| McDonald’s parking spot dispute turns violent |
A long-running argument over a favorite McDonald’s parking spot has resulted in an assault conviction. A Colorado jury on Friday convicted 52-year-old Vernon Brandt of Loveland of felony third-degree assault for a 2008 fight with 85-year-old Richard Albers.
Updated: 09:36 AM
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| Accused scratch-off thief returns to same store |
A Winter Haven man was arrested after authorities said he took a winning scratch-off ticket back to the store he had stolen it from a day earlier. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office reported that a 22-year-old man stole $70 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets from a Circle K store on Sunday. One of the tickets revealed a $50 prize.
Updated: 09:36 AM
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| Police: Woman again tries using cabs to steal TVs |
Police said a North Pole woman accused in December of stealing televisions and hiring a cabbie as her getaway driver is now accused of trying it again. The Fairbanks Dail News-Miner reported that a 27-year-old woman was charged with second-degree felony robbery and misdemeanor theft in the Friday incident, which occurred just one week after she posted bail in the similar case last year.
Updated: 09:06 AM
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| Woman allegedly stabs ex after looking at phone |
Las Cruces police said a woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her ex-husband. Police said a 27-year-old woman was charged with three counts of aggravated battery against a household member and one count of battery. She was being held on $15,000 bond at the Dona Ana County Detention Center. The woman’s ex-husband was taken to a hospital for treatment of his wounds after the Thursday night altercation.
Updated: 09:06 AM
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| Granny camps out 43 hours for grandson’s ice cream |
Here’s one Wisconsin grandmother who makes time for her grandson. Michelle Cuestas of Green Bay used two vacation days and camped out for 43 hours to make sure her grandson would be first in line for the 2010 opening of a Stevens Point ice-cream landmark.
Updated: 09:06 AM
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| No oath _ no conviction, Mich. court says |
A Michigan man sent to prison for 15 years is getting a new trial after the judge failed to do a routine procedure _ ask the jury to take an oath.
Updated: 09:06 AM
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| Man OK after steering wheel pops off while driving |
State troopers said a man is lucky to have only minor injuries when he crashed his car into a barn after his steering wheel popped off while driving. Trooper Keith Leary said the 59-year-old man was driving his 1978 Buick on Thursday afternoon on State Route 530 when his steering wheel came off, the car left the road, went down an embankment, up the other side, and crashed into a barn.
Updated: 04:06 PM
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| SC cop stops go-cart, arrests man on drug charges |
A go-cart wasn’t much of a getaway vehicle for a South Carolina man. The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reported that sheriff’s deputies have arrested 29-year-old Edward Matthew Sweezy of Union after they stopped him last week at an intersection in Union.
Updated: 08:06 PM
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| Mass. mortuary hopes chili cook-off brings ’life’ |
A Western Massachusetts funeral home is trying "bring life" to business with a chili cook-off, a murder-mystery show and free limo rides to couples on their 50th anniversaries. Terry Probst, the new managing partner of the Devanny-Condron Funeral Home in Pittsfield, hopes the events will remind people that the funeral home is a center for community life.
Updated: 07:06 PM
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| Police say cook put body hair in cop’s sandwich |
Police said a cook put a body hair in the bagel sandwich of a police officer who had given him tickets in the past. The cook was arrested Feb. 21 in the kitchen of Good Foods to Go in Evesham. The police officer ticketed the cook in March 2009 when he failed to pull over for a traffic violation.
Updated: 07:06 PM
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| Utah man determined to get arrested gets his wish |
A man rebuffed in an attempt to get arrested, finally got his wish when he went for an officer’s handgun. Unified police documents said the 54-year-old transient tried to turn himself in at the jail last weekend but an officer told him he had no reason to arrest him. At that point, police said the man grabbed for the officer’s gun saying, "Maybe I’ll try suicide by cop."
Updated: 07:06 PM
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| Elusive Fla. monkey dodges captors, defies darts |
A monkey that has eluded capture in the Tampa Bay area for more than a year has again escaped from Florida wildlife officials. Authorities were called to a neighborhood in St. Petersburg on Wednesday when the rhesus macaque monkey was spotted. It was twice hit with tranquilizer darts, but still got away by ducking behind a drug store and a church.
Updated: 03:07 PM
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| Firefighters free duck stuck in Santa Fe chimney |
The bad luck of a stuck duck changed when firefighters in Santa Fe rescued the bird wedged in a chimney. Fire Chief Tommy Anderson said the homeowner heard the bird and lit a fire, hoping the duck would get out on its own from the open-top chimney. Anderson said the plan backfired, when "it filled her house with smoke." Firefighters who were summoned around 5 p.m. Wednesday determined the bird was too big to get free on its own.
Updated: 03:07 PM
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| Escaped Wash. inmate caught sinking in Moses Lake |
A handcuffed man who escaped from a chain line of other inmates at Grant County District Court managed to steal a truck and jump into Moses Lake where deputies had to rescue him. Undersheriff John Turley told The Columbia Basin Herald the 39-year-old man was at risk of drowning Monday when an officer threw him a life vest.
Updated: 03:07 PM
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| Smart Spending: Tips for donating effectively |
No sooner had the shock of Haiti’s earthquake passed than Chile was struck. As the repercussions of both disasters continue, urgent need remains in those countries and around the world for charitable contributions.
Updated: 02:37 PM
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