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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:46:47 +0100

.::For toilet-less Vermont library, a new chapter (AP) ::.

AP - When you gotta go, you gotta go. But for decades, when you had to go in the Roxbury Free Library, you really had to go somewhere else, that is.

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:47:22 +0100

.::Obese have right to two airline seats (Reuters) ::.

Reuters - Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday.

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:03:35 +0100

.::Rapper gets 20 years after writing shooting song (AP) ::.

AP - He shot a man twice and felt so good about it, police said, a rapper wrote a song describing the shooting and calling out the victim by name. A judge sentenced 25-year-old Rico Todriquez Wright Monday to spend the next 20 years in prison after his victim mentioned the hip hop confession to police.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:32:25 +0100

.::Woman wins $2.4M in her first trip to Vegas (AP) ::.

AP - A 24-year-old woman, on her first trip to Las Vegas, is worrying less about the nation's economy. That's because Jessica Agbunag won $2.4 million on Wednesday at a Wheel of Fortune slot machine at the California Hotel and Casino.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:03:50 +0100

.::Maverick Thai general does the hand-grenade waltz (Reuters) ::.

Reuters - A maverick Thai general who has threatened to bomb anti-government protesters and drop snakes on them from helicopters has been reassigned as an aerobics teacher, the Bangkok Post said on Friday.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:49:58 +0100

.::Man says cell phone saved him from stray bullet (AP) ::.

AP - R.J. Richard says he doesn't normally put his cell phone in his chest pocket. But he says it saved his life the one time he did.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:00:36 +0100

.::Cell phone in man's chest pocket stops bullet (AP) ::.

AP - A man says his cell phone saved his life. A stray .45-caliber bullet hit R.J. Richard's chest while he was mowing the lawn hitting so hard he thought it was a stone kicked out by his tractor. He pulled out the phone. It fell apart.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:26:31 +0100

.::Robber apologizes during Vt. general store holdup (AP) ::.

AP - A thief who robbed a general store apologized to the owner and left the singles behind so workers on the next shift would have something in the till. The knife-wielding man made off with an undetermined amount of money from Joe's Pond Country Store on Wednesday after threatening owner Jeff Downs.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:51:46 +0100

.::Man accused of getting SUV stuck on edge of cliff (AP) ::.

AP - A 21-year-old man was accused of getting his vehicle stuck on the edge of the Rimrocks in Billings with a passenger passed out inside. The man was charged with felony criminal endangerment and misdemeanor driving under the influence.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:32:26 +0100

.::Warrant, cocaine lead to job seeker's arrest (AP) ::.

AP - A mid-Michigan man who'd been looking for work found trouble after an arrest warrant popped up during a background check at a police station. Police also found cocaine in his pocket. The company the man was applying to required a police background check.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:32:25 +0100

.::Octogenarian charged with dealing pain pills (AP) ::.

AP - Law enforcement authorities arrested an 81-year-old man who illegally sold powerful prescription pain relievers. The arrest followed a raid on a home Monday by the Alaska Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Enforcement.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:59:40 +0100

.::Priest gets probation for jogging nude at track (AP) ::.

AP - A Catholic priest convicted of indecent exposure for jogging naked around a track at a high school has been sentenced to five years probation.

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:48:18 +0100

.::Speeding drivers face ban for two offenses (Reuters) ::.

Reuters - Drivers caught going more than 20 mph over the speed limit could lose their license after just two offenses under government proposals published Thursday.

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:47:47 +0100

.::3,300 prisoners to be freed early (Reuters) ::.

Reuters - Bulgaria plans to free thousands of minor offenders in an attempt to relieve its overcrowded jails and ease the work of the legal system, the government said Thursday.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:42:29 +0100

.::Aussie mayor wins sexist 'award' for inviting ugly women to town (AFP) ::.

AFP - An Australian mayor who invited ugly women to move to his outback mining town, saying even they would find a man there, has won the top "award" for the most sexist public comment of the year.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:36:24 +0100

.::Mass. cops puzzled by butcher-quality meat chunks (AP) ::.

AP - Police are trying to figure out who keeps leaving chunks of meat on the town common, and why. Police said residents have been finding butcher-quality cuts of meat on the common for about five weeks. In the most recent incident, a resident discovered a large piece of raw, unwrapped meat, along with what appeared to be a liver and some bones on Tuesday.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:36:25 +0100

.::Dog hits controls, drives van into coffee house (AP) ::.

AP - A dog left inside a running van put the vehicle in drive, causing it to crash into a Long Island coffee house. Suffolk County police said no one was injured in the incident, which damaged the glass window and some patio furniture at Cool Beanz coffee shop in St. James.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:03:37 +0100

.::Suspect arrested for greasy imprints in Neb. town (AP) ::.

AP - Police have arrested a man suspected of leaving greasy, graphic imprints on the windows of stores, churches and schools in a small Nebraska town. A 35-year-old man was caught in the act by police early Wednesday morning, Cherry County Attorney Eric Scott said Friday. The man hasn't been charged yet, but authorities believe he is the vandal some townsfolk have dubbed the "Butt Bandit."

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:41:58 +0100

.::Ind. inmates sneak through ceiling to have sex (AP) ::.

AP - Three male and three female inmates at a southern Indiana jail face charges that they devised a way to sneak between cell blocks to help pass their time behind bars by having sex.

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:09:01 +0100

.::NY couple, trucker help injured butterfly migrate (AP) ::.

AP - A monarch butterfly has a chance at completing its species' famed migration to central Mexico thanks to some tiny cardboard splints, a bit of contact cement and a trucker from Alabama.