- Mass. police say gravedigger stole body parts to make ashtray and pipe
- FITCHBURG, Mass. (AP) - Police say a gravedigger stole body parts - including a skull and a thigh bone - from a broken casket at a church cemetery and took them home to make an ashtray.
- Washington woman ties county blood alcohol record of 0.50 after arrest
- TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A Pierce County woman apparently tied a record for the amount of alcohol in her blood when the Washington State Patrol toxicology lab measured a blood-alcohol content of 0.50 two hours after she was arrested for investigation of drunken driving.
- Washington woman who registered her dog to vote as a protest takes plea deal
- SEATTLE (AP) - Duncan M. MacDonald can't vote, which could be a relief to politicians who otherwise might have to outline their positions on chew toys, postal carriers and squirrels.
- Keep it down! New Yorkers to adjust volume with revised noise regulations
- NEW YORK (AP) - At a busy Manhattan corner, a cabbie lays on the horn as he struggles through rush-hour traffic. A few blocks away, sirens blare as an ambulance races down the street. In the subway below, trains screech to a halt and an amateur dance troupe blasts hip-hop music on the platform.
- Alabama man gets his finger stuck in the gas tank of his truck while trying to clear gunk
- HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - A man felt the pain of the gas tank, and he wasn't even at a pump. Dwight Clark's dilemma occurred Wednesday afternoon in the parking lot of a pharmacy when he apparently tried to clear some gunk from around the opening of the gas tank. His finger got stuck in his gas tank's opening.
- Man convicted of 46 felony charges now faces four new charges
- FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A man convicted of 46 felony charges involving burglary sprees across 10 counties is facing four new charges in federal court here. Edward Dean Waslaski Jr., 42, is charged in federal court with felony counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Waslaski was convicted of 46 felonies between 1984 and 2000, court records show.
- Minnesota man to pay nearly $3,000 for putting feces in parking ticket envelope
- AUSTIN, Minn. (AP) - A man has been ordered to pay nearly $3,000 to the woman who became seriously ill in April after opening a parking ticket envelope in which he had placed dog feces.
- Valve on a truck breaks, spilling 4,000 pounds of pig blood on Oregon road
- KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - A valve on a truck hauling animal waste from a Klamath Falls processing plant broke, spilling 4,000 pounds of pig blood. A biohazards cleaning company from Prineville was called in to clean up about 200 feet of roadway flooded by the blood.
- Firefighters get high battling marijuana-fuelled blaze in Texas
- EDINBURG, Texas (AP) - Some people get intoxicated watching a fire. But a group of Texas firefighters got high battling one.