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Weird News Archives for April 17, 2006

Mont. woman survives in lightning strike
Apr 17 2006 10:14PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A local woman suffered minor injuries, including some hearing loss, after lightning struck her home and a nearby tree Sunday night.
 
Police rescue alleged 'backhoe bandit'
Apr 17 2006 6:36PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A man who tried to steal an ATM with a backhoe was arrested when he asked police officers who were chasing him for help after he jumped into the Kansas River, police said.
 
Man accused of changing traffic lights
Apr 17 2006 5:14PM (CT)
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - A man who said he bought a device that let him change traffic lights from red to green has received a $50 ticket on suspicion of interfering with a traffic signal.
 
Woman without power, water raises llamas
Apr 17 2006 4:37PM (CT)
UNADILLA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - There's not much Marie McCluskey wouldn't do for her llamas. The former probation officer from Livingston County has lived for nearly five months in a home without electricity, water or heat following a fire so that she could stay with her herd.
 
Homeless man returns wallet with $900
Apr 17 2006 3:35PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A homeless man searching through garbage bins for recyclable cans found a missing wallet and had it returned to its owner.
 
Homeless man returns wallet with $900
Apr 17 2006 3:33PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A homeless man searching through garbage bins for recyclable cans found a missing wallet and had it returned to its owner.
 
School makes kids use buckets for toilets
Apr 17 2006 10:35AM (CT)
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - A principal trying to prevent walkouts during immigration rallies inadvertently introduced a lockdown so strict that children weren't allowed to go to the bathroom, and instead had to use buckets in the classroom, an official said.
 
Skip jury duty, and go straight to jail
Apr 17 2006 6:27AM (CT)
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - A 24-year-old college student was ordered to spend the weekend in jail after skipping out on jury duty.
 
Fake bill leads to arrests in Uzbekistan
Apr 17 2006 6:20AM (CT)
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) - Police in Uzbekistan arrested a group of suspected swindlers who tried to sell what they said was $1 million U.S. bill _ offering it at half price, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported Friday.
 
Cat arrives in U.S. on fertilizer truck
Apr 17 2006 6:17AM (CT)
ELDRIDGE, N.D. (AP) - A stowaway who made it past Customs agents and into the United States on the metal frame of a fertilizer truck has won over locals, who call her the "sweetest illegal immigrant we've ever met."
 
   

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