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You won't believe what befell this lady
Nov 28 2007 11:34PM (CT)
MONTAGUE, Mass. (AP) - Mary Olive Corbiere watched helplessly as a delivery truck drove away with her purse and $1,100 of her holiday shopping stash stuck under its wheel.
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Lottery winner wasn't supposed to gamble
Nov 28 2007 11:17PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The winner of a $1 million lottery scratch ticket may not be so lucky after all: He's a convicted bank robber who isn't supposed to gamble. Timothy Elliott faces a Dec. 7 court hearing over whether he violated his probation when he bought the $10 ticket for the $800 Million Spectacular game at a supermarket in Hyannis.
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This suspect can expect a lump of coal
Nov 28 2007 10:11PM (CT)
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - Taking holiday decorations from a man named Clouse might get you on the "naughty" list. A Missoula man is charged with felony burglary after Christmas trees and wreath-making supplies were stolen from the Montana Wreaths & Pink Grizzly Christmas Store and found outside the suspect's house several blocks away.
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Poem headstone uncovered at courthouse
Nov 28 2007 10:11PM (CT)
BANGOR, Maine (AP) - Workers on a courthouse renovation project have made an eerie discovery in the basement, the headstone of a man who died in 1874.
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Guyana's ex-first lady appeals for a car
Nov 28 2007 9:06PM (CT)
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - Guyana's former first lady on Wednesday appealed to her fellow citizens to lend her a car to carry out charitable work, complaining she currently has to walk or take a bus.
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Man tries to deposit fake $1M bill
Nov 28 2007 8:52PM (CT)
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) - A bank teller had a million reasons to deny this transaction. Police say a man tried to open an account with a $1 million bill, which does not exist. The teller refused and called police while the man started to curse at bank workers, said Aiken County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Michael Frank.
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Mont. man with gift wrapped pot arrested
Nov 28 2007 6:05PM (CT)
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - A Montana man was arrested in Oregon's Klamath County after a state trooper found nearly two pounds of marijuana wrapped as a Christmas present in the man's car.
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Zoo blames armadillo for heat lamp fire
Nov 28 2007 5:20PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A fire at the Indianapolis Zoo is being blamed on an armadillo that apparently pushed combustible material or bedding too close to a heat lamp.
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Dude, didn't we have 60 pounds of pot?
Nov 28 2007 5:19PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Highway Patrol says anyone missing two big bags of pot can call their Tampa area office. A crew picking up litter from along Interstate 4 near Tuesday morning made an unusual find: two big plastic garbage bags stuffed with freshly harvested marijuana.
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Police: Real gun pulled in fake cop act
Nov 28 2007 4:39PM (CT)
BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) - Lights flashing and siren blaring, a man with a badge allegedly jumped from his Ford Explorer and unholstered his gun, shouting orders at the motorist he had just pulled over.
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Rats wipe out seabirds on Alaska island
Nov 28 2007 7:31AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - More than 200 years ago, rats jumped ship for Rat Island. The muscular Norway rat climbed ashore on the rugged, uninhabited island in far southwestern Alaska in 1780 after a rodent-infested Japanese ship ran aground. It was the first time rats had made it to Alaska.
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Rats wipe out seabirds on Alaska island
Nov 28 2007 7:31AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - More than 200 years ago, rats jumped ship for Rat Island. The muscular Norway rat climbed ashore on the rugged, uninhabited island in far southwestern Alaska in 1780 after a rodent-infested Japanese ship ran aground. It was the first time rats had made it to Alaska.
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Rats wipe out seabirds on Alaska island
Nov 28 2007 7:31AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - More than 200 years ago, rats jumped ship for Rat Island. The muscular Norway rat climbed ashore on the rugged, uninhabited island in far southwestern Alaska in 1780 after a rodent-infested Japanese ship ran aground. It was the first time rats had made it to Alaska.
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