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Cleaning spray foils robbery, police say

3 hours 52 min ago
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah -- Workers at a West Valley City Mexican food restaurant have foiled an armed robbery with a few spritzes of oven cleaner.
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Cell-phone photo leads to carjacking arrest, cops say

4 hours 2 min ago
JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Jersey City police say an accused carjacker was captured after a picture he took of himself with the victim's cellphone was automatically forwarded to her computer.
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2 men arrested over stolen burrito, police say

4 hours 53 min ago
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Two men spent Super Bowl weekend locked up in an Albuquerque jail because of a dispute over a stolen burrito.
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Dad drunk when he picked up drunk son, cops say

5 hours 7 min ago
ALTOONA, Pa. -- Police say a central Pennsylvania father was drunk when he drove to a police station to pick up his even drunker son who had been arrested for drunken driving after he was found passed out in his car.
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Woman blocking drive-through stunned

Sat, 2012-02-04 14:43
North Carolina deputies say they used a stun gun on a woman who blocked a McDonald's drive-thru for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her because she broke in line.
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N.J. museum finds recording of Otto von Bismarck

Sat, 2012-02-04 13:30
For the first time, 21st-century audiences are able to hear the voice of Otto von Bismarck, one of the 19th century's most important figures.
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Boy's tree house is too high, city says

Fri, 2012-02-03 17:43
FARMINGTON, Mich. -- A tree house on a suburban Detroit family's property has caught the city's attention for not being built in line with local rules.
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Catwoman, other costumed characters in brawl

Fri, 2012-02-03 17:38
LOS ANGELES -- Police say several people dressed as movie characters on Hollywood Boulevard got into a brawl that ended with a man dressed as "Pirates of the Caribbean" character Capt. Jack Sparrow being pepper-sprayed.
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250-pound man pleads guilty to piggyback assaults

Fri, 2012-02-03 13:33
HELENA, Mont. -- A 250-pound man with a history of jumping on the backs of student athletes in the Pacific Northwest has pleaded guilty to assault.
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Teen accused of branding classmate in welding class

Fri, 2012-02-03 13:31
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- A 15-year-old North Platte student has been arrested, accused of branding another teenager during a welding class.
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Motorcyclist clocked at 188 mph convicted

Fri, 2012-02-03 13:30
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- A motorcyclist whose speeds reached 188 mph during a chase by troopers may spend two years in prison after he is sentenced March 8.
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Woman groped in own shower, police say

Fri, 2012-02-03 13:18
PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh police say an intruder entered a woman's home and groped her in the shower before she was able to scare him away.
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Wrong-number call helps woman having stroke

Fri, 2012-02-03 13:15
CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio — A woman who called the wrong number when she suffered a stroke still found help a couple of time zones away.
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Kobayashi downs record 337 wings at Wing Bowl

Fri, 2012-02-03 12:22
PHILADELPHIA -- Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi conquered Philadelphia's annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX.
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Inmate adds pig image to police cruiser decals

Thu, 2012-02-02 17:43
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- A Vermont prison inmate who makes stationery and license plates has gotten the best of the state police by adding the image of a pig to the state decal on their cruisers.
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Man's ear almost bitten off by girlfriend, police say

Thu, 2012-02-02 14:31
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- A Fairbanks area woman was arrested after being charged with nearly biting her boyfriend's ear off.
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Man stabs brother over brownie, police say

Thu, 2012-02-02 14:31
CARBONDALE, Pa. -- Police say a dispute over a chocolate confection led a Pennsylvania man to stab his brother, who responded by throwing a television at him.
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Police: Crack cocaine found in man's rectum after traffic stop

Thu, 2012-02-02 13:09
ALTOONA, Pa. -- A Brooklyn, N.Y. man is jailed in central Pennsylvania after state police say they found a plastic bag of crack cocaine hidden in the man's body cavity after a traffic stop.
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TSA agent accused of swiping $5K from passenger

Thu, 2012-02-02 13:05
NEW YORK -- Authorities say a Transportation Security Administration agent has stolen $5,000 from a passenger as he was going through security at a New York City airport.
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Would-be parrot thief takes Chihuahua instead

Thu, 2012-02-02 13:01
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Orange County authorities say a would-be parrot thief put a gun to a homeowner's head and instead fled with his laptop and his Chihuahua.
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