| |  NJ cops kick in door over bird's cries for help
Sep 5 2008 6:58PM CT
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Cries for help inside a Trenton, N.J., home turned out to be for the birds. Neighbors called police Wednesday morning after hearing a woman's persistent cry of "Help me! Help me!" coming from a house. Officers arrived and when no one answered the door, they kicked it in to make a rescue. | | |
Wheelchair robber rolls in and rips off condoms
Sep 5 2008 7:02PM CT
DALLAS (AP) - A wheelchair getaway at a 7-Eleven has police looking for an unusual robbery suspect. Authorities said Friday that a man in a wheelchair entered a Dallas convenience store this week, rolled straight toward the cash register and began hitting it with a baseball bat. | | |
Team dumps logo near buttocks after 70-0 loss
Sep 5 2008 3:31PM CT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Vandals football team is dumping the letter "I" from the buttocks region of players' new pants following a season-opening 70-0 loss to the Arizona Wildcats. | | |
W.Va. man accused of drunk driving on a tractor
Sep 5 2008 3:05PM CT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A Charleston man faces drunken driving charges after police spotted him riding a farm tractor on a highway without lights or proper warning signs. Kanawha County sheriff's deputies arrested 22-year-old Joshua David Postalwait early Friday morning. | | |
Hey! You have a snake hanging from your car!
Sep 5 2008 2:29PM CT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Think rush hour is bad enough? What if a three-foot python were part of the drive home? The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday that biochemical engineer Marika Suominen-Yeh got the surprise of her life last week when a motorist flagged her down after seeing a snake drop from beneath her minivan. | | |
Doctor fired for allegedly drinking on the job
Sep 5 2008 3:23PM CT
BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts doctor has been fired and lost the right to renew his medical license for allegedly trying to give a pregnant woman an epidural while drunk. | | |
Ohio preacher, 71, avoids jail in road rage case
Sep 5 2008 2:33PM CT
CINCINNATI (AP) - A 71-year-old Cincinnati preacher convicted of waving a gun and threatening another driver won't be going to jail. A Hamilton County judge on Thursday sentenced Thomas Howell to two years' probation and 100 hours of community service on his conviction for aggravated menacing. | | |
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