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Wedding bells on Aisle 1: Pair weds at Home Depot (June 13th, 2010 @ 5:07am)
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) - The bride wore white. The guests wore orange smocks. A southern California couple were married Saturday in front of more than 100 guests at a Home Depot store where they work. The wedding party for 56-year-old Carolyn Weatherly and Audwin Mosby, who's 55, marched down an aisle of light bulbs, grills and paint to the outdoor garden section, where a wedding arbor and stage had been built from the store's lumber and supplies.
The bride said the store in Lake Forest is like a second home and her colleagues are like family.
A regional manager said it's only the second wedding in a Home Depot.
Bra causes headache for lawyer visiting Miami jail (June 13th, 2010 @ 5:41am)
MIAMI (AP) - An attorney claims she couldn't visit her client at a South Florida detention center because of the undergarment she was wearing. The attorney said an underwire bra set off a metal detector at the Miami Federal Detention Center earlier this month. Guards at the facility then wouldn't let the woman inside.
According to The Miami Herald, the attorney removed the bra in a bathroom and again tried to enter the detention center. This time, guards refused to let her inside because she wasn't wearing a bra.
The woman later e-mailed other attorneys about the incident.
Officials at the detention center declined to comment to the newspaper, as did the attorney who was involved.
Person in sunroof leads to drunken driving arrest (June 13th, 2010 @ 5:48am)
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) - Police arrested a suspected drunken driver after spotting a passenger standing through the sunroof of her vehicle while it was heading down the street. Police told AnnArbor.com that an officer noticed the vehicle about 3:30 a.m. Saturday. Police said the 30-year-old woman was intoxicated, though they declined to release her blood-alcohol level.
The woman was later released pending charges of operating while intoxicated.
Two-faced kitten puzzles veterinarian in W.Va. (June 13th, 2010 @ 5:51am)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The kitten born with two faces in Charleston was given a 50 percent chance of survival by an area veterinarian. The kitten known as Two Face brought the animal to the vet shortly after it was born on Wednesday because its mother refused to nurse the kitten. Dr. Erica Drake said the kitten was born with a rare condition called diprosopus, which means the kitten literally has two faces. Two Face has four eyes, two noses and two mouths.
Drake said the kitten's two mouths act independently and she believes each mouth has a separate esophagus leading to one stomach. It'll take a closer look at the kitten's internal anatomy before known about how the kitten will be able to function
Washed out bridge cancels weddings in Boulder (June 13th, 2010 @ 5:52am)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - What's worse than rain on your wedding day? Try a swollen creek washing out the only bridge to your dream wedding spot. This week's flooding destroyed the bridge to Boulder's Red Lion Restaurant, forcing couples to scramble to find last minute accommodations for hundreds of guests this weekend.
Andrea Maneely and Tom Prince met waiting tables there and thought it would be the perfect place to exchange their vows. They had to find another spot at the last minute for double the price.
Manager Christina Mueller said she doesn't know how she's going to make up the $100,000 in lost business but she said she's getting an attitude check from her brides.
Sunday's bride plans to take up a collection to help fix the bridge.
Police: Drive-thru order ends in food fight, brawl (June 13th, 2010 @ 11:02am)
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - Hamburgers, fries, punches and chairs all were thrown during a fight involving customers and employees of a fast food restaurant in Kalamazoo that ended with two arrests. Police said four customers in a vehicle at a Wendy's drive-thru lane midday Saturday claimed their order was incorrect. Police said they hurled drinks, hamburgers and fries at an employee inside.
Police said the employee then threw food at the vehicle, hitting it with a drink, ketchup and fries, and two people from the vehicle went inside the restaurant, where they fought with employees.
Two of the customers were arrested on charges of assault. The employee had scrapes and abrasions, but didn't need medical attention.
Police said employees blamed the fight on a "communication breakdown."
Deer drops in for dinner at upstate NY restaurant (June 14th, 2010 @ 5:27am)
BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) - It wasn't on the menu, but customers at a western New York restaurant got an up-close look at some venison on the hoof.
Management and customers say a deer crashed through a window at an Applebee's in Batavia just after 7 p.m. Sunday.
Customer Bruce Beck, who was visiting from Wisconsin, says the deer nearly slid into the booth next to his before veering away and running through the restaurant.
Witnesses say people were able to herd the deer out the front door.
No one was hurt.
Vietnamese taxi driver returns bag with $26,500 (June 14th, 2010 @ 12:17pm)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A Vietnamese company says it's lucky an honest man was driving the taxi cab where a forgetful employee left a bag with about $26,500 in the back seat. Nguyen Thi Thuy Lien, human resources officer for Cuu Long Petro Gas Service Transportation JSC in Ho Chi Minh City, says the passenger left the bag in the cab last week. It had important documents as well as the money in three currencies.
The passenger called the cab company after he realized the bag was missing. The 23-year-old driver, Doan Thanh Xuan, heard the radio call and returned the bag unopened. He was given a $100 reward from the company and grateful passenger.
The average monthly income in Vietnam is about $80.
Police: Man kicks door after wine is thrown away (June 14th, 2010 @ 12:25pm)
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Authorities arrested a 45-year-old man accused of kicking a fast food restaurant's door after employees threw away his wine. Maurice Alfred Belmore faces charges of criminal mischief and trespass. He was jailed in Collier County on $3,000 bond. It was unclear if Belmore had an attorney.
According to deputies, a manager of a local Sonic Drive-In told investigators that an employee threw away wine that Belmore had left in the restaurant's parking lot. Belmore started kicking the restaurant's door after he realized the wine was missing.
Sweet-tooth burglar grabs cookies from Fla. store (June 14th, 2010 @ 12:32pm)
OCALA, Fla. (AP) - Police are searching for a burglar who stole a box of cookies from a north Florida discount store. Police said the thief took a box of Oreo Cakesters from the Dollar General store early Friday morning. The cookies are valued at $2.50. Surveillance footage shows a man entering the store after breaking a glass door.
According to the Ocala Star-Banner, the same store was targeted by a burglar in February. In that incident, the suspect made off with snack cakes and other items.
Cops bust woman, 74, for pouring mayo in book drop (June 14th, 2010 @ 1:14pm)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Police said a 74-year-old woman arrested after pouring mayonnaise in the Ada County library's book drop box is a person of interest in a yearlong spree of condiment-related crimes of the same sort. The woman was arrested Sunday at the library, moments after police said she pulled through the outside drive-through and dumped an open jar of mayonnaise in the box designated for reading materials.
The woman was released from the county jail and faces a misdemeanor charge of malicious injury to property. Police did not disclose a motive.
Boise police said the woman is under investigation for at least 10 similar cases of vandalism since May 2009. Library employees have reported finding books in the drop box covered in corn syrup and ketchup.
Va. officials find goat shoved in woman's trunk (June 14th, 2010 @ 6:28pm)
BEDFORD, Va. (AP) - Authorities said a regional drunken-driving checkpoint led to the discovery of a goat, bound and shoved in the trunk of a car. The Bedford Sheriff's Office said the car, driven by 32-year-old woman, pulled up to the checkpoint on Friday night when deputies heard noises from the trunk.
When asked what was in the trunk, the driver said she bought a goat from a farmer to give to the four passengers in her car, who are from Kenya but reside in Lynchburg. The goat was panting heavily and animal control officers said the temperature in the trunk was 94 degrees.
The woman told deputies she is from the United Kingdom and transporting goats in this manner was acceptable there. She was charged with cruelty to an animal and released.
NY barkeep famed for flaming liquor stunt arrested (June 14th, 2010 @ 6:28pm)
NEW YORK (AP) - A barkeep whose flaming liquor show was featured in "Real Housewives of New York City" has been arrested for performing the fiery feat. Authorities said undercover fire marshals arrested the barkeep about 2 a.m. Sunday after he set alight Apotheke's bar top, where he had poured various liquors. Chief Fire Marshal Robert Byrnes said the stunt sparked a "huge fireball."
Fire officials said the flames created a danger for the dozens of people at the Chinatown bar.
The 40-year-old man was described as a "cocktail artist" on the bar's website. He told The New York Times that he is a mixologist, not "a pyrotechnic maniac."
The bartender was arrested on two counts of misdemeanor reckless endangerment.
Mass. town can't unload house near landfill (June 15th, 2010 @ 10:44am)
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts town has lowered the price of a home it's trying to sell because there's barely been a sniff of interest.
The four-bedroom, 3,000-square-foot home on 2.4 acres of land is right next to Northampton's landfill. When potential buyers find out about it, they back away.
Northampton's Board of Public Works bought the home as part of a legal settlement with the previous owners, who frequently complained about the landfill's odor.
The home went on the market about a year ago for nearly $479,000. When it didn't sell, the price was lowered to $375,000. Board Chairman Terry Culhane said the price was slashed again to $290,000 last week.
Culhane tells The Republican of Springfield he'd be surprised if someone doesn't bite now.
Crafty gorilla tries to use branch to flee exhibit (June 15th, 2010 @ 12:13pm)
ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro temporarily closed its gorilla exhibit after one of the apes nearly made a break for it. Zoo spokesman Tom Gillespie said a branch from a tree fell into the exhibit Sunday. One female gorilla tried to use the branch as a ladder to climb out of the exhibit, but she didn't make it.
The exhibit remained closed Tuesday as staff horticulturists checked nearby trees for loose limbs. Zoo officials think the branch came down after being weakened by a storm Saturday.
Hoo-wah! Rejoice amid scent of a 'corpse flower' (June 15th, 2010 @ 11:29am) Policy >> Talk About It EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The "corpse flower" is alive at Michigan State University. But it won't last forever.
The 5-foot-tall Amorphophallus titanum that flowered Friday for the first time in 15 years is expected to finish blooming Tuesday.
Mike Grillo, a Ph.D. student, tells the Lansing State Journal that the randomly flowering plant "looks like something meaty that's dead" and seduces flies and carrion beetles by emitting a pungent perfume akin to the putrid smell of rotting flesh. Portions of its large leaves are blood-colored burgundy.
About 500 visitors have viewed the plant, which naturally grows in equatorial rainforests on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
Grillo said the plant will lie dormant for several months before regrowing.
Pet waste removal worker finds $58 in dog poop (June 15th, 2010 @ 12:12pm)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - This is why your mother says to wash your hands after handling money: A St. Louis worker found $58- packed in dog poop. Steve Wilson works for DoodyCalls Pet Waste Removal. On a recent call, he noticed money sticking out from doggie doo. Wilson wasn't sure what to do, but eventually pulled out the bills, sanitized them, placed them in a plastic zip-locked bag and returned them to the customer. It turned out to be $58.
The company said the money was torn, but the serial numbers were identifiable, which means the bills could be returned to a bank and replaced with new money.
The Association of Professional Animal Waste Specialists says Wilson is the first person in his profession to find and report money in dog poop.
Cops find naked drunk men covered in mud in woods (June 15th, 2010 @ 12:14pm)
LEWISTON, N.Y. (AP) - Police in western New York said two Canadian men attended a church festival and wound up in the woods drunk, naked and covered in mud. State police said troopers found a 22-year-old man from Hamilton, Ontario sitting along a road in the town of Lewiston, just outside Niagara Falls, around 5:45 a.m. Sunday.
Troopers said he was caked in mud. After questioning him, troopers found a 23-year-old man from Hamilton covered in mud and passed out in a ditch nearby.
Police said both men were highly intoxicated.
Troopers say the men had attended the St. John de LaSalle Carnival on Saturday and afterward decided to make it a "Woodstock event" by dancing naked in the woods. Both men were taken to a local hospital where they were treated and released.
Neither man was charged.
Mother falcon attacks dog, people in Buffalo, NY (June 15th, 2010 @ 12:14pm)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Her chicks have left the nest, but a peregrine falcon nesting on a Buffalo tower is proving to be an overprotective mother. Antoine Lanier said he saw the falcon recently chase a teenage boy across a street near the University of Buffalo's South Campus, where a falcon nesting platform is perched on McKay Tower.
Minutes later, Lanier said the falcon swooped in and attacked his dog, leaving the pooch with bloodied paws and ears.
State wildlife biologist Connie Adams said the falcon chicks hatched on the UB tower have left the nest, but the mother remains defensive of her territory.
She said the falcon attacked a pair of bird watchers and a man working on the roof of a Buffalo hospital.
Adams said the mother falcon should become less aggressive in about two weeks.
NY police dog finds parole violator 1st day on job (June 15th, 2010 @ 11:06pm)
NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) - A new police dog has learned an old trick- tracking down a parole violator outside New York City on its first day on the job.
Bloodhound Tank Tebow (TEE'-boh) is handled by Officer Curtis Hahne (hayn) in Newburgh, 60 miles north of New York.
Tank was donated to police Monday and began his career with the officer Tuesday. Two hours later police were dispatched to an apartment complex on a tip the parole violator was there. But by the time police arrived the man had disappeared.
Police say Tank followed the man's scent into a commercial area, through woods, across streets and into another apartment complex several blocks away. They say the man surrendered without incident.
Tank is certified by the National Police Bloodhound Association. He'll also be used to find missing people
La. cabbie accused of extorting 10 percent tip (June 16th, 2010 @ 5:46am)
KENNER, La. (AP) - Authorities in the New Orleans area say a cab driver is accused of locking a Texas tourist in his cab and demanding a 10 percent tip on a $33 airport fare.
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office says in an incident report that 37-year-old Sohail Kahn was booked with extortion and false imprisonment, and the New Orleans Taxicab Regulation Bureau also seized his permit.
Kahn could not be reached for comment Wednesday by The Associated Press because he has no listed phone number.
The Times-Picayune quotes the incident report as saying the passenger, a 57-year-old woman from Bellaire, Texas, called 911 from her cell phone after arguing with the driver for a half-hour.
Congressman Bob Etheridge (D-NC) Assaults Student on Washington Sidewalk
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Dog spots gator in Ohio that's captured barehanded (June 17th, 2010 @ 5:36am)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Witnesses say a reptile wrangler used his bare hands to capture a 4-foot alligator that an alert dog noticed outside an Ohio business.
Employee Jeff Colucy was with his Weimaraner in the parking lot of a Columbus company that makes office fixtures when the dog went on alert Wednesday morning, focused on the alligator hunkered down in a puddle.
Police brought in reptile wrangler Chris Law, who captured the gator by grabbing it at the tail with his bare hands. He says he didn't have his usual reptile rescue gear because he was about to leave on vacation.
Law says people often buy alligators as pets, then dump them when they get too big. He picks up about 40 a year and turns them over to wildlife rescue groups.
100 dead cats found in nonfunctioning freezer (June 20th, 2010 @ 12:54pm)
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. (AP) - Social services has removed three children from a home in Jackson County where 100 dead cats were found in a nonfunctioning freezer. Sheriff Duane Waldera said filthy conditions and feces from another 17 live cats caused deputies to determine the house was unlivable.
Gabriella Bernabei said authorities are targeting her and her boyfriend because of their Wiccan religious beliefs. Bernabei said the cats were kept in the garage freezer because she planned to bury them. She said she was properly storing the carcasses until she could get to the burials.
The live cats were taken to the Jackson County Animal Shelter. Animal control officer Barb Pfaff says some were too sick to save.
Police stop truck with man trying to crawl on roof (June 20th, 2010 @ 12:55pm)
MONROE, La. (AP) - Two men were arrested after a sheriff's deputy saw one man riding in the bed of a truck attempting to crawl onto the roof of the vehicle. According to Friday's News Star, the truck traveling on I-20 was driven by a 36-year-old man. Reportedly, the vehicle swerved from left to right, crossing the center line three times.
After being pulled over, the arrest affidavit states the man became agitated and refused to follow verbal commands. He was then subdued with a Taser.
The affidavit states there was a strong odor of alcohol coming from the man in the truck bed. That man, 38, reportedly said he'd had eight or nine alcoholic drinks that day.
The men were booked into the Ouachita Correctional Center.
Pa. man allegedly smuggles drugs in soup packets (June 20th, 2010 @ 1:29pm)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities arrested a Pennsylvania man who allegedly tried to smuggle more than four pounds of cocaine through Dulles International Airport using powdered soup packets. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested the man after he arrived on board a flight from El Salvador on Thursday.
Authorities said a customs dog identified the man as carrying drugs. When authorities opened the soup packets the drugs were hidden and they found some still contained rice.
It isn't the first time authorities at the airport have seen creative smugglers. Last year officers found heroin in juice boxes and cocaine in cooked chicken.
Woman allegedly leaves son alone, goes for drive (June 20th, 2010 @ 2:18pm)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A woman was accused of leaving her 6-year-old son home alone at night while she drove to a city an hour to the east. Authorities said the 39-year-old mother drove to Medina late Wednesday, and the boy called 911 when he woke up early Thursday and became scared when he could not find his mother.
Authorities said the mother told deputies she couldn't sleep so she went for a drive.
The woman was charged with felony abuse or neglect of a child, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison upon conviction. Her bond was set at $1,500 cash.
Mo. man's sign against Democrats torched twice (June 20th, 2010 @ 2:39pm)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri man who had the side of a semi-truck box trailer professionally painted with a sign assailing Democrats says he put the trailer in a cornfield along a busy highway because he wanted people to see it. The sign, next to U.S. 71 about an hour south of Kansas City, reads: "Are you a Producer or Parasite. Democrats - Party of the Parasites."
A lot of people have seen David Jungerman's sign, and someone clearly has not liked it. It's been torched twice, first on May 12, then about a week later. Then an empty farm house that Jungerman, 72, owns was also set on fire, The Kansas City Star reported.
"Things are getting a little out of hand out there," said Chief Deputy Justin Moreland of the Bates County Sheriff's Office.
Jungerman has posted a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest for the fires, which have left the sign harder to read and the trailer tires burnt to nothing.
Jungerman said he should have been more clear that he wasn't taking aim at local Democrats.
"They're more conservative than many Republicans," he said. "I should have put an ad in the paper to explain that. No, I meant the national Democrat parasite base that is sucking this country dry.
"The ones that just take from the government and not give anything back."
And to be sure, local Democrats don't want to be linked to the fires. Jungerman has every right to speak his mind, said Kay Caskey, a Bates County Democrat and wife of longtime state Sen. Harold Caskey.
"Obviously our country is in disarray now because of economics, jobs and foreclosures," she said. "We are hurting as a country. But there are too many people who want to tear it down instead of build it up. Yes, there is anger out there, and we are a long way from Washington.
"This man has a right to do what he did, but around here some people might wonder at what point do you cross the line?"
Jungerman says he's not even a die-hard Republican. He voted for Claire McCaskill when she won a U.S. Senate seat in 2006. He put the sign out to make a point.
His problem now is that corn is looking good, and soon it will obscure his trailer sign from highway traffic.
"Well, I would have pulled it out of there by now if they hadn't burned the tires off," he said.
NY vacuum salesmen charged with damaging mattress (June 20th, 2010 @ 4:10pm)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Two vacuum salesmen didn't exactly close the deal at a recent home demonstration in central New York. State police charged the Syracuse men with a misdemeanor after a $1,300 Sealy latex foam mattress was damaged. Trooper Andy Davis said the damage occurred during a demonstration Monday at a home in Richfield Springs. Davis wouldn't elaborate on what was done to the mattress.
Davis said the men were both at the home when police arrived and were trying to save the situation. They were charged with reckless endangerment of property.
The mattress owner is looking for reimbursement.
Pirates seek record, not booty, at Calif. festival (June 20th, 2010 @ 6:56pm)
VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) - Yo-ho-ho, how many pirates can there be?
That's the question this weekend at the fourth annual Northern California Pirate Festival in Vallejo.
Festival-goers are seeking to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the most costumed pirates in one place. On Saturday, nearly 2,300 pirates had registered. But the festival's official count wouldn't be out until after the event ends Sunday.
Festival spokesperson Shannon Damnavits says each pirate has to wear a red wristband, stand in one place for 10 minutes and be photographed. Guinness then certifies the count.
The current titleholder is Brixham, England, where 1,722 costumed pirates were recorded.
Blonde, pony-tailed burglar found bed just right (June 20th, 2010 @ 8:48pm)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A blonde, pony-tailed burglar ate some food, drank some alcohol, tried on clothes and then found the bed in a New Zealand home just right.
But upon finding a modern-day Goldilocks asleep in his bed, the homeowner in the southern city of Christchurch exercised an option The Three Bears didn't: He called police.
In court Monday, 39-year-old Vanessa Joy Long pleaded guilty and said she blacked out and doesn't remember what happened June 5. The judge ordered a probation report to see if Long was suitable for home detention and could pay for her misdemeanors.
The damage was estimated at 1,500 New Zealand dollars ($1,064).
She was released on bail for sentence on Sept. 1.
NC man hollers 'Summertime' to win title (June 21st, 2010 @ 5:40am)
SPIVEY'S CORNER, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man who won the National Hollerin' Contest says he almost disqualified himself by going over the four-minute time limit.
The Fayetteville Observer reports that Tony Peacock of Siler City won the 42nd annual contest Saturday in Spivey's Corner in central North Carolina. His hollerin' rendition of the popular Gershwin tune "Summertime" got him the title.
Peacock says he had to cut short his last holler because he had only two seconds left.
The winner of the contest gets bragging rights and opportunities to perform at events and on television.
Participants competed in several categories: men's national hollerin' contest, ladies callin', conch shell blowin', whistlin' and junior and teen hollerin'.
Rat suspected of starting fire in Yakima (June 21st, 2010 @ 7:04am)
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - A rat is suspected of starting a fire at the Veterans of Foreign War building in Yakima.
KAPP-TV reports that investigators discovered a rat had chewed through an electrical cord. The rat apparently caught fire and ran to its nest, igniting flammable items.
The fire last week spread quickly through the building, damaging several rooms and war memorabilia.
The fire department says damage could exceed $1 million.
First day of summer means snowballs at Pa. museum (June 21st, 2010 @ 11:42am)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The patrons carrying small coolers and plastic bags into Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center weren't bringing their lunch. They were packing snowballs.
Monday marked the first day of summer and the science museum's annual Snowball Day. Visitors are encouraged every year to save a snowball from the winter in their freezer and then take it to the science center on the first day of summer. Those who do get to name their own price to get into the museum for the day.
But the most fun comes when they get to throw their snowballs into the Ohio River from the deck of a submarine that is docked outside the museum.
$75M mansion near Orlando selling 'as is' (June 22nd, 2010 @ 6:15am)
WINDERMERE, Fla. (AP) - The brochure promises a "monument to unparalleled success."
The 90,000-square-foot home for sale outside Orlando has 23 bathrooms, 13 bedrooms, 10 kitchens and three pools. All that and more for $75 million "as is."
The catch? It's not finished.
Nicknamed "Versailles" by owner and timeshare tycoon David Siegel, the mansion hit the market recently as the largest home for sale in the United States. Construction was halted last year to save money in a recession that proved particularly hard on Siegel's industry.
The home also has a 20-car garage, a bowling alley, an indoor-roller rink, a movie theater, a video arcade, a fitness center, a baseball field and two tennis courts.
But the mansion's interior has no carpet, tile or interior walls.
NYC Naked Cowboy to Naked Cowgirl: Stop copying me (June 22nd, 2010 @ 6:37am)
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's famous Naked Cowboy wants a bikini-clad woman who calls herself The Naked Cowgirl to stop ripping off his trademark.
The Times Square cowboy, whose real name is Robert Burck, is known for strumming his guitar wearing only briefs and a cowboy hat. He has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Sandy Kane, who wears a red, white and blue cowboy hat and matching bikini.
Burck says if Kane's going to make money by posing for photos, he wants her to sign a "Naked Cowboy Franchise Agreement." Most of his licensed franchisees are required to pay $5,000 a year or $500 a month and go through a screening process.
Kane, who is in her 50s, is a former stripper who's now a fixture of the city comedy scene. Her real name is Sandra Brodsky. She says she doesn't owe Burck anything.
$3,600 found on highway returned to Pa. newlyweds (June 22nd, 2010 @ 7:30am)
BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania man found an envelope stuffed with $3,600 and returned it to the newlyweds who lost it after their wedding reception.
David and Ashley Marasco, of Bridgeville, had mistakenly driven off with their wedding album on top of the trunk of their car Sunday. The money had been tucked inside.
Another motorist pointed out the album on the trunk, but the envelope had already fallen out.
Brennan Breene, also of Bridgeville, says he saw the envelope with cash sticking out Sunday in the middle of Washington Pike, a busy highway southwest of Pittsburgh. So, he stopped to pick it up.
He says he learned about the Maraco's misfortune Monday from local news websites, so he gave the cash to police to be returned.
Breene says he knew the money wasn't his.
Pork board squeals over imaginary unicorn meat (June 22nd, 2010 @ 11:37am)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - It's official: The National Pork Board says it knows unicorns don't exist.
The industry group says it was only protecting its trademark when it issued cease-and-desist warning to online retailer ThinkGeek for calling a fake unicorn meat product "the new white meat."
ThinkGeek put the fictional item on its Web site as an April Fool's prank. But the 12-page letter from lawyers was no joke.
ThinkGeek issued an apology this week but says the board was being "pig-headed."
Trapped drunk NZ driver cracks another beer (June 22nd, 2010 @ 6:50pm)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Trapped after flipping his car while drunk driving, a New Zealand man opened another beer as he waited to be rescued.
Paul Nigel Sneddon, 47, pleaded guilty to careless driving and drunken driving in a district court in the North Island city of Palmerston North, the Dominion Post newspaper reported Wednesday.
Sneddon failed to take a corner on June 1, crashed through a wooden barrier, and flipped his car onto its roof.
The newspaper quoted defense lawyer Peter Young as telling the court when Sneddon found he could not open the doors, "he had nothing else to do at that point, so he had another beer."
When police found him trapped in the vehicle his breath-alcohol level was 1,191 micrograms- nearly three times the legal limit of 400 micrograms.
Prosecutor police Sgt. Ollie Outtrim told the court Sneddon went on a drinking bender after losing his job at a bakery.
Asked by an officer how much alcohol he had consumed, Sneddon replied: "'Plenty. I've been drinking for four days straight,' adding he had just lost his job in a local bakery," Outtrim was quoted as saying.
Judge Gregory Ross fined Sneddon 1,100 New Zealand dollars ($776) and disqualified him from driving for 10 months.