Daily News Alert | Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:00 AM PDT |
Texas librarians show wild side in calendar
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:43 pm PDT
 AP - So much for the stereotype. Texas librarians are baring their skin and revealing their tattoos — all to raise disaster relief money to help damaged libraries. Photos of the librarians and their body art appear in a new calendar sold by the Texas Library Association. Full Story | Top |
Woman allegedly runs over husband after argument
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:43 pm PDT
AP - Authorities said a 25-year-old woman ran over her husband with her truck after an argument on Monday. The sheriff's office reported that the woman's husband eventually disabled her truck and walked to a nearby restaurant. Two people helped her fix the truck, and she drove to the restaurant to meet her husband. Full Story | Top |
Boy allegedly tries scooter holdup with toy gun
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:43 pm PDT
AP - An 11-year-old boy has been accused of trying to hijack two boys' scooters with a toy gun in an Ohio park. The father of the two boys, Rich Harrison, said it was a frightening experience because it wasn't clear that the gun was a toy. His boys are ages 8 and 10. Full Story | Top |
Pair accused of using device to steal gas at pump
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:43 pm PDT
AP - Police said two people were arrested for using an electronic device to disable fuel pump computers at a north Florida gasoline station and pump gas without paying. Officials said Earnesto Diaz, 40, of Miami, and Maria Flores, 36, were apprehended Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
Stanford and sun?
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:34 am PDT
Reuters - Allen Stanford, the Texas financier accused of a $7 billion fraud, should be transferred to another detention facility because there has been no air conditioning in the jail cell where he is being held, his lawyer said in a court filing. Full Story | Top |
Teen escapes jail over bomb hoax
Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:44 am PDT
 Reuters - A British teen-ager who phoned the White House and claimed as part of a "drunken prank" that there was a bomb in the center of New York, escaped jail on Monday. Full Story | Top |
Dillinger pistol sold at auction for $95,600
Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:42 am PDT
Reuters - A small pistol belonging to 1930s gangster John Dillinger has been sold at auction to a private collector for $95,600 -- more than double the pre-sale estimate, the auction house said on Sunday. Full Story | Top |
Tory leader Cameron no fan of Twitter
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:58 am PDT
Reuters - They disagree on economic policies and how best to handle the recession and now it appears the two major political parties have found a new area of division -- the social networking site Twitter. Full Story | Top |
German SPD drops minister who took limo to Spain
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:38 am PDT
Reuters - Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Germany's Social Democratic candidate for chancellor, dropped Health Minister Ulla Schmidt from his campaign team Wednesday after she provoked a furore by taking an official car to Spain. Full Story | Top |
Flight grounded by coffee maker aroma
Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:41 am PDT
Reuters - The electrical smell that caused a Southwest Airlines Co flight to make an unexpected landing Sunday was caused by a coffee maker in the back of the aircraft, a company spokesman said on Monday. Full Story | Top |
Photo licenses may drive Hutterites out of Alberta
Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:26 pm PDT
Reuters - Up to 10 colonies of the strict Christian Hutterite sect say they face religious persecution from the Canadian province of Alberta's plan to force them to have their photos on driver's licenses and may leave Alberta rather than comply. Full Story | Top |
Woman accused of running strip club in basement
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:43 pm PDT
AP - Police investigating a noise complaint in arrested a 28-year-old woman they said was operating an illegal strip club in her basement and garage. Gwinnett County officers said they also found a sign at the home reading "1 Dollar Jello Shots" and minors drinking alcohol when they investigated on July 18. Full Story | Top |
German official under fire for taking limo to Spain
Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:14 am PDT
Reuters - Germany's Social Democrat (SPD) health minister came under pressure Sunday to explain why she took her official limousine, complete with chauffeur, to Spain where the vehicle was stolen. Opposition politicians demanded Ulla Schmidt provide more details about the affair, which could damage the SPD who trail Merkel's conservatives by more than ten points in opinion polls in the runup to a September 27 federal election. Full Story | Top |
Detroit man says stress led him to rob banks
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:43 pm PDT
AP - A Detroit man who said he started robbing banks to pay for his mother's plumbing was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison, a lenient term from a judge who said the defendant had been an "outstanding citizen" before his crime spree. Full Story | Top |
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