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KMOV Blogger: July 2009 ArchivesTATUM, N.M. (AP) -- It sounds like every school kids' dream -- three-day weekends. But students in Tatum, N.M., will find they only have class four days a week when school starts this fall. ...MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- A veteran New Hampshire sports reporter has been charged with running a prostitution ring in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and possibly into Canada. ...BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- There's clear air at the Monroe County Fair in Bloomington, Ind., this year. ...EAST MOLINE, Ill. (AP) -- There was a surprise in a delivery to a metal finishing plant in East Moline, Ill. this week. ...LONDON (AP) -- More than two dozen burlesque performers in London turned out yesterday to protest being classified alongside strippers and lap dancers as "adult entertainers." ...BALTIMORE (AP) -- Purdue University students Cameron Brown and Brett Westcott are a couple of nice guys. ...MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Sometimes it just doesn't pay to be a nice guy. ...
PLAIN CITY, Utah (AP) -- There's a young man in Utah who's getting an early start on his driving practice. ...LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- It's a do-it-yourself project with a twist and a strip. ...GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- The ride was stolen -- but it wasn't a car. Police have ticketed a woman for riding a stolen horse down the main street in a small South Carolina town. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- Hit the road, Jack! That's the message for the homeless from New York City. ...LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) -- There's still no such thing as a free lunch -- or free parking at BWI airport. ...TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Kevin Hallaran didn't get swallowed by a whale, but by something a lot smellier -- a garbage truck. ...COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Shutting the window on a stick-up. That's what police in Colorado Springs report happened at a McDonald's drive-through lane. ...MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Jerry Lowery may need glasses -- to read the fine print on his criminal charges. He's accused of stealing more than $45,000 worth of eyeglasses from suburban Milwaukee stores. ...WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) -- A priest got more than an earful of sins during a confession. ...WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Don't blame it on the swine flu! A judge in New Zealand is rejecting a woman's drunk-driving defense. ...PHOENIX (AP) -- The Peace Corps isn't just for 20-something volunteers looking for adventure. ...ZIONSVILE, Ind. (AP) -- You might call Tom Frampton a fan fanatic. ...TROUTVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Drivers on Virginia's highways still need some relief -- and they're turning to the private sector. ...SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A woman charged with murdering her 3 1/2-week-old son used a knife and two swords to dismember the child and ate parts of his body, including his brain, before stabbing herself in the torso and slicing her own throat, police said Monday. Otty Sanchez, 33, is charged with capital murder in the death of her infant son, Scott Wesley Buchholtz-Sanchez. She was recovering from her wounds at a hospital, and was being... FREMONT, Neb. (AP) -- All aboard -- for dinner. The Fremont Dinner Train offers passengers a trip back in time and a chance to eat. ...DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A classic car to Bill Wright isn't simply a vintage Corvette or Mustang. ...
CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- A "VIXEN" and "U2FAT" are helping to fatten state coffers in Ohio. ...CINCINNATI (AP) -- Sharing a name with someone who lives in your area isn't usually a big deal -- unless your name is Neil Armstrong. Thirty-eight-year-old Neil Allen Armstrong, a financial services professional from Symmes Township in suburban Cincinnati, says he constantly gets calls and packages from autograph seekers, school kids and reporters. He tries to explain he's not the Neil Armstrong who was the first man to walk on the moo... OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Oakland police say a man impersonating a police officer tried to pull over a real undercover officer and was arrested. Police say 21-year-old Antonio Fernandez Martinez of Oakland was arrested Wednesday in the Fruitvale district after trying to pull over an unmarked police vehicle. Martinez was driving a Ford Crown Victoria outfitted with flashing lights, a microphone and speakers. Martinez, a convicted ... BARBERTON, Ohio (AP) -- A developer has found new life for an old church in northeast Ohio by redesigning it as a workout center. Developer and bodybuilder Al Horvath converted a Methodist church in Barberton into a training facility he calls Faith Gym. Horvath kept the church's original 1892 stained-glass windows and added murals depicting such biblical characters as David and Goliath and Samson and Delilah. He created... PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan troopers didn't have to go very far to make a drunken driving bust. ...MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Maybe we'll have to call it Wheaties 2.0. The Breakfast of Champions is getting a makeover. ...HONOLULU (AP) -- An environmental group in Hawaii has a beef with the Wienermobile. ...PERRYVILLE, Md. (AP) -- Ilya, the wandering manatee, is still taking in the sights north of the nation's capital. ...MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Happy the hippo may soon be even happier. ...SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Rockets, machine guns and a big flame-thrower -- that's how Seth Rogen rolls. ...MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) -- The owner of a South Carolina hair replacement business says a Myrtle Beach roller coaster isn't nearly as hair-raising as the commercials claim. A television ad shows the 150-foot-tall Time Machine at Freestyle Music Park moving so fast that a man loses his hairpiece. But Dennis Murphy, who owns a hair replacement business, says the ad puts toupees in a bad light. So he rode the coaster Thursday to p... CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- The Vegas flag flap has been settled by the Nevada Supreme Court. ...MCCLELLEN, Calif. (AP) -- High school geeks have something to do this summer -- and there's no hacking involved. ...ASPEN, Colo. (AP) -- A Colorado TV station is a mess, thanks to a bear of a vandal. Staffers say a hungry bear managed to get into the office of GrassRoots TV in Aspen. ...EDGEWATER, Fla. (AP) -- A small plane made an emergency landing on a Florida interstate and later took off again from the same stretch of road. No one was injured in the incident Wednesday night. The Florida Highway patrol says the pilot began having engine problems with his 1972 Grumman plane around 7 p.m. and decided to land on Interstate 95 near Edgewater, which is about 20 miles south of Daytona Beach. The 61-year-old pilot... BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) -- Food fight! Now, you're fired! A West Virginia high school principal has been canned, following a cafeteria food fight. ...DERRY, Pa. (AP) -- Fire Chief Derrick Bollinger now has his Dalmatian back. The volunteer fire chief from Eastern Derry, Pa., had to give up Halligan five years ago when he moved. ...IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Charles S. Curry needed bail money. Now, Iowa City police charge he used money stolen from a bank for his bond. ...HOUSTON (AP) -- It's Xtended versus Xtreme Lashes. ...UNDATED (AP) -- Spelling counts -- especially when you're looking for a job. A typo or two on a resume might just keep you among the ranks of the unemployed. ...ALPINE, Ariz. (AP) -- Christmas is already on Ted Bechtol's mind. He's now picked the tree that will stand outside the U.S. Capitol this holiday season. ...CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Sneezing in space is nothing to sneeze at. Astronaut David Wolf and the crew of the space shuttle Endeavor answered some questions from kids and teens posted on YouTube. ...INDEPENDENCE, Ky. (AP) -- It's a demolition derby with a cutting difference -- riding mowers. ...BOSTON (AP) -- Boston isn't fretting over stolen bikes -- more like tweeting. A new program is using the social networking Web sites Twitter and Facebook to track down missing bikes. ...HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. (AP) -- Chessie II? The National Aquarium in Baltimore says a manatee has been spotted in the Chesapeake Bay. ...ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) -- It's just the thing for couples on the go -- drive-through weddings. Rev. Sharon Burnett has set up shop in a store north of Tampa, Fla. GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- Meet Walter Breuning -- who may be the world's oldest man. The 113-year-old Great Falls, Mont., man was born on Sept. 21, 1896. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- The Naked Cowboy wants a new title -- Mr. Mayor. Robert Burck is known as the Naked Cowboy. ...FREMONT, Neb. (AP) -- Thirteen-year-old Erica Brewer is the new checkers champ of Fremont, Neb. ...FARMINGTON, Wis. (AP) -- Dr. Dale Roznik home soon will be his castle. ...BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- What's on tap at the Vermont Brewers Festival? How about water? ...MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- It's big, it's sweet and sets a new Guinness record. ...ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Rosalie James' dance partner has two left feet -- or make that paws. ...MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) -- No more bikini-top fundraisers for students at one Idaho high school. ...HAVERFORD, Pa. (AP) -- Seven suburban Philadelphia children had a brush with the law for selling without a permit -- selling lemonade, that is. But police say it was all a misunderstanding. A neighbor called Haverford Township police July 10 about the sales. He says the youngsters were going door-to-door and he didn't think they were being properly supervised. A responding officer told the kids they were violating an or... WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida dentist is being sued for allegedly dropping tools down the throat of an elderly patient -- twice. Relatives of 90-year-old Charles Gaal Jr. recently filed the suit in circuit court accusing Dr. Wesley Meyers of negligence. An answering message at Meyers' office in Winter Park said Saturday that he was on vacation. He did not reply to a message from The Associated Press seeking comment. The l... BEIJING (AP) -- The panda cubs have a new mom -- a dog. ...ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- It could be a sign of better times in western New York. ...KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- It's called the Strangest House in the World. ...LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The naked guy wasn't robbed after all. Police in Lincoln, Neb., busted 19-year-old Sando Hamilton the other night. ...FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- "Lock your car." That's good advice from a crook. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a sky-high price -- for a bit of the historic moon landing. ...CHATSWORTH, Ga. (AP) -- Josh McClain says he has a hit with his Bikini Beani coffee shop. His Chatsworth, Ga., java joint features waitresses in bikini tops and shorts brewing drinks and washing cars. ...RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- People on the go -- need a place to go. ...KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- Bathing suits or no bathing suits? ...ALPINE, Ariz. (AP) -- It's tough to think about Christmas in the heat of July. But the holidays are on the mind of Ted Bechtol -- and in a really big way. ...MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- It's not often a court praises a drunken teenager. ...ONEKAMA, Mich. (AP) -- Braeden Furlow has made the tee shot of a lifetime -- and he's only six. ...HUNTSVILLE, Utah (AP) -- Duffer Jeff Holt knows there's art to the game of golf. And he's got it on display in his Hunstville, Utah, basement. ...DECATUR, Ill. (AP) -- Dog groomer wanted -- for an Illinois state prison. But it's not to keep guard dogs looking sharp. ...HILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) -- It's a chance to spend the night in jail -- but not by doing anything illegal. ...LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- It's not a flying saucer -- but a flying saw! ...CLAY CENTER, Kan. (AP) -- At age six, Dawson Humphrey is already an international champ. The Kansas kid wins the International Kids Tractor Pull. ...DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Des Moines is about get footloose. Dancing the night away is now illegal in Iowa's largest city. ...OWOSSO, Mich. (AP) -- Lots of fathers and sons rebuild old cars. But Andrew Munerance and his dad Scott aren't working on a vintage Mustang or Camaro. They're reconstructing an old train car. ...ATLANTA (AP) -- What's got four wheels, a powerful engine and can go fast? Well, the answer isn't just a car. ...OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C. (AP) -- Here are the bare facts. Nudists hope to earn a spot in the Guinness record book for a simultaneous skinny dip. ...SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) -- The sun will be setting on one of Southern California's most popular nude beaches. ...ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) -- Former Apache helicopter pilot Carl Harbuck is flying a lot slower these days. ...MUKILTEO, Wash. (AP) -- Tanks for the memories. Dave Shultz's hobby isn't easy to forget. ...NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Two-hundred-fifty bottles of rum on the wall ... 250 bottles of rum. ...CHICAGO (AP) -- Bear, the K-9 cop, has gone missing again. ...PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- This is a lot more serious than yelling, "Hey, kids get of my lawn." ...SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The car was a-rockin', and the law went a-knockin'. Bexar County sheriff's deputies drawn by the actions of an amorous couple in a parked car allegedly found more than l'amour. Deputy Ino Badillo tells the San Antonio Express-News they also found enough equipment and chemicals in the car Thursday night to start a methamphetamine lab. Badillo says deputies checked out the car after neighbors reported ... CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) -- The cops say a cat helped catch the crook. ...DENVER (AP) -- Airline passengers will be treated like dogs -- on Pet Airways. It's an airline for the four-legged set. Pets on these flights get to ride in the main cabin, not in the cargo hold. ...CARY, N.C. -- Electric car owners well get a charge out of Ronald McDonald. ...ELGIN, Ill. (AP) -- Talk about a sweet ride! Artist Jim Victor is creating a full-size replica of a race car -- in chocolate. ...KENT, Wash. (AP) -- A golfer has been sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison for bashing another player over the head with a 6-iron during a fight over slow play. The 34-year-old man, Nicholas Jay Shampine, had been convicted of assault in King County Superior Court. At Thursday's sentencing, he said he was sorry, but also claimed he was defending his brother in the clash a year ago between two groups of golfers. The victim... WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's a V-I-P birthday in the nation's capital -- a very important panda. ...COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- TEN-HUT! Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King is the toughest of the tough. ...CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Just call the gov -- Shoeless Joe. West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin showed up at a news conference yesterday without his shoes. ...SHELTON, Conn. (AP) -- Kids -- don't try this at home. An accused bank robber says he was inspired by TV commercials for the new movie "Public Enemies." ...BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- San Diego artist Ariane Brittany wants to go on tour -- after she's dead. ...SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Smoking can be dangerous to your health -- as two Georgia inmates have learned the hard way. ...CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- It's a case of kiss and tell. But this time it's a police cruiser's dashboard video cam that's the tattletale. ...MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- See a game and stuff your face. ...CLERMONT, Ky. (AP) -- Go light on the Knob Creek bourbon. Beam Global Spirits & Wine of Clermont, Ky., says it's all out of the aged bourbon. It won't have anymore to sell until November. ...LAS VEGAS (AP) -- That's no catfish! Animal control officials in the Las Vegas area report a fisherman after catfish landed a 3 1/2-foot-long alligator at a Sunset Park lake. ...SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- It's a teen-aged prank -- made right. A man has sent a $600 cashier's check to the Utah Department of Transportation. ...ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The big burger is a big seller at Peppers Cafe. ...DENVER (AP) -- Those Rockies sure are pretty. But they're not the right Rockies. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- If Sarah Palin figured she'd be getting a break from the late night comics -- she figured wrong. ...AMARILLO, Texas (AP) -- Spare change? Authorities in Texas are hoping a trail of coins will lead to a pair of robbers who held up a D-Q. ...BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) -- There was more than just paper in a big rig on I-55. Illinois State Police report finding a ton of pot hidden in a load of paper products. ...LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Power from the people -- the sweaty people. That's the idea at the University of Kansas. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- It might look like Christmas in July on the streets of New York. ...READING, Ohio (AP) -- The owner of a suburban Cincinnati barbecue joint likes his chesty mannequin just the way she is. ...KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- There have been a lot of things named after Barack Obama since he was elected president. Including a sea turtle. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- It was a crushing defeat. But what else would you expect in an eating contest between man and elephants? ...BOSTON (AP) -- You could call the manager of an Irish pub in Boston a chowderhead and he'd probably smile -- and might even say thank you. ...YORK, Maine (AP) -- Two orange lobsters that look as though they've just emerged from a steamer pot are definitely alive and pinching in Maine. Jeremy Mirick, co-owner of the lobster pound at the York Fitness Center in York, Maine, says the two orange lobsters in his tank aren't for sale. Officials at the New England Aquarium say orange lobsters are a one in 30 million rarity, but they've gotten reports of 10 to 12 of them in t... CLARE, Mich. (AP) -- "Cops & Doughnuts" is more than a punchline. It's now a bakery in Michigan -- owned by nine full-time employees of the Clare Police Department. The newly renamed bakery opened Wednesday, offering doughnuts, cookies, muffins, brownies and bread. It also has mugs and T-shirts bearing the "Cops & Doughnuts, 100 Percent Cop-Owned" logo, and phrases including "You Have the Right to Remain Glazed" and "Handcuffs and Crea... LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The latest on the Bruno-goes-to-school caper. The high school that was the location for a racy photo shoot by Sacha Baron Cohen's character "Bruno" has broken away from the nation's second-largest school district. ...AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- O, boy.The executive director of the Democratic Party in Maine is accusing a Republican who's considering a run for governor of stealing the stylized "O" from President Barack Obama's Web site.Arden Manning says Les Otten's "O" is a close copy of one on the Obama Web site. DRUMMOND, Okla. (AP) -- When the Garfield County, Okla., sheriff's office started getting calls about millions of ants crossing an intersection, deputy Trot Bush thought it was a joke. ...CHICAGO (AP) -- Sneak-preview visitors to the Sears Tower's new glass balconies all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest. ...FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -- Bedbugs have taken a bite out of Colorado State's Great Sofa Roundup. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- Vibe magazine has lost its mojo. The hip-hop and urban culture magazine founded by music producer Quincy Jones is shutting down. ...
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) -- A Western Michigan University student may want to get a new hobby -- a legal one. UNDATED (AP) -- All kinds of new laws go into effect today around the country. In Oklahoma, there's a ban on the tattooing of eyeballs. In Utah, you won't have to join a bar to enter one. ...MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A new survey sheds light on prospects for the smart phone business. ...MONTREAL -- You've heard of a moving van, how about moving by bicycle? A Montreal man hitches everything from toasters to refrigerators to his bike and hauls them across town. ... |
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