Fri May 9 14:05:46 CDT 2008
- Man crashes at driveway, sees home catch fire, gets ticket
- Rock Island, Tenn. (AP) -- A Rock Island man whose car was hit as he tried to make a left turn into his driveway saw his home going up in flames as he was airlifted to the hospital. Tennessee Highway Patrol officer Monte Terry said Justin Hill, 42, was hit by an oncoming car when he pulled into its path on Tuesday evening....
- Happy Mother's Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child
- LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman - she's pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins....
- Utah men say they drove to 48 states, more than 7,000 miles
- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Three men say they drove to 48 states in less than five days, ending their journey in the Four Corners area of southeastern Utah. The Four Corners destination allowed them to quickly hit four states - Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona....
- Omaha man uses steak knife to perform self-tracheotomy
- OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- An Omaha man struggling to breathe used a steak knife to perform an at-home tracheotomy. Steve Wilder said he thought he was going to die when he awoke one night last week and couldn't breath....
- Packaged pythons cause scare at German post office
- BERLIN (AP) -- A trio of packaged pythons has caused a scare at a German post office. Police in Darmstadt say the snakes were stuffed into a parcel that was handed in for mailing to eastern Germany. It contained two tiger pythons and an albino tiger python of more than 3 feet in length....
- Man finds Ill. woman's wallet that had been stolen in 1973
- ALTON, Ill. (AP) -- Sandy Baumberger says she never expected to see her wallet again when it was stolen 35 years ago....
- Woman donates kidney to her former English teacher
- ELWOOD, Ind. (AP) -- Twenty-two years after graduating from high school, Angie Collins is now her former English teacher's favorite student....
- Oldest gorilla in captivity turns 55 at Dallas Zoo
- DALLAS (AP) -- A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats....
- Woman files claim, saying dog feces ruined family outing
- NORWALK, Conn. (AP) -- A New York woman has filed a $100 claim against Norwalk saying a family outing to the Maritime Aquarium was ruined by dog feces. The woman claims her child's shoes, along with the entire outing, were ruined when her 1-year-old stepped in dog feces outside the Maritime Garage....
- Suspect surrenders after cop yells 'Taser, Taser, Taser'
- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Just the threat of a jolt stopped a man in his tracks. A Salt Lake City police officer couldn't catch up to a 32-year-old man until he yelled, "Taser, Taser, Taser."...