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Whoops: Airplane part falls onto home's front lawn

ROOSEVELT, N.Y. -- An engine tail cone popped off a Delta airlines jet shortly after takeoff from New York's Kennedy Airport. It plummeted thousands of feet into a Long Island neighborhood before landing harmlessly on someone's lawn.

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Sex-toy study at Duke raises some eyebrows

DURHAM, N.C. -- A campus religious leader is unhappy about a study at Duke University that invites female students to attend parties where they can buy sex toys.

Nov 07, 2009 | 10:00 am | Loading…

Student may not get $10,000 prize for field goal

MISSOULA, Mont. -- A University of Montana student who kicked a field goal to win a $10,000 prize likely won't get the money because he hadn't been away from the sport long enough.

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'You hit a what?' SUV nearly slams into elephant

OKLAHOMA CITY -- It's not unusual to see a deer or a cow crossing Oklahoma's rural highways. But an elephant?

Nov 06, 2009 | 8:00 pm | Loading…

Heavyset Fla. man allegedly robs same bank 4 times

TAMARAC, Fla. -- Investigators are searching for a man who has robbed the same South Florida bank four times in the past year. The suspect has targeted a Tamarac BankAtlantic so many times that during the last heist one of the tellers said, "He's here again." The alleged robber is heavyse…

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Man angry with police response walks onto roadway

WOODBURN, Ore. -- A 28-year-old Portland man described as unhappy about police response time to his 911 call walked onto Interstate 5 near Woodburn in an apparent attempt to get assistance more quickly.

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Mich. county seeks to prevent shouting at inmates

PAW PAW, Mich. -- A new law takes effect in early December making it illegal to give a shout-out to an inmate at the Van Buren County Jail. A century-old section of the jail in the heart of Paw Paw has no air conditioning, so its barred windows are opened in warm weather. The wing stands …

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Town makes it illegal to own more than 3 cats

DUDLEY, Mass. -- It's now illegal in one Massachusetts town to own more than three cats without getting a special license. Voters at a town meeting in Dudley on Monday night added language to a town bylaw that makes it illegal to own more than three cats without a $50 residential kennel l…

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Woman calls 911 to report herself as drunk driver

NEILSVILLE, Wis. -- The call came into the 911 dispatcher: "I don't want to hurt anybody. I'm drunk." And with that, Mary Strey, 49, of Granton, reported herself as a drunken driver about three miles northeast of Neilsville in central Wisconsin.

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Ohio woman hopes trick-or-treater may find ring

TERRACE PARK, Ohio -- A Halloween trick or treater in Ohio may have gotten a bigger treat than expected - a diamond ring. A woman in suburban Cincinnati said she thinks she may have lost her wedding ring when she was tossing candy into trick or treaters' bags on Halloween.

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Camera found in bathroom of Christian bookstore

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- A 28-year-old clerk at a Christian bookstore in Simi Valley has been arrested on charges of peeping at customers in the restroom with a video camera. Police said the man was cited and released on suspicion of peeping by means of an electronic device Sunday after a c…

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Police: Man without vehicle steals ambulance

EAST CHINA TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Authorities said a 31-year-old Detroit man who was stranded at a southeast Michigan hospital face charges after he stole an ambulance. Police said the man stole the ambulance from the St. John River District Hospital in St. Clair County's East China Township …

Nov 04, 2009 | 6:00 pm | Loading…

Woman, daughter hold signs admitting theft

BEDFORD, Pa. -- In exchange for no jail time, a woman and her adult daughter have agreed to stand outside a Pennsylvania courthouse holding signs saying they stole a gift card from a 9-year-old girl on her birthday.

Nov 04, 2009 | 2:00 pm | Loading…

Passenger bolts from airliner using emergency ramp

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Police in Cyprus say a passenger bolted from an airliner after opening a rear exit and sliding down an emergency chute as it prepared for take off.

Nov 04, 2009 | 10:00 am | Loading…

Officials find gator that escaped at show and tell

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. -- Officials believe they have found an alligator that escaped from a wildlife officer who brought the animal to his daughter's school for show and tell.

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Men accused of pawning stolen items for bail cash

HELENA, Mont. -- Two Bozeman men have been arrested on probation violations after police said they tried to pawn a truckload of stolen items to bail a friend out of jail. Helena Police Chief Troy McGee said the two 21-year-old men arrived at a pawn shop Saturday morning with about $20,000…

Nov 03, 2009 | 6:00 pm | Loading…

Crime-weary Ohioans say cops tell them to move out

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Residents of Ohio's capital city are complaining that police officers are telling them to move out if they're fed up with neighborhood crime.

Nov 03, 2009 | 2:00 pm | Loading…

Man convicted in orange rabbit pedicab hit-and-run

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Mercedes driver testified he didn't see the 6-foot-tall orange rabbit driving a pedicab because he was fumbling for a dropped cell phone.

Nov 03, 2009 | 10:00 am | Loading…

Cops: Mechanic disabled parked cars to boost repair business

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- Tennessee police said a mechanic was drumming up business by tampering with parked cars, then charging to help start them. Police arrested 41-year-old Christopher Walls of Johnson City on Thursday night.

Nov 03, 2009 | 6:00 am | Loading…

Premature Macy's ad: Congrats on titles, Phillies!

By Associated Press

Nov 02, 2009 | 6:00 pm | Loading…

Ex-Notre Dame worker to repay much of $29,000 tip

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A woman mistakenly tipped $29,000 by the University of Notre Dame in her catering paycheck will return more than half of the money in $50 monthly payments over the next 28 years.

Nov 02, 2009 | 2:00 pm | Loading…

McPrank: 4 Utah teens cited for McDonald's rap

SALT LAKE CITY -- A rap by four teenagers at a McDonald's has gotten them a bad rap in one Utah city.

Nov 02, 2009 | 11:30 am | Loading…

Illinois judge eats his words, gets a nice chicken meal

JOLIET -- It's not often that the words people are forced to eat are actually delicious.

Nov 01, 2009 | 7:00 pm | Loading…

Investigators: Burglary suspect leaves his wallet behind

BELLEVILLE -- Investigators say a suspect in a southwestern Illinois home burglary accidentally made himself easy to find by leaving his wallet behind.

Nov 01, 2009 | 2:00 pm | Loading…

Man creates 6-foot, 9,000-pound rubber band ball

LAUDERHILL, Fla. -- Look, over there. Under that blue tarp in a suburban driveway. That thing that's the size of a Smart car?

Nov 01, 2009 | 10:00 am | Loading…

Getting enough sleep? They aren't in West Virginia

ATLANTA, Ga. -- Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness.

Nov 01, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

Alcohol content makes trouble for British lemonade

LONDON -- A century-old British lemonade has run into trouble in the U.S. because a high school student complained that the company's Victorian-style drink contains alcohol.

Oct 31, 2009 | 3:00 pm | Loading…

Police: Man stole ferret by shoving in pants

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. -- It's one thing for shoplifters to hide plunder in their pants. But a live ferret?

Oct 31, 2009 | 12:00 pm | Loading…

Crowded cemetery: Wanna share a grave with a stranger?

LONDON -- So you think London, population 8 million, is crowded with the living?

Oct 31, 2009 | 9:00 am | Loading…

Woman charged with offering sex for World Series tickets

PHILADELPHIA -- If they ever invented a version of catnip for the human male, it would probably have something to do with sex ... and World Series tickets.

Oct 30, 2009 | 10:00 am | Loading…

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