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Monday, January 5, 2009

Police: Mexican woman in wheelchair flees on foot

By Associated Press

MONTERREY, Mexico — Police say a woman who begged from a wheelchair was caught running from a crime scene on foot in Monterrey, Mexico. Police spokeswoman...

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Time to switch her major

By Mike Pingree / Through the Looking Glass

A University of Michigan student who had sex with a professor complained to police that he slapped her while in the throes of passion. But they arrested her...

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Detroit lawyer gets 5-cent IRS bill, 4-cent refund

By Associated Press

DETROIT — James Howarth is a little confused by two letters he has received from the Internal Revenue Service. The...

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Friday, January 2, 2009

Thousands of shoes tie up Miami freeway traffic

By Associated Press

MIAMI - State troopers are looking for a charity to take thousands of shoes that were dumped on a Miami expressway, tying up rush hour traffic. Lt. Pat Santangelo...

Think-Off 2009: ’Ever wrong to do right?’

By Associated Press

NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. — A tricky question of morality is this year’s brainteaser in the annual philosophy competition called the Great American...

Man tries to deter drunk driving with paintballs

By Associated Press

KENNEWICK, Wash. — A man in Washington state who reportedly told police he was trying to deter a friend from driving drunk by blasting the friend’s...

NYC man wins his second couch potato title

By Associated Press

NEW YORK — He’s the king of couch potatoes. A Manhattan man has won his second couch potato contest. Stan Friedman, 47, a research librarian,...

911 caller in ND reports drunken driver: herself

By Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. - Police get calls about drunken drivers all the time, but rarely do they come from the alleged offender. A...

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Thursday, January 1, 2009

NY driver’s test ends with bystander in hospital

By Associated Press

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — Police say a woman taking a driving test ended up pinning a bystander after losing control of the car on a snowy Westchester County...

Woman in Ohio football dispute files suit

By Associated Press

BLUE ASH, Ohio — An 89-year-old Cincinnati area woman famously arrested for holding on to a neighbor kid’s football is now suing the boy’s...

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Driver in hot water after plow falls through ice

By Associated Press

CROOKSTON, Minn. - A Minnesota snowplow operator is in hot water with his boss after driving a $200,000 loader into a frozen river. Mike Raymond was...