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Police: Thief not brightest bulb on tree
Nov 29 2007 11:43PM (CT)
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - Taking holiday decorations from a man named Clouse this time of year might land you on the "naughty" list. Putting them up in your yard with the tags still on might land you in jail.
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Bracelet found in chicken after 25 years
Nov 29 2007 11:43PM (CT)
FAIRMONT, Minn. (AP) - More than two decades after Aaron Giles lost his identity bracelet, he's finding how it was discovered tough to swallow. A meat cutter at Olson Locker in Fairmont came across the shiny object in a chicken gizzard and saw a name, address and phone number engraved on it.
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Missing bracelet found in Minn. chicken
Nov 29 2007 11:41PM (CT)
FAIRMONT, Minn. (AP) - More than two decades after Aaron Giles lost his identity bracelet, he's finding how it was discovered tough to swallow.
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Cops break door, nab alleged pizza thief
Nov 29 2007 11:29PM (CT)
EASTPOINTE, Mich. (AP) - Police used a battering ram to break down an apartment door and arrest a woman they say grabbed food from a pizza delivery man but failed to pay him.
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Reward for 'boid' with Brooklyn accent
Nov 29 2007 9:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Missing: one parrot with Brooklyn accent. Reward: $10,000. The African gray parrot named Franklin disappeared from a pet boarding facility in Manhattan the day before Thanksgiving, said owner Leigh Ann Frankel.
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Police: Teen pulled heists, kept curfew
Nov 29 2007 9:24PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A teenager says he held up a dozen businesses in part to get "gas money" but made sure the heists wouldn't make him miss curfew or church on Sundays with his mom.
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Woman to decorate stump after tree axed
Nov 29 2007 9:22PM (CT)
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Mary Moran figures she'll turn that 3-foot stump in her front yard into a Christmas statement of sorts. Moran awoke Wednesday to find that a long-needled pine the family had decorated for years was cut down and stolen during the night.
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Viagra pumps up Thai political race
Nov 29 2007 7:01PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Vote-buying is an old practice in Thai politics, but one candidate for December's Thai election has reportedly come up with a new tactic _ handing out Viagra instead of cash.
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Bell ringer ordered out of shelter
Nov 29 2007 6:08PM (CT)
BARRE, Vt. (AP) - A homeless man thought he was doing some good by standing at a supermarket for 10 hours a day to get shoppers to donate money into a red Salvation Army kettle.
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Donor leaves gold coin in Arizona kettle
Nov 29 2007 5:24PM (CT)
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) - Now that's spare change. Salvation Army volunteers were doing a routine count of donations dropped into area bell-ringers' kettles when they came across a $50 gold coin.
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Woman smuggles loaded gun into police HQ
Nov 29 2007 5:20PM (CT)
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - Four city police officers were suspended without pay for allowing a homicide suspect to smuggle a loaded gun into police headquarters by hiding it inside her underwear.
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Hubby's fishing follies irk wife
Nov 29 2007 5:11PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Margie Pfaffenbichler has had enough of her husband's one-man fishing expeditions. Josef Pfaffenbichler had to be rescued this week from the waters near Charleston for the second time in three years. Now she says he can only go boating with a friend or a cell phone.
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Study: Shy Swedes are habitual huggers
Nov 29 2007 5:09PM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - While Swedes have a reputation of being reserved, a new study shows they'll hug just about anyone except their boss. Nine out of 10 Swedes embrace somebody at least once a week, with women aged 30-44 being the most active huggers, according to the study presented Thursday by the Swedish Red Cross.
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Cell phone service will find toilets
Nov 29 2007 5:05PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A new service promises Londoners they'll never have to spend much time looking for the loo. Westminster City Council, which covers London's bustling Oxford Street, the West End, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, on Thursday launched "SatLav" _ a toilet-finding service for cell phone users.
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Man, 72, fights off would-be robber
Nov 29 2007 10:39AM (CT)
WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) - A 72-year-old man fought off a would-be robber who brandished a gun, wrecked his Christmas decorations, and allegedly had been sent by his nephew in search of jewelry and cash, police said.
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You won't believe what befell this lady
Nov 29 2007 6:21AM (CT)
MONTAGUE, Mass. (AP) - Cash fluttering in the breeze might have seemed like a gift from heaven, but anyone in this western Massachusetts town who grabbed some of it is being asked to please give it back.
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