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To all those who question the usefulness of self-defense courses, I give you this alarming headline, from a report on sueddeutsche.de: Joggerin nimmt Reh in den Schwitzkasten To all those who question the usefulness of German classes: See above.Okay, okay. Because I'm in a generous mood, here is that headline as rendered in English via Google Translate: jogger taking deer in a headlock All right, I can see you're still a bit puzzled. So here's the gist of the story from the English language German news site thelocal.de: A jogger fought off a crazed, attacking deer by putting it in...

Employees of casino giant Harrah’s may have been pushed by executives to vote early in order to help Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid win his tough re-election campaign against Republican Sharron Angle according to emails leaked to the press. If true, this would violate Federal Election law, as coordinating “Get Out The Vote” efforts cannot be coordinated with a political candidate. The Federal Election Commission prohibits coordination between companies, unions, and candidates for Get Out The Vote efforts: No Coordination Registration and GOTV drives beyond the restricted class cannot be coordinated with any candidate or any political party. 109.21 and...

OGDEN, Utah — It's not a good idea to mess with the mayor, even if he isn't very big. Mayor Matthew Godfrey and his wife were awakened early Wednesday when somebody tried to break into their house through a side and then a rear door. Godfrey jumped out of bed, checked on his children and went outside. "He was heading across the front lawn riding a bike of ours," Godfrey said. "I ran him down and tackled him, wrestled him and put him in a headlock." He held the man down while his wife called 911. Curtis Poorman, 20, was...

Here is a light-hearted Saturday story of chivalry with a dash of comedy.Japanese TV reported this story today. Here is the video clip.It seems a young Japanese lady, minding her own business, became the target of a sexual harasser (so-called "chikan") at an underground stairway in a Tokyo subway station.Just as the women was being accosted by the perp, it happened that too rather beefy, young, sumo wrestlers were passing by. Great timing.Needless to say, they made 'chanko nabe' of that little pervert in no time at all, grabbing a hold of him, getting him in a headlock, and...