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Woman admits murdering dwarf with crystal ball

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Clara Ann Blocker Admits Using Crystal Ball To Murder Erik Scott Saxton, Sentenced To Life

Posted: 04/23/2012  9:56 am Updated: 04/23/2012 12:55 pm

Clara Blocker Mug Shot
Clara Ann Blocker will serve a life sentence for killing Erik Scott Saxton with a crystal ball.

 

An Oklahoma City woman will serve a life sentence for beating a dwarf to death with a crystal ball.

Clara Ann Blocker, 41, pleaded guilty to the murder of Erik Scott Saxton, according to the Oklahoman.

Blocker, who is 5 feet 11 inches, also admitted to using a DVD player as her weapon of choice during the Sept. 16, 2010 attack on the 4 feet 5 inch Saxton, KOCO reported.

Blocker originally told detectives that she would never hurt Saxton “because he’s a little person,” the Oklahoman wrote. She later admitted that the pair were drinking vodka when they got into an argument. Blocker grabbed a crystal ball and hit Saxton in the head before repeatedly striking him with the entertainment console. It is unclear what Blocker and Saxton were fighting about, detectives said.

Blocker was temporarily homeless when the pair began living together, Blocker said.

A judge in the Cleveland County District Court last Tuesday sentenced Blocker to life with the possibility of parole, News9 reported.

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Minnesota Republican Party gets eviction notice

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

The Associated PressAssociated Press
Posted:   04/23/2012 10:15:46 AM CDT
April 23, 2012 6:30 PM GMTUpdated:   04/23/2012 01:30:15 PM CDT

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Minnesota’s debt-plagued Republican Party faces an eviction hearing next week for its party headquarters after failing to pay its rent payments since August.The party’s landlord filed the notice Wednesday in Ramsey County housing court and a hearing is set for next Tuesday. Minnesota Republican Party Chairman Pat Shortridge told party members in a memo Thursday that officials are trying to renegotiate its lease.

“We’re not going to be evicted, and at the same time, are continuing to negotiate on the back payments as well as on a lease that better fits both our space needs and our budget,” he wrote.

The GOP has 21 months remaining on a lease with Hub Properties Trust for space a block from the state Capitol. Shortridge, who took over the party in a leadership shakeup late last year, revealed the rent hadn’t been paid in eight months.

“While this is a situation none of us wants, it’s part of the rebuilding process,” Shortridge wrote in his memo.

According to the most recent federal campaign reports, the Minnesota GOP owes nearly $1 million to vendors. That includes $107,000 to Hub Properties.

The eviction notice was first reported by Politics in Minnesota.

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Woman collapses, wheeled out of Heart Attack Grill

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

 

Posted:
Apr 22, 2012 7:42 PM CDT

Updated:
Apr 23, 2012 10:54 AM CDT

 

Posted By Nicki Gex, Associate Producer – email
Submitted By Doug Johnson, Reporter – email

Emergency medical workers wheel a woman out of the Heart Attack Grill Saturday after suffering a medical episode there. (FOX5)Emergency medical workers wheel a woman out of the Heart Attack Grill Saturday after suffering a medical episode there. (FOX5)

 

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -A woman was taken out of the Heart Attack Grill on a stretcher in downtown Las Vegas by paramedics Saturday night, after suffering an apparent medical episode.

Owner Jon Basso tells FOX5 the woman, believed to be in her mid 40s, was eating, drinking alcohol and smoking before falling onto the floor unconscious.

Basso believes her body just could not take in all the stress.

An ambulance arrived at the restaurant within five minutes, according to Basso.

The Heart Attack Grill is known for not holding back on its menu. Signs around the business glorify bad eating habits with menu items like Flatliner Fries and Butterfat Milkshakes. The “Quadruple Bypass Burger” is also an item sold at the restaurant, containing a whopping 9,983 calories.

Basso said recently that item on the menu was honored by the Guinness World Record for having the highest amount of calories ever in a burger.

As of now, it is unclear what the woman was eating Saturday night.

This is not the first medical episode to happen at the Heart Attack Grill. In February, a diner suffered a heart attack in the middle of eating a Triple Bypass Burger.

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Man Dies After Peeing On ‘L’ Tracks In Evanston

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Photo Of CTA Purple Line South Blvd. Station. (CTA Photo)

Photo Of CTA Purple Line South Blvd. Station. (CTA Photo)

EVANSTON, Ill. (CBS)— An Indiana man died overnight, after coming into contact with the electrified third rail as he urinated on the Purple Line ‘L’ tracks in Evanston.The man was at the South Boulevard Purple Line stop around 11 p.m. Sunday with two other people when he came into contact with the third rail, according to CTA spokeswoman Lambrini Lukidis.

The man, Zachary McKee, 27, of Ossian, Ind., was pronounced dead at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston at 11:52 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

It turned out that the man had climbed down to the tracks to urinate when he fell onto the third rail, according to a news release from the Evanston Police Department.

Authorities have not said whether the man urinated on the third rail.

One of the two people the man was with ran down stairs to the booth at the entrance at the station and alerted the security guard on duty to the situation, Lukidis said. The security guard then called Evanston Police and Fire officials.

Contrary to legends and lore, the program “Mythbusters” has concluded that urinating directly onto the third rail is unlikely to cause death in itself. In fact, some purported cases of such deaths are actually believed to have involved direct bodily contact with the rail, as appears to be the case in the Sunday night incident.

The Straight Dope reported a couple of years ago that there have been two other local cases of people coming into contact with the third rail after urinating on the ‘L’ tracks.

In 1991, a 14-year-old boy was killed after urinating on the Red Line ‘L’ tracks at the Morse Avenue stop in Rogers Park. While some reports say the cause was urination on the third rail, the Straight Dope concludes that he likely suffered electrocution from direct contact.

In 1977, a man named Sang Yeul Lee trespassed onto the ground-level Brown Line tracks at Kedzie Avenue to urinate. Based on autopsy findings, the Straight Dope says he too likely died by coming into direct contact with the electrified rail.

The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.

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