Hey. Where Did All That Dough Come From?
BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) -- It wasn't until a store manager and others helped a man round up money blowing around an auto parts store parking that something started to seem fishy."We were all joking with him, 'Where's the dye packs?'" said Amy McCaulley, manager...
Mom Allegedly Gives Teens Laughing Gas
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) -- The mother of a 13-year-old boy has been arrested for supplying nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, used during her son's ditch parties at their Lake Elsinore home.Maria Antonia Mendez was arrested for providing the gas used by the teens to get high....
Probe: Beauty Queen Clothes Were Sprayed
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- After a flurry of accusations and skepticism, an exhaustive investigation has determined that someone did try to sabotage a beauty contestant's bid for the
Ariz. Doc In Trouble Over Photo
PHOENIX (AP) -- A surgeon faces a disciplinary hearing for snapping a photo of a patient's tattooed genitals during an operation and showing it around to other doctors.Mayo Clinic Hospital administrators said Dr. Adam Hansen, chief resident of general surgery, admitted taking the...
Adoptive Mo. Dad's Obesity Tale Trashed
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A man who gained national media attention by claiming he was not allowed to adopt a baby because of his weight was awarded temporary custody of the child, but the judge chided him and his wife, saying they knew the primary reason the boy had been removed from their home...
Mom Pushes For Internet Harassment Laws
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The mother of a teenage girl who committed suicide after being taunted online urged a state task force on Internet harassment Monday to recommend criminalizing such behavior.
Fight Over Heat Makes Wife Hot
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A woman who was angry because her husband wanted her to turn up the heat pulled out a gun and shot their flat-screen TV while he cowered behind a pillow, Macomb County authorities say.The 65-year-old man called 911 Sunday night from the basement of their...
TV Anchor Accused Of Assault Is Off Air
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A television news anchorwoman is off the air, starting a scheduled vacation early, while she deals with a felony charge of assaulting a New York police officer, her employer said.Alycia Lane, 35, who co-anchors evening newscasts at KYW-TV, was arrested in Manhattan...
Dry Cleaners On NJ Santa's Naughty List
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) -- One dry cleaner now knows how to get on Santa's naughty list: lose his suit.After Christmas last year, Max Weisberg took his red velvet suit to Royal Cleaners, which accidentally gave it to someone else. The family-owned business acknowledged the mixup and...
Prank May Have Led To Shock Treatments
BOSTON (AP) -- State officials are investigating complaints that at least two teenagers were given electric shock treatments at a residential center for people with special needs because someone telephoned fake orders to the staff.Initial investigations showed that a former student at the...
Police: Princeton Student Faked Attack
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) -- A Princeton University student who argued that his conservative views were not accepted on the campus confessed to fabricating an assault and sending threatening e-mail messages to himself and some friends who shared his views, authorities said Monday.Princeton...
‘Tis The Season To Be Scammed
BOONE, N.C. (TNA) – Most people look at Christmas as a time for giving. But to others, it’s the perfect time of the year to lie, cheat, scam and steal.
Suit Over Socks Costs School $95,000
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Officials in a Northern California school district might not think Tiggers are such wonderful things after agreeing to pay $95,000 in lawyers' fees to five families who sued the school over its dress code.The parents went to court after a student was...
Pa. Judge: Cursing At Toilet Not Illegal
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- A woman who was cited for loudly cursing at her overflowing toilet -- and then at a neighbor who told her to quiet down -- has been acquitted on First Amendment grounds.District Judge Terrence Gallagher dismissed the disorderly conduct charge against Dawn Herb, 33,...
NASA Releases E-Mails In Nowak Case
MIAMI (AP) -- Newly released NASA e-mails hint at something more than a professional relationship between former astronaut Lisa Nowak and a space shuttle pilot.But the exchanges between Nowak and astronaut William Oefelein...
Sharpton Outraged Over Financial Probe
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Rev. Al Sharpton angrily denounced federal authorities Thursday for investigating him and his civil rights organization, suggesting that the Justice Department was retaliating against him for his civil rights advocacy.
9 Dems Say No To Christmas Resolution
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Jim McDermott says he is no Grinch, even though he voted against Christmas.The Democrat from Washington state says he was protesting an expected veto of a children's health insurance bill when he voted against a resolution recognizing the importance of...
Clinton Adviser Backs Away From Obama Drug Comments
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A top adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign said that Democrats should give more thought to Sen. Barack Obama's admissions of illegal drug use before they pick a presidential candidate.Obama's campaign said the Clinton people were getting...
Loudspeaker Karaoke Scares Conn. Teacher
ROXBURY, Conn. (AP) -- Karaoke can be scary, but threatening?A school custodian's impromptu after-hours karaoke performance prompted a police response when a teacher thought she was being threatened over the loudspeaker.State police say the teacher at Booth Free School...
Riders Say Angry Driver Kept Them On Bus
BOSTON (AP) -- Passengers on a bus traveling from New York to Boston claim the driver kept the bus on a layover for an extra half hour and would not let them leave because he was upset about a complaint over his driving.The Peter Pan Bus Lines driver said he was miffed because a rider...
Suit Threatened Over Got Milk? Parody
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Got a problem with milk? Better not rip off the industry's well-known marketing slogan to express it.Milk processors are demanding that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals end a publicity campaign that asks "Got pus? Milk does."PETA, which...
Owner: Condom-In-Sandwich Claim Untrue
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) -- The owner of a Burger King franchise says there's no merit to a man's claim that he bit into an unwrapped condom while eating a sandwich he bought there.Franchise owner Carrols Corp. of Syracuse, N.Y., said it "is confident that no Carrols employee placed...
Hmm. How Does My Hair Look, Mr. Robber?
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. (AP) -- When a robber started taking cash from his register over the weekend, Dunkin' Donuts employee Dustin Hoffmann fought back by clobbering the man with a ceramic mug. But Hoffmann admits he was less worried about the stolen cash than how he might look on the...
Ohio Attorney Recants Abduction Story
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- A pregnant attorney who vanished for four days last week now says her tale of being kidnapped at gunpoint and taken to Georgia was fabricated, police said Tuesday. Her husband said she had "a meltdown."Karyn McConnell Hancock, a former Toledo city...
Potential Juror Arrested With Sword
NEW YORK (AP) -- A man reporting for jury duty was arrested when security discovered that his cane concealed a 2 1/2-foot sword and a 6-inch dagger, police said.Vladislav Lisetskiy, 40, was arrested Monday at Brooklyn Supreme Court as he attempted to pass through security, police...
Nun Reads List Of Curse Words To Kids
GROSSE POINTE PARK, Mich. (AP) -- Sister Kathy Avery won't put up with swearing on the playground at her school, and she's not above repeating the offending language to make sure everyone understands which words she won't tolerate.The principal of St. Clare of Montefalco...
Mo. Police Probe Blog In Web Hoax Case
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A woman linked to an online hoax played on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide and has been vilified for it may be the subject of a deception -- someone on the Internet is posing as her and blogging about the case.
2 Dress Up As Virginia Tech Victims
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Two Penn State students pictured on the Internet dressed as victims of the Virginia Tech massacre were rebuked by their university this week but won't face disciplinary action, officials said.Pictures of the students in a Halloween costume of Virginia Tech...
NYC Doorman Suspended For Bad Breath
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Manhattan doorman has been suspended for having bad breath. Jonah Seeman, who has been ushering tenants into a four-building complex on East 89th Street for 40 years, was told not to come to work Friday because of halitosis.Seeman said he has stopped eating garlic, uses...
Court: Gay Couple Can't Divorce In RI
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A lesbian couple that married in Massachusetts cannot get divorced in their home state of Rhode Island, the state's highest court ruled Friday.The court, in a 3-2 decision, said the state's family court lacks the authority to grant the divorce of a...
