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Good Samaritan thwarts robbery attempt

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:59:09 GMT

A good Samaritan has thwarted a bank robbery in Wisconsin by jumping on an armed man.

Prohibition booze found in wall

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:09:27 GMT

A contractor adding an air conditioner in the attic discovered 15 jugs and 30 bottles of liquor, all dating back to 1917. Some were still in perfect condition.

Collector finds rare Unser pace car

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:45:18 GMT

It's said one man's trash is another man's treasure. A northern Michigan man owns the pace car Bobby and Al Unser drove during the victory lap at the 1970 Indy 500.

Tim Allen becomes Chevy pitchman

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:44:52 GMT

The star of "Home Improvement" and the "Toy Story" movies is becoming a pitchman for Chevrolet.

MI suspicious package: Cream of Wheat

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:25:43 GMT

A suspicious white, powdery substance found inside an envelope at a Grand Rapids, Mich. office turned out to be Cream of Wheat, in what authorities believe was an intentional hoax.

Police: Flimflam man scams Walmarts

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:18:46 GMT

In 21 days, a Wisconsin man was able to bilk 21 Michigan Walmarts out of about $4,500, according to the Kent County Sheriff's Department.

Wis. police nab 'Flat Tire Bandit'

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:53:31 GMT

A man suspected of a complicated scheme in which he stole credit cards and cash from female shoppers while he pretended to help them re-inflate a flat tire - which he had slashed himself - was arrested while sleeping in his car.

Judge punishes juror for Facebook post

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:55:07 GMT

A Detroit-area woman who was removed from a jury for commenting about the ongoing case on Facebook has a longer writing task ahead: a five-page essay about the constitutional right to a fair trial.

Woman gives birth in vehicle, again

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:46:27 GMT

For a second time, an Ohio woman has given birth to a baby who couldn't wait and arrived on the drive to the hospital.

Facebook post gets juror in hot water

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:14:02 GMT

A judge removed a juror from a trial in suburban Detroit after the young woman wrote on Facebook that the defendant was guilty. The problem? The trial wasn't over.

Bikini-clad strippers protest OH church

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:18:30 GMT

Strippers dressed in bikinis sunbathe in lawn chairs, their backs turned toward the gray clapboard church where men in ties and women in full-length skirts flock to Sunday morning services.

Flying fish knocks paddler from race

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:13:35 GMT

A fish out of water sent a Texas kayaker onto dry land instead of the finish line at an annual Missouri River endurance race.

Gotcha! Family's photo captures thief

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:34:07 GMT

The camera of a vacationing New Jersey family who posed for a picture in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol captured more than smiles. It also caught a thief in the act.

Police chopper drops 'accidental bomb'

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:17:03 GMT

A camera mounted to a police helicopter in Ohio fell off mid-flight, striking at least three vehicles in a parking lot.

Lions fan walks 400 miles for team

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:09:19 GMT

Joe Paquette Jr. says he walked some 400 miles from his home in Michigan's Upper Peninsula to the Motor City because he's a die-hard fan of the Detroit Lions.

56-year-old chimp gives birth at zoo

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:41:23 GMT

A 56-year-old chimpanzee has surprised officials at a zoo in northeast Kansas by giving birth.

Experts nab stray gator in Chicago

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:55:49 GMT

The next time you feel like dipping your toes in the Chicago River — beware. A second alligator has been captured from the waterway that winds through downtown Chicago.

Woman, 79, kills snake with ice chopper

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:31:14 GMT

A 79-year-old Sheboygan, Wis. woman who couldn't find any help when a rattlesnake showed up on her patio said it was no big deal taking matters into her own hands.

Marijuana found in tombstone in Ohio

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:07:14 GMT

Customs officials say they seized more than 50 pounds of marijuana from inside a tombstone being shipped from Jamaica to England through Cincinnati.

Girl starts false baboon frenzy

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:28:45 GMT

A grade school went into lockdown. A woman scattered potato chips on the ground and made monkey sounds to try and lure the primate. But in the end, a 14-year-old girl admitted it was all a hoax.

Photos: Wisconsin bomber is a 'ghost'

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:50:59 GMT

Forty years after a powerful bomb exploded on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus, Leo Burt remains the last fugitive wanted by the FBI. The bomb attack was the nation's most powerful until the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

1794 document found in Ike papers

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:08:42 GMT

A document written by a federal judge 216 years ago has turned up in an unlikely place: in President Dwight Eisenhower's archives in Kansas.

Inmates use Shakespeare in unique way

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:11:21 GMT

"Who would have thought a guy coming to prison would have been doing something like this," said inmate Brian Mitchell Gooldy. "I just think it's a wonderful thing, and I think more prisons need stuff like this."

Lost ring found in Lake Michigan

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:04:58 GMT

One Wisconsin man thought a piece of his jewelry was long gone. He went snorkeling in Lake Michigan last Thursday. His wedding ring slipped off his finger, into the water...and, for all he knew, down the drain.

Man cited for harassing in express lane

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:17:34 GMT

A man who berated a woman who had more than 10 items in the express lane of a Saukville grocery store has been given a disorderly conduct citation.

Woman attacks senator with apple pie

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:03:35 GMT

An anti-war protester accused of hitting Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin in the face with an apple pie during a constituent meeting in northern Michigan is jailed on a $250,000 bond.

'God Squad' catches geeks' attention

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:24:27 GMT

Electronics retailer Best Buy ordered Rev. Luke Strand of Holy Family Catholic Church in Wisconsin to stop using the "God Squad" logo. The company felt it was too close to its own "Geek Squad" design.

Use e-mail? Not for Class of '14

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:04:32 GMT

For students entering college this fall, e-mail is too slow, phones have never had cords and the computers they used as kids are in museums now.

FBI: Suspect in robbery was customer

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:11:31 GMT

The FBI says a man arrested in an Ohio bank robbery looked familiar to bank employees. Turns out, he had an account there and was one of their customers.

ND man swallows other inmate's glasses

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:22:20 GMT

A North Dakota inmate was not afraid of making a spectacle of himself when he grabbed another suspect's glasses and started to eat them.