Sex Gamer Pierces Lover's Heart

From the You Can't Make This Stuff Up Department: A woman, while playing a rough sex game with her partner, punctured her lover's heart while trying to carve a heart shaped symbol on his chest. " The Winnipeg Free Press said the 25-year-old woman had been sentenced to...

Semi vs. Bus: 3 Injured in Chicago Crash

The only good news here is that nobody was killed; had this taken place later in the day it would have been much, much worse, exacerbated by the leaks in the semi's fuel tanks."At least three people were injured early today in a crash involving a CTA bus, a truck and several...

Three Houses Burn In Bridgeport Two Alarm Fire

" March 7, 2007 Connecticut - Bridgeport Firefighters were dispatched around midnight on March 7 to a reported house fire at 480 Connecticut Avenue, in the city's east side. First due Engine 6 reported two and a half, wood frame fully involved. As more companies arrived,...

Bridgeport Firefighters Battle Pre Dawn Blaze

" December 3, 2006 Connecticut - Bridgeport's firefighters responded to a report of a structure fire this morning at 1492 Iranistan Avenue, located in the city's West End. The fire was reported in the pre-dawn hours of 6:00 am, on December 3, 2006. First due Engine Company...

Scientists say Barnum Museum mummy real (AP)

" BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - P.T. Barnum wasn't fooling. The Egyptian mummy in his museum is for real. A pair of Quinnipiac University imaging experts, who specialize in mummies, confirmed Thursday that the mummy — Pa-Ib — was a real person. Barnum's second wife had...

Contentious W.Va. Jesus painting stolen (AP)

" BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. - So much for "Thou shalt not steal." Just before 4 a.m. Thursday, an intruder snatched the contentious painting of Jesus Christ from the halls of Bridgeport High School. The theft came just two days after the Harrison County School Board voted to fight a...

Conn. Senate candidates begin final push (AP)

" BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - After swaying gently to the hymn "God Will Take Care of You," Ned Lamont went the pulpit and asked congregants at the Messiah Baptist Church to break from a three-term incumbent and support his bid for U.S. Senate. A few miles away, U.S. Sen. Joe...