Thief nabbed with 68 tubes of toothpaste

Police in northern Germany are searching for a man who tried to walk out of a supermarket with 68 tubes of toothpaste stuffed into his clothing.  "We don't know if he had bad teeth," a police spokeswoman in Rostock said Friday.  Noticing his bulging jacket, a store worker grabbed the man when he refused to ( Read more... )

Man brings home the bacon

A Taiwanese farmer has adopted 12 wild pigs as pets, training them to trot behind his motor scooter for miles and also to stop at traffic lights.  The pigs, all less than a year old, fall into line whenever Lee Tung-cheng lets them out of his rural Pingtung county yard and starts up his scooter. They go out together almost ( Read more... )

Man charged with drunk driving on bar stool

Authorities in Ohio say a man has been charged with drunken driving after crashing his motorized bar stool.  Police in Newark, 30 miles east of Columbus, say when they responded to a report of a crash with injuries on March 4, they found a man who had wrecked a bar stool powered by a deconstructed lawn ( Read more... )

Inmate heats sausage in toilet, sparks fire

An inmate's attempt to heat up sausages in his toilet went up in smoke when the cooking fire forced a unit evacuation at a Washington state prison.  Clallam Bay Corrections Center spokeswoman Denise Larson says 130 inmates were evacuated to a dining hall when smoke was spotted coming from a sewer vent pipe ( Read more... )

Man accused of freezing mom, cashing checks

A New York state man has been accused of stashing his 98-year-old mother's dead body in a freezer in their home so he could keep cashing her Social Security checks.  State police say they discovered Herta Auslander's body in a freezer chest in October after receiving a tip she had died more than a year ( Read more... )

Woman sought in theft for breast implants, surgery

Authorities are searching for a 30-year-old woman accused of stealing another woman's identity so she could get new breast implants and liposuction. A $20,000 warrant has been issued for her arrest.  Officials say the enhancement scam began in September 2008, when Huntington Beach police say Yvonne ( Read more... )

Burglary suspect rescued from pizza oven vent

The manager of a Blackjack Pizza outlet in Denver got a start when he discovered a man's legs hanging from a vent above the restaurant's oven.  Police said the dangling legs were accompanied by a voice yelling, "Help me, help me" Friday morning. Police spokesman Sonny Jackson said the 5-foot-10, 170- ( Read more... )

NJ scraps plans to ban genital waxing

New Jersey is smoothing out differences over a plan to ban bare-it-all bikini waxing.  The state on Friday decided to reverse course on the proposal after angry salon owners complained about losing business ahead of swimsuit season.  The state Cosmetology and Hairstyling Board proposed banning so-called " ( Read more... )

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Man acting like dog arrested on drug charges

A Texas man who was arrested Thursday on drug charges after construction workers witnessed him on his hands and knees, eating mud and growling like a dog is being monitored today inside the DeSoto Detention Center.  Authorities suspect phencyclidine, or PCP, contributed to Terence Lloyd’s delusions. A ( Read more... )