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Michigan youngster collects a million pennies for his school
CARLETON, Mich. — A Michigan school has a million thanks to give to a fourth-grader. SpongeBob SquarePants image painted on historic Colo. cabin
MONUMENT, Colo. — The U.S. Forest Service is looking for the "SpongeBob fanatics" who painted the cartoon character on the chimney of a historic building. Omaha man says this was his second self-tracheotomy
OMAHA, Neb. — The 55-year-old Omaha man who performed a tracheotomy on himself with a steak knife says he did the same thing to himself two years ago. Driver gets in wreck, sees his home catch fire, gets ticket
ROCK ISLAND, Tenn. — One moment, Justin Hill was turning into his driveway. Minutes later he was being flown to a hospital as his home went up in flames. Then he got a traffic ticket. Legally blind man, 78, bowls perfect game
ALTA, Iowa — A 78-year-old legally blind man nicknamed "The Hammer" has bowled a perfect game. Dale Davis of Alta, Iowa, nailed 12 consecutive strikes and reached 300 on Saturday night during league play. Utah men say they drove to 48 states, more than 7,000 miles
SALT LAKE CITY — Three men say they drove to 48 states in less than five days, ending their journey in the Four Corners area of southeastern Utah. The Four Corners destination allowed them to quickly hit four states — Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. Woman donates kidney to her former English teacher
ELWOOD, Ind. — Twenty-two years after graduating from high school, Angie Collins is now her former English teacher's favorite student. Packaged pythons cause scare at German post office
BERLIN — A trio of packaged pythons has caused a scare at a German post office. Police in Darmstadt say the snakes were stuffed into a parcel that was handed in for mailing to eastern Germany. It contained two tiger pythons and an albino tiger python of more than 3 feet in length. Man finds Ill. woman's wallet that had been stolen in 1973
ALTON, Ill. — Sandy Baumberger says she never expected to see her wallet again when it was stolen 35 years ago. 'Funeral Day Burglar' found guilty of 10 counts in Mo.
PLATTE CITY, Mo. — A burglar who authorities say used the obituary pages to select his targets was convicted of 10 counts Friday.
Michigan youngster collects a million pennies for his school
CARLETON, Mich. — A Michigan school has a million thanks to give to a fourth-grader. SpongeBob SquarePants image painted on historic Colo. cabin
MONUMENT, Colo. — The U.S. Forest Service is looking for the "SpongeBob fanatics" who painted the cartoon character on the chimney of a historic building. Omaha man says this was his second self-tracheotomy
OMAHA, Neb. — The 55-year-old Omaha man who performed a tracheotomy on himself with a steak knife says he did the same thing to himself two years ago. Driver gets in wreck, sees his home catch fire, gets ticket
ROCK ISLAND, Tenn. — One moment, Justin Hill was turning into his driveway. Minutes later he was being flown to a hospital as his home went up in flames. Then he got a traffic ticket. Legally blind man, 78, bowls perfect game
ALTA, Iowa — A 78-year-old legally blind man nicknamed "The Hammer" has bowled a perfect game. Dale Davis of Alta, Iowa, nailed 12 consecutive strikes and reached 300 on Saturday night during league play. Utah men say they drove to 48 states, more than 7,000 miles
SALT LAKE CITY — Three men say they drove to 48 states in less than five days, ending their journey in the Four Corners area of southeastern Utah. The Four Corners destination allowed them to quickly hit four states — Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. Woman donates kidney to her former English teacher
ELWOOD, Ind. — Twenty-two years after graduating from high school, Angie Collins is now her former English teacher's favorite student. Packaged pythons cause scare at German post office
BERLIN — A trio of packaged pythons has caused a scare at a German post office. Police in Darmstadt say the snakes were stuffed into a parcel that was handed in for mailing to eastern Germany. It contained two tiger pythons and an albino tiger python of more than 3 feet in length. Man finds Ill. woman's wallet that had been stolen in 1973
ALTON, Ill. — Sandy Baumberger says she never expected to see her wallet again when it was stolen 35 years ago. 'Funeral Day Burglar' found guilty of 10 counts in Mo.
PLATTE CITY, Mo. — A burglar who authorities say used the obituary pages to select his targets was convicted of 10 counts Friday.
