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  • Authorities: Man tied lizards to chest at airport

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.

     
  • CA man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face

    THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face.

     
  • Mich. police nab wrong-way driver twice in 3 days

    KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Authorities in western Michigan arrested a person twice in three days for driving the wrong way down the highway Kalamazoo County deputies said they were alerted about 1:30 a.m. Friday after several people called 911 when they passed the unidentified driver traveling south on northbound U.S. 131.

     
  • Cops: Woman smuggled drugs to Pa. inmate with kiss

    MERCER, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him. State police said guards at the State Correctional Institution-Mercer became suspicious when an inmate appeared to swallow something after a prolonged kiss with a visitor on Oct. 19.

     
  • Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show.

     
  • Eye doc may lose license after calling patient fat

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported the North Carolina Medical Board will decide if Dr. Earl Sunderhaus of Asheville overstepped the bounds of professional decency.

     
  • Pregnant woman seeks help, allegedly robs homes

    WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police arrested a pregnant woman after she allegedly robbed homes after asking residents for help. Police said the woman, who is eight months pregnant, had been telling people in west Wichita that her car broke down and she needed to call someone for a ride.

     
  • Ala. court says woman can't claim $41.8M jackpot

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court says a woman who thought she had hit a jackpot worth almost $42 million at the Victoryland electronic bingo center will end up empty handed. The court ruled Friday that an electronic bingo machine that showed Sherry Knowles had won $41.8 million obviously malfunctioned and that she was actually due no more than $2 from the operation in Macon County.

     
  • Alleged burglar warms up bottle for crying baby

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An 18-year-old is in police custody after he warmed up a bottle for a crying baby inside the house he was allegedly robbing. Indianapolis police arrested the suspect at Arlington High School on Tuesday after receiving a tip from a television viewer saw surveillance video on a newscast.

     
  • Man accused of squeegee attack at Ark. gas station

    CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — A man accused of using a squeegee to hit another man during a fight over who was first in line at a gas pump was due in court on charges. The man, Hector Chavez, 21, was to be arraigned Friday in Faulkner County Circuit Court on a second-degree battery charge.

     
















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