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Man charged with stealing 170 garden gnomes

August 27, 2008

A 53-year-old Frenchman has been charged with stealing 170 garden gnomes from backyards in the Bretagne area. More  Read More →

Man arrested after offering undercover cop two cents for sex

August 28, 2008

A Florida man has been arrested for soliciting prostitution after he offered an undercover sheriff’s deputy two cents to have sexual intercourse. More  Read More →

Easton man tries to pay support with pennies

August 26, 2008

DENTON, Md. - Grant Trump says he understands why he has to pay child support but he didn’t like the smug attitude he received from the support office in Caroline County. The Easton man was turned away last week when he tried to pay his balance with more than $1,000 in rolled pennies after he was found by a judge to be in arrears. More  Read More →

Two men sentenced in federal court for fixing typos

August 22, 2008

Two men have been sentenced to a year of probation and more than $3,000 in restitution after they fixed a misplaced apostrophe and a comma on a sign at the Grand Canyon. More  Read More →

Cops Taser Emu

August 21, 2008

Florida law enforcement officials resorted to using a Taser gun in a tense standoff with a flightless bird named Plop-Plop. The female emu escaped from a farm and holed up with some horses and goats in a pen. When the authorities arrived, the emu “went kind of crazy,” according to Deputy Randolph Grob. Grob justified the use of the stun weapon by saying, “We were a little concerned….We had heard stories of these things, because they are such a powerful bird, such a big bird, with big claws... More

Man arrested for marrying woman despite restraining order

August 20, 2008

An upstate New York man has been arrested on his wedding night for marrying a woman six weeks after she took out a restraining order against him. More  Read More →

Peanuts, hair extensions fly at 7-Eleven fracas

August 20, 2008

The parking lot of a Spring Hill, Fla. 7-Eleven was strewn with more than two dozen braided hair extensions after a bizarre dust-up between two female shoppers and a married couple with a 38-year-old daughter. The couple, Marshall and Gloria Corulla, claimed the shoppers said “something slick” to their daughter Dawn, accused her of calling them “skanks,” and threw a silver pocketbook at the family’s pickup. The family then physically attacked the shoppers, who responded by spraying them... More

Md. woman sues for right to massage horses

August 19, 2008

A Maryland woman has filed a lawsuit claiming she has a constitutional right to provide massage therapy to horses. More  Read More →

Disneyland cops arrest Cinderella, Snow White

August 19, 2008

Police at Disneyland handcuffed and arrested more than 30 employees, including Mickey Mouse, Cinderella, and Snow White, during a protest over new work contracts. Tinker Bell, Minnie Mouse and Peter Pan were also charged with failure to obey a police officer after the labor protest turned ugly at the so-called Happiest Place on Earth. The costumed workers were upset about health care provisions in a proposed contract. A road was closed for nearly an hour as cops worked to bundle the various cartoon... More

Winnie-the-Pooh Arrested for Assault, Robbery

August 13, 2008

A 20-year-old Japanese man dressed as Winnie-the-Pooh has been arrested for beating and robbing two slightly older men because he was offended that they were staring at him. “It seemed like the thing to do at the time,” explained the perpetrator, Masayuki Ishikawa, who was accompanied by two friends dressed... More

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