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Ed Burch: 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. ...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. ...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. ...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. ... |
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