives, and sheepishly told a doctor he'd caught and ate the cicadas after sauteing them in butter with crushed garlic and basil... The man, who has a history of asthma and shellfish allergies, suffered a 'significant allergic reaction,' after eating the cicadas... After living underground for 17 years and feeding on tree roots, the so-called Brood X cicadas are emerging by the billions across the Eastern U.S."
Shock jocks fired for laughing at Berg execution
"The radio station KNRK at 94.7 FM is issuing an apology to its listeners after talk show hosts Marconi, Tiny and sidekick Nickie J. laughed at and ridiculed the beheading of American Nick Berg. The three were fired Thursday afternoon, after airing the audio recording of Berg's murder repeatedly on Wednesday and laughing at the incident... Company officials say they were never told the shock jocks were going to laugh at the killing of Nick Berg on the show." With video.
Confessed childkiller now wants new trial after all
"With his execution only weeks away, a death row inmate who told judges for years that he deserves to die has informed a court that he has changed his mind, and wants a new trial for murdering a 16-year-old girl. The abrupt about-face by admitted killer Hubert L. Michael, 47, came just a day after he won a decade-long court battle in which he sought permission to fire his lawyers and stop the automatic appeals that have kept him alive. In a handwritten letter dated May 5, Michael asked for his appeal to be revived and apologized for any inconvenience his change-of-heart had caused."
Strangled, stabbed, decapitated hooker died accidentally
"When a man accused of strangling a Waikiki woman goes on trial next week, his lawyer will claim that the woman was a prostitute who died accidentally while engaged in 'asphyxiophilia - the deliberate restriction of oxygen to the brain to intensify the sexual experience' ... Myles Breiner, the attorney for murder defendant Donald Marks, said Marks, 40, 'adamantly maintains' that Yoko Sanders 'death was the tragic result of sexual misadventure.' ... Despite multiple stab wounds, the autopsy found Sanders died of strangulation. Her head was found in a black plastic bag next to her body."
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