February 15, 2009 – 10:51 am
By MARK THIESSEN, Associated Press Writer Mark Thiessen, Associated Press Writer Sat Feb 14, 11:39 am ET
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s favorite consignment shop has been forced to change its name after she brought the trendy, upscale Anchorage boutique unintended legal problems during last year’s presidential campaign.
Out of the Closet owner Ellen Arvold said she was served [...]
February 4, 2009 – 12:36 pm
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – A Twin Cities man was looking for a challenge, so he decided to celebrate his 30th birthday by running on a treadmill for 24 hours straight. B.J. Van Beusekom covered about 80 miles before he stopped running at noon Tuesday. He promptly went to the nearest chair and rested his obviously [...]
January 27, 2009 – 12:56 pm
By RAY LILLEY, Associated Press Writer Ray Lilley, Associated Press Writer – Mon Jan 26, 7:18 am ET
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A captive reptile in New Zealand has unexpectedly become a father at the ripe old age of 111 after receiving treatment for a cancer that made him hostile toward prospective mates.
The centenarian tuatara, named Henry, was thought well [...]
January 21, 2009 – 12:53 pm
BLOOMFIELD, Ind. – A 72-year-old man with eyebrows so long he brushed them each morning raised $1,600 for charity from people who paid to take turns trimming his out-of-control brows. Some of the wiry hairs shorn from Si Burgher’s shaggy eyebrows measured more than three inches long because the former jeweler’s brows had never been [...]
January 18, 2009 – 11:28 pm
CAPE CORAL, Fla. – Authorities are looking for a shoplifter who was run over twice by her getaway car after stealing $1,200 worth of designer purses from a Cape Coral store. A T.J. Maxx security guard told police she saw a woman stuff six designer Dooney & Bourke purses into her pants Tuesday morning and [...]
January 15, 2009 – 12:43 am
Cops arrest pair who allegedly bought home when cash appeared in account
The Associated Press
updated 10:31 a.m. ET, Wed., Jan. 14, 2009
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania couple is behind bars after police say they failed to call the bank when a glitch put an extra $175,000 in their account.
Authorities say 50-year-old Randy Pratt and 36-year-old Melissa [...]
January 15, 2009 – 12:42 am
Pesky primate has eluded bucket truck and tranquilizer darts
The Associated Press
updated 6:57 p.m. ET, Wed., Jan. 14, 2009
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Wildlife officials said a rhesus monkey known to throw feces when mad is on the loose in Tampa Bay. Authorities have been trying to capture the primate since Tuesday afternoon, but it managed to evade [...]
January 13, 2009 – 3:40 pm
Portland police said a customer angry over a convenience store clerk’s refusal to sell alcohol returned and set a fire. Officers said the man became belligerent before leaving the Big Apple store Thursday night, then returned a half-hour later with a gas can.Police said he poured fluid outside the building and in the entryway inside [...]
January 12, 2009 – 4:59 pm
BEIJING (Reuters) – A 107-year-old Chinese woman who was afraid to marry when she was young has decided to look for her first husband and hopes to find a fellow centenarian so they will have something to talk about, a Chinese paper reported.
Wang Guiying is worried she is becoming a burden to her ageing nieces [...]
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