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Pig heads have been left on the entrance to a migrant camp in the Netherlands, in an effort by some to give the Muslim refugees a hellish nightmare welcome to one of Europe's most tolerant nations. Unidentified perpetrators left some 14 pig heads at the entrance of a refugee center in Eschmarkerveld, near the city of Enschede, on early Wednesday morning. Nine pigs' heads were found on the fence, the rest laid out on the ground. Plastic bags full of blood in which the heads have been transported were also found at the site.

Saturday, June 19, 2010 SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Police say a woman fatally shot one of two pit bulls that attacked her basset hound Saturday in South Los Angeles. Officers were notified of the shooting at 835 W. Rosecrans Ave. at around 10:30 a.m. The woman said she and her dog were about to leave their apartment for a walk when the attack happened. She described how the two pit bulls suddenly appeared and lunged at the basset hound. "She couldn't get the dogs off her dog. She went inside (her apartment) and got a gun," said LAPD Sgt....

Someone picked the wrong target Burglary suspect wrestled down by service station owner Dawn Castro The Valdosta Daily Times VALDOSTA — A local business owner chased and wrestled to the ground a man attempting to rob his service station Friday. No injuries were reported. At approximately 4:08 p.m., a black male walked into the Citgo station on North Ashley Street and demanded money from the owner, Ben Neal.

Mom: Next 72 hours critical for girl attacked by dogs The next 72 hours are going to be critical for a DeKalb girl mauled by dogs, her mother told the AJC late Wednesday. Erin Ingram, 8, has undergone two surgeries in two days. But, so far, everything looks good, said her mother Tawonna Ingram. "She's a very strong little girl," Tawonna Ingram said Wednesday night. Tuesday afternoon, one neighbor called 911 and another hit the dogs with an umbrella as the third-grader was being mauled by two dogs. When a DeKalb County police officer arrived, he fought off the dogs...

RAMADI, Iraq – He was 5 when he first fired an M-16, his father holding him to brace against the recoil. At 17 he enlisted in the Marine Corps, spurred by the memory of Sept. 11. Now, 21-year-old Galen Wilson has 20 confirmed kills in four months in Iraq – and another 40 shots that probably killed insurgents. One afternoon the lance corporal downed a man hauling a grenade launcher 5½ football fields away. Wilson is the designated marksman in a company of Marines based in downtown Ramadi, watching over what Marines call the most dangerous neighborhood in the most...

RICHMOND, Indiana -- Authorities in Richmond said eight people were arrested Friday morning during a drug bust. Richmond police found what they are calling a significant amount of crack-cocaine and marijuana in a home on North C Street. Investigators said the woman who lives in the home, 45-year-old Carol Greene, was charged with dealing cocaine within a 1,000 feet of a park or school. The eight people who were arrested are being held in the Wayne County Jail.

CARLSBAD ---- An officer-involved fatal shooting on southbound Interstate 5 Tuesday caused major traffic delays through the evening rush hour. A police officer shot a rock-throwing suspect who charged him with a screwdriver on the right shoulder of I-5, authorities said. The man, described as possibly homeless, was shot twice in the upper torso at 1:41 p.m. just south of Carlsbad Village Drive, police Lt. Bill Rowland said. He was taken to a hospital, where he died, Rowland said. Officers initially closed all lanes of traffic, then opened the two faster lanes, California Highway Patrol Officer Tom Kerns said. Traffic...

I don't know if this is allowed on FR (sorry if I'm violating something here), but there was a compelling new book/author being featured this morning on FOX and Friends by free-lance New York-based journalist Steven Vincent entitled, "In the Red Zone." Vincent, a swarthy and dangerous-looking guy embedded himself among the people of Bagdhad, not in the safety of the Green Zone, but out in the town. Talking to hundreds of Iraqis over months in late '03 and early '04, the premise of his book as he explained it today is that current journalists aren't reporting the war in...

And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder: One of the four beasts saying: "Come and see." And I saw. And behold, a white horse. There's a man goin' 'round takin' names. An' he decides who to free and who to blame. Everybody won't be treated all the same. There'll be a golden ladder reaching down. When the man comes around. The hairs on your arm will stand up. At the terror in each sip and in each sup. For you partake of that last offered cup, Or disappear into the potter's ground. When the man comes around....