¢ A would-be Kansas University freshman, injured in a stunt inspired by the TV show “Jackass,” is highlighted as part of a Lincoln Journal-Star story about injuries resulting from imitators of the show. The young man’s mother lives in Eudora._Recall the dumbest of all the stupid things you did in high school? Joe White can’t.__Rather than go to his homecoming dance Sept. 29, the 18-year-old got drunk and jumped from a car going 35 mph while someone inside recorded the stunt on film.__The Topeka, Kan., teenager had seen the “Jackass” sequel the night before. The movie was spun from a former MTV program featuring skateboarders and others doing reckless stunts.__Now, Joe is at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital learning again to feed himself. He struggles to stand with assistance from therapists and can’t speak. He faces an uncertain and long recovery, although it’s unlikely he’ll ever be exactly as he was._¢ Let the debating begin: The police chief in Jackson, Miss., is disputing his city’s No. 9 ranking among the most dangerous metropolitan areas in the country, according to the Jackson Sun. The rankings were released earlier this week by Lawrence-based Morgan Quitno Press._”That’s not to say that Jackson doesn’t have more than its fair share of crime because we do,” (Police Chief Rick) Staples said. However, “it’s really not a true representation of how safe it is or how dangerous it is,” Staples said of the findings._Meanwhile, the police chief in Mesa, Ariz., seems to take the rankings seriously in this a href=”http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1031brk-mesacrime1031.html”>Arizona Republic story. Mesa ranked 191st out of the 371 safest cities._”191st is not exactly a great thing. It’s very mediocre. We should not be proud of being mediocre. We should be demanding excellence,” Gascón said. __He said he is not surprised by the ranking.__”I knew we weren’t doing very well,” Gascón said. “We’re moving in the right direction, but it’s going to take awhile for us to fix it.”_