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Neb. man sues prosecutor to get his leg back
- 09/04/2008 06:26 AM CDT
After being shot five times, a western Nebraska man had to go to court to get his prosthetic leg back from prosecutors.
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Mass. police arrest pair wearing stolen clothing
- 09/04/2008 02:57 PM CDT
Police say two Springfield residents who cleared a downtown clothing store of its entire inventory were easy to nab - they were arrested wearing some of the stolen clothing with price tags still attached.
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UPS driver surpasses 1 million miles in his truck
- 09/04/2008 08:14 PM CDT
A routine package delivery turned into a milestone for a UPS driver in East Texas. Brent Boyd, 51, on Thursday surpassed one million miles on his UPS delivery truck, the same vehicle he's driven for 22 years with the company.
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Jaywalker allegedly moons motorists after ticket
- 09/03/2008 08:21 PM CDT
Athens-Clarke police have arrested a woman who they say started mooning motorists after she received a ticket for jaywalking. An officer stopped the 23-year-old woman and a friend about 1:10 a.m. Saturday after they walked diagonally across the intersection in downtown Athens.
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Man accused of igniting sleeping man's pants
- 09/03/2008 04:01 PM CDT
A man was freed on $20,000 bond after being accused of setting another man's pants on fire. Joseph Hornsey, 21, was charged with aggravated battery.
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Cat survives 70-mile trip under owner's truck
- 09/03/2008 06:45 AM CDT
A cat survived a 2 1/2-hour trip on a spare tire under her owner's truck. Gil Smith recently drove from his Gilbert home 70 miles away for a business meeting in Kearny. When he got out of the truck, he heard a cat in distress and realized it was his.
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Cross-dressing thief leaves fake breast behind
- 09/03/2008 08:21 PM CDT
Police in Port St. Lucie are on the lookout for a cross-dressing man who snatched a 74-year-old woman's purse. As if that weren't odd enough, they're depending on a strange clue. The suspect left behind a condom filled with water he had been using as a fake breast.
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8-foot mechanical ape missing, owner mystified
- 09/03/2008 09:20 AM CDT
An 8-foot mechanical gorilla standing outside a flea market store could move its arms but not much else, and it was heavy.
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Woman accused of crashing her SUV into a home
- 09/03/2008 03:51 PM CDT
Portland police say the Labor Day weekend got off to a rough start for a Westbrook woman accused of deliberately crashing her SUV into a home during an angry dispute over money.
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Colorado deputy clocks VW Beetle at 115 mph
- 09/02/2008 04:35 PM CDT
A 27-year-old man was being held on $10,000 bond in the Arapahoe County Jail after allegedly speeding up Interstate 25 in a Volkswagen Beetle. An Arapahoe County sheriff's deputy arrested the man on Monday after the deputy said he was clocked driving 115 mph.
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NYC man charged with selling stolen bras on Web
- 09/02/2008 06:20 PM CDT
A New York man has been charged with selling $80,000 worth of stolen Victoria's Secret bras online.
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NJ dolphin spotters beware: That might be a shark
- 09/02/2008 01:36 PM CDT
Wildlife officials have added some bite to their warnings against bothering a family of bottlenose dolphins hanging out in two New Jersey rivers: They say sharks have been known to frequent the area as well.
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N.D. woman, 86, labors through the holiday
- 09/02/2008 07:35 PM CDT
Millions of Americans had Labor Day off, but not Lucy Dumas. The 86-year-old Fargo woman did what she's always done: work. Dumas has been earning an income for more than 70 years. "You name it and I've done it," said Dumas, a former Hillsboro cafe owner who now works full-time at a fast-food restaurant.
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Buy $169K Michigan dollhouse, get real home 'free'
- 09/02/2008 08:30 PM CDT
Like many homeowners around the country, Gerry and Cindy Mann have struggled to sell their house during the past year.
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Japan police fooled by life-sized doll
- 09/02/2008 06:38 AM CDT
Police were trying to determine Tuesday whether they were the victim of a hoax after the body they thought they found at a seaside resort was actually a life-sized doll.
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Suspected car burglar gets a dirty dumping
- 09/02/2008 07:35 PM CDT
A 22-year-old suspected truck burglar made a dirty mistake after he tried to hide inside a portable toilet on Saturday. Tampa police said the man broke into two pickup trucks at a parking lot and the owner of the second truck fought the suspect and chased him to a nearby construction site.
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Man told to get a job accused of chair attack
- 09/02/2008 07:35 PM CDT
A man was arrested after he allegedly responded to someone telling him to get a job by picking up a folding chair and striking another man with it three times.
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Idaho wildfire reveals new stretch of Oregon Trail
- 09/02/2008 06:05 PM CDT
A wildfire that damaged or destroyed nearly 20 homes in Idaho last month also revealed remnants of the Oregon Trail.
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Man gulps 11.5 pounds, wins Ohio chili contest
- 09/02/2008 02:20 PM CDT
A man nicknamed "Humble Bob" stuffed himself with 11.5 pounds of a local specialty called chili-spaghetti in only about 10 minutes to claim victory in a holiday eating contest. Bob Shoudt won $2,500 at the inaugural Skyline Chili Spaghetti eat-off Monday at Kings Island amusement park.
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Iowa man accused of offering bribe with sandwich
- 09/02/2008 07:35 PM CDT
Iowa City police said a man who was driving drunk tried to bribe a police officer - with a sandwich. Police said a 25-year-old man was charged with drunken driving early Sunday morning after an officer saw him driving with his headlights off and pulled him over.
