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Tuesday, July 29, 2003
posted by gbarto at 1:17 AM:
News of the stupid on two continents:Actress Marie Trintignant In Coma After Quarrel With Her Boyfriend
She was in Vilnius, Lithuania, making a movie about Colette with her mother as director and her brother as assistant director. Then her boyfriend, high on booze and drugs, got angry and threw her to the ground, leading to severe cranial trauma and cerebral hemhorraging and coma. Police are trying to decide what charges to file.
'Game' of punches kills S.J. boy, 16
By Lisa M. Krieger / Mercury News
A test of manhood between friends turned tragic early Sunday morning when a blow to the chest killed Jacob Salas, 16, at his home in San Jose.
Monday, July 28, 2003 (Mercury News)
They were punching each other in the chest as hard as they could to see who would be the first who couldn't take it anymore first. I imagine the 19-year old winner isn't going to Disneyland, but he isn't going to jail either, as prosecutors have ruled the death accidental.
And we wrap up with this winner of a guy on the subject of speeding (from a Gary "Mr. Roadshow" Richards column in the Merc):
OK, I go 80 mph in the fast lane, but I'm not the problem. It's drivers going below 65 mph. They make me swerve and change lanes because they won't go with the flow.Yup. He's got it all under control.
Dan McCall
San Jose
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