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For a second time, an Ohio woman has given birth to a baby who couldn't wait and arrived on the drive to the hospital.
Ohio - Hospital - United States - Children - Shopping
A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for trespassing instead.
Portland Oregon - Homelessness - Shopping - Business and Economy - Poverty
Scandinavian airline SAS is planning the world's first same-sex wedding in the air.
Airline - Special Air Service - United States - Weddings - Relationships
Scandinavian airline SAS is planning the world's first same-sex wedding in the air.
Airline - United States - Special Air Service - Weddings - Relationships
Scandinavian airline SAS is planning the world's first same-sex wedding in the air.
Airline - Special Air Service - United States - Weddings - Relationships
An Australian school principal has asked students to stop using the word "gay" when singing a classic children's song, but said Thursday no offense was intended — he was simply trying to keep the kids from laughing.
Australia - Head teacher - Gay - Gay Lesbian and Bisexual - Family and Relationships
Police investigating a home burglary in Russellville found a surprising clue — a cell phone that got left behind. Franklin County District Attorney Joey Rushing said the phone was left near where a computer was taken in the weekend burglary. Investigators began calling some of the phone numbers and determined the phone belonged to a 19-year-old who was on probation for a previous burglary.
Burglary - Mobile phone - Telephone number - District attorney - Probation
California wildlife officials say two men are in custody after a group of marijuana growers started to toss bags full of pot into a pickup truck belonging to game wardens they mistook for their suppliers.
California - Cannabis - Drugs - Recreation - Shopping
California wildlife officials say two men are in custody after a group of marijuana growers started to toss bags full of pot into a pickup truck belonging to game wardens they mistook for their suppliers.
Cannabis - California - Drugs - Recreation - Shopping
A British airplane en route to Poland was forced to make an emergency landing in Germany after a 56-year-old woman spilled a hot cup of tea on herself, German police said on Wednesday.
Poland - Germany - Emergency landing - Czech Republic - Liverpool
Some of the biggest game-changing inventions and discoveries of our time were not the product of calculated genius, but accidents that happened to work out.
Newsweek - Business - Barack Obama - United States - President of the United States
A man entrusted with helping to sell a $1.3 million painting said it disappeared while he was in a drunken haze, according to a lawsuit filed by a co-owner of the canvas.
Painting - Lawsuit - Visual Arts - Art - Manhattan
A wandering Missouri goat whose exploits have been chronicled on a popular Facebook page has been captured. KXEO reported that a man named Mervin Beechy noticed the goat Tuesday afternoon while he was driving around the eastern Missouri town of Mexico.
United States - Facebook - KXEO - Missouri - Goat
Several Miami Dolphins crawled across the field after practice Tuesday — not due to exhaustion, but because they were looking for a diamond earring.
Miami Dolphins - sport - NFL - Football - American
Police say a California doctor apparently tried to get into the home of the man she had been dating by sliding down the chimney. Her decomposing body was found there days later.
Chimney - Police - California - Business and Economy - Construction and Maintenance
A hiker on Blewett Pass shot himself in the butt when he put a handgun in his back pocket. The Chelan County sheriff's office said the 52-year-old Snohomish man had moved his .40-caliber handgun from its holster to his back pocket Saturday to see if that position would be more comfortable.
Sheriff - Chelan County Washington - Law - Law Enforcement - Handgun
Ohio police say a Toby Keith fan named Forrest Frankenstein threatened them and beat his head against a partition in their cruiser after his arrest.
Snoozing Nigerian federal employees who reported late to work have gotten a rude awakening.
Politics of Nigeria - Nigeria - United States - Government - Africa
Just call Troy Polamalu the man with the million dollar hair. The long, flowing black hair that tumbles out of Polamalu's helmet and down his back — it's nearly three feet long — has been insured for $1 million by Head and Shoulders, the shampoo brand that is endorsed by the Pittsburgh Steelers safety.
Police said a baptism party where some uninvited guests arrived turned into a brawl that resulted in gunfire. Police were dispatched to the Progressive Men's Club at 2 a.m. Saturday after a caller reported gunfire. Witness Amy Manjarrez told Fort Smith television station KHBS that her uncle was pistol whipped and that others, including her father and a disk jockey, were beaten.
Police - Baptism - KHBS - Law - Law Enforcement
A toilet that belonged to late Beatle John Lennon fetched 9,500 pounds ($14,740) at auction on Saturday, around 10 times its estimate, the sale organizers said.
A couple who left their car parked in a long-term lot near Kennedy Airport during a trip to California were trying to figure out what their car has been doing without them. Mimi and Ulrich Gunthart said their car odometer reading jumped by 724 miles while they were out of town. Ulrich Gunthart said he was "flabbergasted" when he saw the number. Another surprise: when they returned to the car and started it up, a music CD came on at full volume.
California - Compact Disc - Odometer - John F. Kennedy International Airport - Ulrich Gunthart
A 21-year-old man impersonated a 14-year-old by playing in a youth football league and attempted to enroll at a Hillsborough County Middle School, according to league and school district officials.
Middle school - American football - Football League - School district - Football
Police arrested the suspected 'Brownie Bandit,' a man accused of repeatedly breaking into a bakery, stealing freshly baked brownies and leaving behind crumbs and broken windows. Gonzales police said Jamon J. Simoneaux, 18, had a bag full of brownies when he was arrested Thursday in Jumonville's Bakery.
Police - Fixing Broken Windows - Food - Shopping - Baked Goods
Police arrested the suspected 'Brownie Bandit,' a man accused of repeatedly breaking into a bakery, stealing freshly baked brownies and leaving behind crumbs and broken windows. Gonzales police said Jamon J. Simoneaux, 18, had a bag full of brownies when he was arrested Thursday in Jumonville's Bakery.
Police - Fixing Broken Windows - Food - Shopping - Baked Goods
A 70-year-old yard sale shopper is facing charges after things apparently got a bit out of hand at a yard sale. Tuolumne County authorities said Jon Joslin was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly hit another man over the head with a cornbread pan at the sale Friday. A sheriff's spokesman said Joslin hit the fellow shopper with a five-pound, cast iron pan to prevent him from getting to the sale first.
Sheriff - Assault - Cast iron - United States - Counties
Authorities say a man who was waiting with several friends for a "ghost train" from a North Carolina legend was killed when a real train came down the tracks.
North Carolina - United States - Ghost train - Statesville North Carolina - Iredell County North Carolina