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Robber blames crime on missing his mother
Oct 27 2005 9:31PM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A man who led police on a high-speed chase after a bank robbery in May says he was driven to commit the robbery because he missed his mother.
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Bon voyage: Wisconsin cat sails to France
Oct 27 2005 9:05PM (CT)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) - When Emily the cat went missing a month ago, her owners looked for their wandering pet where she had ended up before _ the local animal shelter. This week they learned Emily sailed to France.
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Man posing as cop shows woman his tattoos
Oct 27 2005 6:08PM (CT)
BATESVILLE, Ark. (AP) - According to Independence County deputies, Steven Terrell's first mistake was telling Christine Gray that he was an undercover officer for the sheriff's department. Then he showed her his driver's license. Then he asked her for a date. Then he was arrested.
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Teacher allegedly paid 'tips' for chores
Oct 27 2005 5:42PM (CT)
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - A teacher who allegedly invited teenage boys to his home to perform household chores in various stages of undress will face trial on seven counts of corruption of minors and one count each of criminal solicitation and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, a judge ruled.
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Man finds 56-pound mushroom in Missouri
Oct 27 2005 5:31PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The mushroom Ty Whitmore found on a relative's farm near the northwest Missouri community of Maysville this week tipped the scales at 56 pounds _ and that was only part of it.
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Police: Man re-enacts 'Halloween' scene
Oct 27 2005 4:24PM (CT)
ROGERS, Ark. (AP) - Police say something bad was bound to happen when a butcher knife, the movie "Halloween" and a group of drinking men came together at a Rogers motel room.
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Man in handcuffs escapes police cruiser
Oct 27 2005 4:10PM (CT)
GARDNER, Mass. (AP) - Police are searching for a suspect who pulled a bit of a Houdini act while handcuffed in the back of a cruiser.
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School district to stop reusing cutlery
Oct 27 2005 4:05PM (CT)
LANSDALE, Pa. (AP) - After students objected to using utensils that were often literally chewed up, the North Penn School District has agreed to end a longstanding practice of giving students plastic utensils after each meal and then washing and reusing them.
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Man charged with taking $1,500 in quarters
Oct 27 2005 4:04PM (CT)
SPRING HILL, Fla. (AP) - A man is charged with stealing $1,500 _ in quarters. Michael Ray Ross, 25, of Spring Hill, took the money _ which weighed about 75 pounds _ from his girlfriend's grandfather's closet, the Hernando County Sheriff's Office said.
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Woman fired after seeing spouse off to war
Oct 27 2005 12:44AM (CT)
CALEDONIA, Mich. (AP) - A woman who took an unpaid leave of absence from work to see her husband off to war has been fired after failing to show up for her part-time receptionist job the day following his departure.
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