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Homebuilder survives accidental nail gun shot to the head (VIDEO)

"This was the most freak thing that could have happened that I didn't die from,” said Nick Thompson. “I don't know what else to say other than that."

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Man suspected of shooting cop avoided life sentence in 1998

A man suspected of shooting and critically injuring a police officer in Washington Thursday evening had previously avoided a life sentence in a 1998 plea deal.

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Woman survives being shot in head during drive-by shooting

A Missouri woman who was shot in the head during a drive-by shooting Wednesday morning was alert and talking when police showed up. The woman was in her home in Ferguson, an area that’s been hounded with mayhem since an officer gunned down an unarmed teen, when a car drove by her house and fired […]

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Teen woman shot in head saved by hair weave (VIDEO)

A Chicago teen woman who was shot in the head was saved by her hair weave, the teen’s uncle said Tuesday. Chantal Hammontree, 18, was exiting her friend’s car when a gunman walked up and shot her in the head at point blank range. While Hammontree was critically injured, her uncle believes it was her […]

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Update: Texas deputy fired for shooting victim’s dog now faces animal cruelty charges (VIDEO)

Deputy Jarrod Dooley was fired last month after shooting a dog during a burglary call. Two short weeks later he has been indicted on a felony animal cruelty charge, and if convicted, faces two years in prison.

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Former Marine robs bank, shoots himself in head after crashing getaway car (VIDEO)

A former Marine robbed a Missouri bank then shot himself in the head after crashing his getaway car Wednesday. The 25-year-old Florissant native robbed a U.S. bank in Hazelwood at gunpoint before fleeing in his getaway car. Police pursued the suspect for several miles before he smashed into a concrete guardrail. As authorities approached the […]

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Activists cry out over NHL star and hunter’s “barbaric” photo of severed grizzly bear head

An NHL star and hunter set off a public feeding frenzy after he legally shot a grizzly bear, decapitated it, and posed with the head for a photo. The camouflaged 28-year-old defenseman for the Minnesota Wild ice hockey team, Clayton Stoner, posted the photo of him brandishing the bear head after a hunting trip last […]

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