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Airplane part falls onto N.Y. home’s front lawn

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:35:20 GMT

An engine tail cone popped off a Delta airlines jet shortly after takeoff from New York's Kennedy Airport. It

Miss. gov’s son gets 2 holes-in-one in one round

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:50:25 GMT

A single hole-in-one is a big enough dream for most golfers. But two in one round? That's some luck. Reeves Barbour, the 30-year-old son of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, had two aces in a single round Oct. 25 on a Robert Trent Jones course in Gainesville, Va.

SUV sideswipes elephant in Oklahoma

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:41:10 GMT

An Oklahoma couple driving home from church nearly slammed into a elephant that had escaped from a nearby circus late Wednesday.

Giant snake capture in Florida was a hoax

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:24:54 GMT

A man who caught a 14-foot python in a Florida drain pipe is charged with perpetrating a hoax after wildlife officers discovered he owned the snake and put it in the pipe to stage the capture.

Brazilian makes surprise visit at own funeral

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:26:30 GMT

A Brazilian reportedly killed in a car crash shocks his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral.

Want to own more than 3 cats? Get a license

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:36:55 GMT

A Massachusetts town has made it illegal to own more than three cats without getting a special license.

S.C. man gets 3 years for sex with horse

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:26:58 GMT

A man caught having sex with a horse in a South Carolina stable is sentenced to three years in prison.

Police try again to sell motorized DWI chair

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:03:41 GMT

Even the cops have to follow eBay rules. Police in Minnesota have had to start over again an online auction for a motorized easy chair used by a man who pleaded guilty to driving it drunk.

Police sort through belongings of stolen luggage

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:57:18 GMT

Locked safes and clothing piled from floor to ceiling were among the belongings sorted by police after a couple was arrested on charges they stole luggage at Sky Harbor International.

Pa. mom, daughter admit theft from girl, 9

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:01:19 GMT

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

Driver calls 911 to report herself as drunk

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:08:49 GMT

The call came in to 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 in central Wisconsin.

Police: Man steals ambulance to get back to his car

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 01:42:24 GMT

A 31-year-old Detroit man who was stranded at a southeast Michigan hospital faces charges after he stole an ambulance to get back to his car, police say.

Oops! Paper prints ad congratulating Phillies

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:49:47 GMT

A Philadelphia newspaper has apologized to readers for mistakenly running an ad congratulating the Philadelphia Phillies on winning back-to-back World Series titles.

Man arrested for exiting Cyprus plane at takeoff

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:09:20 GMT

Cyprus police arrested a Greek man for allegedly opening the rear exit of an airplane and sliding down an emergency chute as the plane was preparing to take off.