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Man who scaled cliff to propose arrested for drugs
Associated Press | April 8, 2016 6:28 pmMORRO BAY, Calif. (AP) — A man who had to be rescued when he climbed a California cliff to propose to his girlfriend via cellphone… -
High-altitude balloon takes stuffed dog Sam to stratosphere
Associated Press | April 8, 2016 11:32 amLONDON (AP) — Sam the Dog has gone where no stuffed animal has gone before — into the stratosphere and the English unknown. Teachers and… -
Rocky Romance: Copter saves man who scaled cliff to propose
Associated Press | April 8, 2016 9:28 amMORRO BAY, Calif. (AP) — As marriage proposals go, Michael Banks’ was a cliff-hanger. Banks, 27, scaled 600-foot Morro Rock just off California’s Central Coast… -
Chase ends with burglary suspects taking selfies, chatting
Associated Press | April 8, 2016 7:55 amLOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities arrested two burglary suspects who led them on a long, bizarre chase Thursday in a top-down convertible through rainy Southern… -
No one claims wayward Bay Bridge Chihuahua
Associated Press | April 8, 2016 5:46 amSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — No one has come forward to claim a wayward Chihuahua who led police on a chase across the Oakland-San Francisco Bay… -
Cops: Man sets up fake DUI checkpoint, gets charged with DUI
Associated Press | April 8, 2016 2:13 amSOMERSET, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man set up a fake drunken-driving checkpoint only to be charged with drunken driving himself when real troopers arrived… -
Guilty conscience: Stolen sign returned after 30 years
Associated Press | April 7, 2016 7:00 amNEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It took 30 years, but a guilty conscience led someone who stole a large metal sign in Florida to… -
Provolone poacher takes $2K in cheese from Colorado eatery
Associated Press | April 7, 2016 3:25 amPUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — The provolone poacher has struck again at a Colorado restaurant but this time he said “cheese” for security cameras. Police say… -
Wedding thief sentenced to 7 years in California prison
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 1:14 pmSAN DIEGO (AP) — A thief who posed as a guest at California weddings and stole wallets, credit cards and cash from brides, guests and… -
Defecation on lawn leads to double stabbing in California
Associated Press | April 6, 2016 12:53 pmSTOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Stockton police say two men stabbed each other in a fight that began after one of them defecated on the other’s…