A pregnant teenager and her boyfriend, 25, were both killed, after connecting with the wrong man for a sexual encounter through Craigslist. Brady Oestrike, who had a large collection of assault rifles, allegedly strangled 18 year old Brooke Slocum and decapitated Charles Oppenneer. Slocum, who was eight months pregnant, was allegedly held captive before he death.
According to the AP, “It’s likely that Oppenneer died of some kind of head trauma, but that couldn’t be determined without his head being found, police said.”
Oestrike shot himself to death after crashing his car in an attempted escape from police.
New Yorker taking its own look at the Legend of Joe Biden …
After the speech, just before Biden ducked back inside, a young man cupped his hands and yelled, “Stay gangster, Joe! I dig you, man.” Biden looked up, pleased but perplexed by an image he doesn’t control or entirely recognize. He waved and kept walking.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott keeping his opposition to same sex marriage on the down low.
Gov. Perry to deploy state national guard troops to the border – wants feds to reimburse Texas.
I mentioned a little earlier this crazy case of two friends trying to “test” a bullet proof vest in their basement – a genius idea that left one of them dead and the other in jail facing murder charges. We now have a bit more information on what went down – much of which could be summarized under the heading: leave testing out bullet proof vests to the professionals. If you must go DIY, make sure the shooter isn’t stoned.
New England Journal of Medicine: 20 million Americans now covered through Obamacare.
The NRA’s logic missed the tripartite reality: good people with guns, bad people with guns and stupid people with guns.
Man charged with killing friend in botched test of bulletproof vest.
How McConnell hides his position on 3 critical issues in his reelection fight.
McConnell: “Every crazy liberal” is spending money to defeat me. Watch.
Bloomberg (emphasis added): “Hillary Clinton has earned at least $12 million in 16 months since leaving the State Department, a windfall at odds with her party’s call to shrink the gap between the rich and the poor.”