Driver who went 112 mph: I was drying car
Source: Chandler Republic
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-06-18 16:18:36 -0700 | odd-news
That's what the Canadian man told the Mounties when they stopped him doing 112 miles per hour south on Highway 22 south of Black Diamond, Alberta in Western Canada. The driver, a 67-year-old who lives in the area, was in...
Mom, son accused of stealing gopher feet
Source: Chandler Republic
Preston :: MN :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 14:01:12 -0700 | odd-news
A mother and her 18-year-old son from southeastern Minnesota are accused of stealing nearly $5,000 in frozen gopher feet and selling them for a bounty. Thirty-seven-year-old Tina Marie Garrison and Junior Lee Dillon, both of Preston, were charged last month...
Man assaulted during first date with 'Tree'
Source: Chandler Republic
Bunnell :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 09:49:47 -0700 | odd-news
A north Florida man says he needs surgery on his right eye after he was beaten and robbed during his first date with a woman he met at a convenience store. A Flagler County Sheriff's report says 34-year-old Shaun Williams...
Cops: Drunk boy, 13, led chase, crashed into tree
Source: Chandler Republic
Ankeny :: IA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 09:49:46 -0700 | odd-news
Iowa Police in central Iowa say a 13-year-old boy led officers on a weekend car chase through a residential area. Ankeny police say the boy drove the car with a flat tire early Sunday morning over curbs and around...
Cat missing in Portland being returned to owner
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Portland :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 11:35:16 -0700 | odd-news
The Associated Press The Associated Press 1 hour ago A Portland, Ore., man whose cat had been missing since last year will soon be reunited with the well-traveled feline, courtesy of the transient who's been caring for her more than...
Cops: Woman unmasks robber, finds grandson
Source: Chandler Republic
Albuquerque :: NM :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 09:13:12 -0700 | odd-news
Police say a New Mexico woman who confronted a masked intruder in her home stumbled upon a shocking discovery when she ripped off his disguise the robber was her grandson. TV reports that 22-year-old Thomas Clark is facing robbery charges...
Pa. group rescues bear with head stuck in jar
Source: SF Gate
Bloomsburg :: PA :: USA | updated 2013-06-15 12:09:44 -0700 | odd-news
Pa. (AP) Four central Pennsylvania residents said they used only a rope and a flashlight during a wild chase to rescue a young bear whose head had been stuck in a plastic jar for at least 11 days. The frightened...
Heart-attack victim gets 3 traffic tickets
Source: Chandler Republic
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 10:15:54 -0700 | odd-news
Though Dan Langley had a heart attack while driving here, that did not stop a police officer from giving him three traffic tickets. A little more than a week after the April 1 heart attack, which led to a minor traffic...
Psychic must pay $7 million over bad tip
Source: Chandler Republic
Houston :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 10:15:52 -0700 | odd-news
A judge has awarded nearly $7 million to a Southeast Texas couple who sued a self-described psychic over her bogus 2011 tip of mass graves on their land. The Houston Chronicle reported Wednesday that a judge May 7 ruled against...
Profanity on speeding ticket leads to arrest, suit
Source: Chandler Republic
Liberty :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 18:12:00 -0700 | odd-news
A 22-year-old Connecticut man who wrote obscenities and Tyranny on his speeding ticket payment claims in a federal lawsuit that his free speech rights were violated when he was arrested. William Barboza is suing two police officers in the Catskill-area...
Cops: Prostitution suspect sang 'Rudolph'
Source: Chandler Republic
Ambridge :: PA :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 09:36:25 -0700 | odd-news
Police say a western prostitution suspect asked an undercover officer to sing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with her before other police swooped in to arrest her. The Beaver County Times reports Thursday that 45-year-old Marcia Settles asked the Ambridge officer...
Exorcism, biting demon reported at home
Source: Chandler Republic
Riverton :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-06-12 16:20:19 -0700 | odd-news
Authorities in central Wyoming say they received a 911 call reporting that a woman involved in an exorcism had stopped breathing and had gone into cardiac arrest. But when Fremont County sheriff's deputies arrived, the woman was breathing. The Sheriff's...
Dog survives 4 days in overturned river boat
Source: Chandler Republic
Fairbanks :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-06-12 10:06:10 -0700 | odd-news
Alaska A 30-pound dog survived a harrowing flip of a boat in an Alaska river and then a four-day ordeal without food as she remained trapped in the small craft. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports boat owner Jeremy McDonald reached...
Naked man chased women, punched men, police say
Source: Chandler Republic
Pottstown :: PA :: USA | updated 2013-06-11 13:49:49 -0700 | odd-news
Police say a man ran naked through a southeastern Pennsylvania town last weekend, allegedly chasing women and punching men. The Pottstown Mercury says neighbors believe 34-year-old Marcus Cross was high on PCP during the incident. A town resident, who said...
Man picks wrong teller to cash stolen check
Source: Chandler Republic
Concord :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-11 12:42:46 -0700 | odd-news
A New Hampshire man chose the wrong bank teller to try and cash a check he'd stolen it was the teller's own paycheck. Twenty-nine-year-old Thomas Yorkshaitis pleaded guilty in January to felony obstruction of correspondence. He was sentenced Tuesday to...
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