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Police seek theft suspect (W/PHOTOS)

BLOOMSBURG -- Police are looking for a woman who allegedly pocketed about $50 worth of incense oils from a shop on Main Street Nov. 26. The woman was in Subterrium Rising around 4 p.m. that day. Cameras caught her taking several bottles of essential oils and walking out of the shop at 64 E. Main St., without paying, Town Officer Melanie Readler said. The woman walked out to a waiting vehicle, which then drove off, police said.
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Meet the real anchor who inspired the 'Anchorman' character

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A former 1970s anchorman is enjoying a little more time in the limelight, thanks to the return of his fictional counterpart Ron Burgundy. Comedian Will Ferrell has said the inspiration for his character in the "Anchorman" movies was Mort Crim, who moved to northeast Florida in 1998 after retiring as a TV news anchor in Detroit. Crim tells The Florida Times-Union (http://bit.ly/18KPqV0 ) that the film is a satire and he doesn't take offense to Ferrell's performance. He says he always took his work seriously but tried not to take himself too seriously.

Attempted robber fatally shot in Pa.

FAYETTEVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- State police say a man who attempted to rob the residents of a house has been killed and the man who shot him has been charged in connection with his death. Authorities say 21-year-old Janorris Hughes was fatally shot during the incident around 5:15 a.m. Wednesday at a Fayetteville house. He was pronounced dead around 6:50 a.m. A man who fought with Hughes, 36-year-old Terry Fulton suffered three gunshot wounds from a .22-caliber rifle. He's being treated at York Hospital.

Christmas display prompts emergency response

BERKELEY LAKE, Ga. (AP) -- A metro Atlanta homeowner says he hopes he didn't offend anyone by his Christmas decoration of a mannequin with outstretched arms entangled in a string of Christmas lights and clinging to a ledge that prompted an emergency response to his house. Bubba Murphy Lake told WSB-TV that someone passing the house in Berkeley Lake with their children thought the display looked so realistic that they called 911. He says fire officials told him to take the display down -- at least temporarily. The display also had a ladder toppled over in the front yard.

Vegas cabbie finds $300G in back seat

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Las Vegas cab driver Gerardo Gamboa thought someone left a bag of chocolates in the back seat of his vehicle, but the stash turned out to be $300,000 in cold hard cash. Now, Gamboa is winning honors for honesty after turning in the money he found Monday. The money was returned to an unidentified poker player. Yellow Checker Star Transportation named Gamboa its driver of the year and rewarded him with $1,000 and a dinner for two at a restaurant. A message left Wednesday for Gamboa at the cab company wasn't immediately returned.

Police seek suspect in Berwick robbery

BERWICK -- Police are seeking the public's help in finding Jason Adamo, 36, a suspect in a Christmas Eve robbery at 619 N. Mulberry St. Adamo's last known address was 807 W. Front St., Berwick. He did not show any weapons during the attack, although an accomplice, who has been arrested, claimed to have had some, police said. Police Chief Kenneth Strish, said this was a targeted attack; the general public shouldn't fear a similar intrusion. But if anyone sees Adamo, who has a history of narcotics possession, they should call county dispatchers at 570-784-6300 or 9-1-1, he said.

NY man's 10,607 video games secure Guinness title

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Maybe it was getting his first video game, Cosmic Avenger, for Christmas at the age of 12, and then having to wait an entire year for the hard-to-land Colecovision console to play it on that made Michael Thomasson so determined to get his hands on every video game and system he could find. Now, 31 years and roughly 11,000 games later, Thomasson is the newly crowned world record holder for having the largest collection of video games. He is featured in a two-page spread in the just-released "Guinness World Records 2014 Gamer's Edition."

Pa. suspect who got away from cops is charged with stealing cuffs

COMMODORE, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania man is jailed on charges he stole a pair of handcuffs he was wearing when he allegedly escaped from a state police cruiser. Troopers say 29-year-old Douglas Lydic, of Commodore, was handcuffed but not yet charged while they searched a scene in his hometown for drugs Sunday night. Police have yet to charge him in that case but say he climbed out a cruiser window while cuffed and wound up at his girlfriend's home miles away.

Police search for man who threatened Pa. Wal-Mart

WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) -- Police believe they know the identity of a man who allegedly threatened to shoot up a southwestern Pennsylvania Wal-Mart during a phone call in which he was reportedly angry about the store's return policy. Officers from South Strabane Township and three neighboring municipalities responded to the store at Trinity Point shopping center about 9 a.m. Tuesday. That's about 20 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. Wal-Mart officials haven't commented, though the store remained open.

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