Man accused of ramming car into hot dog stand

CARY, N.C. (AP) -- Police said a North Carolina man rammed his car into a hot dog stand when the vendor refused to sell him a hot dog and drink for a dollar. WRAL-TV reported 23-year-old David Kelbaugh of Rolesville was charged Wednesday with assault with a deadly weapon, hit-and-run, driving while intoxicated and injury to property. Police said Kelbaugh was drinking at a bar in Cary early Wednesday when he left to order food at the hot dog stand---...More

Police seek bald man who swiped family's turkey

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) -- Jackson police are working to crack a case of fowl play. They're searching for a man who broke into an apartment about 11 p.m. Tuesday and stole a family's holiday turkey. Police Lt. Christopher Simpson told the Jackson Citizen Patriot the suspect ran into the kitchen and stole the turkey out of the freezer....

Police: Barefoot thief steals shoes for left feet

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- It didn't take Knoxville police gumshoes to track down a suspected shoe thief. He was sauntering barefoot through the parking lot of a Knoxville store called the Shoe Show Wednesday morning when an employee identified him as the man who crammed shoes into his pockets and pushed her out of his way as he walked out Tuesday night....

Pa. prosecutor wants 'no-tip' charges dropped

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) -- An eastern Pennsylvania prosecutor wants charges dropped against a couple who refused to pay a tip at a restaurant where they said they got poor service. Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said he's recommending that Bethlehem police drop the theft of services charges---...More

Kangaroo tries to drown dog, attacks owner

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- A kangaroo startled by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, pinning the pet underwater and slashing the owner in the abdomen with its hind legs. The Australian, Chris Rickard, was in stable condition Monday after the attack, which ended when the 49-year-old elbowed the kangaroo in the throat---...More

Robin Hood Banker Gave Millions To The Poor

Germany - A German bank manager who secretly transferred millions of pounds from rich clients to debt-ridden customers has been spared jail. The 62-year-old, dubbed the ?Robin Hood banker?, was found guilty of moving a total of 7.6 million euros (?6.85m) between 2003 and 2005. She carried out 117 separate transfers to try and stop people?s accounts closing due to lack of funds. As a rule she moved the money back when the indebted clients were solvent again. But 1.1 million euros (?991,000) was lost when certain customers were unable to pay their debts.---...More

Officers say they?ll no longer carry beanbag guns

PORTLAND, Oregon - The union that represents Portland police and a Portland police spokeswoman both said Monday they?re hearing some officers are planning to ask the city to decertify their use of beanbag guns after one of their own was put on leave last week for using his on a 12-year-old girl. Officer Christopher Humphreys was assisting another officer who was trying to arrest the adult-sized 12-year-old. Police said the girl punched the officer in the face before he took her down. Humphreys then shot her in the leg with his beanbag gun at close range---
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I?ll keep having babies until I have twins

UK - A mother expecting her 14th child has vowed to keep having children until she has twins. Sara Foss, 39, already picks up 50,000 pounds in benefits every year. She said: ?All I?ve ever wanted is twins or triplets. It?s my biggest wish, and I?m going to keep trying until I do it. ?It would be fantastic. In fact, I won?t stop trying until I?ve done it. I love having babies - it?s the most wonderful thing in the world.? Miss Foss, of Derby, was 16 when she had her first baby, Patrick, in 1986. She has almost averaged one birth a year since.---...More

Teen breaks into home for snacks

SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin - A Sheboygan teen has been charged with breaking into a neighbor?s house to look for snack food. Ronald M. Savela Jr. is 17 but is charged as an adult with felony attempted burglary. The Sheboygan Press says the charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 4 years. The criminal complaint quotes the teen as saying he smashed the window with a rock and removed the screen. He says he was looking for snack food but didn?t find any.----...More

Man Marries Virtual Girlfriend With Public Reception

Japan - A man who calls himself SAL9000 has married his virtual girlfriend with a public reception. The man reportedly fell in love with a virtual girl named Nene Anegasaki and plans to hold a public wedding reception in Tokyo. Since the girl doesn?t really exist, SAL9000 reportedly took his Nintendo DS to Guam for a legal ceremony and honeymoon, and will livecast the upcoming wedding reception online. SAL9000 met his ?bride? on the video game Love Plus, which requires players to take out the virtual girl on dates, buy her gifts and make their girlfriends happy like they would in real life.---...More

Woman tries to kill new husband twice

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida - A Florida woman allegedly tried twice to kill her husband within a few months of their wedding before being set up with a police officer posing as a hit man. Police in Boynton Beach said Dalia Dippolito tried to find a hired killer, ending up paying someone who took her money and failed to follow through. She then allegedly decided on a do-it-yourself killing and gave her husband, Michael, antifreeze concealed in tea from Starbucks, but it tasted so bad he spat it out. ----...More

Fines for too-tall grass - $1,000 a day

JUPITER, Florida - An overgrown lawn could cost a homeowner $1,000 a day. A plan to quadruple the penalty from the current maximum of $250 per day for a first violation is scheduled for consideration at the town council meeting. A repeat violation by the same person would be boosted to $5,000 a day maximum from $500 per day. If the code enforcement board finds that the violation is irreversible - the unapproved removal of an historic tree, for example ? the violator would face a maximum fine of $15,000. The current maximum penalty is $5,000. Last year Jupiter?s seven-person Code Enforcement Division collected about $39,000 in fines.--- ...More

Captain America wins rock-paper-scissors title

TAYLOR, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan man has won the world Rock Paper Scissors championship in Toronto. Tim Conrad clinched the title after five hours of play and nine matches at the Steam Whistle Brewery on Saturday night----...More

NFL Owner Fined $250,000

Nashville, Tennessee - The NFL has fined Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams $250,000 for making an obscene gesture at Bills fans. It happened in Nashville. After the Titans beat the Bills 41-17, Adams was seen ?flipping off? fans from his luxury suite at the stadium. Adams apologized later in the day for the display of his middle fingers. ?I do realize that those types of things shouldn?t happen,? Adams said in a statement. ----...More

Video shows patient cop with affectionate cat

TAYLOR, Texas (AP) -- A black cat showed affection by crawling up and down a Texas police officer in a friendly display captured on the patrol car's dashcam. Taylor police Officer Keith Urban was seen being patient with the cat, whose image was captured during a recent traffic stop, then finally gently booting the kitty away----...More

Man carrying $600 pinched for alleged pencil theft

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) -- Police have arrested a man after he allegedly stole a pencil from a Bellingham store even though he was carrying $600 in cash. The man, 44, was booked into the Whatcom County Jail after police learned he had an outstanding warrant from Everett----...More

Turkey on NJ Turnpike causes havoc, evades capture

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Authorities have stopped trying to capture a wild turkey that calls Interchange 14B on the New Jersey Turnpike home. The bird has been causing havoc for toll collectors and motorists as it runs across toll booths, plays in traffic, and sits atop toll collectors' parked cars----...More

Idaho boy, 11, shoots black bear on family's porch

DRIGGS, Idaho (AP) -- An 11-year-old boy shot a black bear on his family's front porch after he said it wouldn't leave. The boy was at his home near Driggs, just west of the Idaho-Wyoming border, with his younger sisters last Wednesday when the bear showed up. The youngster said he couldn't shoo it away, so he went and got his gun and shot it---...More

Police: Man upset over ticket phoned trooper's mom

CARLE PLACE, N.Y. (AP) -- Police said a Long Island man upset about a speeding ticket tried to get even with a state trooper by making a prank phone call to his mother. Authorities said Lawrence Demaio, of Carle Place, called the woman about a month after the ticket was issued and told her her son had been badly hurt in a car accident---...More

Fla. man arrested for calling 911, asking for sex

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Florida police say a man arrested for repeatedly calling 911 looking for sex claimed it was the only number he could dial after running out of cell phone minutes---...More

Spider-Man slugs man

HOLLYWOOD, California - A man in a Spider-Man costume was arrested on outstanding warrants in Los Angeles after he allegedly hit a man on Hollywood Boulevard. First, officers had to figure out which Spider-Man impostor was which, because they found four of them dressed as the superhero. They stopped the second, and it was the suspect. The victim told police he was hit in the face and arms but did not want to press charges but Christopher Loomis, 39, was booked on outstanding misdemeanor warrants.---...More

San Diego Great Dane named world's tallest dog

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Only one animal got credit for a record Thursday, the same day Norway registered the world's largest gingerbread man; the most people hugging in one minute were in the U.K.; Italy set the mark for the fastest consumption of a bowl of pasta; Finland had the most nationalities in a single sauna; and a team from Mexico assembled the world's longest paper clip chain---...More

UK man breaks record for pulling bus with hair

LONDON (AP) -- A British man broke the world record for pulling a double-decker bus with his hair. Manjit Singh broke the Guinness World Record on Thursday by pulling the bus weighing 8.5 British tons for 21.2 meters (69.55 feet) across Battersea Park in London with ribbons attached to his hair---...More

Milwaukee muggers see Army ID, return wallet

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Milwaukee Army reservist's military identification earned him some street cred Tuesday, when he says four men who mugged him at gunpoint returned his belongings and thanked him for his service after finding the ID---...More

Wedding ring found in dump amid 10 tons of trash

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (AP) -- Sanitation workers sorted through 10 tons of trash to recover a wedding ring accidentally thrown away by a New Jersey couple---...More

Veteran’s Day Tribute

Veteran’s Day Tribute


When America had an urgent need,
These brave ones raised a hand;
No hesitation held them back;
They were proud to take a stand.


They left their friends and family;
They gave up normal life;
To serve their country and their God,
They plowed into the strife.


They fought for freedom and for peace
On strange and foreign shores;
Some lost new friends; some lost their lives
In long and brutal wars.


Other veterans answered a call
To support the ones who fought;
Their country had requirements for
The essential skills they brought.


We salute each and every one of them,
The noble and the brave,
The ones still with us here today,
And those who rest in a grave.


So here’s to our country’s heroes;
They’re a cut above the rest;
Let’s give the honor that is due
To our country’s very best.


By Joanna Fuchs