LAWSUIT OVER 'SPRINKLES'
Starting a business is no piece of (cup)cake. Just ask two of the newest bakeries to open in Southern California.
Beverly Hills-based Sprinkles.. 
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8-YEAR-OLD BOY DISTRUBUTES FAKE $20 BILLS AT SCHOOL
OCALA - The 8-year-old boy was a generous fellow, handing out hundreds of dollars in $20 bills to other students at South Ocala Elementary School.
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MAN TELLS PROSTITUTE NOT TO STEAL HIS VAN, SHE DOES ANYWAY
PALM CITY — A Stuart man has accused a prostitute he hired of stealing his van, according to a report by Martin County Sheriff’s Office.
The ma..
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POLICE KNOCK DOWN DOOR THINKING WOMAN WAS IN TROUBLE...IT WAS A BIRD
"Help me! Help me!"
Police officers called to a South Trenton home Wednesday morning clearly heard what they thought was a female voice callin..
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CROSS-DRESSING THIEF LEAVES FAKE BREAST BEHIND
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.--(AP) Police in Port St. Lucie are on the lookout for a cross-dressing man who snatched a 74-year-old woman's purse. As if that w..
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MAN ACCUSED OF IGNITING ANOTHER SLEEPING MAN'S PANTS
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill., Sep. 3, 2008--(AP) A man was freed on $20,000 bond after being accused of setting another man's pants on fire. Joseph Hornsey, 21,..
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CREDIT CARD THIEF SIGNS HIS OWN NAME TO RECEIPTS
IOWA CITY, Iowa---(AP) Iowa City police say they didn't have much trouble finding a man accused of using a stolen credit card _ he signed his own name..
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GUNSHOT VICTIM SUES TO GET HIS PROSTHETIC LEG BACK
ALLIANCE, Neb--(AP) After being shot five times last weekend, a western Nebraska man had to go to court to get his prosthetic leg back from prosecutor..
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CHARGES FILED IN PAPARAZZI SURF BATTLE
LOS ANGELES---Two surfers have been charged with misdemeanor battery for allegedly throwing a photographer into the water as he tried to shoot picture..
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GUILTY PLEA IN PIZZA BOMBING
ERIE, Pa. ---A man has admitted he helped plan a bizarre 2003 bank robbery that ended with the death of a Pennsylvania pizza deliveryman with a collar..
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TEXAS GOVERNOR ASKED TO STOP EXECUTION FOR HEARING
Nearly two dozen former judges and prosecutors urged Texas Gov. Rick Perry to grant a temporary reprieve to a death row inmate whose claim that the ju..
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IMMUNITY DEAL EXPIRES FOR CASEY ANTHONY
**BILL'S THOUGHTS--Something has got to give in this case and soon. This mom just needs to come out and tell everyone what ex..
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EDGY SEX ED VIDEOS SPARK DEBATE
**BILL'S THOUGHTS--I'm all for sex education but even I would have a few issues with these more explicit versions. This is ju..
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FATHER ARRESTED FOR ARRANGING SEX FOR 15-YEAR-OLD SON
**BILL'S THOUGHTS--You know? What is wrong with this? So a dad wants to get his kid laid and he goes the extra mile and pays..
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MAN SITS IN JAIL FOR TWO YEARS AFTER LAWYER IGNORES HIM
St. Louis — Joseph A. Shepard Sr. sat in local jails for almost two years,
assuming that his lawyer was making progress on his case and that drug-..
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POLICE SAY MILWAUKEE MAN PLANNED TO BOMB GANG, DRUG HOUSES
After Milwaukee police were tipped that a south side man planned to make bombs and use them on drug and gang houses, undercover officers followed Robe..
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10-YEAR-OLDS HOSPITALIZED AFTER TRYING TO GET HIGH ON MUCINEX
FORT PIERCE — Two 10-year-old boys “wanted to get high,” “trip,” and “see colors,” so they took a bottle of Mucinex from two 16-year-olds Monday and d..
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DRUNK DRIVER TRIES TO BRIBE COP WITH...SANDWICH
**BILL'S THOUGHTS--This won't work for cops, but I gotta tell you, it would work for me!. For a cop, he should have tried don..
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MAN ARRESTED FOR USING UNDERWATER CAMERA TO TAKE VIDEO OF GIRLS AT PUBLIC POOL
WAUKESHA - A 55-year-old man was arrested for taking video of young girls at a public pool with an underwater camera.
Police said Gregory Zabol..
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COURT SAYS KILLER NOT TOO FAT TO EXECUTE
**BILL'S THOUGHTS---I am SO glad that they're going to execute this guy and that they didn't fall for the 'I'm too fat' argume..
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JAPANESE POLICE FOOLED BY LIFE SIZE DOLL
JAPAN--Police were trying to determine Tuesday whether they were the victim of a hoax after the body they thought they found at a seaside resort was a..
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BOND RECINDED FOR MISSING CAYLEE'S MOM
ORLANDO, Fla. ---The $500,000 bond posted a week ago for the mother of a missing Florida girl was rescinded after she was taken back to jail on check ..
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TOWN SUED AFTER NIXING POLE-DANCING STUDIO
PITTSBURGH
A woman has sued a town that refused to allow her to open a dance studio that featured pole-dancing exercise classes on the..
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MOTHER CONVICTED IN MICROWAVED-BABY CASE
DAYTON, Ohio --A mother was convicted Friday of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven, with jurors rejecting a defense att..
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WOMAN FINDS FINGER IN OXTAIL DISH AT RESTAURANT
TAMPA - A Tampa family at home eating oxtail for dinner made a surprising discovery, their lawyer said - part of a human finger.
Connie Edwards..
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COMMUNITIES TRY SHAMING PROSTITUTION CLIENTS
Tired of arresting and re-arresting prostitutes, police in communities across the nation are increasingly targeting their clients with an old techniqu..
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"THUG" PRESLEY ARRESTED IN LAS VEGAS
No one's throwing a party at the county jail for inmate Kristopher Presley, a distant cousin of Elvis Presley and an aspiring hip-hop artist who plead..
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18-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX WITH DOG ARRESTED FOR CHILD PORN
An 18-year-old who, along with his mother, lost custody of his two dogs after authorities found signs of bestiality, was arrested Monday after detecti..
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MAN GOES ON RAMPAGE AFTER GIRLFRIEND DENIES HIM SEX
BRADENTON - Authorities say a 20-year-old man hit his girlfriend when she wouldn't have sex with him Monday morning and then went to a house armed wit..
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HARVARD REVIEW CAMPUS COPS AFTER ACCUSATIONS OF PROFILING
Campus police at Harvard University are under scrutiny, as the Ivy League school this week launched a review of the department amid allegations of pos..
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MALE ENHANCEMENT PILL MAKER GETS TWENTY FIVE YEARS IN PRISON
CINCINNATI ---A business owner convicted of defrauding customers seeking male sexual enhancement products and a variety of herbal supplements was sent..
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SOME MEDICAL POT DISPENSERS MAY BE ILLEGAL
SAN FRANCISCO ---Medical marijuana dispensers that operate for-profit likely violate California law, according to guidelines that may encourage local ..
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OREGON INDIAN TRIBE LEGALIZES SAME SEX MARRIAGE
A request from a bride-to-be has led an Oregon Indian tribe to legalize same-sex marriage, a move leaders say may be the first of its kind in the Unit..
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'DEPORT YOURSELF' PILOT PROGRAM FOR ILLEGALS DEEMED A FAILURE
SANTA ANA, Calif. ---A pilot program allowing illegal immigrants to surrender to authorities to avoid jail and have more control over their deportatio..
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COURT DOESN'T BUY PENIS WAS TOO SMALL TO SEE IN FLASHING CASE
A promise and a prediction. I will do my best not to insert bad puns into this column.
I will fail.
Houston's 14th Court of Appeals on T..
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MAN CALLS 911 TO REPORT HE CAN'T GET A REFUND ON CONDOMS
The caller this weekend told police he'd just been robbed at a Route 4 gas station in Englewood. He called again moments later with a description of t..
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WOMAN CUFFED, TAKEN DOWNTOWN OVER OVERDUE LIBRARY BOOKS
GRAFTON - Heidi Dalibor is the first to admit that she ignored calls and letters from the Grafton library regarding two overdue books.
She als..
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GRAMMAR VIGILANTES ARRESTED FOR VANDALISM
Two self-anointed "grammar vigilantes" who toured the nation removing typos from public signs have been banned from national parks after vandalizing a..
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WARNER BROTHERS SUING OVER INDIAN 'HARI PUTTAR' MOVIE
Hollywood studio Warner Bros are suing Indian producers in relation to a movie they believe infringes the copyright of the 'Harry Potter' franchise.
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MAN ARRESTED FOR 'TWO CENT' SOLICITATION OFFER
BONITA SPRINGS — Fausino Diaz Hernandez should be well known to Lee County Sheriff’s deputies.
He has seven aliases and 19 arrests, most of the..
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WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER TRYING TO KIDNAP 'VIRTUAL ROMANCE' PARTNER
A North Carolina postal worker not ready to end her virtual romance with a Delaware man was arrested in Maryland after breaking into his Claymont apar..
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'MODERN DAY NINJAS' ARRESTED BY COPS
CLIFTON — Two "modern day Ninjas" calling themselves Shinobi Warriors on a quest to rid the area of drug users and drug dealers have been put out of b..
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WITNESSES MAY BE REQUIRED IN BOSTON TRANSIT WORKERS DRUG TESTS
Some transportation workers in Boston and across the country may soon have an audience when they give urine samples for workplace drug tests, accordin..
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VIRGIN MARY'S LATEST SIGHTING.... A TREE IN CANADA
An uncanny likeness of the Virgin Mary formed into the bark of a Scarborough tree has left dumbfounded residents wondering if their neighbourhood has ..
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TEXAS WANTS SOME FLDS SECT KIDS BACK IN CUSTODY
SAN ANGELO, Texas---Some of the children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch, placed in foster care and then returned to their parents could be heade..
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CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT RULES DOCTORS CAN'T DISCRIMINATE
The California Supreme Court today ruled unanimously that doctors cannot cite their religious beliefs as grounds to deny gay and lesbian patients medi..
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WOMAN KEEPS DEAD BOYFRIEND'S CORPSE FOR SEVERAL DAYS
TRENTON - The live-in girlfriend charged Thursday with murdering her boyfriend in their Oak Avenue residence called police Wednesday night and confess..
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WOMAN ACCUSED OF BEATING FIANCE AT PARTY
POULSBO, Wash. —
A Poulsbo woman was jailed after being accused of beating up her fiance at their prenuptial party.
Kitsap County sheriff's..
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HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION HAS PROBLEM WITH RESIDENT'S FORD PICKUP
If there's one thing Texans are serious about, it's pickups.
But a Frisco man says his truck is being targeted simply because his homeowners a..
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MAN SUES OVER 9-FOOT TAPEWORM
Anthony Franz had started to eat healthy, but the salmon salad he ordered for lunch from Shaw's Crab House in August 2006 wasn't the best choice, acco..
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71 DAYS IN JAIL FOR STEALING TWO HOT DOGS
WICHITA, Kansas--Hear about the guy who spent 71 days in jail for stealing two hot dogs from a Wichita QuikTrip?
Wait. He didn't steal the hot ..
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TEACHERS FILM HORROR MOVIE IN SCHOOL
An Upper St. Clair teacher resigned her position after school officials learned that she and her husband had filmed portions of a horror movie they ar..
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EXPERTS SAY HILLARY CLINTON WILL RUN IN 2008
**BILL'S THOUGHTS--If Hillary runs, I think she will win...especially if she gets paired up with someone like Barack Obama.
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