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Edgar Bonilla Allegedly Castrated Paraplegic Man In Philadelphia

2013-06-18T16:09:00-04:00

A Philadelphia man was arrested after he allegedly stabbed and castrated a paraplegic man during an argument.

Edgar Bonilla, 41, was charged with attempted murder after the Monday night mutilation, which left the unnamed 43-year-old victim in critical condition, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Police say Bonilla and the victim were having an argument at about 7 p.m. over a woman, who is also paraplegic. Bonilla was reportedly visiting the pair, who live in a home for the disabled. The suspect stabbed the victim several times in the neck and abdomen, then mutilated his groin, according to WPVI.

The victim was in a coma and remained in critical condition Tuesday.

Bonilla was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and robbery for stealing the victim's medication. He's being held on $5 million bail. His next court date is set for July 2.

Bonilla also has a history of trespassing and robbery. In 2004 he pleaded guilty to defiant trespassing, and he received a 12-month probation sentence, Metro reports.

Zane Noland, un niño de 9 años, encuentra pistola cargada en el baño de un cine en Florida (VIDEO)

2013-06-18T12:40:25-04:00

Un niño fue al cine para ver "Man of Steel", y en lugar de eso, vio el cañón de una pistola cargada.

El domingo pasado Zane Noland entró al cubículo de un baño en un cine de Ybor City, Florida, y encontró una pistola Glock 26 encima de un dispensador de papel higiénico, según el Tampa Bay Times.

"Papá", dijo el chico, "hay una pistola".

Afortunadamente, el papá es un superhéroe. El marino veterano Wesley Noland, de 48 años –y que tiene un permiso para portar armas–, tomó la pistola semiautomática, llevó a su baño a un baño privado, y desarmó la Glock. Luego llamó al 911, según reportó ABC News.

El concurrido cine estaba a salvo. Pero el papá le dijo al Tampa Bay Times que la Glock sólo necesitaba ser halada hacia atrás para tener la carga lista. No podía dejar de pensar lo que hubiera pasado si otro niño hubiera tomado el arma.

"Esto no como olvidar las llaves o el celular", dijo. "Se trata de un arma de fuego cargada".

Los agentes respondieron rápidamente. La pareja, después de haber completado una hazaña heroica en el Día del Padre, se reunió con Ryan, hermano de Zane, para ver la película de Superman.

La policía aún intenta localizar al dueño de la pistola, según WFTV.

-- La nota original (en inglés) es de Andy Campbell de HuffPost Crime. La traducción es de Sonia Ramírez.

Zane Noland, 9-Year-Old Boy, Finds Loaded Gun In Florida Movie Theater Bathroom

2013-06-18T10:32:58-04:00

A boy went to the theater to see "Man of Steel," and instead, he got to look down the barrel of a loaded gun.

Zane Noland opened a bathroom stall at an Ybor City, Fla. theater on Sunday and found a Glock 26 handgun atop a toilet paper dispenser, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

"Dad," the boy said, "There's a gun."

Luckily, dad was a superhero. Marine veteran Wesley Noland, 48 -- who has a concealed weapons permit -- grabbed the semiautomatic pistol, brought his son into a private bathroom, and disarmed the Glock. Then he called 911, ABC News reports.

The busy theater was safe. But dad told the Tampa Bay Times that the Glock only needed its slide pulled back to chamber a round. He couldn't help but think of what might have happened if another child picked up the gun.

"This isn't like forgetting your keys or cellphone," he said. "This is a loaded firearm."

Officers responded quickly. The pair, having completed a feat of heroism on Father's Day, rejoined Zane's brother Ryan in the theater and watched the Superman movie.

Police are still trying to locate the owner of the gun, according to WFTV.

Daniel Metzgar's 8-Month Erection Caused By Botched Penis Implant Surgery: Lawsuit

2013-06-12T10:36:07-04:00

Daniel Metzgar has a bone to pick with his doctor.

The 44-year-old New Jersey trucker had an erection that lasted eight months, and said in court that his hard times were the result of a botched penile implant he received in December 2009, according to the Delaware News-Journal.

Metzgar won't stand up for this kind of abuse -- because he can't right now. After the surgery, he claimed in a new lawsuit that his scrotum grew to the size of a volleyball and his engorged pride got in the way of family events and motorcycle riding.

"I could hardly dance, with an erection poking my partner," Metzgar told jurors on Monday. "It’s not something you want to bring out at parties and show to friends."

The surgery equipped Metzgar with a three-piece inflatable implant, including cylinders that would fill with fluid should Metzgar use the pump embedded in his scrotum. He wanted the inflatable penis to help his relationship with his wife, Donna, Medical Daily reports.

He claims he was between a rock and a hard place unwillingly. But the Wilmington, Del. urologist who performed the surgery says Metzgar waited four months to complain about an infection, and then wouldn't bend for treatment until April 2010.

The prosthesis wouldn't be removed until August 2010, after tubing from the implant punctured his scrotum, Fox News reports.

Relief couldn't come soon enough, and Metzgar later got a replacement implant from another doctor. But he says Desperito won't get off easily, because he lost a great deal of sensation from the botched surgery. He became a hardened man, the lawsuit claims.

He and his wife are seeking unspecified damages. His attorney, Michael Hayden, stood firm with him, saying, "Dan is stuck in this position."

4 Bomb Threats In 3 States Reported Tuesday Are Unrelated, FBI Says

2013-06-11T15:17:00-04:00

Four bomb threats were made at three major venues in three different states on Tuesday, prompting evacuations and sweeps at the Richmond International Airport in Virginia, several buildings near the Georgia Capitol building in Atlanta, and the entirety of New Jersey's Princeton University campus.

Though the threats came within three hours, the FBI isn't looking into any correlation between them at this time.

By 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday, only the bomb threat at Princeton -- and a minor bomb threat that did not prompt evacuations at the University of New Hampshire -- was still being investigated as police swept the campus.

A representative with the FBI national press office told The Huffington Post that the threats are being investigated as unrelated incidents.

"Right now I'm told these are still local matters, with the FBI assisting as or if needed," said FBI spokesman Jason Pack.

Local FBI representatives in New Jersey and Virginia said they weren't briefed on the bomb threats outside their respective jurisdictions.

The first bomb threat was received at 6:10 a.m. Tuesday by the Richmond International Airport in Virginia. Flights were delayed and hundreds of travelers were evacuated, many of them standing in the streets with nowhere to go. The terminal was reopened by 9:40 a.m., after a sweep by police and canine units.

The details of the "threatening call" are part of an ongoing investigation and are "not available for release," said Sgt. Thomas Molnar of the Virginia State Police.

In Atlanta, two separate threats were received around 9 a.m. and led to the evacuation of several buildings near the Georgia state capitol building. Evacuated structures included the Judicial Building, which houses the state attorney general's office and Supreme Court, as well as a nearby building that houses offices of most of the state's lawmakers. An "all clear" was issued about two hours later.

Around the same time, in New Jersey, Princeton University was shut down after a bomb threat was made to "multiple, unspecified buildings" on campus, officials said.

All employees working on campus were ordered to leave and to "not return to campus for any reason." The campus was still being cleared Tuesday afternoon.

Face Swaps: Huffington Post Editors Walk A Mile In Each Other's Faces (PHOTOS)

2013-06-10T12:09:22-04:00

We know that after the Men Of HuffPost Calendar was released, you couldn't get enough of our smiling faces.

Popular face-swapping apps are sure to make you change your mind about that. We took more photos of our beautiful HuffPost editorial staff and rearranged them on the bodies of their co-workers.

Some of us look great as our colleagues. Others look ghoulish. It should be noted, however, that we're not particularly good at face swap manipulation. If you can do better, please send your best face lifts to andy.campbell@huffingtonpost.com and we'll recognize you as a legend and a scholar.

Apps for iOS and Android, like Face Swap! and Faces With Friends make it just as easy for you to creep out all of your buddies.

In the meantime, check out the photos below. Have fun trying to sleep tonight.

Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich Review: Dunkin' Donuts Offers More Kitsch Than Delish (PHOTOS)

2013-06-06T08:56:45-04:00

If you're getting a breakfast sandwich, you shouldn't hit a fast food joint in the first place -- bacon and eggs are much better fresh.

That said, if you're looking for a morning gut-bomb and you're heading into Dunkin' Donuts anyway, you might as well try their new Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich, available on June 7. Weighing in at 360 calories, this sweet-and-savory orgy of bacon, egg and doughnut certainly takes you to Flavor Town, USA.

But there were complaints about the consistency among this team's highly refined palates. Indeed, the feeling of what is essentially an egg patty while chowing down on a classic glazed doughnut is unnerving. It's also a little too sweet, probably because there's not enough of the (extremely thin) bacon.

Some here at the office couldn't get enough.

"Amazing," said HuffPost Live Producer Alexandra Schuster. "It tastes just like bacon with a side of maple syrup! Yum!"

You'll want to try this thing once, if for no other reason than to tell all your friends you did it via Instagram. But that's what Dunkin' Donuts wants.

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The sandwich comes on the heels of the widely popular Doritos Locos Taco from Taco Bell. But we don't think Dunkin's creation will be as popular or as sustainable. The Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich is a little too sugary and shameful to order regularly, whereas the Doritos Locos Taco has the you-might-as-well-add-Doritos-flavor-to-your-taco factor.

At the end of the day, we probably wouldn't seek out another breakfast belly-buster, but we enjoyed it while it lasted. Its most successful feature is the idea; we're already talking about crafting our own by slicing a Dunkin' Donut in half and throwing on some thick-cut bacon with fresh eggs and cheese.

Tell us what you think on Friday!

Nyack College Explosion: Injuries Reported In Major Gas Explosion (UPDATE)

2013-06-04T12:52:35-04:00

A major gas explosion was reported at Nyack College, and multiple people were injured, fire officials said.

Emergency workers were on the scene after the blast was reported in a college building at 11:30 a.m., according to CBS New York.

The force from the blast shattered windows and knocked doors off their hinges at the Sky Island Lodge building on campus, WABC reported.

Patch reports that there were seven injuries. Those people were transported to the hospital, two of them with flash burns. The rest reportedly suffered injuries from broken glass and splintered wood. One victim was seen being carried away in a stretcher.

None of the injuries are life threatening, a sheriff spokesman said.

Initial reports stated that multiple people were trapped, but everyone inside at the time has been accounted for, according to CBS New York.

Robert Van Cura, a spokesman with the Rockland County Sheriff's Department, told Patch that gas levels are "too high" and odors are prevalent in the area. Nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution.

Nyack College, a Christian school with about 1,000 students, is about 30 miles north of New York City. Its two-story tudor-style building, built in the 1920s, saw extensive damage in the blast.

Everyone is doing ok, thank you for your concerns and please continue to pray. We will have updates for you throughout this time.
— Nyack College (@NyackCollege) June 4, 2013

Last June, a gas main exploded in Downtown Nyack. A welder was working on a gas main replacement project when sparks erupted a fire in the main. Nobody was injured in the blast, according to NBC New York at the time.

BEAR STUCK IN A TREE IN NORTH CAROLINA (UPDATE)

2013-05-29T15:20:15-04:00

A bear that climbed up a tree in North Carolina has climbed down safely.

MyFox8.com set live camera set up to watch the little guy, who was stuck near the A&T softball field in Greensboro. After at least three hours of hanging out in the tree -- and plenty of public excitement -- the cub left the area and headed for the A&T campus.

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At about 9:22 a.m., the cub was spotted near Highway 29. Police and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission were on the scene for a short time. Animal control authorities declined to go to the site and tranquilize the bear, the News & Record reported.

Greensboro Mayor Robbie Perkins didn't immediately return calls for comment. It wasn't immediately clear what became of the bear.

Smoking Alcohol Tops Butt Chugging As Most Ridiculous New Bro Trend (VIDEO)

2013-05-29T10:20:36-04:00

Finally, a drink that's zero calories, zero sugar, and probably more deadly than its predecessor!

Kids these days will do anything for -- well, they'll just do anything. They'll burn themselves with salt and ice for fun. They'll imbibe via their anuses. And now, they're mixing dry ice and booze in order to "smoke" alcohol vapor.

The trend is already being dismantled by ~~party poopers~~ doctors, who tell Fox 5 in the video above that it's extremely dangerous. Inhaled alcohol vapor goes to the blood and brain too quickly -- speeding up the alcohol poisoning process -- and booze is, not surprisingly, toxic to the lungs.

Apparently, dry ice isn't the only way to smoke your vodka soda, either. In an effort to not show your kids how it's done, let's just say the other method -- which may or may not actually work -- involves a bicycle pump, a cork and a video camera so we can watch it on YouTube.

Cicadas' Sex-Fueled East-Coast Crawl Explained On Science Channel's 'Cicadas And Invaders 2013'

2013-05-21T12:15:43-04:00

They're a bunch of sex-crazed, partying teens, and they've risen from below the earth to ruin your nap.

No, it's not an episode of "Jersey Shore," it's CICADAPOCALYPSE 2013! Billions of harmless, non-poisonous, non-biting, non-disease-ridden, but extremely loud cicadas are crawling up the East Coast right now, and they're going to be getting down in your back yard.

But what drives them to the surface after 17 years lying in wait? The hilarious duo that runs the Stuff You Should Know podcast is hosting a three-hour special on the Science Channel to explain the cicada migration and other creepy crawly swarms.

"Cicadas definitely like to party," Josh Clark, half of the Stuff You Should Know duo, told HuffPost Weird News. "Their sole purpose [of coming to the surface] is to procreate. What's interesting is that there are billions because so many get eaten -- they fill up the predators so they can't eat anymore."

Clark, Chuck Bryant and University of Maryland entomologist Michael Raupp will explore cicadas in the heart of their natural habitat in North Carolina. They'll give a sense of what to expect, the cicadas' lifespan, and even a few cicada recipes on the "Cicadas and Invaders 2013" event, which premiers Sunday, May 26 at 8 p.m. Eastern.

Until then, you can bet that the cicadas will be bugging a home near you. Bryant said that they'll be above ground for four to six weeks, when the adults will lay eggs in the trees and then die.

"Their nymphs hit the ground, burrow into ground and latch onto a tree root, where they'll stay for another 17 years," Bryant said.

Meanwhile, those in more suburban areas of the East Coast will hear cicada noise that's as loud as 94 decibels -- equivalent to a lawn mower or an airplane passing overhead.

"You should probably stay inside if you don't like bugs," Clark said. "They don't bite, sting, or carry disease. But they're really terrible at navigation and they tend to bump into people. They'll hit you in the face and bump your head."

Want to know where the swarm is headed? Check out Magicada.org's map, which shows the last 500 reports of spotted cicadas. And the Science Channel has a live cicada cam (below) for your viewing pleasure:

Cicadas' Sex-Fueled East-Coast Crawl Explained On Science Channel's 'Cicadas And Invaders 2013'

2013-05-21T12:15:43-04:00

Charles Ramsey Video Game: 'Burger Bash' Lets You Throw McDonald's Burgers At Ariel Castro (PLAY)

2013-05-16T13:48:54-04:00

Ever wonder what it's like to be sitting there, eating your McDonald's, when a kidnapping victim decade runs out of your neighbor's house, and you step in to save that person's life?

"Burger Bash" won't automatically transform you into an instant hero. But this cheesy new video game puts you in the shoes of Charles Ramsey, who saved Amanda Berry nearly 10 years after she was allegedly kidnapped by Ariel Castro.

NMA-TV -- the same guys who give real news stories the insane Taiwanese animation treatment -- created this hamburger-hurling game.

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We should note that Burger Bash doesn't have an ounce of realism, and it will be considered offensive to some.

In it, you throw burgers at randomly generated Ariel Castro avatars. Silly music plays along with random quotes from Ramsey's now-famous TV interview, and screams can be heard in the background.

Points are racked up by hitting Castro, not innocent bystanders. You've got 30 seconds to smack down as many Castros as possible. If you strike too many bystanders, Castro captures you and takes you into his house of horrors.

The game's references come mainly from this quote Ramsey gave to reporters just hours after Berry and two other women were rescued:

"I heard screaming, I'm eating my McDonald's, I come outside, I see this girl going nuts trying to get out of her house ... Bro, i knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man's arms. Something is wrong here. Dead giveaway."

Samuel Yoon, Youth Minister, Among 92 Arrestees In Florida Prostitution Sting

2013-05-14T11:33:42-04:00

Undercover officers rounded up 92 people in a prostitution sweep that included the arrests of a youth minister and a man on a honeymoon.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office in Florida carried out the sting between May 8 and 11, targeting online classified sites, according to a press release.

Among the busted was 45-year-old Samuel Yoon, a youth minister at the Holy Cows youth ministry at the New Community Mission Church in San Leandro, Calif. He was in Orlando for a youth ministry conference when he was arrested by an undercover officer, who says Yoon was expecting to pay for sex with a 14-year-old girl.

He was charged with traveling to meet a minor and offering to commit lewdness, among others.

Another man, 21-year-old Michael Kempfer, was on his honeymoon when he left his hotel, allegedly to meet with a prostitute he'd met online. Instead, he met an undercover officer. His wife reported him missing when he didn't return, only to find that he was in jail on a prostitution charge.

Lowlights from the other 90 arrests include:

A 15-year-old girl from Sanford, arrested when she arrived at the undercover location offering to commit lewdness.

Police say a 36-year-old pimp named Quintone Pittman brought 20-year-old Amanda Worden to the undercover location to sell her services.

Cindy Lynn Bowles, 35, allegedly brought sex toys with her and told detectives she's "self-employed" and "likes to make people happy."

Ryan Wright, 18, was charged for allegedly pimping out his sister Rachel. He stayed behind in the car with Rachel's 2-year-old child while Rachel entered the undercover location. Both were arrested and charged with child cruelty, among other prostitution-related charges.

Jennifer Lopez, 32 -- not that Jennifer Lopez -- was arrested at the undercover location after attacking officers and trying to escape.

Chicken Diapers: Pampered Poultry Offers Fashionable Underwear For Your Dinner-To-Be

2013-05-13T11:58:30-04:00

Are you tired of your delicious meal pooping on your carpet? Do you want your chicken to be the cock of the town?

Then get yourself a pair of chicken diapers. Julie Baker, a farmer in Claremont, N.H., invented the poultry couture to keep the horrific mess of chicken excrement off your floors -- while your chicken stays in high fashion.

Baker told HuffPost Weird News that the family has been involved in the poultry show community for a long time (yes, there is such a thing as a poultry show community) but the little cluckers kept messing themselves up. So she made a diaper that fastens over the chicken's tail feathers and, with the help of a paper towel, keeps everything clean. Plus, it's machine washable.

"Everyone wanted to know where we got them -- and the orders started rolling in," Baker said. "I have a lot of customers that keep their chickens in the house full-time, and they love the diapers."

Her business, Pampered Poultry, also helps out humans. She pays employees at a women's sewing cooperative in Munoz, Dominican Republic to create the diapers, then picks the finished product up once every couple of months.

The chicken diaper colors -- including Ocean Blue, Parrot Green and Purple Rust -- are only available while supplies last. You can get one for $12.50 at pamperyourpoultry.com or check out Baker's chicken saddles and other attire.