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Police: Mumbling Pa. suspect had mouthful of crack
A western Pennsylvania man is jailed on drug charges because police say something other than a confession came out of his mouth when he was hit with a stun gun.More >>
Dad plays porn instead of 'Smurfs' at kid's party
Police aren't filing charges against a father who briefly played a pornographic video instead of "The Smurfs" at his child's birthday party.More >>
VW beetle police car pulls over pickup driver
A Volkswagen beetle owned by the Carter County Sheriff's Department became an improvised pursuit vehicle - at about 20 mph. The beetle won.More >>
Retirement ends Ohio family's long-running service
Members of Hamilton police Chief Neil Ferdelman's family have held public safety jobs serving their southwestern Ohio city for 87 years straight, but that run will end with his retirement next month.More >>
Ky school officials say bedbugs at school a hoax
Augusta Independent School Principal Robin Kelsch had enough to worry about with the flu. Kelsch didn't need a student's report of bedbugs at the school to make things worse.More >>
NYC sewage plant to offer Valentine's Day tours
It may not smell like a rose but a New York City sewage plant is offering tours for lovers on Valentine's Day.More >>
Hundreds ask Vt. to keep prank pig on police decal
Remember the pig hidden within the decal on the doors of some Vermont State Police cruisers?More >>
Pakistani man fights police over 40-foot shark
Qasim Khan waged the unlikeliest of battles with Pakistani authorities Thursday over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors the equivalent of 22 cents each to see a roughly 40-foot whale shark he bought from a...More >>
Student tries to throw glitter at Romney in Denver
A 20-year-old college student tried to throw glitter on Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney as he greeted supporters in Denver following Colorado's caucuses.More >>
Ohio building with ties to Wright brothers eroding
An Ohio structure containing remnants of a building where the Wright brothers rented space for their first bicycle shop has been declared a public nuisance and may eventually be demolished despite residents' efforts to...More >>
Ex-CA mayor admits stealing mixer to make pizza
The former mayor of a Los Angeles suburb has pleaded guilty to stealing a commercial food mixer from the local school district so he could make dough for his home pizza oven.More >>
Ice not thick enough for Dutch skating marathon
Organizers of the near-mythical Eleven Cities Tour dealt 16,000 skaters and the nation at large a crushing blow Wednesday when they decided the ice was too thin to hold the 125-mile (200-kilometer) skating marathon for the...More >>
Alaska man accused of trying to extort gov't
Authorities in Alaska say a man threatened to teach "crackheads" how to make "electromagnetic distortion devices" unless the state paid him $85,000.More >>
Butterfingers stunt tweaks Patriots' dropped pass
People aren't quite done piling on New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker for a dropped fourth-quarter pass that helped the New York Giants win the Super Bowl.More >>
Chopper makes emergency landing at CA playground
Authorities say a helicopter encountered mechanical problems before making an emergency landing at an elementary school playground in a Modesto, Calif., neighborhood.More >>
Chicago college offers class on Occupy movement
A Chicago college is offering a class on the Occupy movement.More >>
Kobayashi downs record 337 wings at Pa. Wing Bowl
Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi (tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee) conquered Philadelphia's annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX.More >>
Sheep herding Swedish bunny becomes online hit
Champis the bunny doesn't only hop - he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skill after watching trained dogs do the job.More >>
Wrong-number call helps Ohio woman having stroke
A woman who called the wrong number when she suffered a stroke still found help a couple of time zones away.More >>
Pet elk denied re-entry to Pennsylvania from W.Va.
A runaway elk can't go home to Pennsylvania, even if it wanted to.More >>
Man admits to jumping on backs of student athletes
A 250-pound man with a history of jumping on the backs of student athletes in the Pacific Northwest has pleaded guilty to assault.More >>
Inmate adds pig image to Vt. police cruiser decals
A prison inmate who makes stationery and license plates pulled a fast one on state police by adding the image of a pig to the state decal on their cruisers.More >>
Officers cleared for using pepper spray on dancers
Two police officers were cleared of wrongdoing Thursday for using pepper spray and a baton on a dozen spectators performing a traditional Polynesian war dance after a high school's losing football game.More >>
Toothless Pa. bank robber says she needed dentures
A woman who appeared to not have any teeth in surveillance photos from a bank robbery last month has confessed, apologized and told police she planned the heist because she needed the money for dentures.More >>
Man rescued after being stuck in NM mud for 3 days
A homeless man who was stuck in thick mud near the Rio Grande river in Albuquerque for three days was rescued Saturday after some high school students on a field trip heard him yelling for help, authorities said.More >>
After traffic stop, Ohio woman gives birth in car
A woman's speeding got her a warning from an Ohio state trooper but wasn't enough to keep her grandchild from being born in her car.More >>
Forest Service to Jesus: You can stay _ for now
A mountaintop Jesus statue can stay at a ski resort in the western U.S. state of Montana - for now.More >>

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