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Yard sale patron allegedly hits man with pan

AP – Sat Aug 28, 9:27 pm ET

SONORA, Calif. – A 70-year-old yard sale shopper is facing charges after things apparently got a bit out of hand at a yard sale. Tuolumne County authorities said Jon Joslin was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly hit another man over the head with a cornbread pan at the sale Friday. A sheriff's spokesman said Joslin hit the fellow shopper with a five-pound, cast iron pan to prevent him from getting to the sale first. Full Story »

Alleged 'Brownie Bandit' nabbed with bag of treats

AP – Sat Aug 28, 4:47 pm ET

Wandering goat in Missouri gets Facebook fan page

AP – Sat Aug 28, 4:52 pm ET

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Cops: Neighbor demands $150 to return missing dog
AP – Sat Aug 28, 4:54 pm ET

FLINT, Mich. - Flint police said a city resident has taken "finders, keepers" to a whole new level, by taking in a missing dog that belonged to a neighbor couple and demanding $150 for its return. When the wife learned Thursday the neighbor might have her tan Pomeranian named "Cookie," she confronted the person and was told how much it would cost to get the pooch back. Full Story »
Venezuela pol raffles breast implants for campaign
AP – Fri Aug 27, 9:37 pm ET

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CARACAS, Venezuela - A Venezuelan politician is holding an unusual raffle to raise campaign cash. The grand prize: breast implants. For a little under $6 a ticket, donors get the chance to win the pricey operation free of charge. Full Story »
Police guard home of woman who put cat in bin
Reuters – Wed Aug 25, 1:22 pm ET

LONDON (Reuters) - The home of a woman filmed picking up a cat and throwing it into a rubbish bin is under police guard in Britain after her actions sparked outrage from animal lovers and even death threats. Full Story »
Alternative tours draw travelers to Mexico
Reuters – Wed Aug 25, 1:22 pm ET

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - While most travelers flock to Mexico to sip margaritas on white-sand beaches, a hardy few choose lesser-known tourist sites where they are chased down by immigration agents or risk their lives in dangerous slums. Full Story »
Man, shot in head, notices five years later
Reuters – Tue Aug 24, 11:47 am ET

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BERLIN (Reuters) - A Polish man living in Germany went about his business for about five years without noticing he had been shot in the head because he was drunk when it happened. Police in the western city of Bochum said on Tuesday doctors found a .22 caliber bullet in the back of his head after the 35-year-old went to have what he thought was a cyst removed. Full Story »
Dog who ate beehive wins unusual pet insurance award
Reuters – Tue Aug 24, 11:46 am ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Labrador that ate a beehive containing pesticides and thousands of dead bees won an award on Monday that recognized the most unusual pet health insurance claim in the United States. Full Story »
Egypt culture chief sleepless over Van Gogh theft
Reuters – Tue Aug 24, 11:44 am ET

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's culture minister blamed "incompetent" security staff for the theft of a $55 million Van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum and said worries for the safety of the country's art treasures are depriving him of sleep. Full Story »

Cops nab man after finding cocaine in bologna
AP – Fri Aug 27, 9:07 pm ET

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HOLYOKE, Mass. - A Massachusetts man was arrested after a kilogram of cocaine hidden inside a hollowed-out chunk of bologna was delivered to his home. Holyoke police said they were tipped off by postal inspectors in Puerto Rico who had been investigating similar shipments. A dog confirmed the presence of drugs and the bologna was cut open. Full Story »
Mass. police seize cocaine embedded in bologna
AP – Fri Aug 27, 9:05 pm ET

HOLYOKE, Mass. - A Massachusetts man has been arrested after a kilogram of cocaine hidden inside a hollowed-out chunk of bologna was delivered to his home. Full Story »
Report of man with snake slows Boston train line
AP – Fri Aug 27, 4:54 pm ET

BOSTON - Snake on a train? Transit officials in Boston aren't taking any chances. Full Story »
Police: Sneezing fit caused NY woman to crash car
AP – Fri Aug 27, 4:53 pm ET

NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. - Police in New York say a woman had a sneezing fit that caused her to drive off a road, crash into several trees and plow through a fence. Authorities said 62-year-old Mary Jane Amelio was driving Thursday morning in New Hartford, near Utica, when she began to sneeze. Full Story »
Snake in electrical box causes NY hospital outage
AP – Fri Aug 27, 4:49 pm ET

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - A snake slithered into a switch box outside a New York hospital, where it met its maker and caused a 10-hour power outage. Officials at Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie say backup generators kicked on Tuesday afternoon when a common-variety snake got into the switch box and disrupted the hospital's main power supply. Workers found the dead snake inside the box. Full Story »
33,000-penny property tax payment refused
AP – Fri Aug 27, 4:16 pm ET

CLE ELUM, Wash. - A businessman who tried to pay a property tax bill with 33,000 pennies got turned down by a county treasurer in Washington state, who said she didn't have the staff to count them. Ron Spears told the Ellensburg Daily Record he rolled buckets of the coins into the Kittitas County treasurer's office Tuesday to protest the fines he incurred by failing to pay a $34 bill that was due in April. Full Story »
CORRECTED - When getting away means staying in touch
Reuters – Fri Aug 27, 2:02 pm ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - People used to go on holiday to unplug. Now they're demanding to be plugged in. Full Story »
Old-fashioned tweet can net you a bird pet for $1
AP – Fri Aug 27, 1:05 pm ET

BRAINERD, Minn. - Tweeting the old-fashioned way can net you a steep discount on a feathered friend. Full Story »
Torpedo found at Philadelphia construction site
AP – Fri Aug 27, 12:59 pm ET

PHILADELPHIA - A police bomb squad had to be called to a Philadelphia construction site after someone found an old, inert torpedo. Full Story »

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Emmy Countdown: Presenters practice Emmy moments

AP – 1 hr 57 mins ago

Rehearsals are in full swing in downtown Los Angeles in preparation for Sunday evening's 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards, going live to all U.S. time zones, while a few lavish opportunities for celebrities to fetch freebies before the show are occurring farther away in Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. Here's the latest happenings: Full Story »