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By TIMES WIRES
Published July 11, 2007

Wedding wounds

The bride does damage with stiletto heels

The problems started right after "I do." During the reception in London, Teresa Brown and Mark Allerton were in a hotel room upstairs when an argument ensued and Brown smacked Allerton in the head with one of her stiletto shoes. She was arrested after Allerton went to the front desk with a bloody towel on his head. Brown's lawyer, Stuart Beveridge, says it was probably because of the booze and antidepressants. "She and her husband are still together, although this incident has not helped," he said.

Auto impunity

City dumps icon for a Walgreens

Despite its immense historical significance, an art installation called the Spindle is coming down from a parking lot in Berwyn, Ill. Seems that it is in the only place the city can build a Walgreens pharmacy. The sculpture, unofficially known as the "Car Kabob" and the "Eight Car Pileup" was featured in the movie Wayne's World. Artist Dustin Shuler, who built the piece in 1989, is taking it hard. "Personally, I would have moved the Walgreens and left the Spindle," he said. There is talk of moving the sculpture, but that could cost $300,000, effectively ending a lot of those conversations.

Car catches runaway wrecking ball

When knocking down a building at the top of a hill, make double-sure that the 1,500-pound wrecking ball is totally secure. It wasn't in Meadville, Pa., as they knocked down a library at Allegheny College. One big swing and the 3-foot ball broke loose, rolling almost a mile downhill, smashing into a dozen cars and injuring three people before Alex Habay's car, above, heroically caught it. "All of a sudden, the back windshield exploded and I hit the car in front of me," said Habay, 20.

What the ...?

Family mad as heck at school

A boy in Australia is going to go to public school after his family ran into some trouble getting him into a Catholic school in Melbourne. It wasn't because of his grades or anything. It was just that the church-based school was a little dicey about having a student named Max Hell. The school ultimately decided he could attend, but by then the family just decided public school would be fine.

Update

Buttocks boards

A Times Square church won a temporary stay to keep a bidet company from putting up a billboard featuring naked rears right outside its doors. The matter now goes to court.

Compiled from Times wire services and other sources by staff writer Jim Webster, who can be reached at jwebster@sptimes.com.

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