Couple Protests FAA With Rooftop Sign
FOLSOM, Pa. (AP) -- The skies won't seem especially friendly to anyone taking off from Philadelphia International Airport if they notice what a suburban couple wrote on the roof of their home."(Expletive) U FAA," the message reads, though one letter of the profane word is...
Calif. Court: Medical Pot Not OK At Work
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Employers can fire workers who use medical marijuana even if it was legally recommended by a doctor, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday, dealing the state another setback in its standoff with federal law enforcement.The high court upheld a small Sacramento...
No-Snow-Day Question Gets Frosty Answer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A student who called a school official's home to ask why the snow hadn't closed schools got a frosty response -- and created an online storm.Last Thursday, the student, Devraj "Dave" S. Kori, 17, called the listed home phone number for Dean Tistadt,...
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A gas station clerk is accused of defrauding her boss out of nearly $50,000 by selling fuel to her family and friends for a tenth of a penny a gallon.Police arrested 25-year-old Madeline Jordan on Sunday -- along with her mother, brother, a cousin and...
Lawsuit: Test Texas Lawmaker For STDs
HOUSTON (AP) -- A lawsuit against a state lawmaker claims he forcibly kissed a woman at a holiday party and demands he be tested for sexually transmitted diseases.Krysynthia Rido and her husband sued Friday in state district court, saying they fear AIDS and other diseases because Rido was...
Inmates In Mo. Want Executioners Named
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Lawyers for five death row inmates are pressing Missouri to identify members of its execution team after a newspaper revealed that a nurse on the team was once accused of stalking.The lawyers filed papers last week in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, arguing that the...
Robber On Probation Can Keep $1M Jackpot
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) -- The luck keeps rolling for a convicted bank robber who won a $1 million lottery prize: Though he violated his probation by buying the ticket, a judge says he can keep the money.A lawyer for Timothy Elliott, 55, called the violation minor, and the...
Police: Victim Drunk During Tiger Attack
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- One of the three victims of San Francisco Zoo tiger attack was intoxicated and admitted to yelling and waving at the animal while standing atop the railing of the big cat enclosure, police said in court documents filed Thursday.
Filipino Nurses Face Criminal Charges
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) -- For months, the nurses complained that they were subject to demeaning and unfair working conditions -- not what they were promised when they came to America from the Philippines in search of a better life. So they abruptly quit.But in doing so, they put more than...
Eagles Coach's Son Pleads Guilty To DUI
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A son of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid, already in jail on a road rage charge, pleaded guilty Thursday to DUI and drug charges stemming from a separate incident.
Rock Star Sues Rockstar Beverages
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker sued the Rockstar energy drink company Wednesday, accusing it of wrongfully using his picture.The Superior Court lawsuit said the Rockstar Web site published a photo of Barker "holding a can of one of Rockstar's...
Court Overturns $1.5M Spanking Verdict
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- An appeals court overturned a $1.5 million verdict awarded to a woman who was spanked in front of co-workers in what her employer called a camaraderie-building exercise.A jury in 2006 had ruled that Janet Orlando had suffered sexual harassment and sexual battery...
Former Mo. Mayor Taped Begging For Mercy
DIAMOND, Mo. (AP) -- A small-town mayor and pastor charged with enticing a child over the Internet was recorded calling the investigating detective at home Wednesday and asking him to stop the case.On the tape, Allen Kauffman begs the detective for mercy and asks him to make the case go...
DEA Agents Sue Over 'American Gangster'
NEW YORK (AP) -- A group of retired federal drug enforcement agents sued NBC Universal on Wednesday, saying the movie "American Gangster" falsely portrayed them as villains in the story of a Harlem heroin trafficker.The suit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, claims that the...
Man Arrested Over $469K Payroll Error
PALENTINE, Ill. (AP) -- A $469,000 payroll error has earned an Illinois man a date with police. Anthony Armatys of Palatine, Ill., was arrested Wednesday on theft charges after allegedly receiving electronic payroll bank deposits from a New Jersey company he never worked for, authorities...
Man: NY Hospital Forced Rectal Exam
NEW YORK (AP) -- A construction worker claimed in a lawsuit claiming that when he went to a hospital after being hit on the forehead by a falling wooden beam, emergency room staffers forcibly gave him a rectal examination.Brian Persaud, 38, says in court papers that after he denied a...
Simpson Denies Violating Bail Agreement
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- O.J. Simpson's attorney denies the former football star violated his bail agreement in a motion asking that his client be again let out of jail to await trial in his armed robbery case.
Hmm. I Knew I Forgot Something
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A court security deputy was fired and two others suspended after an inmate was left in a holding cell for more than two days without food.The three deputies were disciplined for dereliction of duties, the Marion County Sheriff's Department said...
Police, Amish At Odds Over Buggy Lights
MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) -- When police cited three Amish men from western Kentucky for not having lights and a slow-moving vehicle symbol on their horse-drawn buggies, it started a conflict between religious freedom and state law.The Amish men have argued that putting flashing lights and the...
Lawmaker Kicks Photog During Prayer
DENVER (AP) -- Carrying a family Bible, a state representative-elect kicked a photographer who took a picture of him during a statehouse prayer -- then was sworn into office.Douglas Bruce went to the House floor Monday morning as a guest of Rep. Kent Lambert, a fellow Colorado Springs...
Mom Sells Rule-Breaking Son's Car
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Jane Hambleton has dubbed herself the "meanest mom on the planet."After finding alcohol in her son's car, she decided to sell the car and share her 19-year-old's misdeed with everyone -- by placing an ad in the local newspaper.The ad...
Man Cuts Off, Microwaves His Own Hand
HAYDEN, Idaho (AP) -- A man who believed he bore the "mark of the beast" used a circular saw to cut off one hand, then he cooked it in the microwave and called 911, authorities said.The man, in his mid-20s, was calm when Kootenai County sheriff's deputies arrived Saturday in...
Pair Wheel Corpse To Store To Cash Check
NEW YORK (AP) -- Two men wheeled a dead man through the streets in an office chair to a check-cashing store and tried to cash his Social Security check before being arrested on fraud charges, police said.David J. Dalaia and James O'Hare pushed Virgilio Cintron's body from the...
LI Town Seeks Silly String Ban
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (AP) -- The Huntington Town Council is getting serious about Silly String. The issue: a claim that the plastic goo mars the finish on fire trucks during parades.Town spokeswoman Fran Evans said a public hearing will be scheduled to air a proposal to ban Silly String and...
Sierra Sentenced To Rehab, Probation
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- A judge is sending Jessica Sierra to rehab.The former "American Idol" contestant was sentenced Monday to a yearlong stint at a California rehabilitation clinic and three years' probation.Sierra, 22, was arrested last month for disorderly...
Mailing Cow's Head To Ex's Lover? Uh, No
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania man who mailed a bloody cow's head to his wife's lover has been sentenced to probation and community service.Jason Michael Fife "understands that in a civilized society a person cannot send a severed cow's head to...
Bill Would Ban Swearing In Bars
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) -- What the ...? A St. Louis-area town is considering a bill that would ban swearing in bars, along with table-dancing, drinking contests and profane music.City officials contend the bill is needed to keep rowdy crowds under control because the historic downtown area...
Ore. Mayor's Racy Photos Create Stir
ARLINGTON, Ore. (AP) -- Some residents of this small town wish their mayor felt like she had something to hide.Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist created a stir with her MySpace page, where at one time anyone could see photos of her on one of the town's fire engines, clad only in a black...
S.C. Court Upholds Nasty Note Ruling
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) -- Note to defendants: Don't tell the judge to kiss the body part you sit on.The South Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld a judge's contempt order against a St. Matthews woman who signed a court document with just such an instruction and told a probation...
Woman's Lost Pug Given As Christmas Gift
DALLAS (AP) -- The holidays were sad enough for Kim Velevis after her lovable pug "Scooter" dug its way out of the back yard and disappeared. But the real blow came with the new year: A letter from an anonymous woman who found the friendly dog and gave it to her daughter as a Christmas...
