1.
$336.4 million Powerball jackpot unclaimed
HUDSON, Fla., April 6 (UPI) -- A sheriff's deputy used a Taser to stop a 92-year-old man from allegedly beating his roommate with his aluminum cane at a Florida assisted living center.
Both men suffer from Alzheimer's disease, the center at Hudson, Fla., said. When struck by the Taser, Olin Holcombe's lone comment was, "Wow! That smarts."
A nurse reported hearing a "thud" shortly after midnight Thursday and she found Roland Casanova, 81, on the floor, defending himself from Holcombe's cane, the Tampa Tribune reported. The sheriff's deputy who answered the call said Holcombe swung the cane at him also before the officer drew his Taser.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Odd News Stories | |
NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Dozens of fans stood in freezing temperatures along the sidewalks of Newark, N.J., to bear witness to the body of pop singer Whitney Houston being brought home.
|
DETROIT, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
The Nigerian who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day 2009 shouldn't receive life in prison for the failed attack, his legal adviser said.
|
BRISBANE, Australia, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
An Australian man who bared his buttocks to Queen Elizabeth during the monarch's visit to the country was fined $800.
|
BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
U.S. supermajor Exxon Mobil won't be able to take part in an oil and natural gas licensing auction scheduled for May in Iraq, a spokesman said.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
