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Pittsburgh church tells parishioners to come on in for 2:30 a.m. service, following bar closings 
PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh churches used to offer middle-of-the-night services for employees who worked odd hours. One church is bringing the tradition back with a 2:30 a.m. service.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , November 12, 2010
NY driver slams into Jet Ski left inhighway, police trying to find watercraft's owner
WARRENSBURG, N.Y. - Motorists in upstate New York this time of year have to be alert for deer, not Jet Skis. But that's just what one driver slammed into in the Adirondacks.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , November 12, 2010
Idaho suspect in hotel burglary found next door at 'The Alibi' bar, booked into jail
LEWISTON, Idaho - Police said it didn't take them long to locate an Idaho man suspected in the robbery of a Cedars Inn - he was next door at The Alibi bar. Lewiston police said 40-year-old Donald Mosley Jr. was arrested less than 15 minutes after he walked into the hotel and demanded cash from the desk clerk late Wednesday.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , November 12, 2010
Many tons of rock blasted away at Crazy Horse monument
Another thousand tons of rock have been blasted away at the Crazy Horse Memorial in western South Dakota.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , November 12, 2010
Whoa! No more horsing around for Philadelphia-area teen who rode his trusty steed to school
HAVERFORD, Pa. - Whoa! There will be no more horsing around for a suburban Philadelphia teen who's been commuting to school on his trusty steed. Roby Burch had been riding his horse Jet about four miles each way to the private Haverford School. He was keeping the horse in a corral on school grounds.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , November 12, 2010
Empty Pennsylvania house so overrun by rats that they measured 1-foot deep will be demolished
NEW BRIGHTON, Pa. - A western Pennsylvania home will be demolished because it is so overrun with rats that they measure about a foot deep in spots.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , November 11, 2010
NY man looking to score drugs misdials and gets sheriff's 'Crime Stoppers' line
CLARENCE, N.Y. - A New York man looking to buy drugs misdialed and got the sheriff's "Crime Stoppers" line instead. Erie County Sheriff's Detective Alan Rozansky said he got a call around noon on Monday and answered with his usual "Crime Stoppers." The caller apparently didn't hear that and told Rozansky he was looking "to score" drugs.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , November 11, 2010
Need a pit stop? Just tie the cow to the guardrail on Interstate 84
MANCHESTER, Conn. - Yes, that was a cow tied to a guardrail on Interstate 84 in Connecticut. State police said a motorist was forced to pull to the side of the westbound lanes Wednesday morning in Vernon after the cow somehow damaged the walls of the trailer in which it was being transported.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , November 11, 2010
Maine postcard delivered to former college student 64 years after it was mailed
FARMINGTON, Maine - A former student at the Farmington State Teacher's College in Maine now has a postcard that was sent to her in the fall of 1946. The postcard, a thank you note, was sent to Ruth Webber at Purington Hall by "Gert and Charlie." It was mailed from Winthrop.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , October 20, 2010
Wisconsin woman finds her own stolen wedding dress, helps police solve multiple burglaries
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. - Wisconsin police say a 25-year-old woman's search for her stolen wedding dress helped solve several other burglaries as well.
By Ron Adams , October 18, 2010
Nepal teen just over 2 feet high stands tall as world's shortest man
POKHARA, Nepal - A Nepalese fruit seller's son with the body of a toddler turned 18 on Thursday and was officially declared the world's shortest man by Guinness record officials.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , October 15, 2010
Police: Okla. woman steals doughnut, pees in parking lot, offers sex to investigating officer
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. - Police say an Oklahoma woman tripled her trouble when she stole a doughnut from someone's truck, peed in a parking lot and offered to perform a sex act on an officer for money.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , October 15, 2010
Belfast mayor leaps woman dressed as tomato, knees her in head
DUBLIN - Belfast's mayor was sure he could jump over the giant tomato - but his efforts bore no fruit.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , October 15, 2010
She did ask: Ohio woman arrested after asking whether warrants out for her arrest
LOCKLAND, Ohio - Police in suburban Cincinnati arrested a woman after she flagged an officer down and asked if there were any warrants out for her arrest.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , October 11, 2010
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