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The company that makes Pez candy is suing a California museum, seeking to have a giant Pez dispenser created by the owners destroyed. Pez Candy Inc.

Authorities in Ohio say firefighters were called to a burning house used for training exercises the previous day. The Sylvania Township Fire Department said the fire, which was extinguished early Wednesday, was at a vacant house used Tuesday for training exercises that included two Sylvania

Authorities in Virginia say a man used a cell phone to record himself stealing iPods and charity money from a Sears store. Police said June 22 security camera footage from the Greenbrier Mall store in Chesapeake recorded a man with a T-shirt over his head stealing nine iPods and two jugs of Heroes at Home donations for needy military families at about 9:45 p.m.

AP - A US Airways flight to Los Angeles was diverted to Albuquerque after a passenger removed all of his clothing mid-flight, forcing flight attendants to cover him with a blanket before he was arrested. Keith Wright, 50, of the Bronx in New York, was taken into custody by airport authorities after he allegedly disrobed while sitting in his seat in the back of Flight 705 on Tuesday evening, authorities said.

Authorities in Louisiana say a man was arrested three times in a little more than a week for allegedly repeating the same crime -- not paying a restaurant bill. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said Michael Bryant, 36, of Tucson, Ariz., was first arrested June 22 after he refused to pay a $23 check at Melancon's Annex in Metairie, La., The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune reported Wednesday. Bryant was released but then sent back to jail a few days later when he refused to pay a check at Pitre's Restaurant in Westwego.

Police in Colorado said a man armed with a 30-inch samurai sword took painkillers from a Walgreens pharmacy. Investigators said Dylan Lee Suomi, 19, of Denver, jumped over the counter at the Glendale pharmacy, threatened employees with the sword and ran off with an undisclosed amount of Oxycontin pills, The Denver Post reported Wednesday. Police said Suomi was caught by officers about 100 yards from the Walgreens.

An Arkansas woman said she was shocked when she looked out a window and saw an 800-pound pig taking a dip in her backyard pool. The pig, a survivor of a June 22 crash involving a truck carrying 90 sows to a processing plant, was discovered Monday by LeAnn Baldy, who lives in an unincorporated neighborhood near the interchange of Interstates 40 and 430, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Wednesday. It's crazy, it's really crazy, Baldy said.

Authorities in Florida said a man swiped a $1,000 watch from a courthouse security checkpoint and was arrested while awaiting a pretrial hearing. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said deputies scanned security camera footage of the metal detector checkpoint Monday at the Criminal Courts Complex in Largo after a man who entered the courthouse complained that his Wittnauer watch, worth $1,000, disappeared from the tray he placed it on for scanning, The St.

A Michigan college student was sentenced to 180 days for what the judge described as the dumbest crime I've heard today -- stealing a computer from a jail. William Bradley, 25, a student at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, was convicted of larceny after he took a computer that was delivered to the jail while he was serving a sentence for a separate case and concealed it behind some trash bins to be picked up later, the Kalamazoo Gazette reported Wednesday. Bradley's actions were recorded by Kalamazoo County Jail security cameras. Kalamazoo County Circuit Judge Gary Giguere Jr.

The wheels of justice grind slowly, but this is pushing the envelope. In Montana's Toole County, retired District Judge Ronald McPhillips ruled this week in a lawsuit that was left hanging for nearly a quarter-century. The judge ruled in Great Falls against...

AP - The wheels of justice grind slowly, but this is pushing the envelope. In Montana's Toole County, retired District Judge Ronald McPhillips ruled this week in a lawsuit that was left hanging for nearly a quarter-century. The judge ruled in Great Falls against Milan Ayers, who contended that former partner James Rubow swindled him out of his share of a natural gas field, with leases potentially worth millions of dollars.

A Florida couple said a flock of about 50 vultures that descended on their yard has grown accustomed to their pit bulls and refuses to leave. Robert and Hattie Garrett said the vultures, which began roosting in trees in their Kingsland yard in January, are difficult to scare, the (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union reported Wednesday. They will fly up in the trees, but it's as far as they go, Robert Garrett said.

A Chicago Cubs fan has vowed to eat only 500 calories a day until the team wins five games in a row. Daniel Kamen, 53, of Buffalo Grove, Ill., said he plans to start his diet after the All-Star break in mid-July and continue until the Cubs either win five consecutive games or end their season for the year, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Wednesday. I'm going to motivate them, he said.

The chief executive of a Swedish municipal housing company has been reprimanded for displaying a pornographic image during a presentation, the company said. Par Nyberg, 63, head of the Kopparstaden municipal housing company in Falun, received a formal warning and his pay was docked after the projector he ran during a presentation to the company's board displayed an image of a naked woman instead of the first slide, The Local reported Wednesday. Par Nyberg has clearly violated our IT (information technology) policy for which he has the utmost responsibility, said Erich Colberg, chairman of the company's board.

Reuters - After supervising around 3,000 re-strings during the Wimbledon fortnight one might think Roger Dalton could put his feet up with a bowl of strawberries on Sunday and watch the men's singles final in peace.

The planters in her front yard brought Tina Asmus national publicity last month. This week, they brought her a $25 fine. Asmus said Tuesday she will go to court to fight to keep her lawn ornaments, which are made from two old toilets and a bathroom sink....

AP - The planters in her front yard brought Tina Asmus national publicity last month. This week, they brought her a $25 fine. Asmus said Tuesday she will go to court to fight to keep her lawn ornaments, which are made from two old toilets and a bathroom sink.

Authorities said a man walking through a security checkpoint at a Pinellas courthouse tried to steal an expensive watch, just feet from deputies. The sheriff's office reported that a man who had emptied his pockets to walk through a metal detector Monday...