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VA patient has wrong testicle removed
Apr 4 2007 10:43PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An Air Force veteran has filed a federal claim after an operation at a Veterans Administration hospital in which a healthy testicle was removed instead of a potentially cancerous one.
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Easter egg disappoints Wyoming artists
Apr 4 2007 9:42PM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The governor's office isn't calling for an investigation, but officials would rather it doesn't happen again _ a college student from Illinois decorated Wyoming's state Easter egg.
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Fla. student who mooned teacher sues
Apr 4 2007 6:47PM (CT)
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - A high school senior acknowledges he went too far when he mooned a teacher. But he thinks the decision of school officials to send him to a new school for the rest of the year was too harsh, so his family is suing.
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Ala. woman on horseback charged with DUI
Apr 4 2007 6:42PM (CT)
SYLVANIA, Ala. (AP) - A woman used a horse to ram a police car during a midnight ride through town and was charged with driving under the influence, police said. DUI charges can apply even if the vehicle has four legs instead of wheels, Chief Brad Gregg said Tuesday.
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Wolf grabs small dog and runs off
Apr 4 2007 6:40PM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A black wolf snatched a small dog near a Juneau lake and ran into the woods with it, U.S. Forest Service rangers said. A woman was walking three dogs Tuesday at Mendenhall Lake when the wolf grabbed the unleashed Pomeranian then dashed off with the dog in its jaws. The woman unsuccessfully searched for the dog, which has not been seen since.
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Man shot by pistol thrown in the trash
Apr 4 2007 6:40PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A Wichita man is recovering from a gunshot wound to the hand from a pistol that was thrown in the trash, sheriff's officials said.
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Coyote visits Chicago sandwich shop
Apr 4 2007 3:24PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - For one day, at least, the roadrunner was safe. It seems the coyote was hankering for another kind of fast food. Employees and customers at a downtown Chicago Quiznos sandwich shop were stunned to see a coyote walk through the propped-open front door Tuesday afternoon and lie down in a cooler stocked with fruit juice and soda.
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Japanese police probe decomposing bodies
Apr 4 2007 3:19PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Police in western Japan are investigating five badly decomposed human bodies found lying in a house, apparently because of a belief in resurrection, officials and a news report said Wednesday.
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Judge: Nazi salute was too offensive
Apr 4 2007 3:17PM (CT)
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - An activist's Nazi salute during a City Council meeting caused too much disruption, a judge ruled, saying free speech only goes so far in City Hall.
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Mayor chases rival's wife over sign
Apr 4 2007 3:16PM (CT)
FITCHBURG, Wis. (AP) - Mayor Tom Clauder was so upset when he saw a woman pull one of his campaign signs out of the ground near City Hall on election day, that he chased the woman's car in his pickup truck. When he called police about the matter, he learned the woman was his opponent's wife.
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Pregnant woman accused of selling sex
Apr 4 2007 3:14PM (CT)
PASADENA, Md. (AP) - A seven-months-pregnant woman has been accused of soliciting money for sex in an advertisement on a popular Web site _ with her husband acting as her pimp. Diana Cornwell, 34, and her husband, Jesse, 32, each face prostitution charges, Anne Arundel County police said.
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Rescuers pluck man, pet bird from tree
Apr 4 2007 7:51AM (CT)
PORTER, Texas (AP) - It took a Coast Guard helicopter to rescue a man and his pet cockatoo from the heights of a pine tree after he got stuck trying retrieve the $2,000 bird.
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