A Milwaukee Army Reservist got a pleasant surprise during a mugging, when the four men who accosted him had a change of heart.

The men singled out the 21-year-old University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student as he was walking home at around 1:15 am on Tuesday. The student, whose identity has not been released, said the four men dragged him into an alley and forced him to lay facedown with a gun to his neck. The men then emptied the young man’s pockets, swiping a wallet, his keys, a cell phone, $16 and oddly, a PowerBar wrapper.

The thieves then rifled through the man’s belongings, and discovered an Army Reservist card. One of the men, who the victim described as the “leader,” decided to return the items. The burglar in charge repeatedly apologized, thanking the young man for his service and reiterating his “respect” for the victim. As the men left the scene, one reportedly returned to give the victim a “fist bump.” The reservist doesn’t wish to be named in the media because he later realized the robbers still have his keys.

Police say the man’s story is not only credible, but that two other men were approached in a short period of time in the same area, presumably by the same four muggers. One other mugging attempt was unsuccessful, with the victim running away screaming. The other involved a convicted burglar with a Department of Corrections ID in his wallet, and inspired no sympathy on behalf of the muggers.

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A Wisconsin court has found that cheerleading is a contact sport, as part of a hearing into a damages claim.

Brittany Noffke was practicing a stunt for the first time before a basketball game in 2004 when she fell backward off the shoulders of another cheerleader and suffered a severe head injury. She sued 16-year-old teammate, Kevin Bakke, who was supposed to be her spotter but failed to catch her, the school district and its insurer

The court ruled that Noffke cannot sue a teammate who failed to catch her while practicing a stunt under a Wiscosin law that prevents participants in recreational contact sports from suing each other for unintentional injuries. The problem with the law is that it doesn’t define was a contact sport is, hence the interest in ruling.

Cheerleading groups welcomed the decision as Wisconsin cheerleaders will no longer have to worry about getting sued.

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Three men accused of trying to dig up a grave in Wisconsin in order to have sex with a dead woman entered not guilty pleas this week.

The twin brothers, Alex and Nicholas Grunke, and Dustin Radke (all pictured) are alleged to have attempted to remove the body of a 20 year-old woman killed a week previously in a motorcycle crash. The three decided on the woman after seeing her photo in an obituary in the local newspaper.

Stranger still perhaps is the legal argument leading to the point. The case in the courts so far hasn’t been whether the three were guilty or not, but whether necrophilia was illegal in Wisconsin or not. A lower court originally found that there was nothing in the state that banned the boys having their way with the corpse, but the State Supreme Court over-ruled that decision in July. The fact that the three brought condoms to the scene to protect themselves was not taken into account by the court.

(via Channel 3000)

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Think that Jessica Simpson overshared as she professed her undying love for Tony Romo? That People interview’s nothing when we look at her most recent concert whoopsie: the Niagra Falls Review reports that her concert at the Avalon unraveled into her talking about being gassy:

“Unlike her tour opener in Wisconsin, where she was booed opening for Sara Evans, this crowd was here only for her. And they paid $70 a ticket for the privilege. Armed with that confidence, Simpson opened up about God, divorce and, um, flatulence. ‘I do pass gas a lot,’ she said. ‘I guarantee it smells like roses.’”

This is the sign of someone who thinks they’re too cute. Erm, not so much.

Image: WireImage

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