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5 People Detained After Using Explosives to Blow Up Turtle

In the city of Knox, NY, police detained four young men and a teenager after finding explosives and a video showing the group blowing up a turtle with a pipe bomb. The evidence was discovered while searching the home of a suspect in an Internet scam case.

Recession hits Social Security COLA

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the cost-of-living increase for 50 million Social Security beneficiaries is projected to be wiped out by the recession.

Dallas Officer Detains NFL Player Rushing to Dying Mother-in-Law's Bedside

NFL player, Ryan Moats was held at gunpoint by Officer Robert Powell in a hospital parking lot and threatened with arrest while his mother-in-law died inside the hospital.

Boxer Seeks to Ratify U.N. Treaty That May Erode U.S. Rights

Senator Barbara Boxer is urging the U.S. to ratify a United Nations measure meant to expand the rights of children, a move critics are calling a gross assault on parental rights that could rob the U.S. of sovereignity.

Kuwaiti prof: 330,000 dead from 4 pounds of anthrax

A professor from Kuwait, the country liberated from Saddam Hussein's attack in the first Gulf War, has outlined on Arab television a potential terror attack that would involve smuggling anthrax from Mexico into the U.S. and killing 330,000 people in 60 minutes.

City police probe kidnapping, shooting -- The Things Addicts Will Do to Get High!

Two admitted heroin addicts binged on crack cocaine after kidnapping an alleged drug dealer and keeping him tied up and shackled overnight on Saturday. It all went very wrong the next morning when his friend showed up with a gun.

State attorney faces drug, gun charges

Police in Norfolk, Virginia reported that they arrested 46 year-old Steven F. Lederman, a state's assistant attorney general on drug and weapon charges.

Woman dead for months before discovery -- A Possible Result of Economic Crisis?

Could this have been a tragic result of the housing and economic crisis?

Lou Dobbs on CNN about the Amnesty Bill - AOL Video

Watch the video. It speaks for itself concerning the Amnesty Bill. This pee's me off big time!

Female Boxer Banned From Ring Because of Breast Implants

A female boxer, once a former model, has been banned from the ring.

Virgin Rail Bans Kissing at English Train Station

No smooching allowed! That familiar red circle with the diagonal line through it, you know the one they use for things like no parking or no smoking? Well, in Northern England at the Warrington Bank Quay railway station the no smooching sign showing the profile of a couple kiss …

Border Agent, Mother Charged With Harboring Illegal Immigrants

A federal Customs and Border Protection officer and his mother have been indicted on charges they harbored illegal immigrants on their property in suburban New Orleans.

Animal Smarts Surprise Researchers, Humans May Not Be The Only Animals That Plan For The Future - Monkeys And Pigeons Do Too - CBS News

Monkeys perform mental math, pigeons can select the picture that doesn't belong. Humans may not be the only animals that plan for the future, say researchers reporting on the latest studies of animal mental ability.

Elderly Man Charged With Bigamy, Married to Women in 3 Countries

71-year-old Oliver Killeen is married to women in Ontario, Ireland and England. Police said he is married to "numerous" women, but declined to cite an exact number because of the ongoing investigation.

Flying thief caught again at age 83

A notorious 83-year-old Hungarian thief, Kosztor Sandorne, nicknamed the "Flying Gizi", was arrested at the scene of a break-in Thursday.

Drug-dealing milkman spared jail

A 72-year-old milkman admitted he delivered cannabis as well as pints to elderly customers to ease their aches and pains. His oldest client was 92.

York City property owner has message for crack dealers

A York City property owner wrote a message on his front window to crack dealers that they could sell drugs on his street. The message read, "Deer Crack Dealers. You can sell crack on this block and the York City Police will not stop you. They fear you. Crack Rules."

Car scrapping schemes may not work

In an effort to fight a slump in demand for new cars that has cost thousands of jobs, Britain is considering a car scrapping scheme that has been used in Germany and other European countries.

Jarvis DeBerry: Wrong to bear arms?

An attorney representing police officers who the coroner says shot a 22-year-old man 14 times (12 times in the back) insists the guns and ammunition in the man's car should inspire us to ask, "What was this kid up to?"

Mayor has s**ts with diarrhoea reports

"The story is that everyone in town has got diarrhoea, but that's not true and it (the report) has given me the s#*ts."

Fake Taiwan shaman sentenced for sexual abuse of young woman

A 59-year-old Taiwanese man has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for posing as a shaman and having sex with a young woman under pretense of an exorcism, a newspaper reported Friday.

Mexico declares social security agency the king of red tape

Mexico staged a contest to find the country's most useless "tramite", or bureaucratic process. The winner of this unpopularity contest -- its Social Security Institute.

Will Americans put on "recession pounds"?

"Obesity is a toxic result of a failing economic environment." The specter of "recession pounds" is a concern weighing on health professionals, who point to numerous studies linking obesity and unhealthy eating habits to low incomes.

Thrift stores exempted from new lead-testing law

Thrift stores and other outlets that sell used goods do not have to comply with a federal law requiring retailers to test all children's products for lead and phthalates, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday.

Prosecutors Cite Checks in Opposing Madoff Bail

On the day Madoff was arrested, investigators found 100 signed checks totaling $173 million in his desk. The checks were to be distributed to family members, employees, and friends and are another indication he tried to hide assets from his investors.

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