Texas couple say hen laid egg with cross on it
Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:53 pm PST
AP - A Fort Worth-area couple said one of their hens laid an egg with a cross on the end of it. Pam and Tracy Norrell of Burleson, who displayed the odd-shaped egg, said they believe it's a sign of encouragement during the holiday season. Full Story | Top |
Fla. teen allegedly attacks dad for loud snoring
Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:19 pm PST
AP - A Florida teenager has been charged with assaulting his father, reportedly because the man was snoring too loudly. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office reported that the teen, 18, first threw a magazine at his father, who was sleeping on a living room couch Tuesday evening. When that didn't work, deputies said the teen pushed his father onto the floor and punched him in the face. Full Story | Top |
Would-be thief sends merciful NY store owner $50
Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:14 pm PST
AP - A Long Island convenience store owner who showed mercy to a would-be robber said he's received an apology note and $50 in the mail. The unsigned note said it was from the man who tried to rob Mohammad Sohail. It said the would-be robber has a new job, a new child, and is staying out of trouble. Full Story | Top |
Iowa woman accused of shoplifting 418 items
Thu, 3 Dec 2009 02:43 pm PST
AP - An Iowa woman is accused in a South Dakota shoplifting case that authorities say involved more than just a few items stuffed in a pocket. Sioux Falls police said a 51-year-old woman allegedly took $2,200 worth of items from the Lewis Drug Store, hauling stolen merchandise to her car in bags and then returning to the store for more. Full Story | Top |
Some kids still swallowing soda can safety tabs
Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:00 am PST
Reuters - Beverage can tops are still finding their way into the stomachs of some children, especially teens, despite being redesigned in the 1970s to keep people from swallowing them, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Full Story | Top |
Goncourt winner Littell wins Bad Sex Award
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:44 pm PST
Reuters - Jonathan Littell, who won France's prestigious Prix Goncourt in 2006 for "The Kindly Ones," has picked up another prize for the same work -- the Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award. Full Story | Top |
Ice statue chides Berlusconi for being cool on CO2
Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:41 am PST
Reuters - Environmentalists unveiled an ice statue of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the ancient Roman Forum on Thursday, timed to melt away on December 7 as the U.N. climate change summit begins in Copenhagen. Full Story | Top |
Police: Man hides in Ala. Wal-Mart, takes cash
Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:06 pm PST
AP - Fairfield police said a Mississippi man took holiday shopping to another level by hiding in a Wal-Mart and trying to leave with cash. Police said the man hid inside the Walmart on Nov. 25 after it closed at 11 p.m. and took $54,000 in cash and checks. A guard subdued the man when he tried to leave through locked doors. Police said money bags started falling from his clothes as he shook the doors. Full Story | Top |
Some kids still swallowing soda can safety tabs
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:12 pm PST
Reuters - Beverage can tops are still finding their way into the stomachs of some children, especially teens, despite being redesigned in the 1970s to keep people from swallowing them, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Full Story | Top |
Police: Bubble gum bandits walk, talk and steal
Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:02 pm PST
AP - Police said a pack of bubble gum bandits is walking into suburban Detroit gas stations and chewing through the candy aisle. Police said the latest heist happened Nov. 21, when two suspects chatted up the clerk of a Speedway gas station in Sterling Heights, while a third suspect filched $318 worth of gum. Full Story | Top |
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