Jeremy Taylor
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9-Year-Old’s Fort Runs Afoul of Evil Homeowners Association — Is It Fair?
When 9-year-old Nicholas Aarsvold found some discarded firewood, he decided it would be perfect to build a fort with. On his mother's instruction, he built the structure in front of their Austin, Texas, home, but in a spot that was mostly obstructed from the road. However that wasn't enough for the Summerwood Homeowners Association, who voted to fine Ramona Aarsvold unless she dismantled her son's handiwork down in the next 10 days.
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Are You Voting Early in This Year’s Election? — Survey of the Day
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One-Legged Cheerleader Makes Exclusive University of Arkansas Team
The gravity-defying tosses, spins and flips of college cheerleading are hard enough to do on two legs. Now imagine trying to do them on one.
That's Patience Beard's reality, as the 18-year-old lost her left leg to an illness when she was a baby. But she's never let her lack of a limb hold her back, and this year she was one of only five freshmen to make the University of Arkansas cheerleading squad.
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See the Kids of ‘The Monster Squad’ Then and Now
In 'The Monster Squad,' a gang of monster movie-obsessed adolescents end up waging an epic battle against the ghouls they idolized after they learn that Dracula, Frankenstein, et al. are real.
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See the Cast of ‘Friday the 13th’ Then and Now
Audiences got their first taste of the 'Friday the 13th' franchise, which is now 12 films strong, when the original horror flick hit theaters in 1980.
The tale of gruesome happenings at Camp Crystal Lake didn't do much for critics, but audiences ate up its grindhouse-style gore.
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‘Cannibal Cop’ Busted in New York After Plotting to Cook Women
Gilberto Valle's taste for human flesh has landed him in hot water.
The 28-year-old New York City police officer allegedly used law enforcement databases to compile a detailed digital file of 100 women whom he planned to "kidnap, rape, kill, cook and eat."
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Heads Up! Watch a Low-Hanging Bridge Defeat Numerous Trucks
Unless you're driving a truck or bus, you can pretty much ignore the signs which warn how tall upcoming bridges are. But it turns out that many truck drivers also ignore these signs, and as you'll see in this video compilation, they often pay a price for it!
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Warning! Sharks Are Falling From the Sky
When you play a round of golf you have to contend with sand traps, water hazards, the rough and your own poor swing. One thing you normally don't have to think about are sharks falling from the sky.
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Triumph the Insult Dog Runs Wild at Presidential Debate
There was a dog loose in the "Spin Room" after the final presidential debate at Lynn College in Florida.
Triumph the Insult Dog, that is. Conan O'Brien's puppet provocateur certainly made his presence felt by ambushing media personalities with his signature digs.
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See the Cast of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Then and Now
Horror master Wes Craven's slasher film 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' was a huge success with both audiences and critics in 1984. In fact, it was such a hit that it spawned multiple sequels, remakes and various television incarnations.
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Thief Made $70,000 a Week Crawling on Movie-Theater Floors — Dollars and Sense
It took some serious slithering, but Anthony Johnson was able to steal as much as $70,000 a week from unsuspecting movie-theater patrons.
According to an accomplice who turned on him, Johnson would purchase a ticket for a movie that women were likely to see. Then he and a female partner would crawl around on the floor of the dark theater, plundering the purses sitting at the ladies' feet.
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Theater Screens ‘Paranormal Activity 4′ Instead of ‘Madagascar 3,’ Scars Children
A movie theater full of kids in Nottingham, England, had come to see the lighthearted animated tale 'Madagascar 3.' Unfortunately, they received quite a shock when theater employees mistakenly played a completely different kind of sequel.