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Boy, 4, shoots babysitter for stepping on his foot
JACKSON, Ohio (AP) -- Police say an angry 4-year-old Ohio boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his baby sitter. Nathan Beavers, 18, was hospitalized Sunday with minor wounds to his arm and side after the shotgun attack. Police say another teen was also injured....
Police: Mexican woman in wheelchair flees on foot
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- Police say a woman who begged from a wheelchair was caught running from a crime scene on foot in Monterrey, Mexico. Police spokeswoman Sidlayin Robles says 30-year-old Ana Victoria Perez fled on foot after she and her husband allegedly threw a stone through the front window of a furniture store....
Man shot by his stepdad ends up in jail with him
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A man who police said was shot by his stepfather ended up in the same jail with him after officers discovered outstanding arrest warrants against the victim. Police told The Daily News of Jacksonville that 37-year-old Richard Hayes shot his stepson Thursday night....
Man finds live mortar shell in grandpa's things
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) -- A Colorado man sorting through his late grandfather's belongings found a bombshell, sort of: A live mortar round from the Korean War era. A bomb squad detonated the shell at an undisclosed site. No one was hurt. Police said Monday the grandson discovered the shell in a firearms cabinet at his grandfather's home just outside Greeley on Friday....
Father-son duo accused of gravestone robbing
COLONIE, N.Y. (AP) -- Police are puzzling over what would motivate a father and son to haul off six tombstones from a monument company in suburban Albany. Town of Colonie Detective Lt. John Van Alstyne said he's not sure what kind of aftermarket there might be for the hefty granite grave-markers....
Cops: Heart at Paw Paw car wash belonged to a deer
PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) -- Paw Paw's police chief said a heart found at a car wash in the southwestern Michigan village belonged to a deer. Investigators had been trying to determine the organ's origin since Dec. 15, when the owner of Soapy's Car Wash found it in the corner of a manual wash bay....
Fabulous fib is named Wis. club's top lie of 2008
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A whopper about a devious baby and his diapers is the top lie of 2008, an organization of champion fibbers declared Monday. The Burlington Liars Club bestowed its top award for this line: "My grandson is the most persuasive liar I have ever met. By the time he was 2 years old he could dirty his diaper and make his mother believe someone else had done it."...
Topless coffee shop proposed for small Maine town
VASSALBORO, Maine (AP) -- A one-time motel in a small central Maine town could soon be offering an eye-opening way to start the day - topless coffee shop waitresses. The Vassalboro Planning Board on Tuesday will consider a business permit request for a topless coffee shop on busy Route 3....
Cops probing sewer problem sniff out pot operation
HERMAN, Minn. (AP) -- Deputies investigating a sewer problem at a Minnesota home smelled something amiss - a strong odor of marijuana. Grant County Sheriff Dwight Walvatne said deputies went to the home in Herman this week intending to cite the owner for failing to connect to the city's main sewer line, in violation of a public health ordinance....
Lawyer: Alleged Pa. attic intruder 'sorry, upset'
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) -- A man who allegedly squatted in the attic of a Pennsylvania family's home over Christmas and helped himself to their belongings is "sorry and upset" it happened, his lawyer said Monday....
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