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January 2009 Archives PLAQUEMINE, La. (AP) -- Life on the run was apparently tougher than prison for an escaped convict from Louisiana. CODY, Wyo. (AP) -- A man has been cited for public intoxication while riding a white horse during a snowstorm in the northern Wyoming town of Cody. MUSKEGO, Wis. (AP) -- A would-be robber got a spoonful of whoopin' at a Wisconsin restaurant. SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) -- Dressing as a girl when you're a guy, in order to take a high school Regents exam for someone else, only works in sitcoms. ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) -- You can't hide from Google Earth. Some marijuana growers in Switzerland found that out. DAYTON, Nev. (AP) -- Gabriel Hurles, 6, in Dayton, Nevada was so engrossed in his birthday cupcake at a party in his classroom that he didn't notice the huge gift waiting to be opened. DENVER (AP) -- There wasn't time to look up any books on obstetrics before a woman gave birth in the Denver Public Library. ...CAPAC, Mich. (AP) -- Authorities in Michigan say a 24-year-old man broke into a gas station and called 911 on himself, claiming he wanted to go to jail to be with his incarcerated brother. ...INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) -- An Iowa woman has been arrested because she failed to return a library book. ...PHOENIX (AP) -- Just a case of plumb luck. It took a plumber to retrieve a woman's 7-carat diamond ring after city workers failed in efforts to flush the gem out of the pipes of a restaurant toilet. ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Goodwill worker Susan McCullen is always looking for treasure amid the bargains. Now, she's found it. HONOLULU (AP) -- A lawmaker in Hawaii says she has one solution to the problem of the homeless. Buy them plane tickets. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The odds are against something this odd. A Nebraska Lottery official says the winning numbers for the state's Pick 3 lottery on Tuesday were exactly the same as the winning combination from the night before. ...CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Talk about a lucky break. Pamela Fitch wins a $1 million lottery jackpot, thanks to her son's broken windshield. ...PHOENIX (AP) -- A suspect who ran away from a traffic stop on Wednesday chose the wrong place to hide when he slipped under a parked moving truck - and then was run over when the driver pulled away. ...OLDSMAR, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities said an Oldsmar man crashed into a parked pick-up truck, a business, a fence and a tree before he finally landed in the Pinellas County Jail. GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities at a North Carolina college say a huge snowball fight got out of control, forcing campus police to use pepper spray on some students to contain the rowdy crowd. BLOOMFIELD, Ind. (AP) -- A 72-year-old man with eyebrows so long he brushed them each morning raised $1,600 for charity from people who paid to take turns trimming his out-of-control brows. ... LUFKIN, Texas (AP) -- A couple of Texas kids have reunited Franklin Weeks with his 1937 class ring. So you think you are having a bad day. Trust me, nothing compares to the terrible day one man from Michigan had... and it all started when he lost his dog. ...VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- When Traude Daniel couldn't find a buyer for her luxury villa in southern Austria, she decided to raffle it off. ...SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- An Illinois man has been crowned The King -- of the Elvis impersonators. ...RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Web developer George Huger says he turned $5 into $35,000 when he bought the expired Internet domain name for former President George W. Bush's presidential library and then sold it back. ... NORTON, Kan. (AP) -- Barack Obama has the presidency. John McCain has a framed photograph next to one of John Kerry at a rural northwest Kansas bank. DETROIT (AP) -- Dude, where's my house? A Detroit man is suing the city, charging his house was mistakenly torn down. MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) -- Sheriff's divers have come to the rescue of a trapped goose that sat too long in frigid waters of a Detroit suburb. BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- An elderly woman in Palm Beach County drove her car into a man on a scooter and continued on to her hair appointment, police said. CAPE CORAL, Fla. (AP) -- It's a getaway that didn't go as planned. Police in Cape Coral, Florida, are looking for a shoplifter who was run over by her getaway car -- twice. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Next week's presidential inauguration will make history. And not just because Barack Obama will be taking the oath of office. HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) -- In a scene straight out of the movie "A Christmas Story," a 10-year-old Indiana boy got his tongue stuck to a metal light pole. ... NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- If you're going to rob a bank, make sure you're actually in a bank. (AP) -- You may not be a future president. But you can drive like one. President-elect Barack Obama's 2005 Chrysler 300C is up for auction on eBay. CENTERVILLE, Utah (AP) -- The man escaped with a few cuts to his arm, but the toilet made out much worse. VINELAND, N.J. (AP) -- Police say a New Jersey man posed as a female animal doctor, ran an illegal veterinary practice and set up a phony rescue agency that may have duped pet lovers out of thousands of dollars. ... VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) -- In these difficult times for creditors, a Lithuanian debt collector is offering an unconventional service to retrieve arrears: witchcraft. DENTON, Texas (AP) -- A man in Denton, Texas who was expecting a shipment of tools instead received a 30-pound brick of marijuana that police say is worth more than $10,000. BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania couple is behind bars after police say they failed to call the bank when a glitch put an extra $175,000 in their account. MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) -- The theft of a goodie is leaving a sour taste in the mouth of one Iowa mom. Mason City High School student Trey Richey is being charged with stealing brownies from the school cafeteria. MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- They're weed eaters that don't burn gas. The city of Mesa, Ariz., is turning to goats to clear weeds and brush on slopes near a water treatment plant. AUSTIN (AP) -- It's "American Idol" versus "Stripper Idol." The producers of "American Idol" are suing, Palazio, an Austin, Texas, strip club. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Seventy-one-year-old flagpole climber Paul Reed has no intention of staying on the ground. MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- The woman whose estranged husband is demanding $1.5 million for the kidney he gave her during happier times denies accusations that she was unfaithful. BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- A federal judge in Vermont has dismissed a lawsuit claiming a prison chicken dinner was too foul to eat. WASHINGTON (AP) -- C-SPAN covers Congress, but not like this. SCARSDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- Police in a New York City suburb say they arrested five teenagers in the beating and robbery of a 50-year-old man after they called the victim the next day to taunt him. BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- It seemed like a good idea at the time: Remove all the feral cats from a famous Australian island to save the native seabirds. SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Position: Island caretaker. Duties: Lazing around Australia's Great Barrier Reef for six months. Salary: 150,000 Australian dollars ($100,000). ATLANTA (AP) -- Not even a former president is immune from thieves. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A ninja, or at least someone dressed like one, is lurking in the shadows of Palm Beach County. WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa police are taking a slice out crime -- thanks to some leftover pizza. ... TOKYO (AP) -- There are plenty of Internet sites that index photos or even sounds. But now there are smells online -- or at least smell maps. TINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) -- Dorothy Taylor and Duane Williams decided to get married in a hurry. But they've waited a lifetime to do it. DETROIT (AP) -- If you've got the money and rubber to burn -- Bentley has a new ride for you. Bentley has rolled out its new 600 horsepower, 12-cylinder Continental GTC Speed convertible. FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Bernice Gallego almost sold a very rare baseball card -- for just ten bucks.
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WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. (AP) -- A funeral home might be a place for eternal rest, but police say an Arkansas man saw an opportunity to build a methamphetamine lab undisturbed by the living. ...BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A school bus driver made an unscheduled stop at a liquor store, then allegedly asked a student to help hide her purchases when police stopped her, the district superintendent said. ... MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) -- Police in Oregon accuse a man of getting a little hot under the collar -- after he was told he couldn't smoke in a club. OGDEN, Utah (AP) -- You'll understand if one Utah woman needs to vent. Police in Ogden say a 55-year-old woman was stuck in a vent for more than day. MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) -- Kathleen Mensing claims she talks to animals. But not with words. PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Ben Roethlisberger's head is swollen. But it's not his ego. Sure, the Pittsburgh Steeler's quarterback has a big contract, commercial endorsements and the praise of fans. ...LONDON (AP) -- Police are investigating the theft of a car from a London street, and a newspaper is reporting the vehicle was a BMW owned by Princess Beatrice. ...SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania man faces up to 37 years in prison now that he's been convicted of tearing open a neighbor's door with a chain saw in a fit of anger over parking. ... OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- An Omaha man has filed a lawsuit accusing his ex-wife and former father-in-law of hiding a recording device inside his daughter's teddy bear in order to spy on him. CHICAGO (AP) -- An inspector's report shows Chicago Public Schools employees bent rules to spend $67,000 for espresso machines that largely haven't been used. You have heard the saying crime doesn't pay ... and it didn't for this brazen bandit who tried make off with a bucket full of change .... heavy, heavy change. ... MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- Police say a woman who begged from a wheelchair was caught running from a crime scene on foot in Monterrey, Mexico. (AP) -- The Burlington Liars Club in Burlington, Wis., revealed its 2008 Champion Lie on Monday as part of an annual contest. WICOMICO CHURCH, Va. (AP) -- Having missed his bus, a 6-year-old Virginia boy tried to drive to school in his family's sedan -- and crashed. ... NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal judge in Brooklyn has rejected a Liberian woman's religious reasons for smuggling endangered monkey meat into the country. TOKYO (AP) -- Two sushi bar owners paid more than $100,000 for a Japanese bluefin tuna at a Tokyo fish auction Monday, several times the average price and the highest in nearly a decade, market officials said. BLUE ASH, Ohio (AP) -- An 89-year-old Cincinnati-area woman arrested for confiscating the neighbor kid's football is now suing the boy's parents. ...OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The oldest known surviving photograph of the iconic Chimney Rock in western Nebraska has been found, of all places, on the Internet auction site eBay. ...MIAMI (AP) -- State troopers are looking for a charity to take thousands of shoes that were dumped on a Miami expressway, tying up rush hour traffic. ...VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- A woman and her two small daughters got more than their expected scenic tour through downtown Vienna on Thursday, when a team of unruly horses took them on a wild ride -- leaving the coachman behind. ... |
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