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Men accused of stealing iPods in 'jeans'
Oct 12 2006 9:43PM (CT)
RIVERDALE, Utah (AP) - Three New York men are charged with stealing 39 iPods by stashing them in a special pair of oversized jeans that didn't trigger security detectors at a Target store, police said. "On the video you can see them walk out of the store cool as a cucumber," Riverdale Police Chief Dave Hansen said.
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Teens accuse each other of haircut rage
Oct 12 2006 9:09PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Two teenagers are accusing each other of assaulting each other by haircut. An 18-year-old Des Moines East High School student told police Wednesday that another teenager came up behind her with a pair of scissors and began cutting her hair.
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Ga. police: Woman a 6-time 'McBride'
Oct 12 2006 8:49PM (CT)
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say Shawnta McBride is more than living up to her name. McBride, 31, has married five men without divorcing her first husband, according to warrants issued by Gwinnett County Police detectives on five counts of bigamy and false swearing.
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Grandmother mails fruitcakes, sues USPS
Oct 12 2006 8:40PM (CT)
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Lucille Greene, an 88-year-old grandmother, takes baking and mailing about 30 family recipe fruitcakes as Christmas gifts seriously. Seriously enough that she sued the U.S. Postal Service for emotional distress after alleged rough treatment and accusations of being a terrorist from a postal clerk, according to her federal lawsuit.
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Fla. court upholds topless protest
Oct 12 2006 8:34PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A woman, who was arrested when she exposed her breasts to protest laws that bar women from publicly going bare breasted, can demonstrate topless as part of a legitimate political protest, an appeals court has ruled.
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Chef makes wedding gown with cream puffs
Oct 12 2006 6:02PM (CT)
UZHHOROD, Ukraine (AP) - Valentyn Shtefano's pastries were known for attracting stares and giggles as well as lip-smacking murmurs. But even his fiancee was surprised when Shtefano told her he was making her wedding dress _ out of flour, eggs, sugar and caramel.
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Idaho baby sitter kills black bear
Oct 12 2006 5:59PM (CT)
PORTHILL, Idaho (AP) - A northern Idaho baby sitter shot and killed a 422-pound black bear that broke into a backyard where three toddlers were playing.
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Teen faces litter charge for bra antenna
Oct 12 2006 5:57PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A teenager who put her bra on a car antenna before it flew off and led to a highway accident will be charged with littering, a prosecutor said. Emily Davis, 17, of Bowling Green, told investigators she took her bra off while her friend was driving on Interstate 75.
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Kangaroo sighted on Austrian highway
Oct 12 2006 5:48PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - A kangaroo was sighted on a highway in western Austria, but disappeared again, police said Thursday. The marsupial, which escaped from an enclosure in the village of Volders about two weeks ago, was seen by several people on a highway in Tyrol province, a statement said.
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Man who urinated in soda has shy bladder
Oct 12 2006 5:27PM (CT)
DELAND, Fla. (AP) - A man who was jailed for urinating in a drink that was consumed by and sickened a convenience store customer could be in trouble again, this time because he can't produce that bodily fluid.
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Mich. woman tries to sell mummy on eBay
Oct 12 2006 4:19PM (CT)
PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) - Officials are trying to track down the origins of a mummified human skeleton that a Michigan woman tried to sell on eBay.
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Merchants arrested for selling bear bile
Oct 12 2006 4:18PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - State wildlife officers arrested four Chinatown merchants Wednesday on suspicion of selling vials of bear bile for medicinal uses.
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Robber's wish to go to prison granted
Oct 12 2006 4:13PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A man who couldn't find steady work came up with a plan to make it through the next few years until he could collect Social Security: He robbed a bank, then handed the money to a guard and waited for police.
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