BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa judge has denied a request by an Arizona foundation to disinter a Burlington man so his remains could be preserved through a low-temperatures process known as cryonic suspension.
Orville Richardson died in February at the age of 81.
Alcor Life Extension Foundation, of Scottsdale, Ariz., said in a lawsuit that Richardson [...]
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (AP) - A New Hampshire man says he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and was charged over 23 quadrillion dollars.
Josh Muszynski checked his account online a few hours after the purchase and saw the 17-digit number - a stunning $23,148,855,308,184,500 (twenty-three quadrillion, one [...]
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) - Deputies say a man suspected of kidnapping a woman used an ATM card with his name on it to pop open a lock at her Wyoming home, and then left the card behind.
Sweetwater County authorities say 20-year-old Martin Joseph Adams was arrested last week on suspicion of kidnapping, battery and [...]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Big Boy is back home at Hal Lansky’s house in Memphis.
The smiling, hamburger-bearing plastic figure was stolen from Lansky’s back yard over the weekend.
It was found by University of Alabama student James Francis and a friend as they drove along a street early Sunday.
The two recognized it, not as the restaurant [...]
RUSS BYNUM
Associated Press Writer
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Two inmates at the Chatham County jail in coastal Georgia got burned by their own smoking habit when they started a fire trying to light a handmade cigarette with a spark from an electrical socket.
Both inmates were treated for minor burns after their cellmates quickly doused the fire [...]
Dead hogs slip from semi in south Des Moines (Des Moines Register - includes photo)
Officer Calls Dead Hogs Incident ‘Ugly Scene’ (KCCI)
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Pig carcasses slop across I-235 on-ramp (Wichita Eagle)
Hat tip to Register commenter with handle IowaShocker
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) - The bride wore white - and a face mask.
A Chicago couple married in surgical masks and latex gloves Sunday after learning less than 48 hours before that they both had swine flu.
Ilana Jackson and Jeremy Fierstien went ahead with the ceremony after doctors assured them guests wouldn’t be at serious [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A man in Oklahoma City says he was attacked for his bologna and cheese sandwich.
Police say 24-year-old Roger Hamilton told them he was sitting on a bus station bench Wednesday, about to put mayonnaise on his sandwich, when another man began staring at him.
Hamilton told police that the man then punched [...]
Boy Hit by Meteorite
A 14-year old German boy was hit in the hand by a pea-sized meteorite that scared the bejeezus out of him and left a scar. “When it hit me it knocked me flying and then was still going fast enough to bury itself into the road,” Gerrit Blank said …
Crowd ejected from game
After both coaches were warned by [home plate umpire Don] Briggs, the crowd also drew a warning. When a fan yelled from the crowd, Briggs ejected the entire crowd from the game. …
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