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Family calls housecat a lifesaver
Apr 5 2007 5:30PM (CT)
NEW CASTLE, Ind. (AP) - A cat helped spare a family from death by carbon monoxide poisoning by jumping on the bed and meowing wildly as fumes filled the home, the owners said.
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Firefighter charged with racy park romp
Apr 5 2007 5:00PM (CT)
MASON, Ohio (AP) - A man wearing a woman's wig and a string bikini was charged with taking a drunken afternoon romp through a park, officials said.
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Mother arrested after kids panhandled
Apr 5 2007 4:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Police say an unemployed suburban mother of five found a quick way to make ends meet: turning her children into panhandlers.
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Man impersonates brother to avoid DWI
Apr 5 2007 4:42PM (CT)
DE QUEEN, Ark. (AP) - A ruse worked for a De Queen man who used his brother's name after being picked up for another drunken-driving charge until he called his brother and asked him to bail him out of jail.
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Bank-robbing granny pleads guilty
Apr 5 2007 4:31PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - An elderly grandmother who robbed a bank with an unloaded pistol to help her financially strapped son pleaded guilty Thursday after prosecutors agreed not to pursue a mandatory five- to 10-year prison sentence.
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Arrest gives meaning to 'Easter grass'
Apr 5 2007 3:58PM (CT)
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Officers who pulled a man over for running a red light found a plush Easter bunny stuffed with marijuana in the car, police say.
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Sub loses job over pinchy punishment
Apr 5 2007 1:16PM (CT)
AMANDA, Ohio (AP) - A substitute teacher's tool for silencing chatty kindergartners _ clothespins _ doesn't wash with school officials.
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Online hoax ad strips home of everything
Apr 5 2007 1:09PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - An online ad offering everything in the house for free left one landlord with quite a shock. By the time she realized what was going on, the house had been stripped of its light fixtures, hot water heater _ even the kitchen sink.
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