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VASSALBORO, Maine (UPI) -- The planning board in a rural Maine town has approved plans for a topless coffee shop, and by the way, the vote was unanimous. The Vassalboro Planning Board voted 5-0 Tuesday night to appr… -
Bad recycling: Pay stub used as bank robbery note
CHICAGO (AP) - The robber's threatening note made a Chicago bank job easy to solve: The FBI says the suspect wrote it on his pay stub. An FBI affidavit said the man walked into a Fifth Third Bank on Friday and handed a t… -
NC carjacking suspect clubbed with frozen turkey
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Stopped. Cold turkey. North Carolina authorities say a shopper clubbed an alleged carjacker with a frozen turkey as he tried to steal a woman's car in a grocery store parking lot Sunday.Police say 30… -
Cops use greasy fingerprints to nab hungry burglar
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - A prosecutor says greasy fingerprints led police in Virginia to a suspect with sticky fingers. Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Bethany Harrison said Lynchburg police matched prints on an orange j… -
Calif. man accused of driving stolen SUV to court
SAN ANSELMO, Calif. (AP) - Police have charged a man with stealing a Lexus SUV he drove to court the day a jury was to decide whether to convict him in a separate auto theft case. The man, a 37-year-old San Francisc… -
Family cremated mom on BBQ, kept benefits
CORNING, Calif. (AP) - The family of a dead elderly woman cremated her remains on a makeshift barbecue and continued collecting her retirement checks amounting to more than $25,000, authorities in Northern Californi… -
Alleged robber foiled by text message
Mister Rogers says "Can you say idiot?" then nods and smiles. "I knew you could" NEW YORK (UPI) -- An armored car guard has been arrested for a New York heist thanks to surveillance footage and a concerned text messa… -
Man accused of trying to rob store with empty box
p {margin:12px 0px 0px 0px;} CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Charleston police said a man tried to rob a movie rental store with an unusual weapon - an empty cheesecake box. Earlier this week, the suspect placed the box o… -
Alleged pickup thief loses truck to carjacker
SALINAS, Calif. (AP) - A pickup truck thief lost his purloined Chevy Silverado to an armed carjacker during a 7-Eleven stop. Police Cmdr. Kelly McMillin said "you couldn't make up something stranger than this." A 33… -
Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it. Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had …
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