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KMOV Blogger: August 2009 ArchivesNEW HARMONY, Ind. (AP) -- It's a giant zucchini to the rescue. At least naturalist Sally Roth hopes so. ...RENO, Nev. (AP) -- David McLaughlin lost his class ring in 1962. ...WASHINGTON (AP) -- Forget the doughnut jokes -- but the Washington, D.C., police department is a lot leaner. ...SILVER RUN, Md. (AP) -- As bunnies go, Heather is a senior citizen. ...GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) -- Ay, ay, ay, ay! Guadalajara finally boasts the world's biggest mariachi band. ...ELMHURST, N.Y. (AP) -- Richie Magic is picking a strange way to kick the habit. ...PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- Police in Florida say a burglar who made off with a man's valuables returned to the home later and snatched what he couldn't carry on his first trip: a 100-pound plasma-screen TV. A Pensacola Police investigator was on the scene when the robber came back hours after the first burglary. The man who lived at the house, Steve Fluegge, says he was shocked the burglar came back and stole the television. The s... MIAMI (AP) -- Police in Florida are using the promise of a stimulus check to make some arrests. Authorities in Fort Lauderdale say they sent letters to fugitives offering them stimulus money. The suspects were asked to call a hot line and set up an appointment to pickup a check from an auditorium where "South Florida Stimulus Coalition" banners hung. When the fugitives arrived, they were identified and about 75 were arrested on... WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Looks like there's going to be a plea deal in the "sexting" case involving a former Kansas police officer. ...PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities report a phony cop picked the wrong driver to try to pull over. ...AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Dutch museum officials are caught between a rock and a hard place -- over a moon rock. ...SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- It's a garage sale as big as California -- in fact it's the Great California Garage Sale. ...MCLEAN, Va. (AP) -- William Taylor cheated on his wife. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- There are plenty of nudes in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. ...EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- Charles Burnett III drives a car that's really smokin' -- or make that steamin'. ...AMHERST, N.Y. (AP) -- University at Buffalo student Brian Borncamp won't be roughing it this semester. ...SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- It's one crime that really sucks. Sioux Falls, S.D., police report someone has ripped-off a car wash vacuum cleaner. ...ROANOKE, Va. (AP) -- Lumpy stamps mean some legal lumps for a Virginia woman. ...HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) -- It wasn't a very sweet ending for a guy drinking hot chocolate behind the wheel. ...HASTINGS, Mich. (AP) -- A drunken Michigan man wanted to go to jail -- and he got his wish. ...SEATTLE (AP) -- Seattle's Gas Works Park has some new but unauthorized art. ...FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Disney's newest star isn't letting the bright lights go to his head. ...
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) -- There will be suds aplenty -- but not the sort that got these drunken drivers into trouble. ...LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A-quarter million bucks sounds like an awful lot to pay for an old Camaro. But not to Papa John's pizza chain founder John Schnatter. ...WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Out of gas? ...NEW YORK (AP) -- The Big Apple wants to be cleaner and greener -- with its garbage trucks. ...EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Got nothing to do? Well, Craig Hickman has made an art of do nothing. ...GYPSUM, Colo. (AP) -- It's a chance to party on the runway. ...CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- When it comes to mountain climbing, Kelly Perkins is all heart. ...LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- It's a message from a long time ago and far, far away. ...DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (AP) -- They call Randy Owens the Clunker Killer. He's a notary for the Baton Rouge, La., based All Star Automotive Group dealerships. ...SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) -- It wasn't your usual fender-bender on a Southern California freeway. ...
HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) -- There was something strange about a box dropped off at a FedEx Office store in Hamilton, Ohio. ...KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Claudine Jackson is getting a lot more than a cup of sugar from neighbor Jo Ann Walz. ...BRUSH, Colo. (AP) -- What's an election without candidates? ...SARANAC, Mich. (AP) -- That's no stray ball on the green at Morrison Lake Country Club. ...EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A burglary suspect wearing only a Speedo-style swimsuit has been arrested in Connecticut after a police dog tracked him down and bit him on the leg. Police say they spotted the suspect in East Hartford on Thursday wearing the bathing suit and holding a toolbox that had been stolen from a truck. They say he tried to steal several vehicles and also took items from them. Police say he tried to run from... CLEVELAND (AP) -- Police said a Cleveland barber became so upset by what he considered bad beef jerky that he returned to the store where he bought it and tried to rob the owner. Police said the 28-year-old barber walked into the store where he bought the snack, just two doors down from his barbershop, and tried to rob the owner Thursday night. The owner told the man he recognized him and chased him outside with a baseball bat.... CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- A chopper went down all right. ...LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) -- It was beer can versus shotgun -- and the beer won. ...WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Washington hotel expects some big things from little bumps. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- New York straphangers see just about everything in the subway -- including nude models. ...ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Fans at the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium will be able to see more than the art of football. ...ATLANTA (AP) -- There's more to breaking a record than just catching a really big fish. ...ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- It's a roller coaster for the iPod generation. ...NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) -- The police chief in North Bend, Ore., calls it a "high risk, low reward" target. ...NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) -- Sorry doesn't count for much -- when you're robbing a bank. ...SPRING CITY, Pa. (AP) -- Cathy Calhoun has gone from bank teller to bank owner. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Brett Favre isn't the only one expecting a big payday, thanks to his comeback. ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- There's no escaping TV ads -- even when you're reading a print magazine. ...GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) -- Dude, That's My SUV! Anthony McRae was on his way to the police station in Gillette, Wyo., to report his Ford Bronco had been stolen. ...LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Now, you can do some whale watching, even from your landlocked cubicle in Kansas. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- Houdini is an escape artist, too. But unlike the famed magician, this Houdini has a furry tail. ...HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- Gone fishin'. But a Maryland lawyer's time at a creek was on behalf of his client. ...MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) -- You've heard all about Cash for Clunkers. ...UNDATED (AP) -- What would you rather find on your hotel pillow -- a chocolate or a sleeping pill? ...GLENDORA, Calif. (AP) -- California authorities say a man caused a traffic jam when he threw money onto a Los Angeles-area freeway and people dashed into the lanes to grab the cash. MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- A 1,224-pound triple vanilla cupcake with pink frosting has set a record as the world's largest. TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Police say a masked man drove a stolen car through the front doors of a northern Ohio clinic and down the hallway before ramming into a pharmacy desk and stealing drugs. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Can't afford to buy new? Buy used. That's what the state of West Virginia is doing. ...COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- Bruce Jacob's day job is a University of Maryland engineering professor. ...HARRISTOWN, Ill. (AP) -- See Kathleen Jensen run. And run and run and run. ...BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Jessica Smith's broken wrist turned out to be a good break for her. ...LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it. ...ROME (AP) -- You had to be quick, but what a deal. A four-star hotel near Venice mistakenly offered the ultimate low-cost vacation -- a romantic weekend in the Italian lagoon city for 1 euro cent. Not surprisingly, the Crowne Plaza in Quarto D'Altino, 15.5 miles (25 kilometers) from Venice, received bookings for the equivalent of 1,400 room nights on the night the rate was posted on its Web site, the hotel chain acknowledged. A... HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) -- A drive off Lover's Leap has a happy ending. ...PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Hitting the streets is paying off for a couple of new college grads. ...LINWOOD, Mich. (AP) -- Pickle lovers are in for a "peck" of a party this weekend. ...ST. MEINRAD, Ind. (AP) -- The Kentucky State Fair offers rides, concerts and even caskets. ...LA PLATA, Md. (AP) -- A Maryland judge isn't feeling a little flat -- after letting air out of a tire in a parking dispute. ...MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- The view at South Beach isn't as beautiful as it used to be. ...NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Real men eat fried chicken -- especially fried chicken made with Coke. ...SOLDOTNA, Alaska (AP) -- Here comes the bride -- the green bride. ...WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's a huge pile of old jeans. More than 30,000 pairs of old jeans were collected at Washington's Union Station yesterday. ...
BOUTTE, La. (AP) -- Deputies got the gator and the bike rider. ...BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) -- Have bugs -- will travel. That's what a Montana State University dinosaur researcher is offering. ...CHICAGO (AP) -- Tigger -- say it ain't so! Winnie the Pooh is wanted in a Chicago-area bank robbery. ...SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- It's not quite being caught red-handed. ...ASPEN, Colo. (AP) -- Something furry did some browsing in a Colorado fur shop. ...COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ophelia the runaway tortoise is back home. ...UNDATED (AP) -- How do you let your office mates know you don't want to be bothered? ...Stripped of pay UNDATED (AP) -- Doc, do you accept veggies? ...WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- The hits just keep coming for Edward Williams -- the lottery hits. ...LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The legal flag flap is over in Sin City. ...WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- The purse-snatching victim is -- a three-year-old. ...JOLIET, Ill. (AP) -- Drowsy spectators in one Will County courtroom might want to stifle their yawns. A 33-year-old suburban Chicago man is facing six months in jail for yawning in Judge Daniel Rozak's court last month. Clifton Williams will serve at least 21 days for stretching and yawning as his cousin was being sentenced for a drug charge. A prosecutor in the courtroom at the time described the offending yaw... COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- College football fans will be seeing a lot less of Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen this season. ...MILFORD, Ohio (AP) -- The FBI wants better dressed bank customers. ...TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Inmates at Hillsborough County Jail in Florida are making and selling "Jailhouse Fire Hot Sauce." ...CHICAGO (AP) -- Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has launched a new Web site, www.GovernorRod.com. Blagojevich publicist Glenn Selig says the site offers a way for Blagojevich fans and supporters to connect. ...BERLIN, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont State Police charged a New Jersey man with drunken driving after receiving a call about a car being driven backward on Interstate 89.
HOUSTON (AP) -- An obese inmate in Texas has been charged with possession of a firearm after officials learned he had a gun hidden under flabs of his own flesh. ...LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) -- Cooked, salted or dried, field mice strung on sticks are sold as a popular delicacy in Malawi markets and roadside stalls. The mice are hunted in corn fields after the harvest when they have grown plump on a diet of grains, fruits, grass and the odd insect. The most widely eaten species is known locally as Kapuku, gray in color and with a shorter tail than the more common rat. Young boys have to be quic... SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A luxury resort in San Diego is offering rooms for $19 a night -- if you don't mind sleeping in a tent. The Rancho Bernardo Inn boasts three pools, a spa and golf course. It typically charges more than $200 a room. But business is down. So from Aug. 16 to 31, guests can get a "Survivor Package" that charges them less for each amenity they give up. For $19, guests give up breakfast, air conditioning, li... SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The only NFL team in southern California says it's having trouble selling out its games because of the slow economy. ...OAK ISLAND, N.C. (AP) -- The owner of boat found grounded near a North Carolina marina ended up with even more problems when the U.S. Coast Guard came to check his vessel. LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Police in Lansing, Michigan say a convenience store clerk foiled an attempted armed robber by throwing a pot of hot water at her. ...SCITUATE, Mass. (AP) -- The Coast Guard is giving away a lighthouse off the coast of Massachusetts for nothing, but there is a catch. ...DETROIT (AP) -- A Detroit-area lawyer is suing Procter & Gamble, saying his teeth have brown stains after he used Crest Pro-Health mouthwash. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- Even Walter Cronkite himself got it wrong, helping perpetuate an unfounded claim that newscasters in Sweden and Holland had been nicknamed "cronkiters." ...TOWNSHEND, Vt. (AP) -- Turns out it wasn't a statue of Dennis Rodman, and police now say it wasn't really stolen. CASPER, Wyo. (AP) -- A Casper, Wyoming woman has been sentenced to 45 days in jail for trying to spring her pit bull from an animal shelter. ...HOUSTON (AP) -- A Houston man has been charged with "improper photography" for allegedly using his camera phone to take pictures up a legal assistant's skirt at the Harris County criminal courthouse while pretending to tie his shoelaces. Bryant Gerley Munoz was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly took several pictures under the skirt of a 29-year-old legal assistant. Constable Lt. Bill Ruland said Munoz was at the courthouse on a misdemeanor... THREE RIVERS, Mich. (AP) -- Authorities say a man has been arrested in Three Rivers, Michigan for barking at a police dog as officers responded to a call Monday night. ...BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) -- Police say five teens stole a motor home from Billings, Mont., and drove it nearly 1,000 miles on a joyride to Washington state. ...STURGIS, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says drunk driving arrests are about the same as last year so far at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally -- and that drug arrests are down. ...WIDENER, Ark. (AP) -- The City Council of Widener, Arkansas has decided Mayor Abron Pitts can't drive a city truck any more after the his second arrest on a driving-while-intoxicated charge. ...FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- A North Dakota man has pleaded not guilty to an aggravated assault charge stemming from a golf course argument. ...ABINGTON, Pa. (AP) -- A man accused of breaking into apartments in suburban Philadelphia, stealing women's underwear and leaving the scene naked has surrendered to police. ...PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. (AP) -- The circuit combines the rough-and-tumble American rodeo tradition with campy flourishes that you won't see at its straight counterpart. ...CHICAGO (AP) -- Authorities say an 86-year-old woman charged with shoplifting wrinkle cream and other items from a Chicago grocery store has been arrested 61 times since 1956. ...BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- A medical marijuana user is on trial in Colorado, accused of possessing too much of the drug. ...WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. (AP) -- The village of Washington Park, Illinois -- best known for its strip clubs -- has filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in five years. ...COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- It's been a wild year for members of an Ohio family, who say they've accomplished a goal of visiting 52 zoos in 52 weeks. HONOLULU (AP) -- The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its final report in the case of a go! ...LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A trio of Nevada Supreme Court justices is considering whether to let O.J. Simpson and a former golfing buddy out of prison while the full court reviews their convictions for a gunpoint hotel room heist. ...BEND, Ore. (AP) -- It might be tough to think about the Winter Olympics during the dog days of summer. ...NORTH MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) -- It's fast food -- but a long career. Marlene Wickerink and Janet Chapman are both saying goodbye to the Golden Arches. ...CHINA GROVE, N.C. (AP) -- Forza might sound like an import car model. But it's more like swordplay for exercise. ...SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) -- Seattle gardeners are curbing their appetites. ...NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Researchers at Tulane University could have the inside scoop on beating the energy crisis -- zoo poop. WELLINGTON, Fla. (AP) -- A South Florida man had some good luck, now he's hoping for even better luck. ...KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) -- Police said a Wal-Mart employee was bitten while confronting a customer about shoplifting. Officers said a 44-year-old woman bit the employee on the arm while trying to leave the store's garden center Tuesday afternoon without paying for items in her purse. The woman was arrested on charges of theft and assault. According to the Kingsport Times-News, items recovered from her purse were valued at about $... COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Officials in South Carolina's capital city say prison inmates are flushing handmade weapons, underwear and various other debris down their toilets, causing a nearby sewer pump to break and costing taxpayers millions. The State newspaper of Columbia reported Saturday that officials blame giant clogs in Columbia sewer pipes on debris from the state prison complex. City officials say inmates caused a backup ... MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Next time, Minnesota's Democratic Party says, it will closely check its Internet links before sending news releases. The party on Thursday recalled a statement criticizing Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty because it mistakenly linked to a profane YouTube video of an elderly Chinese woman repeating obscenities. Andrew O'Leary, executive director of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, as the Democratic Party is kno... |
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