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Sheriff isn't buying deputy's excuse for stopping at strip club

9:39 AM Tue, Feb 17, 2009 |

KALKASKA, Mich. (AP) -- Rick Robbins is a deputy in trouble for being in uniform -- and stopping at a topless bar.

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Random act of kindness at repair shop

4:38 AM Tue, Feb 17, 2009 |

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.

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Casinos warned about new iPhone app

9:34 PM Mon, Feb 16, 2009 |

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.

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Burglary victim drives off in thieves' van

3:31 PM Mon, Feb 16, 2009 |

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.

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Woman's record-length fingernails broken in crash

12:30 PM Mon, Feb 16, 2009 |

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.

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Woman accused of selling neighbors' dogs on Craigslist

8:29 AM Mon, Feb 16, 2009 |

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.

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Police: Dad let 8-year-old son drive van

5:39 PM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 |

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) -- Police in southwest Florida arrested a man they say let his 8-year-old son drive a van.

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Stolen WWII tanks recovered in Poland

1:38 PM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 |

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Polish police say thieves stole four Soviet-era tanks that were being used for target practice at an army test range.

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Candidate for dumb crook award

10:47 AM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 |

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.

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Woman who sang about fire charged with 7 arsons

4:46 AM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 |

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."

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Consumer Reports study looks at sex and the recession

11:37 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 |

YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) -- These tough times aren't extending to the bedroom. At least according to a survey by Consumer Reports.

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Escaped prisoner turns up in judge's trunk

4:44 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 |

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.

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6-point buck crashes through picture window

5:29 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 |

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- An intruder smashed through a picture window, alarming the family of Keith Luke during breakfast.

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Candidate for world's dumbest crook

7:28 PM Tue, Feb 10, 2009 |

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.

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Teen charged with billing school for $37K of candy

3:26 PM Tue, Feb 10, 2009 |

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.

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Injured deer stumbles into vet clinic

12:24 PM Tue, Feb 10, 2009 |

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.

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Error has station selling gas for a nickel a gallon

10:23 AM Tue, Feb 10, 2009 |

AMSTERDAM (AP) -- How does gas for five cents a gallon sound? Well, it was too good to be true.

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Man boldly robs Colo. store with Star Trek sword

6:03 AM Sat, Feb 07, 2009 |

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.

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Suspect shows up to jail drunk

10:02 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 |

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.

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Parking violation leads to big drug bust

3:00 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 |

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Double-parking meant more than double-trouble for one woman in Philadelphia.

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Star Trek wedding

2:58 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 |

DETROIT (AP) -- A lucky couple will be heading to the final frontier -- marriage, in "Star Trek" style.

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Men's hockey team to wear pink jerseys

10:41 AM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 |

FREDONIA, N.Y. (AP) -- It takes a real man to wear pink. In fact, a whole hockey team full of them.

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The world's dumbest drug dealer

11:52 AM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 |

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.

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Teacher's penny pinching pays off in $2M gift

4:51 AM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 |

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.

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Hoops fan arrested by ref who also wears a badge

11:50 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 |

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.

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German tourists strip down in airport

5:47 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 |

SAO PAULO (AP) -- Keep your pants on! That's the warning from Brazilian authorities to a pair of German tourists.

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Police search for serial toilet torcher

1:46 PM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 |

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.

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Super Bowl parade bank robbery

11:45 AM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 |

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.

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23-foot python escapes from home

12:43 PM Tue, Feb 03, 2009 |

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.

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Officials nab traveler with pigeons in his pants

9:40 AM Tue, Feb 03, 2009 |

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.

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Super Bowl porn investigation

8:51 AM Mon, Feb 02, 2009 |

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.

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Jenny's number is up for sale

8:09 AM Sun, Feb 01, 2009 |

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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