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March 2009 ArchivesPALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) -- Thongs wrong? Not anymore in Palm Springs. The California desert resort wants college students to spend spring break there. ...BOSTON (AP) -- JetBlue reports it had a stowaway on a recent New York to Boston flight. But it wasn't someone trying to get a free ride, just an employee trying to catch a few "Z's." ...ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- It was Pistol Peter versus Big Blue. And now both mascots are in trouble. ...WARREN, Mich. (AP) -- A judge is biting back, after a woman sued over an alleged police dog bite on the butt. ...SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- "Bless you." And watch out! Authorities in Salem, Ore., are investigating a case of D-W-S, driving while sneezing. ...SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- If you're a poisonous cane toad in Australia's Queensland state, you might not have survived the weekend. ...PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan man who's accused of breaking into a gas station might have gotten his inspiration from "Prison Break." ...HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A retired police chief says he was robbed by "probably the dumbest criminal in Pennsylvania." ...BARODA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- This has to top what most kids bring home after digging around in the dirt. ...SAO PAOLO, Brazil (AP) -- "Lucky" doesn't even start to describe Emerson de Oliveira Abreu. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- If you're out of work, and out of love for your former manager, here's a way to release frustration and aggression. ...AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A tribe trying to persuade the state Legislature to let it reopen its casino has run into a roadblock -- its rule barring women from voting in tribal council elections. VICTORIA, Texas (AP) -- You might make a beeline to the front door -- if you had thousands of bees in your house. ...WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legalizing pot isn't the sort of change President Barack Obama can believe in. ...BOSTON (AP) -- Good news for Sox fans -- they won't be shelling out more for peanuts this season. ...CLALLAM BAY, Wash. (AP) -- An inmate's attempt to heat up sausages in his toilet went up in smoke when the cooking fire forced a unit evacuation at a Washington prison. HARRISBURG, Pa.. (AP) -- No smell -- no badge. That's the ruling from a Pennsylvania appeals court. ...BALDWIN PARK, Calif. (AP) -- Someone has rolled off -- with the Gordo the skateboarding parrot. . POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) -- This history test is brought to you by... Ads are just about everywhere. ...BEIJING (AP) -- Gerbils in China are going on the pill. Forestry officials in western China say a gerbil population explosion threatens the area's fragile desert ecosystem. ...MORAGA, Calif. (AP) -- How many students can fit in a phone booth? The answer is 22 -- at least at St. Mary's College of California. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) -- The struggling economy cut into the cosmetic surgery business last year, but a doctor says he expects demand to return once the recession eases. NORTH CASTLE, N.Y. (AP) -- Got your goat? State troopers had to play goat herders on I-684 north of New York City earlier this week. ...HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Fake boobs, fake I-D -- and real trouble. Police in Southern California charge a woman used a false identity to get breast implants and liposuction. ...DALLAS (AP) -- No, a Dallas woman wasn't kidnapped. But police say she made up the story to conceal a lover's tryst in Oklahoma. ...SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- Ex-con Bob Bolus can run for mayor -- but he can't serve. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- How much is an old urinal worth? Plenty, if it was in Yankee Stadium. ...HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) -- It was a romantic touch -- but it doesn't wash with environmental officials. ... LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Residents of a small southwest Nebraska town have a question for state officials: You're not doing anything with that old electric chair, are you? DENVER (AP) -- A parrot whose cries of alarm alerted his owner when a little girl choked on her breakfast has been honored as a hero. Willie, a Quaker parrot, has been given the local Red Cross chapter's Animal Lifesaver Award. ...LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) -- A robbery suspect picked the wrong Chinese restaurant. Not because of what's on the menu, but who was having dinner. ...SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- City officials in Springfield, Mass., are a little out of joint -- over the state's liberalized pot law. FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Mattie Caldwell now knows how old she really is -- thanks to Uncle Sam. ...PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) -- The passenger wanted a ride to the jail -- and that was just fine with the cabbie. ...WASHINGTON (AP) -- There will be an explosion in Washington tomorrow morning. But it's nothing to worry about. Just a little Hollywood on the Potomac. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- Yankee fans will have more options than peanuts, beer or hot dogs this season. There's a new menu lineup at the new stadium in the Bronx. ...ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Lots of people are shaking their heads over that never-ending Minnesota U.S. Senate race. Now, a bobblehead is shaking its head, too. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Forget the bikinis and swim trunks. Some Harvard students will need work gloves this spring break. ...DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Giving the money back doesn't count -- at least for an accused robber. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- Tiny is in -- during these tough times. A New York hotel is offering a touch of luxury on a small scale. ...TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) -- You've heard about pot brownies. But how about pot cookies? ...ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) -- The devil made her do it. That's what a Washington state ex-church employee claims after she was charged with stealing more than $73,000. ...OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) -- Police charge a Kansas man didn't try very hard to keep his wives separate. Charles L. Clemens Jr. is now facing bigamy and other felony charges. ...GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin parmesan is this year's big cheese. ...KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) -- It's the big one that didn't get away. Except in this case big is pretty tiny. ...PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- There's one company that's not going bust in Rhode Island -- the Foxy Lady strip club. And the Foxy Lady is hiring. ...AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Talk about a golf course hazard! But in this case it wasn't sand or water -- it was explosive. ...GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) -- Artists are busting out their bras -- to fight breast cancer. PERRIS, Calif. (AP) -- A Southern California town finds the grass is greener on the other side of the -- spray gun. ...APEX, N.C. (AP) -- Kelley Davis' dog has expensive tastes. Augie, the greater Swiss mountain dog, ate 400 bucks. ...GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) -- Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez is trying his hand with a different sort of bat. ...NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Call it a case about the equal right to pee. Virginia dock worker Sonya Tillett-Bond is accusing her union of discrimination. ...PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- This bandit is more interested in the dough than the pizza. Several South Philadelphia pizza parlors report being held up by a man with a similar M.O. ...RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Ecuador's missing. At least on a map for Brazilian school kids. A new geography text book for sixth-graders has a number of errors. ...AUBURN, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts state trooper wasn't barking up the wrong tree, when he decided to check out a bag of dog food. ...LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Rev. Maurice Chase celebrated his 90th birthday yesterday. But he wasn't getting presents -- he was giving them. ...SAN DIEGO (AP) -- They're called "monkey bears." But they're more bear than monkey. ...CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) -- Rip Van Winkle isn't losing any sleep over his name. And yes, his name really is Rip Van Winkle. ...MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- The name of Rachel Harris' Web site says it all. The high school senior has created the site I Want To Go To Notre Dame.com. ...PHARR, Texas (AP) -- A drive-thru lane at the bank sure is convenient. Even for a robber. MIAMI (AP) -- Got a pesky rhesus monkey, Mexican spiny-tailed iguana or maybe a Cuban tree frog? Well, the exotic pets are illegal in Florida. ...MONTAGUE, Texas (AP) -- Imagine a jail that's so much fun, no one would want to escape. HUDSON, Ohio (AP) -- It's 47 years late, but a woman's postcard sent from Montana has finally arrived in northeastern Ohio. ...MOUNT GILEAD, Ohio (AP) -- It's BYOP at one Ohio court. The court says it will only accept new case filings from people who bring their own paper. ...NEW DELHI (AP) -- Charlie Chaplin, offensive? Some folks in India apparently think so. Hindu activists have stymied an effort to put up a Charlie Chaplin statue. ...EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Despite rain and temperatures in the mid-40s, a group of bicyclists participated in a naked ride through downtown Eugene, Oregon, this weekend. ...SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Margaret Kincaid loves her chickens. She says, "there's just something about a warm egg." ...NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts student has won an egg-cellent $60,000 college scholarship in a catapult contest. ...RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Calling all Vikings. A Lake Tahoe, Nev., ski resort has issued a video casting call for three people, men or women, to play the role of Vikings in a national print and online ad campaign. ...PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The mayor of Philadelphia drew some special attention when he named three lawyers who he says, together, owe more than $350,000 in back taxes, interest and penalties. Mayor Michael Nutter held a news conference Wednesday on the sidewalk in front of the lawyers' offices, a two-minute walk from City Hall. He said if they don't pay by April 2, their business assets will be seized and sold by the sheriff. TORONTO -- It's a scientific development that seems ripped from the script of the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." ASHLAND, N.H. (AP) -- The newly elected police chief in one New Hampshire town is eager to get to work, but first he has to graduate from the police academy. ROSEMOUNT, Minn. (AP) -- A 16-year-old Minnesota boy has given away thousands of dollars to fellow students and a school aide. ...WASHINGTON (AP) -- We've all at one time or another been locked out of our house or car, right? ...CASPER, Wyo. (AP) -- So, how are you feeling? If you live in Utah, probably pretty good. A new survey ranks states in terms of well-being. ...EASTON, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A Pennsylvania man accused of driving drunk says a county court has no jurisdiction over him because he's his own country. ...OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) -- Some residents in Opelousas, Louisiana, say the cackles, bleats, neighs and moos of farm animals have no place in the city. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City funeral director is offering a deal to die for. SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A California appeals court says a blood oath is a waste of hemoglobin. CINCINNATI (AP) -- A Yale University student from Ohio has filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million from US Airways for a video game console he says was taken from his luggage. LARGO, Fla. (AP) -- Driving with only three tires is a sure way to attract attention. ...ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- You might call it a "pole tax." The New York legislator who brought the nation its first law against driving while using a cell phone is proposing a $10 tax for patrons of nude and seminude dance clubs and strip bars. SACRAMENTO (AP) -- California's top election official says supporters can start collecting signatures for a proposed ballot measure to strike the word "marriage" from all state laws. SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- A magician who had claimed he shipped himself in a crate aboard a cargo plane from upstate New York to Las Vegas now admits it was an elaborate hoax. CINCINNATI (AP) -- Kristen Myers and Chris Heckman don't want the usual toasters and blenders as wedding gifts. NEW YORK (AP) -- New Yorkers can still profit from the boom. But it's not on Wall Street or in real estate. ...BOGOTA (AP) -- The creepy and crawly can be good for you -- at least that's the message that Dario Gutierrez preaches to sometimes squeamish students in Colombian schools. FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) -- The pizza's on the house -- the firehouse. ...UNDATED (AP) -- Burger lovers can belly up to the bar. Burger King is introducing the first Whopper Bar at the Universal Orlando Resort in Florida today. NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a piggy bank that keeps your money. That's New York artist Palmer Murphy's take on the Bernard Madoff financial scandal. TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Police in Tulsa, Okla., report a man was robbed by two women after he won about $2,000 at the Creek Nation Casino. ...BELOIT, Wis. (AP) -- You might think a name like Marijuana Pepsi is right of out an old Cheech and Chong stoner flick. But Marijuana Pepsi Sawyer is the real name of a Beloit, Wis., high school teacher. ...CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Taxi driver Margaret Grassie wants to take animal lovers for a ride. ...SULPHUR, La. (AP) -- Tom Ashe is "hooked" on art collecting. But the tiny sculptures he prizes also look tasty to fish. ...LAUGHLIN, Nev. (AP) -- Cari Barlow might not look like an alien. But she says she's part Reptilian. ...WOODBINE, Georgia (AP) -- Harry Jackson didn't get caught breaking out of jail. He was nabbed trying to break back in. ...FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Happy 108th birthday Mattie Caldwell! Or is it 111? She's not sure. ... EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Officials in one eastern Pennsylvania school district are red-faced after making a costly mistake on eBay. NEWPORT, N.H. (AP) -- Police in Newport, N.H., say they dressed as firefighters to trick and arrest a man. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- It'll be Barry Manilow versus the mall rats. The New Zealand city of Christchurch hopes that putting the American crooner's smooth and gentle tones into the mix of music to be broadcast through the central mall district can pacify unruly teens who congregate there-- or at least convince them to go elsewhere. ...EDMOND, Okla. (AP) -- Drunk driving is a serious enough charge. But Aaron Green is accused of doing it in a stolen police car. ...LONDON (AP) -- Want to loose that beer gut, but not the beer? Then how about a man girdle? ...PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philly beer lovers have something to celebrate. Philadelphia's second annual Beer Week starts today. ...STERLING, Va. (AP) -- Lots of kids throw snowballs at school buses. But one suburban Washington school bus driver is in trouble with the law, accused of egging on a snowball attack. ...SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The operator of a medical marijuana club was being held in the Sangamon County Jail following his arrest during a raid on the facility. SNELLVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- A city councilman in Georgia has gone from potty to potted. The mayor of Snellville urged officials to crack down on City Councilman Robert Jenkins. ...LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Something is bugging Nevada school kids -- the lack of a state insect. ...WESTMORE, Vt. (AP) -- Swimsuits will stay optional at one Vermont lake this summer. Lake Willoughby's Southwest Cove is a popular spot with fans of the all-over tan. ...CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Mistake one: Trying rob a convience store. Mistake two: Using your cash card during the holdup. HOUSTON (AP) -- Remember the name Brittney Griner. The high school senior just might change the game of women's basketball. ...BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- Brownsville, Texas, Mayor Pat Ahumada in an animal lover. But he went to the rescue of a Great Dane that didn't need saving. EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- One Pennsylvania school district gets an "F" for Internet marketing. ...GENEVA (AP) -- Want a car that will run on nothing but air? No, this isn't a bunch of hot air. ...FALMOUTH, Mass. - A customer shopping at a Wal-Mart for a wallet claims he found something that definitely didn't fit the bill: human teeth. ...FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -- Tiffany Miller can't tell the kids in her fourth-grade class to take their chairs. They don't have any. ...PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Running on treadmill in one Oregon gym does more than work up a sweat. The exercisers are also generating electricity. ...WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is not only the commander-in-chief -- he's also the entertainer-in-chief. ...REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) -- Happy Square Root Day. For the math challenged, today is 3/3/09 and three is the square root of nine. ...GIG HARBOR, Wash. (AP) -- There are a bunch of pigs living in Steve and Priscilla Valentine's house. But it's no pigsty. ...PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Nothing equals zero again in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. ...LONDON (AP) -- Summer job applicants at Britain's Twycross Zoo are usually students, but not this recession year. WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) -- Soon, you'll be able to get your coffee black, light or even solar. ...MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin man left his apartment for just five hours. But he came home to find everything gone. A quick thief? No, just a landlord's goof. ...BEIJING (AP) -- A 13-year-old boy apparently hot-wired a public bus and took it on a joyride in downtown Beijing and crashed it into a dozen vehicles in a scene witnesses likened to a blockbuster movie, state media reported Monday. ...LONDON (AP) -- A rare and coveted U.S. stamp will be offered for sale at an auction in Britain this week. NEW YORK (AP) -- Former New York City mayor Ed Koch isn't ready to die but he's already made his arrangements for that day. DULUTH, Minn. (AP) -- A Minnesota man is behind bars after allegedly stealing a car and repeatedly calling 911 to brag to police that they would not catch him. DETROIT (AP) -- The big eyes are giving some people the creeps. ... PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) -- A German shepherd named Astro who has been missing from his family for more than 9 years is finally home. POMFRET, Conn. (AP) -- A Connecticut man was so engrossed with the tunes on his iPod that he didn't realize his house was on fire -- until his alarm company called. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) -- Corpus Christi police didn't have to go far to examine the scene of one crime -- the theft of guns from a police car. This guy is making a serious run for the title of dumbest crook of the year. ... |
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