Giant beetles seized at Pennsylvania post office
(AP) - Customs agents seized more than two dozen giant beetles _ some the size of a child's hand _ from an overseas package after postal workers heard the insects making scratching noises.
Michigan Girl Scout sells 17,328 boxes of cookies
A Girl Scout sold 17,328 boxes of the group's signature cookies this year by setting up shop on a street corner, shattering her troop's old mark and probably setting a national record.
Woman accused of faking cancer to avoid work
(AP) - A former Washington state social worker has been accused of faking brain cancer to avoid work. Theft charges were filed Tuesday against Sandra Dee Martinez, 40, formerly of Mountlake Terrace, who was employed by the Department of Social and Health Services in Arlington.
Police thwart scheme to steal light poles
(AP) - Police say a dimwitted scheme to steal light poles from a village storage yard has resulted in two arrests on Long Island. Nassau County Police Lt. Ray Cote said Wednesday that neighbors noticed two men carving up the aluminum poles with a cordless power tool and stashing them in a van under the cover of darkness.
NYC cabbie is fined $1,000 for foul-mouthed tirade
(AP) - The days of the cursing cabbie may be over. A New York City cab driver has been fined $1,000 for launching a foul-mouthed tirade at another cabbie.
The confrontation occurred Oct.
Mich. city spends $5.21 to mail 51-cent tax bill
(AP) - A Michigan doctor is getting a laugh out of a 51-cent property tax bill. It isn't just that Phil Kazanji's bill is so low. It's that it cost the city of Brighton $5.
