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Man cited after paying bill with 2,500 pennies

A Utah man has been cited on a charge of disorderly conduct after paying for a disputed medical bill with 2,500 pennies.

Jason West went to Basin Clinic in Vernal prepared to dispute an outstanding $25 bill.

Assistant Vernal Police Chief Keith Campbell says that after asking staff members whether they accepted cash, West dumped 2,500 pennies on the counter and demanded that staff count them.

Campbell says the incident upset the staff because pennies were strewn about the counter and floor, and West's action served "no legitimate purpose."

Police later issued the 38-year-old West a citation for disorderly conduct. That carries a fine of as much as $140 or 14,000 pennies.

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Drunk driver punched himself

Police in Connecticut said an accused drunken driver allegedly punched himself in the face and tore his shirt to support a bogus story of being assaulted.

Farmington police said an officer witnessed Daniel Vagnini driving through a stop sign about midnight and the motorist nearly crashed into another car.

Investigators said they found Vagnini's car on Indian Hill Road and the suspect called 911 from the nearby woods to report he was lost.

Vagnini told police he was assaulted while getting into his car after a night of drinking in Hartford and he blacked out during the attack. The suspect told police he regained consciousness in the woods.

However, police said Vagnini later admitted he had made up the story. They said he had punched himself in the face, ripped his shirt and tossed his wallet and keys into a river to support his claims.

Vagnini was charged with reckless driving, evading responsibility and driving under the influence.

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She’s a Spitter

Woman asked to go to jail then resisted

Police in Delaware said a woman who asked to be taken to jail wound up charged with resisting arrest for trying to fight with state troopers.

The Delaware State Police said they responded to a complaint at the Super Lodge Motel in Newcastle and the troopers were approached by Teiera Rider, 20, who they said was "demanding" to be taken to jail.

Troopers said Rider refused their requests for her to calm down and she is accused of kicking and spitting at them as they placed her under arrest.

Rider was charged with resisting arrest, offensive touching of law-enforcement officers, criminal mischief, underage drinking and disorderly conduct.

Police said Rider may have requested to be arrested due to a bench warrant for her arrest stemming from Rider allegedly spitting on a Wilmington, Del., police officer at the scene of a car crash.

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Anti-crime equipment was stolen from car

A Florida anti-crime program said a black carry-on luggage bag containing $700 worth of presentation materials was stolen from a worker's car.

Larry Lawton, founder of the anti-crime group Reality Check, said an unidentified thief took the bag, containing a $600 projector and $100 speakers, from the car of program assistant Erica Clydesdale while it was parked overnight at her Palm Bay home.

Lawton said the bag also contained other materials for the program's classes.

"What were in that package is articles about people in prison. Its letters from people that are in prison," Lawton said. "It's letters from people who have gotten killed in prison."

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Man walking from S.C. to D.C. for USO

A South Carolina man walking more than 500 miles to Washington to benefit the USO says "the heat is the hardest part" of the journey.

Leonard Pitts, who arrived Saturday in Charlotte, N.C., after starting his journey in Clinton, S.C., said he planned to take a day off from walking and hoped to meet with Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx.

Pitts said he is accepting pledges during his walk, planned to last 24 days, to raise funds for the USO, an organization supporting members of the U.S. military.

The journey is being documented on Pitts' Web site, www.lpitts.com

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Look another use for “Duct Tape” weight lifting

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The embarrassing father is no more.

Over the course of the 180-day school year, Dale Price waved at the school bus carrying his 16-year-old son, Rain, while wearing something different every morning outside their American Fork home.

He started out by donning a San Diego Chargers helmet and jersey, an Anakin Skywalker helmet, and swim trunks and a snorkel mask,

Among others, he later dressed up as Elvis, Batgirl, The Little Mermaid, The scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz, Princess Leia, Nacho Libre and Santa Claus. He wore spandex, leather, feathers, wigs, flips flops, suits, boots, fur, Army fatigues and several dresses, including a wedding dress.

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Day 169 - White Wedding

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"Come on.

It's a nice day for a white wedding.

It's a nice day to start again."

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-Billy Idol

Dale Price said it took a lot of effort to keep up, but he did it to have fun and show his son he really cared about him. "He can use it against his kids and tell them, 'If you think you are embarrassed by me, you should have seen your grandfather."

His mother, Rochelle Price, said it's important to have a sense of humor. She started a blog with photos of her husband's costumes at waveatthebus.blogspot.com.

"Life is hard. It is fun to be able to start it with a laugh every day," she said.

Despite all the fun, Dale Price said he doesn't plan on doing it again next year -- at least for now.

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An Oregon woman develops European accent after surgery

Karen Butler has never been to Europe but 18 months after the procedure her "foreign" accent remains.

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The 56-year-old tax consultant from Toledo, Oregon, has found her life transformed by the dental procedure, which left her with dentures, and - depending on whom you ask - an Eastern European, Swedish or British accent.

Mrs. Butler had all her top teeth and front bottom teeth removed in November 2009 because of gingivitis. A week later the swelling had gone away, but she still sounded strange. Her dentist told her she just had to get used to her new teeth.

But as weeks stretched on with no change, Mrs. Butler did some online research. She diagnosed herself with Foreign Accent Syndrome, a medical condition with only a few dozen documented cases.

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Do you have our attention now?

Warren and Maureen Nyerges know how difficult it can be to get Bank of America’s attention.

When the lending giant attempted to foreclose on the couple’s cash-purchased Golden Gate Estates home in 2010, they spent weeks on the phone and in court before the case was dismissed.

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A judge ordered the bank to pay $2,500 in attorney fees for the couple’s troubles. Yet after five months and even more phone calls, the bank had not paid the judgement

The couple opted for a different tactic. Media in tow, their attorney arrived outside a Davis Boulevard branch of the bank with deputies, a moving company and the court’s permission to seize branch assets.

It was a scene that turned the foreclosure crisis on its head, if briefly. Collier County sheriff’s deputies entered the bank shortly after 9 a.m., located the bank manager and presented him with a court writ and a familiar choice: Pay the money or prepare to lose possessions.

Guess who won?

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Woman hand feeds a great white shark

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Small Bits of News You Didn’t Know You Needed

Police shoots at fake concrete alligator

In Independence, Mo., this week police officers over did it, pulling out their service weapon and shooting dead an alligator, or at least as croaked as a concrete croc can get.

Rick Sheridan, the owner of the lawn ornament heard gunfire while working in his garage. When he went to see what was going on he found several police officers with their weapons drawn.

The life-like gator had actually been put in place, the owner said, to scare off trespassers because "No Trespassing" signs were not doing the trick.

The police department later apologized.

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Chinese teen trades kidney for iPad 2

A Chinese 17-year-old says he used the money he made by selling one of his kidneys to buy an iPad 2 and a laptop computer.

The teen, identified as Little Zheng, arranged the sale over the Internet and did not tell his parents. He admitted what he had done to his mother after she got suspicious about his new equipment and the scar on his body. Little Zheng reportedly received $3,392 for the kidney.

The sale of human organs has been illegal in China since 2007, and the government has been encouraging voluntary donations.

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Earless bunny born near Fukushima radiation zone

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'Live Fish' asthma cure

Hundreds of thousands of sufferers gather annually in Hyderabad, India in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh to gulp down small live fish and a special herb paste.

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The Goud family, which says it received the medicine recipe from a Hindu Saint in 1845, treats people from across India for free during a two-day period determined by astrologers and the onset of the monsoon.

The wriggling five-centimeter (two-inch) fish, which the family says clear the throat on their way down, will be dispensed this year on June 8 and 9.

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