Today on The STR (1-07-2010)

Report: Artie Lange attempted suicide by stabbing himself
A violent suicide attempt is what landed Howard Stern sidekick Artie Lange in the hospital over the weekend, the New York Post reports. His mother, Judy Lange, who was dropping off food, found him bloody in his Hoboken, N.J., apartment Saturday morning and called 911, sources told the Post's Page 6. Despite Lange's heavy bleeding from nine self-inflicted wounds -- six "hesitation" cuts and three deep -- surgeons were able to save him.

On Monday, Stern did not discuss details of Lange's hospitalization -- respecting the family's wishes -- reminding listeners of his contributions and setting listeners straight on an Internet rumor that the 42-year-old was off the show.

Body of model Paula Sladewski found burning in Miami dumpster; boyfriend 'a person of interest'
A romantic New Year's Eve getaway to Miami turned into a horror show for a stunning Playboy model whose corpse was found burning in a Dumpster - and cops have reportedly named her boyfriend a person of interest in the grisly death.
The smoldering corpse of Paula Sladewski, 26, was found late Sunday night, the Miami Herald reports, when a passer-by called cops to report a trash bin on fire.

Okla. boy says mom, her friend beat him over food
OKLAHOMA CITY — Bernell McCall used his scarred wrists to tell part of his story: Showing them to a judge Wednesday, he said his mother and her friend often bound him or locked him in a closet for “stealing” food from the family’s kitchen.
The Oklahoma County judge later ordered LaRhonda Marie McCall, 37, and Steve Vern Hamilton, 38, to stand trial on multiple counts of felony child abuse. Both have pleaded not guilty.

According to the boy, who is now in foster care, his mother and Hamilton would use twine, a telephone cord or plastic ties to bind him, whichever was handy, and put him in a closet, the boy said, lifting his arms toward the judge.
“Sometimes they would leave me in there for a couple of nights before I got free,” the 15-year-old said.
Half-siblings would risk punishment by sneaking him food while their mother was away, he said in a cold, unemotional courtroom recitation.
“I remember her saying ‘Die’ and that she regretted having me,” Bernell McCall testified, telling the judge that his mother and Hamilton often choked him until he passed out.
At times during the hearing, his mother shook her head in disagreement.
“I think there’s a lot more to the story than what we heard today,” LaRhonda McCall’s attorney, Brian Young, said after the hearing. “We’ve only heard from two witnesses today. There will be a lot more at trial.”
Young said there were inconsistencies between the boy’s testimony and what he told police.
The teenager said Wednesday that the abuse began shortly after he moved from New Jersey to Oklahoma at age 10 to live with a mother he had never known. He said he was punished for taking food from the kitchen, with beatings, bindings or isolation occurring about four times a week. His mother once doused him with rubbing alcohol and set him ablaze, he alleged.
“All of a sudden I was in a blue flame,” Bernell McCall testified. He said he had many scars on his upper legs but didn’t show them to the judge.


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