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KMOV Blogger: October 2009 ArchivesADRIAN, Mich. (AP) -- Boxers or briefs? Well, police in Michigan report one crook was wearing boxers. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- Can you imagine have something worth a million bucks -- or more -- sitting in a closet for decades? ...FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -- What's a mere blizzard when you can get a year's worth of free chicken? BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Tomorrow night, some folks in Boulder will be wearing nothing but pumpkins. ...SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Combine a 90-foot-long cannon, a 10-pound pumpkin and thin mountain air -- and what to do you get? ...NEW YORK (AP) -- Now you can look just like Don Draper. ...PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- It's World Series time -- and time for those good natured wagers. ...WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) -- It's hot pizza -- delivered by people who really know hot. ...UNDATED (AP) -- It's a heavyweight battle over lightweight brews. ...BALTIMORE (AP) -- A giant pink flamingo is heading back to Cafe Hon (hun). ...LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- It's a nightspot for those who are living large. ...LEBANON, Pa. (AP) -- It's wine -- way past its time. ...BRUSSELS (AP) -- It didn't take a CSI team to come up with a suspect after a single shoe was stolen. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- Fun City is getting serious about cell phones. ...VISALIA, Calif. (AP) -- Returning a lost cell phone turns out to be more than a favor. ...NORTON SHORES, Mich. (AP) -- So, what do you do with poop after you scoop? ...WASHINGTON (AP) -- She's young, she's beautiful, and she was sitting on the lap of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. ...IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- It's a zombie attack. ...WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- It's pink. But it's not pretty -- at least to some neighbors in West Lafayette, Ind. ...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) -- See minivan -- think mom mobile. ...WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- It's a chance to get revenge for all those computer error messages. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- Tamara Duricka had her blog -- now she has her man. ...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) -- What's bigger than a picnic basket and even better than one in the eyes of black bears that live in Yosemite National Park? A study published this month in the Journal of Mammalogy says it's minivans driven by families with children who leave behind a trail of spilled juice boxes, Cheerios and coolers carrying other snacks. Park scientists have found that the bears tore up minivans more fr... SPENCER MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) -- Who's on the ballot in a tiny North Carolina mill village? This year, no one. The Charlotte Observer reports that no one has filed to run for mayor or any of the three town council seats in Spencer Mountain in Gaston County. The incumbents say the filing deadline just sneaked up on them, but they have a solution: They'll just show up at the polls and write in each other's names. Gaston Cou... LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A 19-year-old student from Norway wins a load of real cash -- playing Monopoly. ...BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) -- Shut your mouth and open your eyes! ...NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The vampires will be out in New Orleans tonight. ...SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A young Massachusetts woman says she should have put her money in the bank -- and she's right. ...COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) -- A toy bat might not seem like much of a weapon. ...LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- The Colonel isn't chickening out of another free chicken promotion. ...ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Just say no! That's what a Minnesota bank teller did when she was confronted by a robber with a gun. ...LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Outgoing LAPD Chief William Bratton is a bit of an art critic. ...UNDATED (AP) -- If your boss is even going to throw a holiday party this season -- don't expect too much. ...DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- It's a chance to have your name in lights -- your last chance. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- The bomber jacket is likely to get cool again -- thanks to Hilary Swank. ...HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Jeremy Johnson isn't a jumper -- just a dancer. He's one of those guys who holds a sign by the side of the road and dances. ...ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Ted Williams is missing. That's from a Canadian collector, who says his Ted Williams baseball card was stolen while he was staying at a motel in upstate New York. ...LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Call it the small-osaurus. Scientists report ID'ing the fossil bones of the smallest dinosaur discovered in North America. ...NAPLES, Fla. (AP) -- Police in Naples, Fla., are looking for their coke stash. ...DENVER (AP) -- Wanted: One pot reviewer. ...GREAT NECK, N.Y. (AP) -- The vines got one congressman's goat. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- Praying for a seat won't sit well with some New York straphangers. ...JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) -- It was one heck of a test drive. ...LAFAYETTE, N.Y. (AP) -- Friends don't let friends drive drunk. ...CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire has an official state fruit, the pumpkin. ...WASHINGTON (AP) -- Not many parents get a police escort to their parent-teachers conference. ...UNDATED (AP) -- They're wacky! ...ABINGDON, Va. (AP) -- It takes more than a hammer and a fistful of nails to build a treehouse. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- A dapper looking dude is feeling the heat -- charged with breaking into a New York City firehouse. ...WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) -- Thirteen times two. ...MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- Floyd Burns has big plans tomorrow for his 80th birthday. ...ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) -- A Boston suburb has some new landscapers that will work for food -- a half-dozen goats clearing and maintaining an overgrown public meadow. Under a pilot program in Andover, Lucy McKain's dairy goats will rotate their grazing around the meadow for an all-you-can-eat buffet of grass, brush and other growth. The goats can clear as much as a half acre every three days at no cost. The fact it's free is import... AYER, Mass. (AP) -- Authorities say an 18-year-old man faces a charge of disorderly conduct for donning a mask like in the movie "V for Vendetta" to terrorize central Massachusetts residents. The Sentinel and Enterprise of Fitchburg reported Friday that the sightings began Sept. 30 when a group of teenagers began wearing the masks to scare one another. Police say one teen got carried away and began peering into residents' windo... UNDATED (AP) -- Travis Pastrana has big plans for New Year's Eve. ...UNDATED (AP) -- So, what's Fluffy going to be for this Halloween? ...MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Winning a multimillion dollar Powerball jackpot can be hazardous to your health. ...WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some scientific whizzes are studying the fizzes. ...COVENTRY, R.I. (AP) -- Texting while driving is bad enough. But texting while driving and hitting a police cruiser is even worse. ...NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A refugee from Hurricane Ike is finally going home. An endangered sea turtle had apparently spent months trapped in a land-locked lake in southwest Louisiana. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to enlist an army of "Flu Fighters." ...LEBANON, Pa. (AP) -- Police in central Pennsylvania say they've nabbed a real pothead. They say an officer spotted 29-year-old Cesar Lopez inside a convenience store with a bag of marijuana stuck to his forehead. Investigators say Lopez was seen peering inside his baseball cap early Saturday morning in Lebanon, about 75 miles northwest of Philadelphia. When Lopez looked up, the officer noticed a small plastic bag appearing to c... BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- There's an art to snowboarding. And then there's art on snowboards. ...COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio church's fundraiser is anything but a smashing success. ...LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Losing his wallet was a would-be robber's mistake. Trying to get it back was an even bigger blunder. ...REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- The latest Dan Brown mystery involves what some might consider a rather obscure language. ...CANTON, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina pastor says his church plans to burn Bibles and books by Christian authors on Halloween to light a fire under true believers. Pastor Marc Grizzard told Asheville TV station WLOS that the King James version of the Bible is the only one his small western North Carolina church follows. He says all other versions, such as the Living Bible, are "satanic" and "perversions" of God's word. On Hallo... BALTIMORE (AP) -- The giant pink flamingo needs a permit. ...TROY, N.Y. (AP) -- Beer pong and swine flu don't mix. ...ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- You could call it a case of drinking and robbing. ...BRANT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Who are you going to call when someone rips off your pot plants? ...JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- You won't be able to spend the night at Bonnie and Clyde's place. ...AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Think mood ring for investors. ... ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- You've gotta ask, who would steal a chain saw carving? FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- If contented cows produce better milk, than California's dairy industry may be in for a boost. SLIDELL, La. (AP) -- Police in Louisiana say the pungent smell of pickles or jalapenos may lead to the perpetrators of a crime. FAIRFIELD, N.J. (AP) -- Most divorce disputes don't drag on 12 years -- especially over a dough mixer.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Not even a mayor is immune to street crime. ... CHICAGO (AP) -- The fantasy of every Elvis Presley fan -- well, at least the female ones. NEWRY, Maine (AP) -- Sometimes, the man of the family has to carry a lot -- especially during a wife-carrying competition. DENVER (AP) -- If gas prices really pinch your wallet when they bump up, you better hope some people meeting in Denver over the next few days are dead wrong. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- It's just gotten harder to drive drunk in California -- but only in four counties. NEW YORK (AP) -- Want your kids to give the neighbors a real fright this Halloween? BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- It was not your usual funeral visitation. PRESTON, Kan. (AP) -- The little town of Preston in central Kansas looks to be on its deathbed, but may get new life from -- an undertaker. NEWRY, Maine (AP) -- A Maine couple has taken the crown in the North American Wife Carrying Championship over a course that featured a muddy water hole and two log obstacles. Dave and Lacey Castro of Lewiston came in first among 41 teams to win Saturday's competition at Sunday River ski resort in Newry. They covered the 278-yard course in 54.45 seconds. For their effort, the couple won 97-pound Lacey Castro's weight in beer and... GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a 44-year-old North Carolina man spent a week in jail because he has the same name as a suspect 23 years younger. The News & Record of Greensboro reported Saturday that Jesse Ray Hardy Jr. of Greenville was arrested Monday, then taken to jail 160 miles away to face charges of resisting an officer, breaking and entering and failing to yield to a pedestrian. Court officials say the real su... SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A man in his 70s has robbed a bank branch inside a San Diego supermarket. Police investigators say the man handed a teller a note demanding cash Friday at the U.S. Bank inside a Vons supermarket in the Carmel Valley neighborhood. The man said he had a gun, but no weapon was seen. He escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. Investigators say the suspect may be responsible for similar robberies at ban... WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina authorities say they have found 929 gallons of moonshine under a shed in the mountains. State Alcohol Law Enforcement officials say 63-year-old Roger Lee Nance of Wilkesboro was arrested Wednesday on charges including possession of non-tax-paid liquor for the purpose of selling. Agency director John Ledford says it's one of the biggest mountain busts he can remember. Spokeswoman P... DETROIT (AP) -- Viagra and pornography are not staples on the government's food stamp list. But authorities say a Detroit liquor store supplied them during a series of illegal deals. Federal prosecutors filed fraud charges this week against three people who worked at Jefferson's Liquor Palace. The alleged scheme worked this way: Food stamp recipients would get cash from the store in exchange for swiping larger amounts off their... KENT, Ohio (AP) -- Kent State University is going nuts -- over its unusual black squirrels. ...WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) -- It was good enough for Al Capone and it soon can be all yours. ...TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- It's one monster of a stogie. Cigar maker Wally Reyes yesterday started rolling what he hopes is a smoke nearly a block long. ...CLEVELAND (AP) -- Maverick, the missing pooch, is back in his Cleveland home. SLIDELL, La. (AP) -- Police in Slidell, La., are looking for a naked guy. Capt. Kevin Foltz says a nude man broke into a home, cooked a meal, had several drinks and took a shower. ...MIAMI (AP) -- It's high fashion for the highly worried. ...EATON, Colo. (AP) -- Girls playing football is still controversial. ...MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- It's easy to spot U.S. Senate candidate Dave Westlake. ...SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- Police say the GPS device did its job -- tracking a parolee to a bank stickup. ...ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) -- Jeremy Bolduc feels the need for speed -- old school style. He recently set a new national speed record on a 1936 Indian Chief motorcycle. He averaged 99.8 miles per hour over the Utah salt flats. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Leslie Lorentzen found more than a good book at a Barnes and Noble in Anchorage, Alaska. She spotted a bank envelope stuffed with cash in the bookstore's restroom. ...MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) -- It's a case of long-distance crime-stoppers. Police in Midwest City, Okla., got a tip from a woman in Philippines about teenagers ripping off an apartment. ...PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP) -- Talk about a captive audience! Well, a southwest Florida sheriff's department is selling ad time on jailhouse TVs. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- Hold the booze, skip the appetizers and forget about dessert. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- Sure, it's the Great Recession -- but some people have money to spend, and plenty of it, too. ...OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Fluffy isn't a cuddly little pet. Fluffy just might be the world's longest snake, at more than 24 feet. ...DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (AP) -- Running into a corn maze probably isn't the best move for a wanted felon. EUREKA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- There's the Tour de Franc -- and then there's Le Tour de Donut. ...WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) -- Clerks at one Iowa convenience store are quick to give up the cash. ...UNDATED (AP) -- Something stinks in Washington -- and it has nothing to do with politics. ...LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Pizza with wings doesn't fly. ...COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio bride and ghoul have vowed to love each other and haunt and howl at the moon together at a Halloween-themed wedding. Sixty-one-year-old Jack Holsinger and 44-year-old Connie Spitznagel were both made up as pale-faced vampires for their scare-emoney Saturday night at a haunted house near Cleveland. The two chose the location because it's operated by the same people who own a campground where the co... WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Matt Schon has a new Camaro, but it's far from his first. ...CHESWOLD, Del. (AP) -- Jerry Caldwell's carriage won't be turning into a pumpkin -- because it already is a pumpkin. ...WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- It's fries without the fried. ...ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) -- Cooking instructor Darryl McKnight has one bit of advice for his students -- "throwing up is not an option." ...HAVERHILL, Mass. (AP) -- No gun -- no cash. Police in Haverhill, Mass., report a convenience store clerk refused the demands of a would-be crook. ...STERLING, Ill. (AP) -- There's no place like home -- for a homing pigeon. ...NORWELL, Mass. (AP) -- Authorities say a couple, upset over the slowness of their Kentucky Fried Chicken order, assaulted a man who asked them to stop yelling profanities for the sake of children in line. The couple was arrested Thursday after witnesses told police the couple beat the man as he was leaving the restaurant. Police say 31-year-old Jared Garfagna of Marshfield punched the man in the head, and then Garfagna's girlfr... LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- The news in one Texas paper wasn't in black and white yesterday -- it was in black and pink. ...WASHINGTON (AP) -- The "C" in D.C. could stand for chickens. ...BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Cells of a different sort could be coming to a Colorado jail. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- Want a hot a toy for your kids' Christmas? ...OXNARD, Calif. (AP) -- Tony Malinosky didn't set any records while he was in a Dodgers' uniform. ...EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) -- Fire officials are dousing the idea of burning Brett. ...GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- No one expects a zombie apocalypse. But the University of Florida is making sure officials are ready for a night of the living dead, just in case. The school has a plan for responding to the undead on its Web site among outlines for dealing with hurricanes and pandemics. The exercise lays out how university officials would respond to attacks by "flesh-eating, apparently life impaired individuals." It n... BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- A pepper prank is burning some students. ...RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Smokey's riding in a big rig. ...YORK, Pa. (AP) -- Tina Graham is no linebacker. ...WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tourists in Washington can now see the stars. ...COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Confession may be good for the soul. ...NEW YORK (AP) -- Ronald Tackman might look like a lawyer. ... |
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