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Posted on: Monday, February 11, 2013 - 6:37am
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign on Feb. 28 because he was simply too infirm to carry on -- the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The... READ MORE »

Posted on: Monday, February 11, 2013 - 4:01am
PENN YAN, N.Y. (AP) -- Police say an upstate New York woman passed drugs to her son while kissing him when she visited him in jail. Sheriff's deputies in Yates County tell local media... READ MORE »

Posted on: Sunday, February 10, 2013 - 5:02am
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- An Augusta man jailed after police said an argument over stinky feet left his roommate with a minor wound has been acquitted. Authorities said an argument over stinky... READ MORE »

Posted on: Saturday, February 9, 2013 - 4:01am
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- Sheriff's deputies in Cedar Rapids didn't have to go far to arrest a man charged with stealing the newspaper outside their office. Linn County Sheriff Brian... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, February 8, 2013 - 4:44pm
LONDON (AP) -- Everyone who's had a fender bender knows the cost of repairs is going up. But few cars can be as costly to fix as "Mr. Bean" actor Rowan Atkinson's rare McLaren F1. It took... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, February 8, 2013 - 4:18am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Police say bandits are hitting up Albuquerque public restrooms and running off with metal pipes that automatically flush toilets. KOB-TV reports that Albuquerque... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, February 8, 2013 - 3:00am
JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli woman has turned to Facebook to beat a parking ticket -- and expose a Tel Aviv road crew. Hila Ben Baruch says she parked her car legally near her Tel Aviv... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, February 7, 2013 - 2:47pm
HONESDALE, Pa. (AP) -- A northeastern Pennsylvania man is facing charges after he allegedly dragged a puppy behind his vehicle for more than a mile. Police say 71-year-old Honesdale... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, February 7, 2013 - 3:46am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- An assault trial over a fight that cost a man his left eye ended in a mistrial Wednesday when his prosthetic eye popped out as he was testifying, startling jurors.... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 - 12:26pm
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) -- Scottie dog has a new nemesis in Monopoly after fans voted in an online contest to add a cat token to the property trading game, replacing the iron, toy maker Hasbro... READ MORE »

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