Sheriff's deputies pulled a naked man from the jaws of a nearly 12-foot long alligator that almost completely severed the man's arm, the sheriff's office said.Four deputies waded through thick mud about 20 feet into Lake Parker to find Adrian Apgar, 45, around 4 a.m. Wednesday morning, the sheriff's office said. They were responding to multiple reports about a man screaming for help.Deputy Billy Osborne said he pulled Apgar's arms while the gator gripped the man's lower half and eventually helped pull Apgar free. The deputies said they couldn't shoot the animal because it was too dark and they might have hit the victim.It was not clear why Apgar was in the water at such an early hour. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Apgar told deputies he had been smoking crack.... http://www.usatoday.com censor News |
Editor - 19:20:00 11-29-06 |
Paraguay man crucified in public |
| Protesters in Paraguay have staged a public crucifixion calling for a jailed former army general to be set free. Tomas Velazquez, a supporter of General Lino Oviedo, popular among Paraguay's indigenous people, .. full News |
Editor - 19:15:00 11-29-06 |
Study group reaches consensus on Iraq alternatives |
| The independent, bipartisan panel studying U.S. policy in Iraq has reached a consensus agreement and will release its conclusions on December 6 in a report that could help guide U.S. President George W. Bush's .. full News |
Editor - 19:10:00 11-29-06 |
And they were wearing nothing but a pothole! Citizens of Saskatchewan town pose nude for calendar to protest bad road |
| Canada are so fed up with the rotten state of their main road that they came up with an unusual form of protest — a calendar that shows them posing nude in the potholes. One inhabitant of Leader, Saskatchewan, .. full News |
Editor - 18:49:00 11-29-06 |
British security forces 'colluded in international terrorism' |
| British security forces colluded in acts of international terrorism in the 1970s, a Dáil committee said in a hard-hitting report today. “The spectre of collusion” was present in the attacks investigated by the .. full News |
Editor - 18:47:00 11-29-06 |
U.S. Apologizes to Mistaken Terrorism Suspect |
| The U.S. government has agreed to pay $2 million to an Oregon lawyer who was wrongfully arrested as a terrorism suspect because of a bungled fingerprint match and has issued an apology for the "suffering" infli.. full News |
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