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Police in Portland, Oregon, say they have arrested a 29-year-old man accused of running up to a police horse, uttering a "karate-like battle cry" and delivering what a spokesman calls "a jumping, double kick" to the horse's right thigh.

A member of the Mujushin Karate Association, which meets at Hambleton Leisure Centre, in Northallerton, she trains between eight and 20 hours a week in the fighting discipline of Kumite.

Three teens were recently arrested for vandalizing a Santa Fe dojo, and now the school master literally wants to teach them a lesson.

Rayner Kinsiong lost his ONE FC bout to American Eliot Corley in the first round by TKO in Taiwan on Friday.

The LaGrande Observer is now online in a Replica E-edition form and publishes Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Certain sports embrace misbehavior from athletes. Tennis adored the hirsute passion of Andre Agassi and the disbelieving shouts of John McEnroe, while NASCAR disputes on pit lane often resemble WWE pre-match hype sessions.

Jeff Nichols of Worcester admits it on YouTube: "My peers think I'm crazy." It might be because this "crazy" man has, in middle age, marked the occasion with something entirely different from the usual midlife crisis.

Police arrested a man in Old Town Wednesday morning for kicking a police horse. The horse, named Olin, wasn't hurt.

FINCHER: George Fincher, 83, of Oroville, died Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Oroville.

Air Force Airman Zachary D. Livingston graduated from basic military training recently at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas, after completing an eight-week program.

ROMSEY'S Young karate experts got the chance to put their skills to the test last week at an inter-school competition sponsored by Basepoint Romsey.

Kevin Hill of Del Rey Oaks walks into the wind as he carries his windsurf rig off Del Monte Beach in Seaside on Thursday.

The 15 people - two adults and seven children in one home and an adult and five children in a second home - are being assisted by the Red Cross, said Patrick Rose, assistant fire chief with York City.

Police in Portland, Oregon, say they have arrested a 29-year-old man accused of running up to a police horse, uttering a "karate-like battle cry" and delivering what a spokesman calls "a jumping, double kick" to the horse's right thigh.

PORTLAND, Ore. Police arrested a man they say karate-kicked a police horse named Olin on Wednesday morning.

Sensei Sam Larioza congratulated his students on earning the prestigious honor. Anna and Emily joined Ohana Karate in 2007, attending classes two days a week all year.

TROPHY HAUL: Penarth's Harrison Williams took home four trophies from the national championships of the Federation of English Karate Organisations.

PORTLAND Kyokushin Karate Club members did some team building exercises as part of the National Kyokushin Karate Camp in Queensland recently, along with some pre-dawn training sessions on the beach.

TOURNAMENT SUCCESSES: Flying the flag for Wales - and picking up a series of medals - at the national championships of the Federation of English Karate Organisations were youngsters from Vale Karate.

O'Brien, a member of the Farsley -based Leeds Karate Academy, won the cadet female kumite at the Cumbrian Open Championships, clubmate Laura Mackintosh taking bronze.