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Talk about adding insult to injury: An Everglades tour guide who lost his hand to an alligator last month was arrested over the weekend, charged with unlawful alligator feeding.

Wallace Weatherholt, a 63-year-old airboat captain, was leading a tour on June 12 when the group encountered a 9-foot alligator. Passengers told the Fort Myers News-Press that Weatherholt "hung a fish over the side of the boat and had his hand at the water's surface when the alligator attacked." Read more...

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Ouch, sounds extremely painful,
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RephaelOuch, sounds extremely painful,
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I bet that guy is still regretting feeding chicken to that alligator :(

The Olympic fencing tournament was thrown into an incredibly emotional, dramatic and elongated controversy when a semifinal bout of the women's individual epee competition was won on a final touch with 1 second remaining and the losing fencer launched an appeal of the decision which eventually cost her a place on the podium. Read more...

A wet and wild case of road-rage revenge has been caught on camera.

Watch this car and SUV battle for space on a highway in Russia. One driver vented his frustration at a fellow driver who refused to merge. The driver of the SUV takes off, but then pulls onto the shoulder of the road.

The maneuver was a well-timed, well-planned effort to administer a soaking to the smaller silver car that refused to let the SUV over. Click here to watch the video caught on camera.

With nearly a billion users worldwide, Facebook (FB) is one of the hottest sites on the Internet and a defining force in online media.

But since going public on May 17, the ever popular social network has started to show a few kinks in its digital armor. First the stock price tanked. Then its domestic user growth slowed. And of course privacy concerns and data security remain ongoing issues for the company as it expands globally. Read more...

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Known and interesting,
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Johan Huibers, a Dutch contractor and millionaire has reproduced a copy of Noah's Ark, built the proportions laid out in The Bible. Plus, Amy Hu in Santa Clara, California was shocked when she opened a bag of Jolly Ranchers and discovered an old rusty razor blade mixed in with the candy, and police are looking for a thief that stole a puppy from a Long Island pet store worth $1400. Click here to watch the video...

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The man suspected of opening fire on Sunday in a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., was identified by police on Monday as Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old former member of the U.S. Army.

Seven people were killed, including the suspected gunman, in Sunday's shooting. The six victims identified by police—five men and one woman—ranged in age from 39 to 84.

According to Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards, Lt. Brian Murphy, a 51-year-old officer, was the first to arrive at the temple shortly after 10:25 a.m. Sunday. He began to render aid to one of the victims in the parking lot when he was "ambushed," Edwards said at a news conference on Monday. Read more...