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February 2009 ArchivesHARRIMAN, Tenn. (AP) -- It looks like Ken Mink's collegiate basketball career is over -- at age 73. ...INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Elinor and John T. Phillips are the lucky Hoosiers. They've won their second Lucky 5 Hoosier lottery prize. ...SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Some Oregon teachers want to be in the chips -- and the sodas, too. Sale of junk food in schools is banned in the state. ...ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) -- A 70-year-old Ohio woman is handy with a sauce pan -- and not just in the kitchen. ...LAS VEGAS (AP) -- You might be able to eat the whole enchilada, but how about the giant burrito? ...NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a bird ... it's a plane ... no, it's a really expensive Superman comic. ...SOMERSET, Wis. (AP) -- There was something fishy -- about the fish. Lee Shehow won an ice fishing contest Saturday on a Wisconsin lake. ...SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Naked? OK. Booze? No way! That's the word now from organizers of the Bay to Breakers foot race in San Francisco. ...WINNETKA, Ill. (AP) -- Police in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka say several teens turned an unoccupied home into a party house where they drank, smoked and made themselves comfortable for weeks. BEND, Ore. (AP) -- At least the thief has good taste. Someone's been swiping pricey bottles of balsamic vinegar from the Newport Avenue Market in Bend, Ore. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- The economic slump is taking a slice out of the pizza business. ...WESTMORE, Vt. (AP) -- Banning bare bottoms has a price. Next week, folks in Westmore, Vt., will be asked if they want to pony up 25 grand to enforce a ban on naked sunbathing. ...LIBERAL, Kan. (AP) -- Wichita State student Tasha Gallegos can really run -- even with a frying pan. She wins the 60th Pancake Day Race in a record time of 57.5 seconds. ...IN THE EVERGLADES, Fla. (AP) -- Talk about a bad neighborhood! When Doug Updike goes to work he has to worry about running into alligators, poisonous snakes or snapping turtles. ...DANVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- Brad and Susan Wells have a new $2 million home. And it only cost them 150 bucks. ...TEXAS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Got change for a grand? Banks don't see many $1,000 bills because the U.S. Treasury stopped printing them in 1945. ...STUART, Fla. (AP) -- A 75-year-old robbery victim was no easy mark. ...EDGEWATER, Md. (AP) -- A Maryland man is charged with serving more than Happy Meals at a McDonald's.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- One California lawmaker is high on pot -- as a way to ease the state's cash crunch. ...SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (AP) -- Emma isn't a student at Slippery Rock University in western Pennsylvania. She's a ghost. . RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- It's a big deal over something very small. Model Dani Sperle has set a new record for the skimpiest G-string at a Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The samba dancer wore a strip of cloth just a fraction over an inch (3 centimeters). But she had plenty on her head. The O Globo newspaper reports the model wore a sparkly, silver headdress and matching arm bands. Other than that, she gave the 80,00... PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) -- The gator's got to go. Now, the frat brothers at Delta Upsilon need a new mascot. ...ST. LOUIS (AP) -- You've heard of a homeowner being underwater -- but how about underground? ...WASHINGTON (AP) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is no stranger to athletic competition -- or to steroids. And the former champion bodybuilder says there's no place for drugs in sports these days. ESCANABA, Mich. (AP) -- The new bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan is an ordained Zen Buddhist. BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A Montana jail inmate says he wants the right to practice his religion behind bars -- Santanism. ...UNDATED (AP) -- The soda's on the house -- when on the plane. US Airways is going back to giving free soft drinks and coffee to passengers. ...KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Jamaican regulators say they are forbidding all explicit references to sex and violence over the airwaves. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City man who fought a parking ticket he got while dressed as Santa Claus and giving out toys says the city's response is more ho-hum than ho-ho. CAMDEN, Ark. (AP) -- Don't you just hate it when you forget something on the way to the bank? Well, police charge Larry Wayne Porchia forgot something -- he forgot to leave his gun at home. ...
SEATTLE (AP) -- The estate of rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix says it has won a trademark infringement lawsuit against a company that promoted Hendrix Electric vodka.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Real estate mogul Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka are resigning from the board of directors of Trump Entertainment Resorts, the troubled casino company he once controlled.
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LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) -- Corey Dick is high on his job. But getting down was a problem yesterday. ...HONOLULU (AP) -- They're making the "uke" joint jump. ...
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) -- Three college students are steamed over their icy ride. ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- It took a wedgie and a headlock to pin down a man suspected of breaking into a car. DENVER (AP) -- One of two Colorado men who used women's thong underwear to cover their faces while they robbed a convenience store has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Call one county clerk's office in Colorado -- and you might not get an answer.
KALKASKA, Mich. (AP) -- Rick Robbins is a deputy in trouble for being in uniform -- and stopping at a topless bar. MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- It was one of those random acts of kindness. Nicole St. Onge says a perfect stranger paid her $325 car repair bill on Valentine's Day. LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Lots of people count on their iPhones. But one sort of counting is illegal. Nevada gambling regulators are warning casinos about a card-counting app for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. ... BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) -- A man in Washington state made sure a pair of burglars didn't get away with his three flat-screen televisions -- he moved their getaway car. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A Utah woman listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for her long fingernails has lost them in a car crash. COLUMBIA, Pa. (AP) -- A 27-year-old central Pennsylvania woman is in the doghouse after allegedly selling her neighbors' West Highland terriers on Craigslist for $150. BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) -- Police in southwest Florida arrested a man they say let his 8-year-old son drive a van. WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Polish police say thieves stole four Soviet-era tanks that were being used for target practice at an army test range. BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts man who walked into a police station and asked for help removing a pair of handcuffs dangling from one wrist ended up wearing another pair instead. ...DREXEL HILL, Pa. (AP) -- Police in a Philadelphia suburb say a 19-year-old woman accused of arson was caught on a surveillance camera singing, "The fire department is going to be mad at me." ... YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) -- These tough times aren't extending to the bedroom. At least according to a survey by Consumer Reports. MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan judge says he's learned a lesson about locking his car after a 16-year-old prisoner who escaped from a courthouse cell was found hiding in the vehicle's trunk. WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- An intruder smashed through a picture window, alarming the family of Keith Luke during breakfast. ...UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) -- Police investigating a theft from a suburban Philadelphia pharmacy say the suspect helped them by leaving his keys dangling from the trunk of his car. ... MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) -- Police say an Ohio teenager tried to pull off a sweet deal by ordering more than $37,000 of candy online and charging the bill to his former high school. ROSSFORD, Ohio (AP) -- Workers at an Ohio pet shop are used to worried pet owners bringing their animals in to be treated in the store's clinic. AMSTERDAM (AP) -- How does gas for five cents a gallon sound? Well, it was too good to be true. ...COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Colorado police say a man with too much "Star Trek" on his mind used a sword modeled after the weapon carried by Klingon warriors to demand money from two convenience stores. ... IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Authorities say an Iowa City man may not have picked the best time to get loaded when he showed up drunk to serve a public intoxication sentence. PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Double-parking meant more than double-trouble for one woman in Philadelphia. DETROIT (AP) -- A lucky couple will be heading to the final frontier -- marriage, in "Star Trek" style. ... FREDONIA, N.Y. (AP) -- It takes a real man to wear pink. In fact, a whole hockey team full of them. CLEVELAND (AP) -- Police in Cleveland say a man called 911 because he felt he was in danger -- then asked the dispatcher to hold on while he made a drug deal. CLEVELAND (AP) -- A penny pinching math teacher who never earned more than $40,000 per year in salary has left $2 million to her Ohio alma mater. VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) -- Authorities in Indiana say a high school basketball fan has been arrested for attacking a referee -- who is also an Indiana state trooper. SAO PAULO (AP) -- Keep your pants on! That's the warning from Brazilian authorities to a pair of German tourists. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Someone's torching the porta-potties San Francisco. Authorities report at least 20 construction site toilets have gone up in flames since November. ...PITTSBURGH (AP) -- There's always someone who spoils the party. Police in Pittsburgh report a man wearing a Steelers' jacket robbed a downtown bank during the Super Bowl victory parade yesterday. ...SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) -- A 23-foot, 130-pound python can run but it can't hide. The orange reticulated python, the world's longest snake species, and a second python escaped from a terrarium inside their owner's home in San Luis Obispo on Sunday night. ... SYDNEY (AP) -- An Australian traveler was caught with two live pigeons stuffed in his pants following a trip to the Middle East, customs officials said Tuesday. PHOENIX (AP) -- A Tucson television station says its broadcast of the Super Bowl was interrupted for some customers by about 10 seconds of pornographic material. WEEHAWKEN, N.J. (AP) -- After five years fielding thousands of calls to one of rock 'n' roll's most celebrated phone numbers, disc jockey Spencer Potter is hanging up on Jenny. ... |
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