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No TV, video games for girls who trashed home
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Chick-fil-A restaurant founder S. Truett Cathy has decided two girls accused of causing $30,000 in damage to his home should be punished with a writing assignment instead of charges.
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Golden retriever adopts tiger cubs at Kansas zoo - Published 07/31/08
CANEY, Kan. (AP) A dog at a southeast Kansas zoo has adopted three tiger cubs abandoned by their mother. Safari Zoological Park owner Tom Harvey said the tiger cubs were born Sunday, but the mother had problems with them.
 Golden retriever adopts tiger cubs at Kansas zoo
Boy, 10, turns mom in for making phony money - Published 07/31/08
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) A Bakersfield woman faces charges that she counterfeited money and identification cards after her 10-year-old son turned her in to authorities.
Texas border town faces skunk infestation - Published 07/31/08
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) The residents of this border town are facing a stinky and growing problem these days: skunks. Eddie Ortega, the director of Del Rio's Community Health Service Center, said there's an unusually high number of the malodorous creatures running around these days.
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Newlyweds jailed after brawl at Pittsburgh-area hotel - Published 04/28/08
PITTSBURGH (AP) A newlywed couple spent the night in separate jail cells - she in her wedding gown - after police said they brawled with each other, then members of another wedding party, at a suburban Pittsburgh hotel.
Abberration splits dog's left leg in two - Published 04/01/08
AVON LAKE, Ohio (AP) A developmental problem split Angel the dog's leg, making her look like a five-legged pet. Veterinarian Frank Krupka, with the Avon Lake Animal Clinic in suburban Cleveland, said he's never seen anything like it.
Administration pushes regulatory changes - Published 03/29/08
WASHINGTON (AP) The Bush administration is trying to confront the credit crisis that has rattled nerves from Wall Street to Main Street by proposing wholesale changes in how Washington oversees the financial system.
Crystal strikes out in new career - Published 03/13/08
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Billy Crystal better stick to his night job. The comedian, actor and Oscar presenter struck out in his new career as a baseball player Thursday - and promptly struck out as the New York Yankees' new leadoff man.
Utah mayor tackles alleged burglar - Published 10/24/07
OGDEN, Utah (AP) It's not a good idea to mess with the mayor, even if he isn't very big.
Suspected robber gets stuck in air shaft - Published 10/23/07
SILVER SPRINGS SHORES, Fla. (AP) A suspected thief trying to help himself to convenience store goods instead wound up crying for help after becoming stuck in an air shaft for 10 hours.
Parrot imitates fire alarm, saves family - Published 10/22/07
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) A noisy parrot that likes to imitate sounds helped save a man and his son from a house fire by mocking a smoke alarm, the bird's owner says.
Police decontaminated after flea attack - Published 10/19/07
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Four officers investigating a burglary were attacked, not by a fleeing burglar, but a swarm of fleas in a filth-ridden vacant house. The tiny, biting attackers were so overwhelming that the South Bend patrolmen had to be decontaminated and ended up being sent home early from their shifts.
Woman, 81, shoots homeless 'washer' - Published 10/15/07
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) An 81-year-old woman shot a homeless man Monday morning after finding him washing his clothes in her laundry room, police said.
Boy, 6, tries to drive to Applebees - Published 10/09/07
BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) A 6-year-old boy was hungry and decided he'd go to Applebees. So he grabbed the car keys, took his booster seat from the back seat of his grandmother's car and placed it in the driver's seat, then made a go of driving himself to the restaurant Tuesday.
Family dog nurses rescued kitten in Va. - Published 10/08/07
STEPHENS CITY, Va. (AP) A stray kitten has found a new mother in a golden retriever, who began producing milk for the gray tabby after hearing its cries.
Man wins contest with 1,524-lb. pumpkin - Published 10/08/07
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) An Oregon man won the annual pumpkin weigh-off here, presenting a gigantic gourd that came it at 1,524 pounds. Thad Starr, of Pleasant Hill, Ore., set a contest record with the pumpkin. He'll get $6 a pound, bringing his winnings to $9,144.
Police: Child takes bus, leads chase - Published 10/07/07
DUMAS, Ark. (AP) A 10-year-old boy took a school bus and led police on a chase along a rural highway, according to police.
Officer's shots save skunk stuck in jar - Published 10/07/07
CARROLLTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) Officer James Kellett knows it's job to serve and protect - even when it comes to nature's stinky black and white creatures.
'Naked Lunch' may be banned in Maine - Published 10/05/07
GREENVILLE, Maine (AP) "Naked Lunch" just doesn't sound appetizing to some people.
Cop uses BB gun to save 'jarhead' skunk - Published 10/05/07
CARROLLTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) These are the salad days for one lucky skunk. Officer James Kellett said a skunk whose head was stuck in an empty salad dressing jar wandered into the police station's parking lot Thursday in Carrollton Township, near Saginaw and about 80 miles north of Detroit.
Store displays conjoined-twin turtle - Published 09/27/07
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) A pet store has bought a two-headed turtle from a collector and plans to keep it on display, the store manager said.
17-pound baby born in Russia - Published 09/27/07
MOSCOW (AP) A small Russian city just got a really big addition: a 17-pound, 1 ounce baby whose mother had already delivered 11 other children.
UAW union threatens strike against GM - Published 09/24/07
DETROIT (AP) After 20 straight days of negotiations, the United Auto Workers union said it would strike General Motors Corp. Monday morning if a new contract agreement isn't reached, citing the automaker's failure to address job security and other concerns.
New Seattle trolly line has acronym SLUT - Published 09/18/07
SEATTLE (AP) Officially it's the South Lake Union Streetcar. Within the old Cascade neighborhood, part of the area to be served by the new line, it's popularly known as the South Lake Union Trolley - or SLUT.
Unhappy Belgian puts his country on eBay - Published 09/18/07
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) The keys of the kingdom were posted on eBay.
Mystery of the wandering zebra solved - Published 09/17/07
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) The mystery of the wandering zebra has been solved. Sharon McConough, who lives in the Ranger Creek area east of Fort Gibson Dam, was startled on Friday when she spotted a zebra trotting on her driveway. She took a photo of the animal to prove she wasn't seeing things.
Donkey freed after falling in well - Published 09/14/07
UNDERWOOD, Minn. (AP) A donkey is happily eating grass again after falling down a dry, abandoned well and being freed in an intensive rescue effort.
Man accused of biting girlfriend's snake - Published 08/24/07
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) A Northern Ireland man bit his girlfriend's pet snake in half during a fight and remarked that it "tasted lovely," lawyers testified Friday.
Man arrested after trying to rob a nun - Published 08/15/07
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A would-be thief came up empty-handed after trying to rob a nun who had taken a vow of poverty. Madison police arrested the man later in the day. They gave the following account:
'Duct tape bandit' charged in robbery - Published 08/14/07
ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) A man accused of being the "Duct Tape Bandit" has gotten into a sticky situation. The man, who had his head wrapped in duct tape to conceal his identity, walked into a liquor store on Friday, Ashland police said.
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