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Anonymous attacks Italian cyber police, steals 8GB of data

A controversial international network of computer hacking group known as Anonymous claimed Monday that it has hacked into the website of a division of the Italian government dedicated to fighting cybercrime, and stole hundreds of secret documents.

London: Fox bites sleeping woman

Londnon -- A London woman says a fox attacked her while she was sleeping in her bed.

The animal is believed to have entered the woman's home through an open window and bit her on the ear, London's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.

Annie Bradwell scared the animal off, and then realized she had been injured.
"I realized I was bleeding and that I had been bitten quite badly," she said. "I then started getting very frightened because I don't know what diseases foxes carry nowadays."

It is the third fox attack on area humans in the past four months, the report said.

Acid attack victim says she could hear her skin 'sizzling'

Bethany Storro, the victim of a vicious attack with acid, says she can hear her skin sizzling. The bizarre acid attack happened earlier this week when Storro was on her way to a Vancouver Starbucks store.

Celeb DJ 'incredibly sad' about dog attack

West Hollywood, Calif. -- Offering condolences, U.S. celebrity DJ Samantha Ronson said nothing she could do would alter the fact that her dog allegedly fatally attacked another dog.

"There is absolutely nothing I can say that will alter one minute of today, nothing," Ronson posted on her Twitter page Monday after her pet bulldog, Cadillac, reportedly attacked a neighbor's Maltese, which later died from the injuries, E! Online reported.

"I feel incredibly sad and wish I could offer more than condolences, unfortunately there are no words to describe how sorry I am," Ronson wrote.

The incident occurred near the celebrity DJ's West Hollywood, Calif., apartment building. TMZ.com reported someone called emergency services.

Film student stabs Muslim cabby; held without bail

A New York cab driver was attacked on Tuesday night by a college student who apparently asked him if he was Muslim before stabbing him at least five times with a pocket knife, according to several published online media reports.

Canoe club moves aggressive swan

Chelmsford, England. -- never guide British come Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A British canoe club says it has relocated an aggressive swan that has been attacking canoeists for two decades.

Deborah Wilkes of England's Chelmsford Canoe Club said the swan, nicknamed Hissing Sid, struggled with canoeists for 20 years, pecking holes in boats and knocking paddlers into the water, The Sun reported Friday.

Wilkes said the club obtained permission to relocate the cob after it attacked a 13-year-old girl. She said the club utilized the services of a swan trapper to move Sid, his mate and six cygnets to a lake in Suffolk, England.
Swans are known to live up to 50 years.

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Sum 41 cancels concerts

Los Angeles -- U.S. rock band Sum 41 says it has canceled several dates on its Vans Warped Tour because lead singer Deryck Whibley is hurting after being attacked in Japan.

Sum 41, in a posting on its Web site Tuesday, said the band had expected to resume playing on the tour this week after having taken a break to play Summer Sonic festival dates in Japan.

"Unfortunately," the band said, "... Whibley was attacked in a random unprovoked incident in Japan last Thursday night, which aggravated a previous slipped disk injury that he sustained in 2007. After seeking medical attention, Deryck and band mates Steve Jocz, Cone McCaslin and Tom Thacker went on to play as part of the festival in Osaka and Tokyo."

Foxy Brown arrested after run-in with nemesis neighbor, released

Singer Foxy Brown was arrested Wednesday (July 21) and later released after allegedly violating a protective order. Reportedly, the feisty rapper had a run-in with a neighbor who has a restraining order against her.

Alligator attacks man in Silver Springs Nature Park

An alligator at a Marion County theme park attacked a man on Tuesday evening. The man sustained multiple bites and may have suffered a broken jaw, according to multiple local tabloid reports.

'Jackass' star Bam Margera beaten by a woman, hospitalized

"Jackass" star Bam Margera has been hospitalized after being attacked by a woman early Saturday. The woman hit him with a bat at about 2 a.m. Saturday next door to The Note, a bar Margera co-owns, according to numerous media reports.

Big Brother 9's Matt McDonald arrested for beating pregnant GF

Former 'Big Brother' houseguest Matt McDonald was arrested over the weekend for allegedly beating up his pregnant girlfriend, according to multiple US tabloid reports.

No mercy for Dominic Carter; Jailed for beating wife

Los Angeles, January 15 -- Dominic Carter, a former cable TV newsman, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for beating his wife. The suspended political news reporter was led away in handcuffs on Thursday and he immediately began his one-month incarceration in the Rockland County Jail.