Pregnant woman seeks help, allegedly robs homes

|Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

Wichita police arrested a pregnant woman after she allegedly robbed homes after asking residents for help. Police said the woman, who is eight months pregnant, had been telling people in west Wichita that her car broke down and she needed to call someone for a ride.Read more

Cops: Woman smuggled drugs to Pa. inmate with kiss

|Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him. State police said guards at the State Correctional Institution-Mercer became suspicious when an inmate appeared to swallow something after a prolonged kiss with a visitor on Oct. 19.Read more

Eye doc may lose license after calling patient fat

|Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported the North Carolina Medical Board will decide if Dr. Earl Sunderhaus of Asheville overstepped the bounds of professional decency.Read more

Mich. police nab wrong-way driver twice in 3 days

|Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

Authorities in western Michigan arrested a person twice in three days for driving the wrong way down the highway Kalamazoo County deputies said they were alerted about 1:30 a.m. Friday after several people called 911 when they passed the unidentified driver traveling south on northbound U.S. 131.Read more

Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show

|Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show.Read more

CA man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face

|Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department says Charles Hersel was arrested Wednesday in a sting operation at a mall in Thousand Oaks. He's free from jail pending a court hearing.Read more

Alleged burglar warms up bottle for crying baby

|Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

An 18-year-old is in police custody after he warmed up a bottle for a crying baby inside the house he was allegedly robbing. Indianapolis police arrested the suspect at Arlington High School on Tuesday after receiving a tip from a television viewer saw surveillance video on a newscast.Read more

Miss. toddler, 2, helps mom give birth to brother

|Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

A 2-year-old in north Mississippi has done something few toddlers can: He helped his mother give birth to his brother. Bobbye Favazza told The Commercial Appeal she went into labor this past Friday and gave birth on the family's living room couch in Olive Branch. She said her toddler, Jeremiha Taylor, got her a towel and caught the baby before firefighters arrived to cut the umbilical cord.Read more

Man who left wallet in bank robbery pleads guilty

|Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

A Kansas City man who left his wallet on the counter of a bank he was robbing has pleaded guilty in federal court. Albert Perkins, 40, admitted Thursday that he stole more than $3,100 from First Federal Bank in Kansas City on May 7. Prosecutors said that after he ordered a teller to give him all the $100 bills, he placed his wallet on the counter and handed her a plastic bag.Read more

Jury sides with NYC police in clown's lawsuit

|Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

A federal jury has ruled that New York City police didn't use excessive force when they arrested a professional clown who left a suspicious device that turned out to be a balloon inflator inside a coffee shop.Read more