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Police: Street musician hit man with guitar

MADISON, Wis.

Wisconsin police say a street musician apparently upset by criticism of his music bashed a man over the head with his guitar, slammed another person into a wall and wrestled with an officer before being arrested.

Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain tells The Capital Times that 31-year-old Brandin Hochstrasser, known as “Bongo Jesus,” was performing Thursday when a 54-year-old man knocked his music. DeSpain says the two argued and police were called when Hochstrasser began hitting his critic with his guitar.

DeSpain says Hochstrasser then charged the man, knocking him down. An officer used a stun gun to subdue and arrest Hochstrasser.

Online court records show no formal charges had been filed by Sunday.

A listed phone number for Hochstrasser couldn’t be found.

Joey ‘Jaws’ Chestnut is burrito-eating champ

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

Competitive eater Joey Chestnut is now king of the burrito.

Chestnut, also known as “Jaws,” downed 47 burritos in 10 minutes at the New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque on Saturday, beating the previous record of 33.5.

Known for his hot-dog eating, Chestnut won the annual July Fourth hot-dog eating contest at New York’s Coney Island for the fourth year in a row this summer.

Chestnut, of San Jose, Calif., won $1,500 for the feat in New Mexico on Saturday. The burritos in the Garcia’s World Burrito Eating Championship were stuffed with beef, beans and the state’s famous green chile.

The event is sanctioned by the Major League Eating & International Federation of Competitive Eating, the world body that oversees all international professional-eating contests.

Newsreader quits in live radio broadcast

OSLO, Norway

A Norwegian radio journalist quit on the air after complaining about her job and saying she wouldn’t read the day’s news because “nothing important has happened” anyway.

Pia Beathe Pedersen accused her employers at the regional radio station of public broadcaster NRK of putting too much pressure on the staff.

Pedersen said in the live Saturday broadcast that she was “quitting and walking away” because she “wanted to be able to eat properly again and be able to breathe.”

She ended her nearly two-minute announcement by saying there wouldn’t be any news Saturday. The disgruntled reporter had worked at NRK for 18 months. Her station covers Oslo and the Ahershus region.

NRK spokesman Oeyvind Werner Oefsti says Pedersen’s actions were a surprise.

Associated Press