Two students at Southern Illinois University in this St. Louis suburb kidnapped, paddled and burned a young man with freshly baked cookies after a drug deal went bad, prosecutors said.
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A Texas man has beaten his own bizarre world record – by sitting in a bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes for 45 minutes. Jackie Bibby, known as the “Texas Snake Man”, beat his previous best by 12 snakes in the feat.
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MASCOUTAH, Ill. – Two hugs equals two days of detention for 13-year-old Megan Coulter.

The eighth-grader was punished for violating a school policy banning public displays of affection when she hugged two friends Friday.
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HELL, Mich. – Life in Hell just got a little easier for John and Sue Wilson.

The couple, who live in the unincorporated town 45 miles west of Detroit, were blessed with a $115,001 windfall from the Michigan Lottery.
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TEENAGERS who refuse to work, attend training or go to school are to be issued with on the spot fines under government proposals. Any who still fail to comply would then be taken to court where they could face further penalties.
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A dad grabbed a drunken teenager he thought was trying to break into his home, handed him to police – and was arrested.

Now Mark Goldberg fears he could lose his Ministry of Defence job if he is prosecuted.
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