Hermit Crab Races & the Machine Gun Kelly Flash Mob: Around the Patch

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Posted Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:31 pm ET|Updated Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 12:18 pm ET

1. Cleveland rapper Machine Gun Kelly's flash mob flamed out this weekend at mall in Strongsville when police arrested him.

A mall spokesman why authorities put the clamps on Machine Gun Kelly's impromptu performance when they previously allowed flash mobs.

"All of the other flash mobs were coordinated with us and I assisted with every one of them," mall Marketing Director Andy Selesnik said in an email.

2. In what may be the coolest idea ever, the bar in Lakewood hosts hermit crab races every Saturday.

For more on this running of the mollusks (including photos that you have to see,)

3. Kent juggler Charles Peachock is back in his beloved hometown after a life-changing two-month run on the hit NBC television show America’s Got Talent.

Peachock, 35, was eliminated Wednesday from the summertime variety-act competition that garnered him worldwide exposure on six different occasions.

Visit Kent Patch to see how Peachock

4. Mayfield Heights Police are to rob someone.

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