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Authorities say a 44-year-old North Carolina man spent a week in jail because he has the same name as a suspect 23 years younger.
Police said an eastern Pennsylvania man stopped for suspected drunken driving used the identity of his brother, who was away on his honeymoon. When 42-year-old Bernard Marrero, of Reading, returned from his honeymoon last month, he was arrested for DUI. Marrero and his lawyer explained the mix-up and told police 39-year-old Samuel Marrero was who they wanted.
An Ohio woman who gave birth to a baby boy after a fertility clinic implanted her with the wrong embryo is a "guardian angel," the boy's biological parents said Saturday.
A hospital in northwestern North Dakota is investigating how the mother of a newborn went home with the wrong baby.
Colorado Springs police said a minivan driver intentionally hit a cyclist who he mistakenly thought had stolen his son's bike. Police said the cyclist suffered minor leg injuries when he was hit Monday but didn't require hospitalization. Investigators said the driver got out of the minivan and approached the cyclist, and the cyclist punched him, fearing he would be hit again.
A 5-year-old boy who survived a wrong-way crash that killed eight people, including his mother, sister and three cousins, has been released from the hospital.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up as he looked across the threshold of his home at Sgt. James Crowley. Looking back at Gates, Crowley worried about making it home safely to his wife and three children.
Officials on the west coast of Florida are crafting new safeguards after mistakenly euthanizing a woman's cat. Maria Velez's cat "Buddy" had been quarentined for four days at a Hernando County Animmal Services shelter after biting a pet sitter. But when she and her 11-year-old son went to pick up the orange, tiger-stripe cat they found it had been mistakenly euthanized.
All 14 hospitals in Rhode Island have agreed to adopt a uniform set of precautions to prevent surgeons from operating on the wrong body part or committing other grievous errors.
Continental Airlines is apologizing for sending a 10-year-old Massachusetts girl flying alone to New Jersey instead of Ohio. Jonathan Kamens said he brought his daughter, Miriam, to Logan International Airport in Boston on Sunday. She was to fly to Cleveland to visit her grandparents.
A retired chef was arrested and jailed for two nights based on a federal indictment of a man with an identical name who is a suspected heroin dealer linked to a Southern California street gang.
Officials at a Providence hospital group said an oral surgeon began operating on the wrong part of a patient's mouth this week before discovering the error. It's the fifth wrong-site surgery in the last two years in the Lifespan hospital chain.
Police said an intoxicated 21-year-old broke into a house, apparently thinking he was at his own home. Police arrested the man in the basement of the house Saturday morning. He told them he was in his home.
If you're going to buy something with a forged cashier's check, don't misspell "cashier's" or use an FBI office as your shipping address.
Cornell University professor Stephen Morgan thought it was bad enough that he shares the name of a man accused of murder.
A 28-year-old woman allegedly showed up in court to answer a charge of driving under the influence with alcohol on her breath. The woman drew a a two-day sentence from Municipal Court Judge Barry Zimmerman for contempt of court.
A motorist relying on a GPS navigation unit found out the hard way that technology is not always the answer. Sheriff's officials said a woman was driving when the best routing from the GPS sent her onto a road that forked into a snowmobile trail. Several miles down the frozen path she stopped and couldn't turn around in about a foot and a half of snow surrounding the car.
Polling that ended too early and other technical shortcomings — rather than undetected racial bias — are the likeliest reasons so many surveys incorrectly suggested Barack Obama would defeat Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 New Hampshire presidential primary, a report concluded Monday.
A Massachusetts man had some misfortune when he allegedly tried to rob a Chinese restaurant. Four plainclothes police officers were enjoying their dinner at the time.
Eclipse Aviation's critics say it was too good to be true: A twin-engine, six-seat jet for a mere $775,000, or about a quarter of the price of competitors' jets in 2000.
You might feel a little lost if you've bought a discount pass sold by Philadelphia's primary mass transit agency — it features a picture of New York City.
He meant to shoot the ducks. A Long Island man is facing charges including reckless endangerment and assault after he shot another hunter while out duck hunting on Saturday.
Filmmaker George Butler wants his friends to know he's very much alive, despite a premature obituary on "The Charlie Rose Show" this week.
A new Web site for campaign finance information in Wisconsin includes the state Capitol in Madison in front of a striking skyline — of Minneapolis. State Sen. Jeff Plale noticed the geography gaffe after looking at the site created by the Government Accountability Board. "I'm looking at that thinking, 'What the heck?'" the South Milwaukee Democrat said. "I don't think a lot of Minnesota legislators care about our Government Accountability Board."
A Detroit-area postal worker has been charged with stealing gold from the mail after he tried to pawn his treasure to the shop that had shipped it.
New molestation charge; wrong man jailed 8 monthsA southeast Missouri man is charged with statutory rape and child molestation in a case where authorities now admit they kept the wrong man in jail for eight months"
I like to drink alcohol. That shouldn't come as any surprise to anyone who knows me online or in my life. My drink of choice is scotch on the rocks and it's a rare night that I don't have 3 or 4 of them.
Last night (Tuesday the 3rd) my wife and I went to see Kooza by Cirque Du Soleil at the Santa Monica Pier.
Dud, Baby, Dud: The Lesson Of Doug HoffmanDud, Baby, Dud is a good methaphor as it pertains to Drill Baby Drill to describe Palins lack of understanding of the issues. Catch phrases doesn't necessarily make good policy.
I just got finished watching "Milk" for the first time (I hate going to movie theaters and always wait to see films on cable) and it seems to me that the entire thrust of the film and the idea of gay rights fits in with what I think, that gay rights are both human and civil righ …
I have always believed that there are two kinds of people in the world. Those that divide people into two kinds and those that don't. Let's see........
I was only working part time due to health reasons in the hotel business. Now the hotel business has become so bad in Los Angeles that I can't even get in one or two days a week, so they've let me go.
AP Poll: Obama's job approval rises amid concernsPresident Barack Obama's approval ratings are starting to rise after declining ever since his inauguration, new poll figures show as the country's mood begins to brighten.
Internet typing error costs father € 43,000A man from Wageningen has gone to court to try to recover €43,000 he sent to the wrong bank account, the Telegraaf reports on Thursday.
I was watching The Universe on The History channel this evening and was, as usual, fascinated with the science behind it. It reminds me of the show Cosmos, which was done by a personal hero of mine, Dr Carl Sagan.
On 9/11, day of mourning becomes day of serviceDrawing on the spirit that spurred volunteers to rush to the burning World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, Americans looked for ways to help each other on a day better known for mourning the thousands of people killed in the nation's worst terrorist attack.
There have been many positions expressed here on both sides of this political debate the past few months. There have been many points of view spoken.
Police Tear Gas Wrong House In Butler Co. Police in Butler County fatally shot a man after a standoff on Wednesday night" But before the shooting, officers fired tear gas into the wrong house"
At a most fundamental level, our computers are simple and not smart at all. They can only do one, solid thing; make a determination as to whether something is true or false. That's all a computer has ever been able to do.
From Teabaggers to Birthers to Deathers, there seem to be a lot of very angry and, arguably scared people on the far right. They hate it when Barack takes a vacation or makes a speech or proposes any plan of action.
'Tamiflu harmful for children' - Health News - Health - AOL LivingIf everyone researched - they would have known this months ago... On a news reel - I heard a man talking outside a school where his daughter goes & he said "Well they must know what they're doing" I thought can u hear what you're saying!!! If I was unsure & it was my child I'd b …
As many have possibly considered by now, what is true to one may not be true to another. Let's throw something else into the pot. Facts.
Dead Wrong: Experts Say Up to One Third of American Death Certificates List Incorrect Cause"Medical experts think that about one third of" death certificates "are incorrect, fraudulent or even just guesses."
Fox legal analyst: Gates arrest was improperJudge Andrew Napolitano, a Fox News judicial analyst, explained to Shepard Smith on Monday that under Massachusetts law, Cambridge Sergeant Jim Crowley did act improperly by arresting historian Henry Louis Gates.
Microsoft Outlook Will Be 'Really Good': AnalystOnce again, Rob Enderle proves to be completely, utterly, fantastically wrong: "I'm expecting some really good news in terms of outlook for [Microsoft]," Enderle told CNBC.
UN Gaza inquiry wraps up hearings A UN war crimes investigator has said testimonies about the recent conflict in Gaza have been "difficult to hear" as four days of public hearings ended.
Israel to deport Gaza activists Israel says it will expel eight pro-Palestinian activists detained at sea last week as they tried to ferry aid to Gaza in defiance of Israel's blockade. Nobel peace laureate Mairead Maguire and former US congresswoman Cynthia McKinney are among the detainees.
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