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Theft suspect flees into police station
Police say a man suspected of stealing a bottle of Schnapps from a Wyoming grocery store didn't have the best escape route planned.
Riverton police say the 26-year-old ran out of the store after grabbing the bottle of booze and a package of cough drops Wednesday and hid in a nearby building, which happened to be the police station.
Police say the man then ran out of the police station, but not before a dispatcher had spied him on the station's surveillance camera and alerted officers.
The man, who police say was drunk, was caught soon after. He was taken into custody on preliminary charges of resisting arrest and shoplifting.
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£1m home trashed, after boy advertises party on Facebook
When they left their teenage son at home for the weekend, the Shuklas thought he would spend a quiet evening with friends.
But they returned to find their £1million home had been destroyed by gatecrashers after their 16-year-old son advertised a party on Facebook.
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Jail confiscates drug-filled melon
Melons: do not naturally come filled with drugs
Officials at an American jail have intercepted an illicit cantaloupe sent to inmates - and discovered that it was full of drugs.
Prison officers at the Chelan County Regional Justice Center in Washington state first spotted that there might be something dodgy about the drugs-melon when they spotted that there was a noticeable cut around the top.
Upon examining the fruit more closely, they discovered a bag full of oxycodone pills, as well as some tobacco, had been hidden inside.
The melon was part of a delivery of surplus food from a local grocery store, which is regularly sent to the jail.
Surveillance camera footage from the store showed two women dropping off a shopping bag containing the drugs-melon, which was placed with the rest of the surplus food. Store workers alerted the jail that there might be a naughty fruit in the delivery after seeing the suspicious behavior on the camera footage.
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Trouser-stuffing lotion thief was not a smooth criminal
A man who stuffed 75 bottles of body lotion down his trousers failed to make a clean getaway, as he was somewhat hampered by slacks that were nearly bursting at the seams.
Police in Springfield, Massachusetts, say 30-year-old Chamil Guadarrama was charged with larceny after the incident at Bath and Body Works store.
Guadarrama had reportedly tied string around his ankles to stop the bottles slipping out.
Police say mall security officers chased Guadarrama when he tried to flee - but he had stuffed so many of the eight-ounce glass bottles of lotion in his trousers that he could barely run.
Police added he could not bend over to get in the police car until some of the bottles were removed. His legs were also 'extremely chafed', according to police spokesman Sgt. John M. Delaney. 'He needed the use of some of the stolen items.'
The total amount of lotion he attempted to steal came to about 5 gallons, and was worth $787.50 (around £500).
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Man 'operated on his own dog because vet too expensive'
A man who claimed he could not afford medical care for his dog has been charged with illegally operating on the pet.
Alan MacQuattie, from Barrington, in the north-eastern state of Rhode Island, removed a cyst from the leg of his 14-year-old yellow Labrador-mix.
But professional veterinarians had to operate again after an infection developed following the first surgery.
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Man Slams SUV Into Gas Station
Police in Alabama charged a man with attempted murder after he drove his truck through the window of a service station. He had to be subdued with a stun gun. Police say he was angry he had to pre-pay.
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Get Paid to Get High
New York College Receives $390,000 in Stimulus Funds to Study the Effects of Malt Liquor and Marijuana on Adults.
100 people will be paid $45 a day for three weeks by taxpayers to drink malt liquor and smoke marijuana.
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Italian judge fines parents of rapists for failures in upbringing
The parents of Italian children who commit violent crimes face the threat of crushing financial penalties following a landmark ruling by a judge in Milan. The mothers and fathers of five teenage boys who repeatedly raped a young girl have been ordered to pay her compensation totaling €450,000 because of their failure to give their sons an "education in feelings and emotions". Judge Bianca La Monica awarded the damages against all the boys' natural parents, including those who had separated from their partners and no longer had custody of their sons.
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Restaurant promotes sex in its bathrooms

Mildred's Temple Kitchen invites diners to visit its unisex stalls for a little Valentine's Day loving.
Mildred's Temple Kitchen is inviting customers to have sex in its bathrooms.
The Valentine's weekend promotion takes uncomfortable but electrifying sex from the close confines of an airplane and transfers it to the unisex stalls of the Hanna Ave. restaurant.
The Liberty Village restaurant proposes its modern bathrooms become one of the "101 places to have sex before you die."
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A hostess shows off a washroom at Mildred's, where sex is encouraged.
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Cheerleader takes a flip hard

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Mission Beach signs cause a stir

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Thumbs up: Backpackers Jen Andersson, Luke Tossoun, Sarah Parker and Laura Bettinelli yesterday gave the billboard the thumbs up, saying it got their attention.

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TV Stolen at Prison Facility

It took some kind of nerve to pull off a recent theft - from the Fort Des Moines Correctional Facility.
A thief absconded with a flat-screen TV after attending a program at the Des Moines facility for former prison inmates.
He nearly got away with the crime by using the cover of budget-induced darkness.
Authorities believe a man took the TV, valued at $400, from a dark conference room at the prison facility.
Two men initially avoided detection because budget cuts have left the prison short-staffed. The conference room surveillance cameras did not spot them because lights had been turned off to save money.
However, other surveillance cameras recorded Aaron Jefferson, 26, and Kareem Abdul-Jabar Sanders, 29, checking door handles in the building.
The Des Moines men attended a rehabilitation class at the facility Friday evening. The TV disappeared after that.
Officers raided Jefferson's residence and found the TV, Kreamer said. Jefferson admitted he had taken the TV, police said.
"Stealing from a correctional facility, we don't see that every day." Des Moines Police Det. Dave Smith said.
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DIY Dentist

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The snake that’s hooked on cigarettes

You don't want to deny his morning cigarette - he's guaranteed to throw a hissy fit.

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14 Chihuahuas Eat Owner’s Corpse

As their owner lay dead for 2 1/2 weeks, fourteen (14) starving Chihuahuas began
Fourteen starved Chihuahuas are receiving veterinary treatment after being found in a home where the owner had died. Three of the dogs are in critical condition.
Police say the elderly homeowner had been dead for about 2 and a half weeks, apparently of natural causes.
The dogs were stuck inside that home without food or water.
"This is a very sad situation where you have animals that rely on an owner to care for them, and when they decease like that and no one knows about it they're on their own," says Stacie Dabolt, an AHS Animal EMT.
"They are alive and in the condition they are because they were eating off of their owner's corpse. Sad to say but that is reality of what we deal with."
Eight other Chihuahuas didn't survive. Their bodies were found inside the home.
The living animals were taken to the AHS Sunnyslope facility to be evaluated. One Chihuahua weighs only 5 pounds -- less than half of what he should weigh.
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Rare ailment makes 13-year-old girl look like she’s 50

Zara Hartshorn has lipodystrophy, which makes her look old before her time
For some folks, turning 50 can trigger a midlife crisis. But due to a cruel blow of nature, Zara Hartshorn is forced to deal with it at the tender age of 13.
Though barely a teen, Zara has the appearance of a 50-year-old, something that saps her confidence just when most young people are striving for self-esteem. The Rotherham, England, teen suffers from lipodystrophy, a syndrome that causes the supporting fatty tissue under the skin to crumble even while the skin continues to grow, often at an alarming rate.
The hereditary condition is extremely rare — only about 2,000 people around the world have it — and for Zara, it has devastating social effects.
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School Principal Suspended for Calling Students 'Stupid'

The principal of Litchfield Elementary School has been put on administrative leave after a letter he wrote as a joke commenting on their children's math skills apparently found its way to parents.
Principal Ron Sterr apparently distributed the letter to teachers last week as a joke -- but one teacher who thought it was real sent it home to parents of her second grade class.
The letter read in part: "The math we do is really easy. If your child is either too lazy or too stupid to finish it in class, I'm sending it home so that you can work with them and judge for yourself whether it is laziness or idiocy that inhibits your child's progress."
The principal was put on administrative leave following a flood of phone calls from outraged parents, and is pending further disciplinary action.

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Other parents think the district is blowing the letter out of proportion.

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