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Bryce Moore: February 2009 Archives
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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