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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

6-year-old takes family car after missing bus

By Associated Press
WICOMICO CHURCH, Va. — A 6-year-old Virginia boy who missed his bus tried to drive to school in his family’s sedan — and crashed. State...

Another hearing sought in missing pants case

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A former District of Columbia judge who unsuccessfully sued his dry cleaners for $54 million over a lost...
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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...
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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

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...

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...

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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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...
Thursday, January 1, 2009

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...

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...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Stamps pay tribute to early TV

Lucy and Ethel lose their struggle with a chocolate assembly line.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Lucy and Ethel lose their struggle with a chocolate assembly line. Joe...
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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...
Monday, December 29, 2008

How normal will life be for Obama’s famous tweens?

They’re only 10 and 7, and already designers are angling to dress Malia and Sasha Obama.
By Associated Press
NEW YORK — They’re only 10 and 7, and already designers are angling to...
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