Pair find stranger asleep on couch cuddling a bear

Pa. police: Girl, 13, led high-speed car chase

Police say a 13-year-old girl led state troopers on a nine-mile chase in central Pennsylvania at speeds of more than 100 mph.

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Iowa Kmart workers open tin can, find $10,000

When employees of a Des Moines Kmart store finally opened a red tin can that had been sitting on the customer service counter for four days, they got a $10,000 surprise. The can contained $10,380 in assorted bills. Employees called police after opening the can Friday.

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Neighbors say house still reeks even after cleanup

Residents of a South Florida neighborhood are plagued by a horrible stench. It's coming from inside the home of their neighbor. City officials have already investigated homeowner Debra Jean Higgins, after a utility worker stopped by and called police because he thought someone had died inside. The 55-year-old Higgins, who lives with two dogs, seven cats and piles of rotting garbage, was alive and well. She has been fined $600,000 for code violations, but that apparently hasn't made a difference.

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Scantily-clad 'David' decked out as St. Nick

A Texas homeowner who adorned his front lawn with Michelangelo's "David" as a scantily clad Santa got more than just jolly laughs from his neighbors. Barry McBee said he was aiming to make people chuckle by adding a Santa hat and white beard to the 5-foot-tall replica of the Renaissance statue with six-pack abs — an image at odds with usual depictions of a fat, jolly St. Nick.

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Tenn. man says cows licked $100 in damage to house

A Tennessee man's homeowners insurance apparently doesn't cover "acts of cow." Jerry Lynn Davis called the Hawkins County Sheriff's office on Thursday, complaining that a neighbor's cows had been licking his house. In the process, Davis says the curious bovines did about $100 in damage by ripping off a screen window, cracking the glass and pulling down a gutter.

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Wanted: Mich. bank robber with 'offensive breath'

He could be called the "Bad Breath Bandit." Police in a Detroit suburb are looking for a bank robber who tellers say has crooked yellow teeth and particularly bad breath. The Detroit Free Press reported that Ferndale police said the man hit the same Charter One branch in October and again last week.

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Bungling burglar at Mich. shop busted by workers

Authorities said a man trying to burglarize a southwestern Michigan towing and auto-repair shop got a surprise when he found tow truck drivers inside still on the job.

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Police nab woman with nearly $600 of stolen meat

Galesburg police said they have filed a retail theft charge against a woman who was reportedly found pushing a cart filled with nearly $600 worth of meat and meat products outside a supermarket.

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NY cops slip oil-change-bribe suspect into slammer

Authorities said a drunken driving suspect tried to grease the wheels of justice with a bribe: free oil changes and car inspections. Suffolk County Police Officer Robert Kall responded by arresting the 44-year-old Shirley, N.Y., resident on two charges Thursday.

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Ind. man caught on bike with stolen Christmas tree

Authorities said they caught an Indiana man riding a bike while balancing a stolen Christmas tree across the handlebars. Police in Portage said they spotted 48-year-old Phillip Menefee about 1 a.m. Friday riding the bike equipped with a homemade motor but no lights. Police had been investigating motor noise near a Christmas tree lot.

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Police jail man for rubbing burger in wife's face

A 25-year-old Port St. Lucie man was arrested for allegedly rubbing a hamburger on his wife's face during an argument. Police said Daniel Boss and his wife got into it late Thursday night and started calling each other names. At some point, the woman apparently poured soda on Boss' hamburger, causing him to grab the sandwich, rub it in her face and start throwing food.

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Tenn. man arrested for allegedly drunk-dialing 911

A Middle Tennessee man was arrested after police said he drunk-dialed 911 and has called police 47 times over the last year. Murfreesboro police arrested a 57-year-old man on Thursday after police responded to an emergency call to find him intoxicated in his home. According to the police report, officers asked him why he called 911 and he replied that he was "just drunk."

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15-year-old Wis. cheddar sells for $50 per pound

A 15-year-old cheddar made in Wisconsin, possibly the most mature cheese for sale in the country, is selling well despite the $50-per-pound price tag, its producer said Saturday.

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Fla. Gov. Crist sent callers to telephone sex line

Oops! In an embarrassing blunder, Gov. Charlie Crist mistakenly directed parents of uninsured children to call a toll-free sex line.

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Ex-Files: British military ends its UFO hot line

The truth — and the UFOs — may be out there, but nobody in the British military is listening anymore.

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Iowa woman accused of shoplifting 418 items

An Iowa woman is accused in a South Dakota shoplifting case that authorities say involved more than just a few items stuffed in a pocket. Sioux Falls police said a 51-year-old woman allegedly took $2,200 worth of items from the Lewis Drug Store, hauling stolen merchandise to her car in bags and then returning to the store for more.

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Texas couple say hen laid egg with cross on it

A Fort Worth-area couple said one of their hens laid an egg with a cross on the end of it. Pam and Tracy Norrell of Burleson, who displayed the odd-shaped egg, said they believe it's a sign of encouragement during the holiday season.

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"A Chinese man has signed a contract with his wife that entitles her to attack him once a week."

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BOISE, Idaho – It's become an annual winter tale: A young boy gets his tongue stuck to a metal pole, perhaps as the result of a dare. This year, the scene straight out of the movie "A Christmas Story" unfolded Tuesday morning in Boise with a boy of about 10.

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Welcome to AbeBooks' brand new Weird Book Room - a celebration of everything that's bizarre, odd and downright weird in books.

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Here's an Undead Disney cosplay that will make Walt spin in his cryogenically frozen tank.

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Samara Kleinfinger, 12, told The Times last week that she and other red-haired students were summoned to the principal's office on Nov. 20.

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ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (AP) - November 16, 2009 -- Sarah Ellison wears a uniform, but she's not a car hop at a Sonic drive-in. She's a police officer in Elizabethton, Tenn. Authorities report a drunken driving suspect mistook Officer Ellison for a Sonic waitress.

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If you happened to be walking by my office last night, you may have noticed a little police activity. A co-worker said she saw at least 6 SWAT, 2 uniformed officers, 2 undercover and a chopper in the air.

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Two of the scientists involved in "Climategate" – the e-mail hacking incident at the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia, UK – have been emailed death threats since the contents of their private e-mails were leaked to the world.

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"By the time she was arrested last Sunday [December 6, 2009], Mrs Kappor [Kapoor] had allegedly kidnapped six children, and left one to die, police said."

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A Canadian woman was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after being run over by a Santa Claus parade float during her town's annual Christmas celebration

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Police were called in to investigate suspected car sabotage only to discover a pack of foxes were responsible for chewing through brake cables.

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Mr. Lehtola suffered a facial injury along with many fresh bite marks on his body, including one to his penis, police said.

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In 1966, the McDonald's Corp. hired Polakovs to design Ronald McDonald. He designed the outfit and makeup that is worn by the character to this day.

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A vicar's romantic proposal to his girlfriend in a hot air balloon fell flat when he dropped the engagement ring, leaving it to fall 500 feet below into the woods.

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Tim McKernan was known for wearing a barrel, a cowboy hat, cowboy boots and not much else. But it was enough to make him an icon at Denver Broncos games. McKernan, better known as Barrel Man, died in his sleep Saturday morning of lung failure. He was 69.

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A car caught on fire at a gas station in Versailles, Kentucky on December 6, 2009.

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A remote-controlled dinosaur robot worth about 100,000 Australian dollars (£55,600) has been stolen from a Walking With Dinosaurs show in Mexico. Staff noticed the 1.5m tall robot was missing after the show closed on its opening day in Guadalajara on Friday.

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The pattern hit Prince George's County prosecutor C.T. Wilson with the subtlety of a blast from a 12-gauge shotgun: The young men he was sending to prison were victims before they were criminals.

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