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| Mayor's lip hair in shave-or-save battle |
MURRAY, Utah (AP) -- The mayor of the Salt Lake City suburb of Murray says he has little choice but to shave his nearly foot-long handlebar mustache for charity. Dan Snarr is putting the decision to a vote of residents and says his fashion statement is "getting creamed." "People are voting 'shave.' It's a way to get back at an elected official," said Snarr, who has sported the waxed mustache for three years but now is resigned to shaving.... |
| NC woman returns Roman artifact 25 years later |
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina woman who returned a chunk of ancient Rome to Italian authorities 25 years after her husband pocketed it said Thursday she never felt comfortable keeping the terra cotta fragment, but her eldest son's death prompted her to set things right.... |
| NJ man says burglar used razor, took Life Savers |
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (AP) -- Whiskers were one clue that the burglar wasn't in it just for the money. A told police he came home to find someone had broken into his house and taken $500 from a bedroom dresser. But that wasn't all. The man's razor had been used and whiskers were left all over the sink. Some Life Savers were also missing.... |
| Police: Man accused of shoplifting applies for job |
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- Police found a man accused of shoplifting because he put his address on a job application before leaving the store. Police said a 49-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on a misdemeanor theft charge after employees said he stole T-shirts and pants from a clothing store.... |
| NH boy finds, returns backpack with $8K in cash |
ALTON, N.H. (AP) -- A 10-year-old boy picking up litter in Alton, N.H., found a backpack stuffed with more than $8,000 cash. Arie Johnston, of Dover, was helping his grandmother with her town's annual roadside cleanup when he spotted the burned backpack Saturday. He told Foster's Daily Democrat his first thought was that someone had killed someone for the money.... |
| Panel: 'Dear Pineapple' OK in Dominican Republic |
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- A judicial panel says Dominicans are free to name their kids "Dummy Ruiz," "Dear Pineapple" and other unusual monikers if they choose. The Central Electoral Commission has rejected a proposal to ban any names that could be confusing or give no indication of gender, such as Querida Pina (Dear Pineapple) and Tonton Ruiz (Dummy Ruiz).... |
| Crikey, mate! It's a 'roo! Kangaroo loose in NY |
CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) -- A wayward 'roo named Bandit is wandering around an upstate New York community. tate police said motorists reported seeing a kangaroo early Wednesday afternoon along the Thruway near Exit 34 in Canastota, 20 miles east of Syracuse. Troopers who searched the area saw the 3-foot-tall animal and contacted the owner, but the 'roo got away.... |
| 11-year-old aces 115-yard hole in Minnesota |
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) -- An 11-year-old golfer can brag about what many golfers never achieve in a lifetime on the links: A hole in one. Ethan Clay was golfing last Saturday on Lester Park's Lake Nine with his father Tim Clay, golf pro Paul Schintz, and Schintz's two children. Ethan aced the 115-yard Hole Number 8 using a nine-iron. He said he sprinted toward the hole after he saw his ball bounce before the cup and disappear.... |
| Woman sues La. Wal-Mart over 'Norman the nutria' |
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A Louisiana woman is suing a Wal-Mart store over what she claims was a much-too-close encounter of the furry kind. Rebecca White says in her lawsuit that employees at a Wal-Mart in Abbeville let a rat-tailed rodent known as a nutria run loose and scare her. She says that not only did employees know it was in their store, but gave it a pet name, Norman, and failed to warn shoppers.... |
| Doctor receives package with 36 pounds of pot |
STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) -- Police are trying to determine who sent a Stockbridge physician a large quantity of marijuana. Police said the doctor thought the package contained a birthday present but inside the cardboard box was 36 pounds of pot wrapped in cellophane. The doctor, whose name was withheld, called police.... |