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Friday, September 3, 2010

Helena teen accidentally texts sheriff to buy pot

By Associated Press
HELENA, Mont. — General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don’t text the sheriff. Authorities say a Helena teen sent out a text message...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

NYC man plunges 39 stories, lands on car, survives

By Associated Press
NEW YORK - A New York City man who plunged 39 stories from the rooftop of an apartment building has survived after crashing onto a parked car. Witnesses...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Nigerian government locks out snoozing employees

By Associated Press
ABUJA, Nigeria — Snoozing Nigerian federal employees who reported late to work have gotten a rude awakening. As...

Police: Man causes trouble at Ohio Toby Keith show

By Associated Press
CINCINNATI — Police say a Cincinnati concertgoer threatened them multiple times, then beat his head against a partition...

Lawsuit: NY man says he drunkenly lost $1.3M artwork

By Associated Press
NEW YORK — Call it the lost art of drinking responsibly: A man entrusted with helping to sell a $1.3 million painting...

Golfer’s swing snags rock, sparks fire in S. Calif

By Associated Press
IRVINE, Calif. — Forget "Fore!" "Fire!" was the cry of the day for a golfer whose off-target swing sparked a 12-acre...

Atlanta zoo to be inspected after snake escape

By Associated Press
ATLANTA — Georgia wildlife officials will inspect an Atlanta zoo after a venomous rattlesnake was able to escape and slither around a city neighborhood. Zoo...

Official: Python found in Ohio park was dangerous

By Associated Press
CLEVELAND — Officials with the Cleveland area’s parks system say a python that turned up in a nature park over the weekend could have hurt someone. A...
Monday, August 30, 2010

Smoking cash bag leads to Pa. bank robbery arrest

By Associated Press
LANDISVILLE, Pa. — Police say a smoking bag of money led them to the man who robbed a central Pennsylvania bank. Fifty-year-old Douglas Smuck, of Wrightsville,...

Pa. man beaten with wiffle bat, suffers broken jaw

By Associated Press
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Police say an underwear-clad Pennsylvania man was severely beaten with a plastic wiffle bat when he...

‘Spiderman’ arrested for scaling Sydney skyscraper

French skyscraper climber Alain Robert climbs the Lumiere Residential building in Sydney, Australia, Monday.
By Associated Press
SYDNEY — A French skyscraper climber nicknamed "Spiderman" was arrested Monday...

NC farm produces emerald shaped into massive gem

This Aug 17, 2009 photo provided by Terry Ledford shows the Carolina Emperor emerald prior to cutting, with a U.S. 25-cent coin in the foreground.
By Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. — An emerald so large it’s being compared with the crown jewels of Russian empress Catherine...

Bomb squad blows up Civil War cannonballs in Georgia

By Associated Press
ATLANTA, Ga. — Authorities say they destroyed a pair of Civil War-era cannon balls on display at a Georgia college after officials realized they were...
Sunday, August 29, 2010

That’s right, buddy! I’m talking to you!

By Mike Pingree / Through the Looking Glass
A 68-year-old man was arrested for engaging in a loud and “obscene argument” with his bicycle in a gas station parking lot in Stuart, Fla., at four...

Judge says video game addiction suit can continue

By Associated Press
HONOLULU — A federal judge has ruled that a man who says he’s psychologically dependent and addicted to an online...


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