Police: Man tries to buy crack with credit card
FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- Authorities said a man accused of stealing a car then reporting it stolen remains in custody after telling police he was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine with a credit card. The Flint Journal said the man reported Thursday night that a 2003 Chevrolet Malibu had been stolen.
Police reports indicated the vehicle was previously stolen out of Lapeer, about 50 miles north-northwest of Detroit.
The suspect is being lodged at the Genesee County Jail.
No further details were released.
Ohio strip club hosts 'Lap dances for Haiti'
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- A strip club in Ohio has raised $1,000 for Haitian earthquake relief during what was billed as "Lap dances for Haiti."
Marilyn's on Monroe in Toledo donated the $10 cover charges collected Saturday to ISOH (I-S-O-H)/IMPACT, an organization based in suburban Perrysburg that provides food and clothing for Haiti.
Marilyn's general manager Kenny Soprano says his establishment had been looking for a reason to hold a charity fundraiser even before the quake, as a way to improve its image. He says you don't hear much about strip clubs giving back to the community.
ISOH/IMPACT CEO Linda Greene doesn't have a problem with where the money came from. She says her group appreciates any donations to help Haiti.
Cow tips man and steps on him at UT campus
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- People probably can't tip cows, but a cow tipped a person in Knoxville. Then it stepped on him. An ambulance was called to the University of Tennessee agriculture campus Friday morning. Fire Department Capt. D.J. Corcoran told The Knoxville News Sentinel first responders found a 40 to 50-year-old man who said he was working with cattle in a pen when one knocked him down and stepped on his chest.
Corcoran said the man was alert and joking about being stepped on by a cow as he was put in an ambulance. He was taken to UT Medical Center to be examined as a precaution.
Cow tipping, or pushing over a dozing bovine, is largely discounted as a myth, much like snipe hunting.
Mumbling, fumbling, bumbling robber fails twice
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Communication skills were clearly lacking in a woman who police said tried to rob two Memphis credit unions. She fled empty-handed both times. The Commercial Appeal reported the suspect is a short, thin black or Hispanic woman dressed in dark clothing with a red scarf.
A teller couldn't understand the would-be robber's mumbled commands in her first attempt Tuesday. Police said the woman threw a holdup note at the teller, then ran from the building.
A few hours later at another credit union, a teller asked a woman several times if she needed help as the woman fumbled in her purse, then handed over a note. When she also pulled a gun, the teller left.
The woman ran outside, tripped and fell, dropped her gun -- then got into a car and left.
NYC man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend's cat
NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City graphic designer accused of surreptitiously killing a series of his girlfriend's cats has admitted slaying one of them, a kitten found with a broken neck.
Sean Lynde pleaded guilty yesterday to charges including aggravated animal cruelty. His case is set to be closed without jail time or probation if he attends therapy and meets other conditions.
In the plea deal, the 36-year-old Lynde acknowledged killing a kitten named Bonafide in January 2009. He was initially charged with killing five of his now-ex-girlfriend's pets and torturing a sixth cat.
Authorities say the unsuspecting woman kept adopting new cats to replace the ones that died.
Ill. kitten pulled from dash gets new home, name
GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) -- Central Illinois mechanic Dana Underwood makes the nooks and crannies of a car sound like a small-animal zoo. He's fished mice, snakes and rabbits out of automobiles -- some alive, some not. Underwood's Thursday auto safari had a happy ending.
The Galesburg mechanic said he spent 90 minutes tearing apart the dashboard of a van belonging to an animal shelter before finding a kitten. Shelter workers tried on their own to reach the kitten for more than a day before calling on Underwood.
And the good luck didn't end there for kitten, now named Dash. Someone at the dealership adopted him on the spot.
FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- Authorities said a man accused of stealing a car then reporting it stolen remains in custody after telling police he was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine with a credit card. The Flint Journal said the man reported Thursday night that a 2003 Chevrolet Malibu had been stolen.
Police reports indicated the vehicle was previously stolen out of Lapeer, about 50 miles north-northwest of Detroit.
The suspect is being lodged at the Genesee County Jail.
No further details were released.
Ohio strip club hosts 'Lap dances for Haiti'
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- A strip club in Ohio has raised $1,000 for Haitian earthquake relief during what was billed as "Lap dances for Haiti."
Marilyn's on Monroe in Toledo donated the $10 cover charges collected Saturday to ISOH (I-S-O-H)/IMPACT, an organization based in suburban Perrysburg that provides food and clothing for Haiti.
Marilyn's general manager Kenny Soprano says his establishment had been looking for a reason to hold a charity fundraiser even before the quake, as a way to improve its image. He says you don't hear much about strip clubs giving back to the community.
ISOH/IMPACT CEO Linda Greene doesn't have a problem with where the money came from. She says her group appreciates any donations to help Haiti.
Cow tips man and steps on him at UT campus
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- People probably can't tip cows, but a cow tipped a person in Knoxville. Then it stepped on him. An ambulance was called to the University of Tennessee agriculture campus Friday morning. Fire Department Capt. D.J. Corcoran told The Knoxville News Sentinel first responders found a 40 to 50-year-old man who said he was working with cattle in a pen when one knocked him down and stepped on his chest.
Corcoran said the man was alert and joking about being stepped on by a cow as he was put in an ambulance. He was taken to UT Medical Center to be examined as a precaution.
Cow tipping, or pushing over a dozing bovine, is largely discounted as a myth, much like snipe hunting.
Mumbling, fumbling, bumbling robber fails twice
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Communication skills were clearly lacking in a woman who police said tried to rob two Memphis credit unions. She fled empty-handed both times. The Commercial Appeal reported the suspect is a short, thin black or Hispanic woman dressed in dark clothing with a red scarf.
A teller couldn't understand the would-be robber's mumbled commands in her first attempt Tuesday. Police said the woman threw a holdup note at the teller, then ran from the building.
A few hours later at another credit union, a teller asked a woman several times if she needed help as the woman fumbled in her purse, then handed over a note. When she also pulled a gun, the teller left.
The woman ran outside, tripped and fell, dropped her gun -- then got into a car and left.
NYC man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend's cat
NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City graphic designer accused of surreptitiously killing a series of his girlfriend's cats has admitted slaying one of them, a kitten found with a broken neck.
Sean Lynde pleaded guilty yesterday to charges including aggravated animal cruelty. His case is set to be closed without jail time or probation if he attends therapy and meets other conditions.
In the plea deal, the 36-year-old Lynde acknowledged killing a kitten named Bonafide in January 2009. He was initially charged with killing five of his now-ex-girlfriend's pets and torturing a sixth cat.
Authorities say the unsuspecting woman kept adopting new cats to replace the ones that died.
Ill. kitten pulled from dash gets new home, name
GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) -- Central Illinois mechanic Dana Underwood makes the nooks and crannies of a car sound like a small-animal zoo. He's fished mice, snakes and rabbits out of automobiles -- some alive, some not. Underwood's Thursday auto safari had a happy ending.
The Galesburg mechanic said he spent 90 minutes tearing apart the dashboard of a van belonging to an animal shelter before finding a kitten. Shelter workers tried on their own to reach the kitten for more than a day before calling on Underwood.
And the good luck didn't end there for kitten, now named Dash. Someone at the dealership adopted him on the spot.
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