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Man bursts into flames after being shot by a taser gun Last updated at 13:56pm on 20th June 2007 Police are investigating the firey death of a man who burst into flames after dousing himself in petrol and then being shot with a taser gun. Officers used the gun after the man had poured gasoline over himself. Juan Flores Lopez, 47, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Texas. Police initially used pepper spray when they tried to take Lopez into custody. Then they used the Taser. Some stun guns emit an electric spark when they deliver the jolt of...

Just a simple vanity of something I thought funny and ironic and wanted to share. From time to time, I go to the Marvel website and check out new stuff. They have a feature where you can read old and new comics online. I opened up an old Strange Tales featuring the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four. He is fighting some costumed character with the name of Destroyer - not the Destroyer that would later fight Thor. Anyway, the plot has the villian working for the coummunists (this story is from the early 60's). At the end when the...

A Spanish mother has taken revenge on the man who raped her 13-year-old daughter at knifepoint by dousing him in petrol and setting him alight. He died of his injuries in hospital on Friday. Antonio Cosme Velasco Soriano, 69, had been sent to jail for nine years in 1998, but was let out on a three-day pass and returned to his home town of Benejúzar, 30 miles south of Alicante, on the Costa Blanca. While there, he passed his victim's mother in the street and allegedly taunted her about the attack. He is said to have called out "How's your...

GOTTA SEE THIS - FIRES AROUND THE WORLD 7/29/02 - Izmit Turkey Gas Explosion, Surrender in France, Su-27 in Lviv, Packsadle Grove, Sheldon Ridge, more =Izmit, Turkey == In Izmit, Turkey, an explosion at the gas storage facility 7/28/02. ==Martigues, France == In Martigues, France, a fireman surrenders. ==Lviv, Ukraine== In Lviv, Ukraine, the Su-27 fighter plane just before 78 souls perished and >115 were hurt. ==Sofia, Bulgaria == In Sofia, Bulgaria, a man burns by the Presidential building , lit by his wife. They have been forced to wander homeless. Where has the EU and UN been? ==Giant Sequoia...