Speeding bullet stopped by hair weave

By at 1:25 pm Thursday, Feb 19

The primary purpose of this blog post is to celebrate the beauty of that headline. There is also purportedly a real news story there. Snip:
Police in Kansas City, Mo., said a woman's tight hair weave stopped a bullet, rescuing her from injury and likely saving her life. Officers said they arrived at the Country View Market at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday to find the woman's boyfriend had allegedly shot out the back window of a car, KSHB-TV, Kansas City, reported Thursday.
Speeding bullet stopped by hair weave (UPI, thanks Glen E Friedman!)

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