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January 8, 2015

Woman sent to jail for 6 hours over failure maintain her yard, with overgrown trees and bushes

A Tennessee woman who fell behind on her yard work was cited by code enforcers and has served a stint in jail over her overgrown yard.

January 8, 2015

Police: Man posed as guest at Connecticut wedding reception, made off with couple's gifts

Police are looking for a man they say posed as a guest at a Connecticut wedding reception and stole gifts from the bride and groom.

January 8, 2015

Beer and what festival? Finns remove "whisky" from expo name for fear of promoting drinking

It's a whisky trade fair.

January 8, 2015

Truck with 36,000 pounds of Crisco sticks headed to distribution center stolen in Florida

A truck containing 18 tons of Crisco sticks headed to a grocery store chain distribution center was stolen in a Florida city.

January 8, 2015

Police: Patient hijacks ambulance from Arizona hospital and drives home

Authorities say a patient wanting out of an Arizona hospital used an ambulance as his getaway vehicle.

January 8, 2015

Police in Florida arrest tar-covered man on gas station's roof; say he was would-be burglar

When police in Daytona Beach, Florida, found a man covered in tar on the roof of a closed gas station before dawn, he told them he was visiting family.

January 8, 2015

Lawsuit: Burger King manager attacked New Mexico man over complaint about cold onion rings

A New Mexico man is suing Burger King after he says a manager attacked him for complaining about cold onion rings.

January 8, 2015

California man sends Florida newspaper check and apology more than 50 years after rack thefts

Some 54 years after stealing several newspaper racks, a U.S. Navy veteran has sent a letter of apology and a check for $200 to The Ledger of Lakeland, Florida.

January 8, 2015

Marijuana-infused soda bottles explode at Washington pot shop; worker says it sounded like gun

Bottles of legal marijuana-infused soda delivered to a Washington state pot shop started exploding on the store shelf.

January 8, 2015

73-year-old Navy vet sends check, apologizes to Florida paper 50 years after stealing racks

Seventy-three-year-old Navy veteran Bernard Schermerhorn says he's the kind of guy who tries to follow the straight and narrow.