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'Octogenarian Bingo Killer' Arrested in Spain

Cops say 84-year-old man knew victim from game

(Newser) - The Spanish press is calling him "El asesino octogenario del bingo"—the Octogenarian Bingo Killer. Police say an 84-year-old man has been arrested after a yearlong investigation into the murder of an 83-year-old woman in Fuenlabrada, near Madrid, the Guardian reports. The victim was stabbed to death in...

Man Banned From Yelling 'Bingo'

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 Yelling 'Bingo' 
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Man Banned From Yelling 'Bingo'

Austin Whaley can't utter word for 6 months, says judge

(Newser) - Bingo is serious stuff. Or so Austin Whaley likely now knows. The 18-year-old Kentuckian has been barred by a judge from uttering the word "bingo" for six months after he falsely did just that last month. As the Kentucky Enquirer explains, Whaley was working security at a Covington bingo...

Eat, Pray, Love, Play Bingo!

Fight chick-flick boredom with a game

(Newser) - Had enough of Julia Roberts and her latest chick flick? The cure is Eat, Pray, Love bingo. Yes, bingo, Dodai Stewart and Sadie Stein blog for Jezebel . Print out your board, smuggle it into the multiplex, and keep your eyes peeled for monkeys, elephants, crying men, and of course eating,...

Bingo! 500G Missing in Charity Game
Bingo! 500G
Missing in Charity Game

Bingo! 500G Missing in Charity Game

Ex manager says she was ordered to skim money from town bingo

(Newser) - As much as half a million dollars is missing from Long Island town bingo game operated three times a week by a charity for the disabled, Newsday reports. An investigation was launched after two charity workers accused each other of skimming $10,000 from the games. That's when investigators discovered...

Drag Queens Take Over Bingo
Drag Queens Take Over Bingo

Drag Queens Take Over Bingo

Bingo doesn't know what hit it

(Newser) - Time documents the rise of drag queen bingo, the revolution that added trannies to grannies to make church basements a little more fabulous. It began in Seattle in the early '90s, when Judy Werle hatched a bingo AIDS fundraiser. "We decided to liven it up in the way that...

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