From car bashing to sword dueling, and more

A neighborhood feud in Washington state led to a sword fight on the street.

From car bashing to sword dueling

A neighborhood feud in Washington state led to a sword fight on the street. Police say the fight began when Dale Robertson, 25, deliberately rammed his pickup into another driver’s car as the man backed out of his driveway. Robertson then allegedly jumped out of his vehicle, brandishing a sword, prompting the second man to pick up a machete lying in his yard. Amid the clang of metal, they dueled for a couple of minutes on the street. Robertson allegedly jumped back in his pickup and drove away. He’s been charged with multiple counts of assault.

Kardashian's fashion emergency

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Kim Kardashian almost had to cancel her appear­ance at last week’s Grammy Awards because her butt didn’t fit into her gown, said ShowbizSpy​.com. When Kardashian tried to put on her golden Kaufman Franco gown, she experienced what she called “the biggest fashion emergency” of her life: The dress wouldn’t wrap around her famously imposing derriere. “I was freaking out and said that if I didn’t have a dress, I wouldn’t go,’’ Kardashian said. The designers saved the day by rushing over to let out some fabric.

A panicked deer's misadventure

A deer crashed through an apartment window in Minnesota, ran across a couple as they lay in bed, and dashed into the bathroom, becoming trapped in the toilet bowl. Colleen Slattery said that when she heard glass shattering, she thought someone was breaking into the first-floor apartment. Just then, “the deer galloped across us in bed,’’ Slattery said. The panicked animal ran into the bathroom, where its front hooves became wedged in the toilet bowl. Animal-rescue crews eventually freed the deer, which ran back into the woods.

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