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Taxi thief takes passengers for rides
Jun 8 2005 10:59PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco police are saying "no fair," to a taxi thief who's been stealing cabs and charging unsuspecting passengers for rides.
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Cops: Nude beach flasher more aggressive
Jun 8 2005 9:59PM (CT)
RYE, N.H. (AP) - A beach flasher police have been trying to catch for three years has begun touching women sunbathers, police said. The man, naked and wearing a mask, has been spotted several times on Odiorne Beach, police said, adding that at least one woman said he touched her June 3.
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Teen trying to kill snake shoots himself
Jun 8 2005 9:58PM (CT)
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) - A snake in the grass is to blame for a teenager shooting himself in the leg, police said. A 16-year-old boy was mowing his lawn Tuesday when he saw a snake slithering toward his dogs, which were chained in the front yard, police said.
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Priest convicted of having dog killed
Jun 8 2005 9:50PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - A judge has convicted a priest of having a popular street dog put to death because the animal allegedly disrupted religious services.
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Substitute accused of choking student
Jun 8 2005 7:04PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Department of Social Services is investigating a claim that a substitute teacher choked a 12-year-old boy until he lost consciousness.
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Bear attacks dog inside Virginia house
Jun 8 2005 4:56PM (CT)
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) - A 200-pound black bear charged into a home and went on a 40-minute rampage, attacking a dog and damaging a basement guest room as it tried to claw its way out.
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'Underwear thieves' return in Cambodia
Jun 8 2005 4:56PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Robbers who strike while wearing only underwear, their bodies slathered with oil to make them slippery and harder to catch, have resurfaced in Cambodia.
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Need to borrow a big puppet? Try Brooklyn
Jun 8 2005 1:22PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - At the foot of a seven-story granite arch in the middle of a busy traffic circle, a scuffed yellow door opens once a week to a scene that's straight out of a children's storybook. Draped over dull gray boxes of electrical equipment is a Mother Earth puppet with a face the size of a manhole cover. A dragon made of blue garbage bags snakes down a circular staircase.
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Calif. deputy's patrol car stolen by guest
Jun 8 2005 12:09PM (CT)
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) - A guest went on a ride-along with a sheriff's deputy, then stole the deputy's patrol car early Wednesday and led police on a chase through three cities, authorities said.
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British pubs to begin longer hours in Nov.
Jun 8 2005 10:34AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Britain's strict licensing laws that date back to World War I will be swept away on Nov. 24 when legislation to relax drinking hours takes effect, the government said Wednesday.
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Man repays Red Cross for help from 1953
Jun 8 2005 9:09AM (CT)
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - It took 52 years, but Andy Karlson's conscience is finally clear. On Tuesday, Karlson, 95, fulfilled a promise to repay the American Red Cross the $7,500 it gave his family to rebuild after a devastating tornado in 1953.
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Mich. deputies angry over mock jailing
Jun 8 2005 9:01AM (CT)
SUTTONS BAY, Mich. (AP) - A training exercise became a bit too realistic for a group of sheriff's deputies, who filed a grievance after their boss ordered them to spend a couple of hours behind bars.
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