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9th September
Last updated 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
Prisoners forced to wear old and stained pants had their human rights abused, an investigation has ruled.
Artist Adam Sheldon has made a near life-size depiction of the crucifixion by etching the image into over 150 pieces of carefully burnt toast.
A hairdresser who swapped her scissors for a handgun and shot an unhappy customer could spend up to 20 years in prison.
Police credit a 15-year-old German Shorthaired dog with saving the life of an elderly, unconscious man in Pine City. Brett Grinde said he took Effie out for their usual walk on Monday evening, but within a couple minutes she started pulling on the leash,... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us Add to digg Add to Facebook
Police credit a 15-year-old German Shorthaired dog with saving the life of an elderly, unconscious man in Pine City. Brett Grinde said he took Effie out for their usual walk on Monday evening, but within a couple minutes she started pulling on the leash, wanting to go in a different direction.
Not even the police are immune from those offers of free money from African countries that are really scams. Richland police could use another $4,000, but the department wasn't tempted by the cashier's check it received Friday in the mail from the country of Benin. Officer Erica Tungesvik said officers immediately recognized it as a bogus attempt to learn bank ...
A Boulder woman said she discovered a fish in her aquarium had been beheaded and $10 was missing from her wallet after she shooed an intruder from her apartment. Police say the 19-year-old woman awoke at about 2 a.m. and saw the stranger. She yelled at him to leave but didn't immediately call police because she assumed the man had ...
Portland police said a man handed an apologetic robbery note to an employee at a FedEx Kinko's store, then waited for police to arrive. Employee Paul Rhoney said the note said: "This is a robbery, I'll wait outside for police, sorry."


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