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Weird News Mom allegedly drives son, friends to car break-ins GREAT FALLS, Mont.—A 37-year-old woman was accused of driving her son and his friends around the city as the teens stole items from cars.   Full Story   Mich. farmer gets aww!-some shock in 5-lamb birth VEVAY TOWNSHIP, Mich.—A Michigan farmer whose ewe gave birth to twins found himself carefully counting sheep when he later discovered three more lambs.   Full Story   Suspicious Ore. package contains leg, not bomb HILLSBORO, Ore.—A scary situation turned into a strange one when a bomb squad determined that a suspicious package left outside the Washington County Sheriff's Office contained a prosthetic leg.   Full Story   Kansas man charged with stealing woman's underwear HUTCHINSON, Kan.—Police charged a 48-year-old man with breaking into a 23-year-old woman's apartment and stealing her underwear.   Full Story   Man allegedly breaks into woman's lingerie drawer PASADENA, Calif.—A 30-year-old man was arrested and booked on suspicion of burglary Saturday after allegedly breaking into a woman's home—and into her lingerie drawer.   Full Story   Cash stash in bra stops bullet from piercing heart SAO PAULO—Police say a wad of cash stuffed in a woman's bra saved her life during a shootout in northeastern Brazil.   Full Story   Woman gets theft citation for picking daffodils CENTRALIA, Wash.—A woman accused of picking daffodils on city property was arrested and given a theft citation.   Full Story   Deep doo-doo wouldn't do for Texas cattle rancher (AP Photo/ Michael Graczyk) COMANCHE, Texas—Mack Stark figures cattle raisers can appreciate the name of his west central Texas ranch and makes no apologies for the words in big black letters on the steel arch over the dirt and gravel driveway.   Full Story   Ohio woman jailed over adult mags sent to neighbor PIQUA, Ohio—An Ohio woman is serving 60 days in jail because police said she ordered adult magazines in a neighbor's name during a feud.   Full Story   Guardian Angels' Sliwa offers NY 'Underbelly Tour' NEW YORK—Forget dinner and a Broadway show. Tourists can now get a look at New York City's criminal underbelly, thanks to Curtis Sliwa (SLEE'-wuh).   Full Story   5-year-old rides NYC subway alone for 34 stops NEW YORK—Authorities say a 5-year-old boy slipped onto a New York City subway alone and rode for 34 stops from one end of Manhattan to the other before anyone intercepted him.   Full Story   Feeling sinful? Get SoulWow, available now in NY NEW YORK—Sinners, take heed: There's a product available now in parts of New York that will leave you with that "almost baptized feeling.   Full Story   Swedish parishioners unveil Lego statue of Jesus (AP Photo/Jonas Ekstromer) STOCKHOLM—Parishioners at a church in Sweden celebrated Easter on Sunday by unveiling a 6-foot-tall (1.   Full Story   4 injured after drunk drivers collide in Wisconsin RACINE, Wis.—Police in Wisconsin say four people were injured after a drunk driver hit another drunk driver in Racine.   Full Story   Cable glitch switches religious program to racy ad PHILADELPHIA—A Philadelphia cable network's early morning broadcast of a Good Friday service at the Vatican abruptly changed to something wildly different—a 30-second "Girls Gone Wild" ad.   Full Story   NH burglar apologizes, turns over stolen goods PELHAM, N.H.—Police in southern New Hampshire are searching for a burglar who says he's sorry. Pelham police say a resident who pulled into his driveway Friday afternoon caught a burglar coming out of the house with jewelry boxes and electronic items.   Full Story   Uni-flipper turtle gets it straight with swimsuit SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas—Allison, a green sea turtle with only one flipper, has been going around and around and around for most of her life.   Full Story   Environmental agency offices pollute Wash. creek VANCOUVER, Wash.—Washington state environmental regulators say they've finally found the source of pollution that has been fouling a creek near Vancouver Lake: the agency's own sewer pipes.   Full Story   Missouri farming couple has their own 'bale out' KIRKSVILLE, Mo.—A northeast Missouri farming couple knows the government won't be giving them a bailout like so many big companies are getting, so they issued their own.   Full Story   Jobless Conn. woman hopes it pays to advertise BRIDGEPORT, Conn.—An unemployed Connecticut woman has taken her job search to the side of a highway.   Full Story   NYer knows how to count her jelly beans, wins $25K NEW YORK—There are plenty of bean counters in New York City, but one Manhattan resident is an exceptional bean-guesser.   Full Story   Hammer time for cell phone used to run up $5K bill CHEYENNE, Wyo.—A cell phone used by a Wyoming 13-year-old to run up a nearly $5,000 phone bill will text no more thanks to her angry father and his hammer.   Full Story   Ohio police: Burglar drilled hole in pharmacy roof SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio—Police in northeast Ohio said a man who cut a hole in a ceiling and lowered himself into a pharmacy with a television cable foiled his plan to steal drugs when he unknowingly set off a motion detector.   Full Story   Mass. liquor store offering home delivery BEVERLY, Mass.—A Beverly liquor store is worried that hard times might keep many costumers out of the store.   Full Story   Hammer time for cell phone used to run up $5K bill CHEYENNE, Wyo.—A cell phone used by a Wyoming 13-year-old to run up a nearly $5,000 phone bill will text no more thanks to her angry father and his hammer.   Full Story   Man causing real stink in motel room gets stabbed WACO, Texas—A man was stabbed after causing a stink—literally—in a motel room while eating with a friend, police said.   Full Story   Fla. baseball team kills snake to stop losing PALM HARBOR, Fla.—A Tampa Bay area high school baseball coach has been temporarily relieved of his duties while authorities investigate the killing and burial of a snake on his team's field.   Full Story   Divorce court no place for frozen dog sperm flap PONTIAC, Mich.—The judge wondered if she was an unwitting participant in an episode of "Candid Camera" or "Punk'd.   Full Story   Mich. teen arrested for drugs twice in same street KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Authorities jailed a teenager who they said would not give up on his goal to roll a joint.   Full Story   Minn. man charged after playing 'Rambo' with bow BURNSVILLE, Minn.—A man was charged with a felony after prosecutors alleged he tried to impress a woman by firing arrows at his neighbors' homes with a powerful bow.   Full Story     Most Viewed Most Emailed (From the last 12 hours) Huckaby arrest defies research Two people hospitalized in East Oakland assault Seven Oakland police officers will rejoin the department Cantu suspect had history of financial, relationship woes, court... 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