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02/06/2012 12:52 PM |
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Cell-phone photo leads to carjacking arrest, cops say |
| JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Jersey City police say an accused carjacker was captured after a picture he took of himself with the victim's cellphone was automatically forwarded to her computer. |
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02/06/2012 01:02 PM |
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Cleaning spray foils robbery, police say |
| WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah -- Workers at a West Valley City Mexican food restaurant have foiled an armed robbery with a few spritzes of oven cleaner. |
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02/06/2012 12:01 PM |
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2 men arrested over stolen burrito, police say |
| ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Two men spent Super Bowl weekend locked up in an Albuquerque jail because of a dispute over a stolen burrito. |
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02/06/2012 11:48 AM |
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Dad drunk when he picked up drunk son, cops say |
| ALTOONA, Pa. -- Police say a central Pennsylvania father was drunk when he drove to a police station to pick up his even drunker son who had been arrested for drunken driving after he was found passed out in his car. |
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02/04/2012 12:30 PM |
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N.J. museum finds recording of Otto von Bismarck |
| For the first time, 21st-century audiences are able to hear the voice of Otto von Bismarck, one of the 19th century's most important figures. |
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02/04/2012 01:43 PM |
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Woman blocking drive-through stunned |
| North Carolina deputies say they used a stun gun on a woman who blocked a McDonald's drive-thru for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her because she broke in line. |
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02/03/2012 04:38 PM |
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Catwoman, other costumed characters in brawl |
| LOS ANGELES -- Police say several people dressed as movie characters on Hollywood Boulevard got into a brawl that ended with a man dressed as "Pirates of the Caribbean" character Capt. Jack Sparrow being pepper-sprayed. |
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02/03/2012 04:43 PM |
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Boy's tree house is too high, city says |
| FARMINGTON, Mich. -- A tree house on a suburban Detroit family's property has caught the city's attention for not being built in line with local rules. |
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02/03/2012 12:33 PM |
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250-pound man pleads guilty to piggyback assaults |
| HELENA, Mont. -- A 250-pound man with a history of jumping on the backs of student athletes in the Pacific Northwest has pleaded guilty to assault. |
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02/03/2012 12:18 PM |
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Woman groped in own shower, police say |
| PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh police say an intruder entered a woman's home and groped her in the shower before she was able to scare him away. |
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