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[AP,St. Louis, MO] Robert Puelo, 32, was
apparently being disorderly in a St. Louis market.
When the clerk threatened to call police, Puelo
grabbed a hot dog, shoved it in his mouth, and
walked out without paying for it. Police later
found him unconscious in front of the store:
paramedics removed the six-inch wiener from his
throat, Where it had choked him to death.
Send this story to a friend 1 [AP, Mammoth Lakes, CA] A San Anselmo man
died yesterday when he hit a lift tower at the
Mammoth mountain ski area while riding down the
slope on a foam pad, authorities said. Matthew
David Hubal, 22, was pronounced dead at Centinela
Mammoth Hospital. The accident occurred about 3
a.m. The Mono County Sheriff's Department said
Hubal and his friends had apparently hiked up a
ski run called Stump Alley and undid some yellow
foam protectors from the lift towers. Lieutenant
Mike Donnelly of the Mammoth Lakes Police
Department said the pads are used to protect
skiers who might hit the towers. The group
apparently used the pads to slide down the ski
slope and Hubal crashed into a tower. It has
since been investigated that the tower he hit was
the one with its pad removed.
Send this story to a friend 2 Representative Tim Moore sponsored a resolution in the Texas House of Representatives in
Austin, Texas calling on the House to commend Albert de Salvo for his unselfish service to
"his country, his state and his community."
The resolution stated that "this compassionate gentleman's dedication and devotion to his work
has enabled the weak and the lonely throughout the nation to achieve and maintain a new degree
of concern for their future. He has been officially recognized by the state of Massachusetts
for his noted activities and unconventional techniques involving population control and applied
psychology."
The resolution was passed unanimously.
Representative Moore then revealed that he had only tabled the motion to show how the
legislature passes bills and resolutions often without reading them or understanding what
they say. Albert de Salvo was the Boston Strangler.
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