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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man posing as a taxi driver who led police on a high-speed chase from John F. Kennedy International Airport with five unsuspecting French tourists in his van was sentenced to one year in jail. Khaalif Preacher, 28, and an accomplice told the tourists who had arrived at...

Link Removed - Invalid URL Link Removed A brown owl was picked up for public inebriation in Germany. The animal was observed sitting along side the road without concern for passing traffic, close by were two schnapps bottles it had been sampling. Police picked it up and took it to a local...

Australian Teens Rescued After Using Sex Doll as Raft A couple in Australia was rescued after attempting to float down a river near Melbourne on an inflatable sex doll. The man and woman, both 19 years old, were drifting down the Yarra River in Victoria -- a state recently afflicted by...

Naked Tourist Richard Gervasi Blocks Traffic in Florida, Gets Shot With Taser He might be the king of the world, but police say this emperor needs new clothes. A tourist was shot with a taser three times by Florida police after he allegedly got naked and blocked traffic in Big Coppitt...

Man sits on phone; wife calls out SWAT team Link Removed January 04, 2011 Worried wife calls police after she thinks her husband is being held hostage In a spectacular misunderstanding sparked by an accidental cell phone call, a worried wife caused SWAT teams to swarm the Winnetka school...

Oxford Street's heaving pavements could soon be turned into pedestrian "dual-carriageways" to allow office workers and residents to overtake dawdling tourists. Plans are being drawn up for the pavements to be divided into two, with a "slow lane" next to the shops separated by a line from a "fast...

Man survives after been shot 21 times by police (August 2010) A 23-year-old man is counting his luck today after he survived being shot 21 times by police. Armed officers were involved in a shoot-out with the 23-year old named as Angel Alvarez at a New York street party. It’s claimed that...

Drunk couple make 13-year boy their designated A California couple have been arrested for child endangerment and contributing to the delinquency of a minor after they let their 13-year-old boy drive them home after they got drunk at a family restaurant. Police officers found the...

First Lady Laura Bush (C) and her daughters Jenna and Barbara (L to R) are greeted by Elmo at the 5th annual Sesame Street Workshop gala in New York on May 30, 2007. The event honored the First Lady for her work in promoting early literacy. (UPI File Photo/Ezio Petersen) | Enlarge NEW YORK...

July 6) -- A heat wave along America's East Coast has left one person dead and sent temperatures soaring into the triple digits, creating dangerous conditions from North Carolina to Boston. A 92-year-old Philadelphia woman has died because of excessive heat exposure, a medical examiner told...

An Ohio family recently learned their 6-year-old daughter was on the Department of Homeland Security’s 'no-fly' list, Fox8.com reported. Alyssa Thomas, 6, was traveling with her parents when a ticket agent notified the family she was on the list of restricted fliers. "We were, like...

Oil slick just a few miles from Louisiana coast - CNN.com A 120-mile oil slick advanced to within a few miles of the mouth of the Mississippi River on Thursday as authorities scrambled to keep the spill from damaging wetlands along the Gulf of Mexico. The slick was about three miles off the...

Link Removed Link RemovedPolice had put out an appeal for information on a black robber after six strikes on banks and pharmacies in the space of a month. After a tip-off police tracked down 30-year-old Conrad Zdierak - trouble was though he was white. The Springdale Police Department in the...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. -- An argument over sex may have caused a Seminole County man to burn down his home. Deputies think the flames were set by an angry, naked man seen running from the scene AT THE SCENE: Images Of Flames, Fire Crews Link Removed due to 404 Error Investigators believe...

Link Removed - Invalid URL On the morning of March 29, 2010, minutes before 8:00 a.m. local time, an explosion occurred at the Lubyanka station of the Moscow Metro. Around forty minutes later, a second blast occurred at the Park Kultury station. So far, there have been 37 confirmed deaths...