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Police said a Boston man wanted for drug trafficking tried to hide his identity by cutting off his fingertips. State Police spokesman David Procopio said Monday that Francis Viliar admitted to police that he paid someone $400 to slice off the fleshy pads at the ends of his fingers. Complete Story...
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Australian and Chinese officials urged two bamboo-munching giant pandas on Sunday to consider reproducing during their 10-year residency Down Under.
An Oregon man says a 3-month-old kitten apparently hitched a cold, 120-mile ride in the wheel well of his SUV.
A UPS driver's unscheduled delivery in New Jersey has made one retailer very grateful. John Piontkowski spotted a bank bag in the middle of the road while he was making deliveries in Randolph. Inside, he found $5,200 and a Bank of America deposit slip showing the money came from Stuyvesant Liquors in Jersey City.
Police say an 18-foot-tall totem pole stolen from a West Seattle park has been found about 200 miles away in Oregon.
Police arrested a man who allegedly assaulted his wife when she refused to help him shovel snow. Officers said they went to the residence early Wednesday afternoon after the 44-year-old woman said her husband struck her in the head with his chest and attempted to pull her out of the house.
A man who said he spent two decades collecting Ecstasy pills of all colors and shapes as a hobby has turned to police for help after they were stolen — because he said some of them are poisonous.
The Hillsborough County sheriff said a court bailiff sold stolen Christmas wreaths in the lobby of the Superior Court in Manchester. Sheriff James Hardy said the bailiff sold the wreaths after being asked to do so by an elderly woman who told the bailiff she had made them.
A 44-year-old woman was booked with second-degree battery after allegedly pouring a pot of boiling grits onto her sleeping boyfriend. St. Charles Parish sheriff's deputies said Carolyn Brown caused second-degree burns on the man's face and arms. The man told deputies that he came home from work on Nov. 7, got into an argument with Brown, told her that he was breaking up with her, then went to bed.
A Louisiana man who bet against the New Orleans Saints has lost his 60-inch high-definition, flat-screen TV to a backyard firing squad, but he also became an Internet star.
Police near Cleveland say a man dressed as Santa Claus tried to kidnap a 12-year-old girl walking to school.
A Waldo man accused of urinating on a police officer during his fifth drunken-driving arrest has been sentenced to a year in jail. Court records released Wednesday show 36-year-old Daniel L. Shilts Jr. of Waldo was also fined about $3,600 and had his driver's license revoked for three years.
A woman has posted $500 bond on a charge of public intoxication after police said she passed out on a horse she rode in the Shelbyville Christmas parade. According to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, a 46-year-old woman was found slumped over on her horse outside a motel.
Someone broke into public health offices in Logan and made away with 17 urine samples. The break-in happened early Monday morning at the Bear River Health Department. Spokeswoman Jill Parker said the thieves broke a window and somehow got into a padlocked refrigerator to steal the samples, which were stored in small, lidded plastic cups.
A book has been mailed back to an Ohio library after six decades, accompanied by an anonymous letter of remorse.
A holy cow in Connecticut, perhaps? Or maybe a divine bovine?
Police said a Franklin man dressed up as his mother in an attempt to withdraw money from her bank account. Tita Nyambi, 25, was still at the Chase Bank in Franklin, in Somerset County, when police arrived Monday afternoon. Tellers called to report that a man wearing women's clothes and speaking in a high pitched voice was trying to withdraw money through the bank's drive-through window.
A baby alligator, a diamondback rattlesnake, six pythons and three chameleons have been found in a University of Arkansas dorm room. Campus police Lt. Gary Crain said Monday the reptiles — and four white mice that were apparently intended as lunch — were found in Maple Hill West.
I recently read an article here on the vine that Stephen King and his wife are going to pay for two bus trips so that the Maine National Guard can come home from Indiana for the holidays before being sent to Afghanistan in January.
Bank robber hypnotized tellersThe article is on two pages. If you prefer to view it on one page, click here.Bank robbers have threatened tellers with knives, shot their way into banks and tunnelled up into vaults.
'Whack A Banker' game proving a hit in BritainLONDON (AFP) – A new "Whack A Banker" amusement arcade game is proving so popular in Britain that the mallets used to clobber them are wearing out fast, its creator said.
Adultery Illegal in Minnesota (for Women)If Tiger Woods lived in Minnesota (and was a woman) his alleged extramarital affairs may have landed him in even bigger trouble than he's already in.
Why I'd Rather Be Punched In The Testicles Than Call Customer SupportThis is extremely funny and extremely true. I am a female but I can totally relate to the horrilbe customer service experience.
Canadians trail U.S. in charitable givingCanadians may feel like we're a warm and generous nation but when it comes to giving to charity, we may be a bunch of Scrooges. The Fraser Institute has released it 2009 Generosity Index and the findings are not flattering for Canadians versus our American friends.
Father Christmas 'buried in Ireland'The remains of St Nicholas, the man who inspired Father Christmas, are buried at Jerpoint Abbey in County Kilkenny, Ireland, historians believe.
Family man who fought off armed thugs after they took his family hostage is jailed A businessman who fought off knife-wielding thugs who were threatening to kill his family was jailed for 30 months today - while his attackers remain free to walk the streets.
Duke of Edinburgh gaffes by mocking blind boy The family of Stephen Menary, a teenage army cadet who was blinded in an IRA bombing, had been invited to meet the Queen and her husband at a tree planting event in Hyde Park.
Drunken men who insist on sex 'are rapists'Drunken men who demand sex from their wives or girlfriends are guilty of rape and should no longer be allowed to use alcohol as an excuse, it was claimed today.
Pigs using toilets to curb pollution FARMERS in southern Taiwan have started to potty-train their pigs in response to a planned water pollution fee.
People who look young for their age 'live longer' People blessed with youthful faces are more likely to live to a ripe old age than those who look more than their years, work shows.
Jail for $68 parking meter thiefA man has been sent to jail for a parking meter ram-raid that would have netted him $68.50.
NZ glider pilots break distance recordTwo New Zealanders have smashed a world distance gliding record, beating temperatures as low as minus 35degC to fly 2500km over nearly 15 hours.
Human weightlifting - it's Odd BoxA snowboarding dog, human weightlifting and a very expensive bottle of brandy. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.
West Belfast houses damaged in controlled explosionsTwo houses in west Belfast have been damaged after army experts carried out controlled explosions on two vans abandoned following an armed robbery. Windows were shattered in the houses when the army dealt with a van abandoned in Colinpark Street.
Tree in shape of giant Christmas pudding unveiled A tree clipped in the shape of a giant Christmas pudding has been unveiled with a giant robin perched on top.
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