TIM Ekelman, 33, was hospi-
talzed in Hamilton recently
“with a collapsed Jung, a sliced
throat and voice-box damage
after he attempted to swallow a
friend’s 40-inch-long sword. (A
professional sword swallower
interviewed by the Hamilton
Spectator said he would never
stick a sword down his throat
without first dulling che edges.)
Said Ekelman’s girlfriend,
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‘burt whar a jerk.”
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__ Robert A. Milefiki, 58, who
= was driving a car that killed a
woman in 1996, avoided a

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before the Breathalyzer test.
-- (He was immediately hospital-
ized for. psychiatric observa-
tion, and the records surround-
ing his tests Were not released
“auntil last month.)
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“Brooklyn, New York — Four
= Orthodox Jewish men recently
“charged that several local rabbis
“had: arranged for them to be
beaten’. up: as: threats to ger
them. to: agree to religious
annutments of their marriages.

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According to the charges,,
the rabbis collected fees from
the men’s ex-wives, who,
though they are divoreed under
state law, still cannot remarry
within the faith unless their ex-
husbands agree to a “get,”
which is a religious divorce.
(Some Orthodox Jewish men
refuse to grant the “get” in
order to obtain leverage in
child custody disputes.)

Lincoln, Nebraska —- James B.
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breath-tested at the police sta-
tion for DUI, avoided the test
when he emerged from = the
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and the state recently ordered
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