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Man robbed buying crack calls cops who arrest him

AP - 2 hours, 47 minutes ago

HARTFORD, Conn. - An East Hartford man called police to report he had been robbed while trying to buy crack cocaine.

  • It pays to go in a public toilet Reuters - Mon Jul 7, 1:31 PM ET

    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - It pays to use a toilet in southern India, as residents are earning close to a dollar a month by using public urinals, a scheme launched by authorities to promote hygiene and research in rural areas.

  • A statue of San Fermin, patron saint of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, is carried through the streets during a procession in honour of the saint, said to protect the hundreds of runners that participate in the running of the bulls, July 7, 2008. (Susana Vera/Reuters)
    Thirteen hurt on first day of Spanish bull run Reuters - Mon Jul 7, 1:34 PM ET

    PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) - Thirteen people were taken to hospital, one of them seriously injured, on the first day of the annual bull running festival in the northern Spanish town of Pamplona on Monday, organizers said.

  • People walk past a Starbucks store in New York July 3, 2008. (Chip East/Reuters)
    Some coffee fans get grim delight in Starbucks woes Reuters - Mon Jul 7, 1:35 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - One coffee drinker's bad news is another coffee drinker's good news, it seems.

  • A wax figure of Adolf Hitler is pictured in a mock bunker at the German 'Madame Tussauds' during a press preview in Berlin, July 3, 2008. (Tobias Schwarz/Reuters)
    Man rips head from Hitler wax figure Reuters - Sat Jul 5, 8:08 AM ET

    BERLIN (Reuters) - A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum Saturday, police said.

  • Cheese carver Troy Landwehr brushes oil off a rendition of the signing of the Declaration of Independence carved out of 2000 lbs of cheese in New York, July 3, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
    Big cheese carving celebrates Independence Day Reuters - Thu Jul 3, 4:18 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sculpture of the signing of the Declaration of Independence made from a one-tonne block of cheddar cheese glistened on the sidewalk of Times Square in New York on Thursday as an artist's tribute to the Fourth of July.

  • Apple Corporation CEO Steve Jobs speaks about the new iPhone 3G during his keynote speech at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California June 9, 2008. REUTERS/Kimberly White
    New Zealanders queue in cold for iPhone Reuters - Tue Jul 8, 8:43 PM ET

    WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealanders eager to be the first in the world to buy Apple's new-generation iPhone have began queuing up in freezing temperatures, two days before its release, local media reported on Wednesday.

  • Study says turn TV off to stay slim Reuters - Tue Jul 8, 9:02 PM ET

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Everyone knows what too much television can do to the mind and what too little exercise can do to the body, but a Canadian study has now shown that the boob tube can also lead to an increase in how much we eat.

  • A bumble bee collects pollen from a flower in a garden near York, northern England, June 28, 2008. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis
    Common wildlife is alien to many British kids Reuters - Tue Jul 8, 4:33 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Children's knowledge of wildlife comes a poor second to their ability to identify science fiction creatures such as Star Wars characters, according to a survey.

  • File photo shows a woman pouring tea. - A Japanese woman and her six-month-old baby escaped unhurt from a knife-wielding thief this week after the mother calmed him down with a cup of tea and a chat. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak
    Japanese woman overpowers thief with tea and sympathy Reuters - Tue Jul 8, 1:15 AM ET

    TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese woman and her six-month-old baby escaped unhurt from a knife-wielding thief this week after the mother calmed him down with a cup of tea and a chat.

  • Toilets stand as an artistic display by Nada Sehnaoui, in an empty lot in downtown Beirut April 13, 2008. REUTERS/ Jamal Saidi
    Flush so we don't blush, Taiwan city says Reuters - Tue Jul 8, 1:12 AM ET

    TAIPEI (Reuters) - A city in south Taiwan began training potty users this week to flush toilet paper instead of throwing it in the trash, to reduce 340 tonnes of stinky waste generated daily, local media and officials said on Tuesday.

  • Kent Couch lifts off from his gas station in Bend, Ore., in his lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons, Saturday, July 5, 2008. Couch, 48, is making his third cluster balloon flight and hopes to go more than 200 miles to Idaho before running out of daylight or helium. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
    Ore. man completes flight of fancy - in lawn chair AP - Sun Jul 6, 6:46 AM ET

    CAMBRIDGE, Idaho - Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho.

  • A mock bunker is exhibited at the German 'Madame Tussauds' in Berlin July 5, 2008. A controversial waxwork of Adolf Hitler will return to Berlin's new Madame Tussauds as soon as experts have repaired it after a man ripped off its head, the museum said July 7, 2008. Just minutes after the museum opened its doors to the public on Saturday, a 41-year old man leapt over a rope barrier into the dark corner where the dummy of a despondent-looking Hitler was seated and tore off its head, shouting "Never again war!" Picture taken July 5. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
    Wax Hitler to return to museum after head repairs Reuters - Mon Jul 7, 11:30 AM ET

    BERLIN (Reuters) - A waxwork of Adolf Hitler will return to Berlin's new Madame Tussauds as soon as experts have restored the head ripped off by a demonstrator on its opening day, the museum said on Monday.

  • Wis. stun gun thief who posted video gets prison AP - Sat Jul 5, 9:37 PM ET

    WAUKESHA, Wis. - A Wisconsin man who posted a video online showing him and his father shocking each other with a stolen stun gun has been sent to prison.

  • People are seen using a laptop computer in a school in Kaliningrad, Russia February 18, 2008. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
    Russian blogger sentenced for "extremist" post Reuters - Mon Jul 7, 2:51 PM ET

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian man who described local police as "scum" in an Internet posting was given a suspended jail sentence on Monday for extremism, prompting bloggers to warn of a crackdown on free speech online.

  • Arrest made after FedEx sends drug to wrong place AP - Sat Jul 5, 3:40 PM ET

    BALTIMORE - FedEx prides itself on reliability. But a mistaken delivery tipped off police to a 200-pound shipment of marijuana that someone tried to send from Pembroke Pines, Florida to Baltimore via the shipping company.

  • A sunset view looking over the city of London and the River Thames west from Canary Wharf May 7, 2008. quarter of Londoners would like to be a councillor, despite many not knowing what the job entails or who runs their council, according to a poll. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
    Londoners "ignorant of councillors' role" Reuters - Mon Jul 7, 6:04 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - A quarter of Londoners would like to be a councillor, despite many not knowing what the job entails or who runs their council, according to a poll.

  • In this July 3, 2008 file photo, a figure depicting former German dictator Adolf Hitler is displayed at the Madame Tussauds Berlin Wax Museum, in Berlin, on Thursday, July 3, 2008. Berlin police say a man has ripped off the head of the wax figure, shortly after the museum opened to the public on Saturday morning July 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Miguel Villagran, File)
    Man rips off wax Hitler's head AP - Sat Jul 5, 7:32 AM ET

    BERLIN - A man tore the head off a controversial Adolf Hitler wax figure at Madame Tussauds' new branch in Berlin on its opening day Saturday, officials said.

  • A combo photo shows a commemorative bank note with a face value of 10 yuan ($1.46) to mark the Beijing Olympic Games. The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, is to issue the commemorative bank note from July 8, 2008 to mark the Beijing Olympic Games, the bank said in a statement on July 6, 2008, China Daily reported. REUTERS/PBOC via China Daily
    Move over Mao, the Olympics are coming Reuters - Mon Jul 7, 2:22 AM ET

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank will drop former leader Mao Zedong's face from six million new 10 yuan (74 pence) notes to mark next month's Olympic Games.

  • Man accused of faking heart attacks to avoid bills AP - Fri Jul 4, 9:25 PM ET

    WAUKESHA, Wis. - A 52-year-old Milwaukee-area man has been accused of faking heart attacks to avoid paying restaurant bills and cab fares.

  • Animal feed seen as shining achievement in Finland Reuters - Mon Jul 7, 2:10 PM ET

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finns are prouder of their country's contributions to animal fodder than they are of achievements in mobile communications technology, according to a study in the home country of Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker.

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  • Builder discovers "priceless" Tolkien postcard Reuters - Tue Jul 8, 10:29 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - A demolition man stripping a fireplace from the former home of "The Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien stumbled across a postcard to the writer dated 1968, and hopes to sell it for a small fortune.

  • German police patrol the streets of Berlin in 2007. A desperate German woman finally called emergency services to rescue her after a friend visited her and talked for 30 hours straight.(AFP/DDP/File/Clemens Bilan)
    Guest talks too much, German woman calls police AFP - Tue Jul 8, 6:44 AM ET

    BERLIN (AFP) - A desperate German woman finally called emergency services to rescue her after a friend visited her and talked for 30 hours straight, authorities said Tuesday.

  • A gasoline pump nozzle is seen at a gas station in Arlington, Virginia, June 11, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Young
    Brothel offers customers petrol rebate Reuters - Tue Jul 8, 4:29 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Nevada brothel is trying to stimulate business by offering free petrol.