Pair allegedly try to swap stolen lizard for booze

Police arrested two men after they stole a lizard from an animal hospital and tried to pawn it for alcohol. Police told The Ledger Independent that 44-year-old man and an 18-year-old teen stole the 18-inch bearded dragon from Eagles Landing Pet Hospital last week.

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Men admit stealing seed pods from Utah nat'l park

Two men have pleaded guilty to trying to steal 600 pounds of wildflower seed pods in Utah's Zion National Park in hopes of a payday on the commercial market.

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Calif. man avoids jail in $2 million almond theft

The last defendant in a $2 million almond theft ring in California's Central Valley has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor that will let him avoid jail time.

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Wash. burglary victim drives off in thieves' van

A man in Washington state made sure a pair of burglars didn't get away with his three flat-screen televisions — he moved their getaway car.

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French police dismantle stolen-art ring

The French Interior Ministry says police have dismantled a large network of stolen and trafficked art in western France.

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Suspected thieves run out of gas at Goodwill store

Three men suspected of stealing from a Goodwill store in Cookeville ran out of gas before making it out of the parking lot, police say.

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As gas prices soar, thieves grow brazen

Bobby Lee Julien, who’s driven a fuel tanker for 27 years, was near the end of his route. It was 3 a.m. when he pulled up at a stop sign off State Highway 225 in Houston.

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Flirty Women Victimize Well-Dressed Men

Well-dressed men at posh Dallas hotels and bars are being targeted by a ring of flirtatious women who may be drugging them before swiping their watches and other expensive items, police said.

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Real Estate Agents Warn About Thieves

Real estate agents have standard advice for homeowners planning their first open house: Hire a cleaning service. Drop the pets off with a neighbor. And lock up your valuables because you never know who may be stopping by.

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Prison Terms Sought in Gold Theft Case

Prosecutors demanded prison sentences Wednesday for six former workers at a German crematorium who allegedly stole gold fillings from the ashes of the dead and sold the metal to jewelers.

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Repentant Thieves Return Items to Church

Burglars have struck twice at the Guyandotte United Methodist Church but the second time they may have remembered that commandment, the one that goes, "Thou shalt not steal."

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Thieves Race Car Through Danish Store

Would-be thieves raced a car through the ground floor of a department store but left empty-handed after failing to ram it into the jewelry section, police said Monday.

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Police in Skåne in southern Sweden have busted an international ring of left shoe robbers.

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Two thieves on a motor-scooter flew by and snatched a womans purse on a street in Wenzhou, China. Surveillance video shows a man riding a bicycle.

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The infamous iron sign bearing the Nazis' cynical slogan 'Arbeit Macht Frei' that spanned the main entrance to the former Auschwitz death camp was stolen before dawn this morning, Polish police said.

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Two men who admitted stealing dozens of vans and stripping them for parts were stopped from holding a civil union in prison, days before their sentencing.

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There were Cassandras who warned of the impending melt-down, eighteen months ago. Nobel-prize-winning economist Paul Krugman is probably the best know, but Nouriel Roubini was even earlier, and harsher. And of course... there were the insiders...

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PATNA: An Indian villager used a hammer and chisel over the span of 14 years to carve a tunnel through a rocky mountain so that he could park his truck in front of his house.

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The Obama administration on Monday plans to announce a campaign to pressure mortgage companies to reduce payments for many more troubled homeowners, as evidence mounts that a $75 billion taxpayer-financed effort aimed at stemming foreclosures is foundering.

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Law has finally caught up with a ring of picky burglars who had been targeting South Asian families in a Washington DC neighbourhood for their gold. Indian American residents of Fairfax, a suburb of the national capital in neighbouring Virginia, expressed relief as the police  …

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An Open Letter To Gordon Brown

Dear Mr Brown. When your government took power away from the Conservatives In the late 1990s, you won the governership of this great country of ours, with promises and an understanding that you were for the people.

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Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc., the insurer bailed out by the U.S., had its third-quarter earnings estimate tripled by Credit Suisse Group AG on gains in investments including derivatives and hedge-fund holdings.

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Whatever the wisdom of ballot initiatives that protect some programs from cuts, they are not the root cause of California's fiscal disaster. That cause is the government's spending addiction. From 1990 to 2008, California's revenues increased 167%, but total spending soared 181%.

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CREW's fifth annual report on congressional corruption includes 15 members of Congress, significantly fewer than last year's report. While corruption has remained a significant political issue, many elected officials seem to be taking greater care to avoid unethical conduct.

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Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday turned back a Republican amendment to wait 72 hours and require a full cost estimate before the final committee vote on the health care reform bill.

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In this edition of Max Kieser's "On the Edge", he discusses the shenanigans in the financial markets with Tyler Durden of Zero Hedge, a fairly new, but already influential financial blog.

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Watch your accounts and cards, folks! Fraud Grifters are everywhere!

Hello everyone! This is a serious article this time.

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Car thieves abandoned a stolen Volkswagen after being driven crazy by the five yapping Yorkshire Terriers in the back.

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Willbert Weeks was 4 years old when he lost his legs as a result of severe burns. Early this morning, the 66-year-old Englewood resident lost his legs a second time — at the hands of two thieves who broke in to his home, pistol-whipped him and stole his prosthetic legs.

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A snowy owl at an Lincolnshire butterfly farm successfully fought off would-be thieves during a break-in. A tawny owl in the cage next door was taken.

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An Islamic court in Somalia on Thursday cut off a hand and foot from each of four men convicted of stealing phones and guns, drawing hundreds of onlookers as the weeping men were punished at a military camp.

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A family's house was robbed while they were away by thieves posing as movers.

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A getaway driver who refused to break the speed limit during a police chase led to a gang of jewel robbers being caught and sent to prison for a total of 20 years.

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Dutch police have arrested twin brothers on suspicion of robbery after their alleged victim spotted a picture of them following him on Google's Street View map application, a spokesman said on Friday.

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justice is served!!! too bad this can't be carried out for other crimes as quickly and humanely.

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On Friday Spanish police made a series of arrests in and around Madrid detaining 23 members of a gang who they say specialized in robbing moving trucks without the drivers noticin

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I thought this to be odd news, just by the fact that a councilman can shoot at someone. Where's a cop when you need one.

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