Woman stabbed, baby removed from victim’s womb‏

A 26-year-old Longmont, Colorado woman who was seven months pregnant showed up at a home Wednesday to buy baby clothes she’d seen in a Craigslist post.

The 34-year-old woman who lives at the home, in the 1600 block of Green Place in Longmont, stabbed the pregnant woman and “removed” her baby.

The baby did not survive.

The woman who was attacked was taken to Longmont United Hospital, where she underwent surgery and is expected to recover, he said.

Police located the suspect at the hospital after she apparently arrived with the baby and said she had suffered a miscarriage.

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55 Films’ First and Last Shots

What can we learn by examining only the first and final shot of a film? This video plays the opening and closing shots of 55 films side-by-side. Some of the opening shots are strikingly similar to the final shots, while others are vastly different–both serving a purpose in communicating various themes. Some show progress, some show decline, and some are simply impactful images used to begin and end a film.

A list of the films and the time in which they appear are after the jump.

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Bag of Randomness

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  • I’m not sure I’ve watched any of the original Star Trek series other than a few minutes, but I just streamed the pilot on Netflix.  Going in, I knew that Kirk wasn’t in that first episode and expected a bunch of outdated special effects and related goofiness, but I discovered the show isn’t about that but rather provoking thought.  All in all, it was better than expected.
  • As I watched the Star Trek pilot, I couldn’t help but notice that actor that plays Captain Pike, Jeffrey Hunter, looks a heck of a lot like actor Ray Liotta.  A quick Google search proves I’m not the only one with that thought.  Here’s a pic for comparison.  Hunter died four years after filming the Star Trek pilot from injuries filming a mafia movie – “Hunter was injured in an on-set explosion when a car window near him which had been rigged to explode outward instead accidentally exploded inward.”  Well, actually he survived that event but rather died later that same year from fracturing his skull after he struck his head on a banister falling or tripping off a three-stair set of steps.
  • Lewisville’s Vista Ridge Mall facing foreclosure – I can see this mall’s parking lot from my backyard, so I’m curious as to how it’s going to affect my property value.  That mall has been showing signs of weakness for the last decade, and the only thing it has going for it other than the anchor stores was when Cinemark constructed an attached 15-screen movie theater.  So if the mall does go down, I guess that will affect the Cinemark.  The real downer that will be personal to us is the mall Santa we’ve taken a real liking to.
  • I only caught part of the Christian Laettner ’30 for 30′ and was surprised to see Dallas native Larry Johnson wear his UNLV warm-ups with a University of Texas hat when he entered his last semi-final game.
  • I thought no would get get the ‘Twilight Zone’ picture I posted yesterday, but I was wrong.
  • Netflix God Mode smites the endless lists that plague its desktop site
  • I feeling like if I hear “All About That Bass” one more time, I’m gonna take hostages.
  • Neil deGrasse Tyson’s late night TV show will premiere on 4/20
  • How an Oregon vasectomy clinic created an improbable March Madness tradition
  • Today’s dose of ‘MURICA!
  • SoCal’s first ‘water coaster’ is driven by magnets
  • The village that fell asleep – For the last two years the residents of Kalachi have been falling into unexplained bouts of sleep – sometimes for weeks at a time
  • GIF – Eating food on a roller coaster 
  • 3D printer “grows” objects out of ooze – fast
  • Midtown Manhattan gets a ‘Mad Men’ statue
  • It’s worth the click just to see how futuristic the Mercedes looks – My ride in the sci-fi car of the future
  • Paul Shaffer was MIA last night on Letterman and it was just kinda weird.
  • To me, Romo got a warmer than expected greeting on Kimmel in Austin than I expected.  The interview wasn’t all that great but had a decent Bush43 story and one regarding Jerry’s age.
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