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ABOVE: A now mullet-less A.C. Slater, aka Mario Lopez.

Chicagoland police were summoned to a sports bar named “Mullets” after a presumably intoxicated patron destroyed a framed photograph of A.C. Slater from Saved By The Bell.

The mullet was just too much.

Slater, the Army Brat and school jock at Bayside, played by Mario Lopez (more recently of Dancing With the Stars and Extra fame) held a position of honor in the men’s room.

No official word on what incited the violence:

Chicago Tribune:

“I just don’t like Slater,” the man reportedly told the owner after allegedly yanking the photo from its place of pride above a urinal and smashing it on the floor.

Was it the pleated Z. Cavariccis? The way Slater treated Jessie during senior year? Or something darker — was Slater somehow involved in the disappearance of sister J.B. Slater, who according to IMDb.com appears in a single episode before vanishing forever like Richie Cunningham’s older brother in “Happy Days”?

Or maybe he should’ve just passed on that drink, unlike Slater at that infamous senior-year toga party (you know, the one at Ox’s house, which led to the drunken driving crash in which Slater hurt his shoulder and learned that, even if Lisa was elected homecoming queen, you can’t just toss your morals out the window).

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With at least nine unexplained incidents of mass animal deaths occurring worldwide this year, birds dropping out of the sky have become almost a daily phenomenon.

Arkansas' red-wing blackbird deaths remain unexplained

The Bay Area, however, has been mercifully free of strange bird kills. Or at least it had until Saturday.

The bodies of more than 100 small birds, apparently the same species, were found strewn over the ground Saturday afternoon off Highway 101, south of Geyserville, according to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. A local warden took several of the brown-and-black birds to be tested by a biologist.

How they died is unknown. One theory is that the birds were hit by a semi rig, but police said that was just speculation.

The Geyserville incident is the latest in a series of “X-Files”-esque bird deaths that scientists are struggling to explain:

* 10,000 dead turtle doves in Italy (theory -sunflower seed gluttony).

* 5,000 dead red-winged blackbirds in central Arkansas (blunt-force trauma from source unknown).

* 500 dead birds in Pointe Coupee Parish, La. (may have hit power lines).

* 200 American coots found dead in Tyler, Texas. (cause of death undetermined).

* Scores of jackdaw carcasses in Falkoping, Sweden. (theory – stress from fireworks).

Evangelist Cindy Jacobs, self-described “world recognized prophet to the nations,” has another theory. She suggests bird deaths are an “answer from God” for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

“According to biblical principles, marriage is between a man and a woman, so we have to say ‘what happens when a nation makes a decision that’s against God’s principles? Well, often what happens is that nature itself will begin to talk to us – for instance, violent storms, flooding.”

God may be killing off birds, but He has apparently spared the loons.

Jacobs: Birds Dying Because of DADT Repeal

Hundreds of birds found dead in Louisiana may have hit power lines UK Daily Mail

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Australia has endured a deadly series of floods.

On Monday, a flash flood roared through Toowoomba, Queensland, leaving 10 dead and 78 missing.

This video shows just how quickly the water surged through Toowoomba, sweeping away cars as if they were corks.

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In a recent example of gotcha-journalism at its finest, a New York television reporter from NBC New York hits the internet in search of Four Loko.

The banned caffeine-laden malt beverage has become a cult obsession among the young and drunk — even inspiring DIY concoctions — but apparently, you needn’t go farther than the Craigslist “collectibles” listings.

What’s the over/under on whether these were pounded behind the station after the 5 o’clock news?

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“This is not the way I wanted to start out my new year,” says Andre Hall in the understatement of the year — so far.

Pittsburgh officials say contractors demolished the wrong house while Hall was away for the holidays. “Now all I got is an open lot. With nothing,” said Hall, standing in front of his property.

The city isn’t all that amused either:

“We have stopped any contracting from going to P.J. Deller [Excavating & Hauling] until further notice,” said Joanna Doven, spokeswoman for Mayor Luke Ravenstahl. “They will not be doing any demolition for the city until our Law Department has appraised the matter.”

(Read more at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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