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KMOV Blogger: June 2009 ArchivesNEW YORK (AP) -- A swarm of at least 8,000 honeybees in New York are getting a new home. ...SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- It's a mouthful. A shambling sentence about screaming seafarers on the sturdy whaler Ellie May stood shoulders above the rest in an annual bad writing contest. ...PARIS (AP) -- What has gray hairs and two fake bodyguards? A wax version of President Barack Obama. ...SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- A Washington State couple has a new pet. So what's so special? It's a month-old giraffe they're raising at their Spokane County home. ...RENO, Nev. (AP) -- The new Miss Nevada has her crown. Medical student Christina Keegan won the Miss Nevada pageant over the weekend. ...RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- You find something in the attic or basement and wonder what it could be worth? Well, an eastern North Carolina woman now knows she owns a Chinese treasure. ...TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- It was a bank deposit with interest -- from the police. ...SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Call it a case of assault with a cheesy weapon. Deputies in Shelbyville, Tenn., were dispatched to a home where they found a couple fighting with Cheetos. ...CLAYTON, Ga. (AP) -- Naked time got a little too public for a former Georgia mayor. Authorities arrested Mark Musselwhite and charged him with public indecency last weekend after state Department of Natural Resources officers found him sitting nude at his Rabun County campsite. Officers had received a complaint about a naked man walking along a nearby road earlier in the day, but the 43-year-old Musselwhite said he was not the ... KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) -- The CSI team wasn't needed to crack this case. ...SYDNEY (AP) -- The wallabies are getting whacky. Authorities in the Australian state of ...WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) -- Marbles roll in Whitney Lapic's family. The Pennsylvania 13-year-old wins the girls' division of the National Marbles Tournament. ...SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Cool cars are coming to California. And no, we're not talking about the new Camero or Mustang. ...LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It's a sweet bit of history. The Los Angeles City Council has declared the See's Candy Shop and Kitchen No. 1 a historic-cultural monument. ...SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Got an old TV? Don't shoot it! That's the word from federal wilderness officials. ...BOSTON (AP) -- It's an old message -- but it wasn't found in a bottle. Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is building a new wing. ...COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri police report wrapping up the case of the T-P escape. ...AIKEN, S.C. (AP) -- Are escaping pythons slithering their way north? Scientists are trying to answer that question. ...SCOTTDALE, Pa. (AP) -- Tossing away your empties can bring more trouble than a ticket for littering. ...KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) -- It's cheap -- but hot. Montana high school students Charden Wood and Steven Quade are in the running for a duct tape scholarship. PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The University of Pittsburgh could have used some drip-dry diplomas, ...
RICHFIELD, Wis. (AP) -- You don't have to be driving a car to be charged with driving drunk. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- You can learn a lot from your mummy, even if she turns out to be a he. ...ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Someone's 200-grand is about to turn into a pumpkin. ...WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) -- Hats off to Nat Flemming. For more than a-half century he collected cowboy hats. ...OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- At 6-foot-2 and 265 pounds, Pat Burnell probably could play any kind of ball he wants. ...
OXFORD, Ohio (AP) -- It's "I do" -- times a thousand. Miami University in Ohio is claiming a new world's wedding record. ...
BOSTON (AP) -- Postal worker George Knapp is getting his Postage Due. ...SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- It's a brand new, old cable car. A new cable car started climbing the hills of San Francisco yesterday. ...HONOLULU (AP) -- The address was familiar enough to the Hawaii firefighters. They were sent back to their own fire station to put out a blaze. ...CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif. (AP) -- There's a reason they're called bug bombs. ...BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) -- Nurse Connie Donald has plenty of four-legged friends. She's been walking the dogs at the Wood County, Ohio, Humane Society for 18 years. ...AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Earl Fritz is one lucky guy. The Augusta, Ga., man wins two lotto jackpots in a week. HELLERTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Underground weddings are coming to an end. No, these aren't couples on lam who are getting hitched. ...SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina granddad has finally taken his first airplane flight. ...OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Want to do lunch? It could cost you millions. Bidding started yesterday on lunch with legendary investor Warren Buffett. Last year's lunch topped 2.1 mil. ...BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- A woman is going to court claiming she was wrongly evicted from her apartment because she kept her Easter decorations on her door for two weeks after the holiday. Carol Burdick claims her landlord unjustly told her to remove a display of Easter stickers, plastic grass, and Peeps marshmallow candies from her door a few days after the April 12 holiday this year. "An Easter decoration is a religious statemen... PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- A man suspected of breaking into a Maine restaurant will have to get used to jailhouse food after workers at the eatery discovered lobsters and wine missing -- and the suspect asleep on a bench. Police say Paul Bruneau broke into the Portland Lobster Co. through a rear window and stuffed his pockets with cash before chowing down on the better part of 11 prepared lobsters worth about $300. He washed it all down w... NEW YORK (AP) -- The Big Apple is also the city of big numbers. There's already a sign that keeps track of the national debt. ...TALLEYVILLE, Del. (AP) -- There was an explosion in the bathroom of a fast-food joint -- and it had nothing to do with the food. ...MASON, W.Va. (AP) -- Kelly Stewart has more than a home video to remind of her a nearby bridge implosion. ...JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- An Indiana lawyer who was found asleep headfirst in a neighbor's trash can after a night of drinking has apologized and says he's embarrassed. No charges have been filed against Larry Wilder, who is the Jeffersonville City Council's attorney. Wilder said he had dinner and drinks with friends in nearby Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday night. He said he was driven home in a client's limousine but remembers... CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- No, it's not a case of "gorilla" warfare -- but it might have looked like it. ...GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) -- These aren't just bowling grannies -- they're bowling great-grannies. And they're great bowlers, too. ...BERLIN (AP) -- You can find everything from a candy bar to a DVD in vending machines. Soon, there will be vending machines that sell gold. ...CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Spelling bees aren't just for kids. ...MILWAUKEE (AP) -- It's a long way down -- but window washer Alex Clay lives to tell about it. ...FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- Louie the Lumberjack is getting a makeover. The 10-foot, 1,000 pound cedar statue has greeted visitors to Flagstaff for decades. ...SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- This dogs are sniffing out contraband -- but the K-9 cops aren't after drugs or guns. ...APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (AP) -- The lions, tigers and bears will soon be smoke-free -- at the Minnesota Zoo. ...ATLANTA (AP) -- The pandas are doing some panhandling. Zoo Atlanta needs a-half million bucks to keep its pair of giant pandas. ...DALLAS (AP) -- Mistakes can be expensive -- especially when they're on stamps. One man's collection of more than 3,000 incorrectly printed stamps is expected to sell for millions. ...COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Bike riders are getting some respect -- and protection in Columbia. Mo. ...DETROIT (AP) -- IHOP became I-SMASH. Four women trying skip out on their check plowed into a Detroit International House of Pancakes. ...LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) -- It wasn't a bad bomb, but the Good Book. ...RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- There's a monster on the loose in Raleigh, N.C. And a college student is to blame. ...CHINO, Calif. (AP) -- Summer vacation? What summer vacation? School kids in two Southern California communities will have to make up 34 days of school this summer. ...SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) -- It's big and it's hairy, but it's not a horse. A large moose wandered onto the grounds of the historic upstate New York racetrack where Man o' War and Secretariat have run. ...COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Dawn Thompson Ester didn't know what would come first -- her diploma or her baby. ...FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) -- It's a trim for tight times. A hair salon in a Washington, D.C. suburb is offering free haircuts. ...CADILLAC, Mich. (AP) -- It's the F-16 of golf carts. Some Michigan high school students have created the ultimate golf cart for the U.S. Air Force. ...CHICAGO(AP) -- Gay bar owner Geno Zaharakis has a message for bachlorettes -- get lost. ...BEAVER, Pa. (AP) -- It's a road trip, 1919 style. The 2009 Transcontinental Motor Convoy is recreating the first cross-country journey of motorized vehicles. ...RIGBY, Idaho (AP) -- Idaho potatoes can be baked, fried, or distilled into vodka. ...LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- What's new? How about a giant omelet from emu? GLENVILLE, W.Va. (AP) -- Tashua Allman already has landed a job, after graduating from Glenville State College last month. ...MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- These bike riders didn't have to worry about chaffing from their shorts. ...ELGIN, Ill. (AP) -- You might not have remembered yesterday was Flag Day. But garbage truck driver Jeff Olsen did. ...CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- A high school computer whiz didn't get a high grade for a recent feat: designing software to shut teachers out of the grading system. A New York State Police spokeswoman says 16-year-old Matthew Beighey has been charged with unauthorized use of a computer and third-degree identity theft. He was ordered to return to court Wednesday. The school district says the teenager temporarily blocked teachers' ab... WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) -- An umpire has emptied the stands at a high school baseball game, ejecting the entire crowd of more than 100 fans for being unruly. Umpire Don Briggs said he had no problem with any of the student athletes during Thursday's game between Winfield-Mount Union and West Burlington. He said he had to take action because fans were being unruly, yelling and arguing. However, West Burlington Superin... VILLA RICA, Ga. (AP) -- Chuck and Karen Hill have all the luck. A week after Chuck won five-grand in the Georgia Lottery's Weekly WinFall drawing, Karen did a whole lot better. ...DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- There is something new under the sun. Perhaps a new cloud. ...WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) -- Some Maryland bird lovers are happy to see Grumpy. Grumpy is a mute swan who lives in a dog house by a Carroll County pond. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City subway conductor Bretta Sykes caught a passenger who didn't pay a fare. ...GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Ten-year-old Kennedy Corpus has a good excuse for missing the last day of school -- a note to her teacher from President Barack Obama. ...
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- Three little fugitives dressed in black and white stripes have been let go. ...ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- Some Virginia high school students have a bright idea. They're helping to turn their school solar. ...MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) -- At age 11, Moshe Kai Cavalin (MOH'-shee Ky KA'-vah-lihn) is already a college graduate. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Folks in San Francisco could soon be slipping on a banana peel. No, it won't be a pratfall but a legal slip-up. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Street walking is illegal in Rhode Island. But indoor hooking is not. ...BOSTON (AP) -- This parking space is going for a lot more than a quarter in the meter. ...COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Dave Thomas would be proud. The hamburger chain he founded gets the top score in the Zagat (zuh-GAT') survey. ...LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- How do you spell Kalamazoo? Don't try asking the people responsible for the street signs in Lansing, Michigan. ...LOS ANGELES (AP) -- High school senior Johnny Strange is reaching heights few adults can imagine. ...AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Lots of folks are using those recyclable shopping bags. But authorities in Austin, Texas, say one woman used hers for something other than groceries. ...EVERETT, Wash. (AP) -- Go honk yourself. But if you do, don't expect any sympathy in court. ...MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- It's a big one that didn't get away. A commercial fisherman hooked something that usually flies -- not swims. ...RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- For the first time in three decades, Saudis in the nation's capital did something that most Westerners take for granted - they went to the movies. But it wasn't exactly date night. No women were allowed. Saturday's screening of the Saudi film, "Menahi," brought a taste of the moviegoing experience to Riyadh more than 30 years after the government began shutting down theaters - a move driven by religious co... NEW YORK (AP) -- Visitors to the Big Apple will soon be able to crown their trip -- with a climb to the crown of the Statue of Liberty. ...WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- The marriage is young -- but not the newlyweds. ...PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) -- Some crooks didn't have much luck with a cash machine. ...PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) -- Cass Clark is just 16, but he's already working undercover. ...HOUSTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court is saying N-O to a nasty note on T-P. ...
UNDATED (AP) -- It's a presidential secret. But it has nothing to do with foreign policy or military plans. It seems lips are sealed concerning what the first couple had for dinner on their recent "Date Night" in New York. Foodies find they have friends in the White House. President Barack Obama and the first lady are making a big impact with their culinary choices. They've had gourmet pizza from St. Louis, burgers in D.C. and soul food in Chi... MARQUETTE HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) -- Donald Bernovich would rather be bowling. ...PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- It's a monster lobster -- roll. A lobster roll more than 61 feet long was rolled out at Maine's Old Port Festival in Portland. ...MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) -- It's pizza to go -- with a wave. Pizzeria owner Al Marino will make deliveries this summer to boaters on Michigan's Lake St. Clair. ...MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Get ready for Spam, Spam, Spam, and Spam -- but no Monty Python. ...WASHINGTON (AP) -- The buzz in Washington this morning isn't about politics -- but bees. Beekeeping is the latest "in" hobby. ...MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Miami Beach tolerates all kinds of eccentricity, but the south Florida playground of the rich and famous draws the line at a bicycle riding rooster named Mr. Clucky. The white bird who perches on his owner's bike has become a favorite subject of tourist photos. But he's been ordered out of town for his cacophonous crowing every day at 6 a.m. A code enforcement officer ticketed owner Mark Buckley on May... SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- It was a simpler sort of drug trade. Syracuse police say a 45-year-old man offered a slaughtered pig as partial payment for a bag of crack cocaine. They say two men were spotted making the deal on a street corner just before 8 p.m. Thursday. Angelo Colon of Fulton was arrested on a misdemeanor drug possession charge and 42-year-old Omar Veliz faces a felony drug sale charge. Police say Col... YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- Thongs and coffee don't mix. At least not to the City Council in Yakima, Washington. ...DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- The getaway car didn't provide much of a getaway. ...COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- You can't spend the money -- but you can sell it. South Carolina is selling state-issued Civil War currency. ...TOKYO (AP) -- Things go better with Coke -- including green-tea. Green tea-flavored Coca-Cola will hit Japanese stores Monday. ...KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- The mayor of one Malaysia town wants to blow the whistle on litterbugs. ...LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- It's one way to look good to the boss. Police in Lincoln, Neb., charge an ad saleswoman put fake ads in her paper to boost her pay. ...PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Little Debbie left a big mess. A truck carrying Little Debbie snack cakes crashed on a ramp over I-5 near Portland, Oregon, earlier this week. ...MANSFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- They're frozen assets. Now, a federal bankruptcy court has to oversee their disposal. ...WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) -- It was a long time coming, but Clarence Marschall now has his high school diploma. ...ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (AP) -- Beer and pizza -- that's how G.I.s will be enjoying the Fourth of July. ...DANVERS, Mass. (AP) -- What has 40,000 wings and flies? A small plane covered with honeybees. ...LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) -- It's not what you would call a high-speed chase. Deputies in western New York report they were trying to stop a young man in Amish country in a horse and buggy. ...ADELANTO, Calif. (AP) -- It's one use for duct tape that has nothing to do with home repairs. ...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) -- Chicken lovers in a Kansas City suburb are fit to be fried. The Overland Park City Council is rejecting backyard chickens again. ...MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) -- Keep your shorts on in a new South Carolina park -- and leave your metal detector at home, too. ...LAS VEGAS (AP) -- One Sin City strip club patron claims he was taken for a ride. ...WASHINGTON (AP) -- D.C. wants to bag the grocery bags. The Washington D.C. Council is set to vote today on a measure that would impose a fee for use of throwaway shopping bags. ...FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Get your peanuts, popcorn and grapes? Fans of the San Francisco Giants have a new ballpark snacking option. ...PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) -- Someone's mummy is in custody at the Port Huron, Mich., police department. ...SPARKS, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada high school student Perla Cervantes is driven to read. And now she's got a new ride, too. ...
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) -- Brittani McCalister is a perfect student. She graduates from Indiana's West Vigo High with a perfect attendance record. ...
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- Matthew Anderson will have to find a new place to get his morning coffee. ...
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia man asked a judge to perform a wedding ceremony while the jury in the man's criminal trial was still deliberating the verdict. ...
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