U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) injured his forehead two weekends ago dumpster diving, a Washington Post blogger is reporting.

Mary Ann Akers said in her “The Sleuth” column Friday that the Senator returned to Washington D.C. last week with a “prominent gash” on his forehead. Coleman was reportedly knocked nearly unconscious while dumpster diving in St. Paul.
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NEW YORK, Jan 29 - Roses are red. Violets are blue. Our love died, now why don’t you? With Valentine’s Day approaching, love is the air — and so is revenge, with jilted lovers sending bitter notes, funeral wreaths and even dead fish to former partners.
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FARGO, N.D. - A drunk man who tried to climb over a freight train stopped at a downtown crossing ended up going for a ride when the train took off. The 23-year-old man called 911 from his cell phone early Friday when the train reached the Casselton area west of Fargo because he was cold and wanted off, said Cass County Deputy Sheriff Shawn Getz.
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A rookie drug dealer has been spared a jail sentence because of his fear of imprisonment.

Kym Sidney Tyrone O’Hara last week faced a 25-year prison term for selling $700 worth of ecstasy and methylamphetamine to friends at Port Lincoln in 2003 and 2004.
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FARMVILLE, Va. - A judge declared a mistrial in an attempted-murder case after the defense lawyer said he couldn’t continue his closing statement because he had lost his train of thought.
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Nathan Frison wants to be a superhero, with powers that can save the world, and perhaps help a 10-year-old boy.

Put simply, Frison is chasing a dream he thought flickered out in college. Back then, he had come up with an idea for a comic book, a bad-guy foursome called the Elite.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. - A man who said he used a stun gun on his wife’s 79-year-old grandmother was arrested for investigation of domestic assault.

Aaron de Bruyn, 26, was cited with fourth-degree domestic violence assault Wednesday and released from the Skamania County jail Thursday, Police Chief Calvin Owens said. The grandmother wasn’t injured.
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