Archive for March, 2008

Ky. snakes seized as owner loses fingers

Monday, March 31st, 2008

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky man wasn’t around when officers seized reptiles from his home. That’s because he was at a hospital having fingers amputated after a snakebite, his wife says.

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Angry man allegedly damages car wash

Monday, March 31st, 2008

ELMONT, N.Y. — Nassau County police have arrested a Queens man for damaging a Long Island car wash - with his car. Authorities said the man was unhappy with the service he got at the Elmont car wash on Sunday afternoon.

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Cops: Man robs S.C. bank after bad check

Monday, March 31st, 2008

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Authorities say a man robbed a bank in South Carolina after the $173 check he tried to cash bounced. Police say the man gave a teller the personal check on Monday morning, but the teller couldn’t cash it because there wasn’t enough money in the account.

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Dog chases deer into Wis. living complex

Monday, March 31st, 2008

KAUKUANA, Wis. — Some residents in an assisted living complex had quite a surprise when a deer jumped through the window. A witness told police a black dog was chasing six to seven deer when a deer jumped through a resident’s closed window at St. Paul Home Friday afternoon.

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Students apparently copied honor code

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

SAN ANTONIO — Their goal was an honor code that discouraged cheating and plagiarizing.

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Missing NY rev. found at Ohio strip club

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

RIVERSIDE, Ohio — Police say a pastor who was reported missing from his home in western New York has been found at an Ohio strip club.

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Drunken man awakes inside garbage truck

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

MUNCIE, Ind. — William M. Bowen woke up after a night of drinking with friends and realized he was inside a commercial trash-collection truck full of waste.

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Police sorry for using wrong camera pics

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

LA CROSSE, Wis. — Police in La Crosse are a little red-faced right now.

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Truck crashes into Ark. motel room

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

MAGNOLIA, Ark. — Blake Icenhower got a one-ton wake-up call.

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Illinois lawmaker robbed of $7

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A 77-year-old Illinois state representative is happy to be alive after a man with a gun pushed his way into her home and robbed her of $7.

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