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Ed Burch: 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. |
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