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Several of my recent threads / comments have related to a DUI arrest I recently had. I will not defend that. One of the more interesting subjects which came up when I was in jail was whether you can be arrested for "drunk in public" when you are on your own property. My position is that this should not be possible. I like to sit out on my front porch, have a drink or three, and study my shubbery. I am not driving or doing anything else which I consider to be wrong. The overwhelming consensus among my cell-mates is...

Motorcycle Going 130 MPH Crashes On I-75 Thu May 26, 9:38 AM ET Police said a motorcycle was going 130 mph just before it crashed on Interstate 75 overnight, seriously injuring the operator. Shawn Baher, 32, is being treated at University Hospital. Baker crashed about 3 a.m. on the southbound lanes at Paddock Road. The highway was closed for a few hours. An Arlington Heights officer was trying to pull over the motorcycle when it crashed, police said. Baher was charged with speeding and reckless operation.

A man in Sicily in Italy asked a friend to shoot him in the groin in the hope of making his ex-girlfriend feel sorry for him, police said. Police in the central Sicilian city of Piazza Armerina said they became suspicious when the 27-year-old went to hospital with wounds from a hunting rifle's pellets in the groin area. At first he said the wounds had been caused in a hunting accident, but later admitted he had asked a 16-year-old friend to shoot him in an attempt to win back the affection of his girlfriend, who had apparently left him because...