Wandering deer makes splash in Colo. home's pool
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A wandering deer found himself in hot water after stepping on a pool cover and making a big splash in the backyard of a Colorado home.
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NY court to decide if lap dance is tax-exempt art
ALBANY, N.Y. -- They may never be confused with "Swan Lake," but an upstate New York strip club says its nude lap dances are every bit as much an art form and should be exempt from state...
Men rob Ohio victim but make sure he has bus fare
DAYTON, Ohio -- Police say robbers who held up an Ohio man at gunpoint gave him back enough money for bus fare before running away.
Fake coyotes used to scare geese at Mich. beach
HOWELL, Mich. -- A Michigan community that's fed up with geese fouling up a beach is hoping fake coyotes encourage the birds to land elsewhere.
Md. city fails to break bikini parade record
OCEAN CITY, Md. -- A city in China still holds the bikini parade record after a failed attempt in Maryland.
NYC fair nixes pig races and goes to the dogs
NEW YORK -- Organizers of the county fair on New York's Staten Island are making a dogged effort to prevent the spread of swine flu.
Mass. man gets 'wrong' lottery ticket, wins $1M
BRAINTREE, Mass. -- When a store clerk gave a Massachusetts man a different kind of scratch-off lottery ticket than he asked for, he didn't make a big deal about the mistake; he said he just "rolled with it."
Conn. homeowner billed 25 years for streetlights
CHESHIRE, Conn. -- A Connecticut utility has reimbursed a woman almost $10,500 after acknowledging it billed her for 25 years for the electricity used to power streetlights near her home.
Cops: Pa. man stole pot, said it 'smelled so good'
CHARLEROI, Pa. -- A western Pennsylvania man is accused of stealing a small bag of marijuana held as evidence because he allegedly couldn't resist the drug's aroma.
Pa. road crew paints yellow line over dead raccoon
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- The 'squirrelly' configuration of a western Pennsylvania road helped cause a state road crew to paint a double-yellow line over a dead raccoon.
Police: Pa. man made 911 call during drug deal
SCRANTON, Pa. -- Police say a northeastern Pennsylvania man accidentally dialed 911 during a drug deal, leading to the entire conversation being recorded and his subsequent arrest.
DC man orders TV, gets assault rifle instead
WASHINGTON -- A Washington musician who ordered a flat-screen TV from Amazon.com was shocked to receive a semiautomatic assault rifle instead.
Fire alarm blares for hours at Pa. public housing
WILKINSBURG, Pa. -- Officials have been trying to find the person who has a key to shut of a fire alarm that has blared for over 12 hours at a Pittsburgh-area public housing complex.
2 men charged with staging Pa. reality TV robbery
INDIANA, Pa. -- Police have charged two out-of-state men with robbing two other men in western Pennsylvania by claiming they were recording a video for a reality TV show called "You Just Got Robbed."
Vt. man accused of crushing cop cars due in court
NEWPORT, Vt. -- A Vermont man, who authorities say was angry over an arrest and used his tractor to drive over seven police vehicles, is expected in court.
Swarm of thousands of bees delay Pittsburgh flight
MPERIAL, Pa. -- A beekeeper says he had to be called into gather up a swarm of thousands of bees that delayed a Delta Air Lines flight from Pittsburgh International Airport to New York.
Chihuahua finds 2 girls lost in Georgia forest
NEWNAN, Ga. -- A Chihuahua is being hailed as a hero after authorities say it sniffed out two girls who were lost in a Georgia forest.
NJ man finds pythons in yard twice in 4 days
WEST MILFORD, N.J. -- Summer vacation has been anything but routine for a New York City social studies teacher who lives in northern New Jersey.
Amorous bull damages Ark. deputy's patrol car
SHERWOOD, Ark. -- A bull in the mood for love damaged an Arkansas sheriff's patrol car when it tried to mount a man who was leading the animal across a yard.
Police: Drunken man gets into dozing couple's bed
PUTNAM TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Authorities say a Michigan couple got an unexpected visit from a drunken 27-year-old neighbor who wandered into their cottage and climbed into bed with them.
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