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Pennsylvania police: Lawn tractor driver on beer run was drunk 
EXPORT, Pa. — Pennsylvania State Police say a man was drunk when he hopped on a lawn tractor and drove it to buy more beer.
By AP wire report , November 13, 2009
Low-flying pelican scares Texas man and million-dollar sports car into a marsh
LA MARQUE, Texas - A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston. The accident happened about 3 p.m. Wednesday on the frontage road of Interstate 45 northbound in La Marque, about 35 miles southeast of Houston.
November 13, 2009
Man allegedly calls 911 with fake murder report for faster response from Texas police
TYLER, Texas - Police said an East Texas man has outsmarted himself in trying to get a quicker response from officers to an alleged assault. Tyler police said 38-year-old Mark Anthony Johnson called 911 on Monday night and reported that he'd just committed a homicide and was armed with a weapon.
By AP wire report , November 11, 2009
Mass. woman flashes $27,000 in cash in bar, then gets robbed
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Massachusetts police say they are searching for two men suspected of robbing a woman of $27,000 after she flashed the cash in a Springfield bar. Sgt. John Delaney said on Friday that the 22-year-old woman was robbed Monday night by two men wearing dark clothing and bandanas, one armed with what appeared to be a semiautomatic handgun.
By AP wire report , October 23, 2009
Boy, 5, bites man; man bites back; man gets 45 days
MUSKEGON, Mich. — A Michigan man has been sentenced to 45 days in jail for biting the face of his girlfriend's 5-year-old son.
By AP wire report , October 15, 2009
Ohio boy, 7, attacked by deer while playing football
WINTERSVILLE, Ohio — A 7-year-old Ohio boy playing a game of backyard football was tackled by a deer.
By AP wire report , October 13, 2009
Maine couple wins North American wife-carrying championship, will compete in world contest
NEWRY, Maine - A Maine couple has taken the crown in the North American Wife Carrying Championship over a course that featured a muddy water hole and two log obstacles.
By AP wire report , October 12, 2009
Raccoon pack mauls 74-year-old Florida woman
LAKELAND, Fla. - Animal control officers hope to trap a pack of raccoons that mauled a 74-year-old Florida woman who tried to chase them from her yard.
By AP wire report , October 05, 2009
Woman arrested for urinating on police station after her companion was denied use of bathroom
MERRIMACK, N.H. - Police said a woman has been arrested for urinating on a police station after her companion wasn't allowed to use its restroom. A 28-year-old woman was charged with indecent exposure after the incident Wednesday, which started when her companion went to the station to resolve a 12-year-old traffic citation.
By AP wire report , October 02, 2009
Just call him Rudolph: Mule deer wanders Montana with Christmas lights dangling from antlers
HELENA, Mont. - Call it a case of Christmas creep. A young mule deer in Montana is ushering in the holiday season early. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game warden Kevin Cook says the buck got mixed up with a string of Christmas lights and now they are hanging from his antlers and body. The agency started getting reports about the decorated deer near Fort Harrison last week.
By AP wire report , October 02, 2009
Oklahoma man faces charges after allegedly trying to run over a police officer with a horse
MIAMI, Okla. - A northeast Oklahoma man faces assault charges after allegedly trying to run over a police officer with a horse. Ottawa County prosecutors are charging a 39-year-old man with assaulting a police officer and with domestic abuse and assault and battery. He's currently free on $6,300 bond.
By AP wire report , October 02, 2009
Police: Texas woman fried, ate pet goldfish amid dispute with her ex over jewelry
PASADENA, Texas - Authorities say a Houston-area woman who was burned up at her former common-law husband fried their pet goldfish and ate some of them.
By AP wire report , September 30, 2009
Authorities say man calls 911 to confess 20 minutes after robbing Florida bank
PORT ORANGE, Fla. - Authorities in coastal Florida say a man called 911 to turn himself in about 20 minutes after robbing a Port Orange bank.
By AP wire report , September 30, 2009
N.J. bull escapes slaughterhouse, leads cops on chase
PATERSON, N.J. - Police say a 1,400-pound bull that escaped from a northern New Jersey slaughterhouse dragged officers with a lasso down a street and ran 10 blocks before being captured and sedated. Chief John DeCando, spokesman for Paterson Police's animal control division, says the bull was being unloaded at ENA Meat Packing Inc. when it broke loose just before 8:30 a.m. Monday.
By AP wire report , September 29, 2009
NH woman celebrates 92nd birthday by parachuting from plane at 13,000 feet, shows perfect form
A 92-year-old New Hampshire woman has celebrated her birthday by sky-diving from a plane at 13,000 feet.
By AP wire report , September 28, 2009
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