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Thursday, May 3, 2012

‘Super villain’ challenges Seattle masked crime-fighter Phoenix Jones

Phoenix Jones SEATTLE -- The whole "super hero" thing going on around Seattle over the past several...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Tsunami-swept Harley in container found in Canada

In this undated photo taken before March 11, 2011 by its owner Ikuo Yokoyama and distributed by Japan’s Kyodo News, a Harley-Davidson sits in the garage in Kakuda, Niyagi Prefecture, northern Japan.
By Associated Press
TOKYO — It must have been a wild ride. Japanese media say a Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year’s...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Official: Polka dots painted on North Dakota home an eyesore

By Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. — Jim Deitz believes he’s creating a Grand Forks landmark, but the downtown apartment house he’s painting one polka dot at...

19-year-old woman returns from night of drinking to bite family dog, police say

By Andrea L. Brown / Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO — An Illinois woman bit the family dog after returning home drunk over the weekend, police said Monday. Analise J. Garner, 19, of Lake in the...

Tennessee police arrest man for paying with real $50

By Associated Press
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee police are apologizing after arresting a man for using a $50 bill they thought was...
Monday, April 30, 2012

Amesbury woman balks at paying old $73 debt to NJ

By Associated Press
AMESBURY — A Massachusetts woman who got a bill for $73 from the state of New Jersey for a decades-old debt says...
Sunday, April 29, 2012

Hey, didn’t you forget something, Bob!?

By Mike Pingree
A 53-year-old supervisor at the CVS in Potomac, Md., conspired with his daughter’s boyfriend to rob the place. The kid came in, pulled a gun and demanded...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Invite mix-up leads Swede to minister’s dinner

Current or former top politicians and diplomats pose for a picture, at Sweden’s government headquarters in Stockholm. The ‘wrong’ Margareta Winberg - an ordinary Swede who jumped the chance to mingle, participated in the photo, sitting
By Associated Press
STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s environment minister thought she had asked the country’s former agriculture minister...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

So, honey, anything you’ve been meaning to tell me about?

By Mike Pingree
A man in Dakahlia, Egypt, watched a porno film for the first time in his life “out of curiosity” and was stunned...
Saturday, April 21, 2012

New Mexico fat cat weighs in at nearly 40 pounds

This Thursday, April 19, 2012 photo provided by the Santa Fe Animal Shelter veterinarian Dr. Jennifer Steketee holds Meow, a 2-year-old tabby at the shelter in Santa Fe, N.M.
By Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Meow can’t help but waddle. He’s one super-sized...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

OK, license and registra... oops, sorry, gotta go

By Mike Pingree
A 20-year-old man impersonated a police officer by putting flashing lights on the roof of his car and pulling over another...
Saturday, April 14, 2012

Muppets named New York City’s ‘Family Ambassadors’ by Mayor Michael Bloomberg

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg sits beside Kermit the Frog during yesterday’s Yankees home opener against the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium. Bloomberg has named Kermit and his Muppet friends as NYC’s official ‘Family Ambassadors
By Associated Press
NEW YORK — Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy are newest allies in his mission to attract more visitors to New York...
Friday, April 13, 2012

Police: Man with plunger tries to rob New York bank

By Associated Press
UTICA, N.Y. — Police say a 49-year-old man tried to rob a central New York bank armed with a toilet plunger. Utica...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Connecticut trooper, motorist: U.F.O. fell from sky

By Associated Press
LITCHFIELD, Conn. — Authorities in northwestern Connecticut say they didn’t find anything after a state trooper...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Police put the squeeze on toothpaste thief

By Associated Press
EAST LONGMEADOW — Police using surveillance video have put the squeeze on a man suspected of trying to steal a shopping cart full of toothpaste from a...


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