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Off-duty Va. officer thwarts birdnapping
Dec 6 2005 7:19PM (CT)
FRONT ROYAL, Va. (AP) - An off-duty police officer shopping for ferret food helped stop a shopper before he fled from a pet shop with a $1,200 exotic bird in his backpack.
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Curtain shields Santa, sexy store display
Dec 6 2005 7:02PM (CT)
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - A black curtain has risen between a shopping mall Santa and a lingerie store to shield children from skimpy undergarments on display in the store's window.
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Seniors seeking Medicare info get sex line
Dec 6 2005 7:02PM (CT)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Seniors calling a phone number for answers about the new Medicare prescription drug program reached a phone sex line by mistake.
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Man decks house with synchronized lights
Dec 6 2005 7:02PM (CT)
MASON, Ohio (AP) - Some people at Christmas time are content to deck their homes with evergreen wreaths and holly, and maybe a few strings of lights made to look like glimmering icicles. Not Carson Williams.
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Taxi driver bites off customer's fingertip
Dec 6 2005 7:02PM (CT)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A taxi driver in Denmark bit off the tip of a 48-year-old man's finger in a brawl over how many people could fit in the cab, police said Monday.
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Woman allegedly hires hit man for cheese
Dec 6 2005 7:01PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - In an unusual case of mistaken identity, a woman who thought a block of white cheese was cocaine is charged with trying to hire a hit man to rob and kill four men. The woman also was mistaken about the hit man. He turned out to be an undercover police officer.
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Five deer leap to deaths from W.Va. garage
Dec 6 2005 7:01PM (CT)
RANSON, W.Va. (AP) - Either they misjudged the distance or they couldn't take the traffic. For reasons that mystify authorities, five deer that made their way onto the top of a five-story parking garage suddenly leaped to their deaths Sunday.
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Man jailed after biting head off gecko
Dec 6 2005 7:01PM (CT)
PORT JERVIS, N.Y. (AP) - A 19-year-old man was behind bars Tuesday after allegedly biting the head off a gecko as part of a bet.
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Producer finds great acoustics in his boat
Dec 6 2005 7:01PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Music producer Lenny Douthett was looking for a studio that would give his records a fresh, unique vibe. He found it aboard his 40-foot boat _ in the head, to be exact.
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Customer gives pizza man his own card
Dec 6 2005 7:01PM (CT)
OSLO, Norway (AP) - When Vegard Sjaastad delivered a pizza near the western Norwegian town of Aalesund, there was something familiar about the customer's credit card. It was his card, and had been stolen the day before.
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Bear decides to hibernate under Pa. porch
Dec 6 2005 7:01PM (CT)
EFFORT, Pa. (AP) - A black bear camped out under the porch of a home where four children live _ and near where 20 kids wait for the school bus _ will be removed by state wildlife officers, officials said Monday.
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