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  • Trooper makes 2 DUI arrests in one traffic stop

    March 16, 2010

    Alaska State Troopers needed just one traffic stop to make two arrests for drunken driving. Troopers said a highway patrol officer arrested a 42 year-old man for drunken driving after stopping him for speeding on Sunday. A short time later, a 29 year-old man arrived to take custody of the... more »

Wacky Stories

  • World's shortest man dies in Italy

    March 16, 2010

    A production company says the world's shortest man has died in Italy, where he was to take part in a TV show. He Pingping, of China, who was 74.6 centimeters (2 feet, 5.37 inches) tall, died Saturday in Rome, according to the TV production company Europroduzione. Guinness World Records says... more »
  • Colorado Powerball tickets win $1 million, $200,000

    March 16, 2010

    Two Colorado tickets have won $1 million and $200,000, respectively, by matching the first five numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing. The randomly selected numbers were 6-16-20-31-and-36. The Powerball was 8 and the Power Play was 5. The Colorado Lottery says a Power Play ticket sold in Wheat Ridge won $1... more »
  • Lunch lady denies 8th grader for being a nickel short Play Video

    March 15, 2010

    The mother of an 8th grader at Skyview Middle School in Falcon District 49 says her son was denied his hot lunch because he was a nickel short. The family qualifies for the reduced lunch rate of $0.40 a meal. The boy apparently had gone through the lunch line... more »
  • City workers being warned to go scentless

    March 15, 2010

    Change is in the air for Detroit city workers. City employees will be urged not to wear perfume, cologne or aftershave as a result of a settlement in a federal lawsuit. Officials plan to place warning placards in three city buildings. The signs will warn workers to avoid "wearing scented... more »
  • Mesa State considers new spot for body farm

    March 15, 2010

    A corpse research plan in Grand Junction is being rewritten after neighbors complained. A professor at Mesa State College had proposed the college develop the nation's first high-altitude "body farm." A body farm is a forensic research site where people who have donated their corpses are left to rot. Forensics... more »
  • Showers today, with better weather on the way

    March 15, 2010

    An storm system will track southeast into western Texas by this afternoon. Expect snow to continue over the southern Sangre de Cristo range through this afternoon with 1 to 3 inches of additional accumulation in the lower elevations with up to 5 inches in the higher terrain. Rain and snow... more »
  • Family dog mysteriously returns after being carried away by bird Play Video

    March 14, 2010

    Elizabeth Todd loves her chihuahua "Poppy", and considers him as part of the family.  So, you'll understand why Monday was so terrible for Elizabeth, when her dog was snatched away by a bird. Her 9 year-old son Tim was there. He remembers hearing something awful. "It was a terrible... more »

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