U.S. V. ALLEN Dropping Loot During Clumsy Robbery Doesn't Reduce Sentence. Defendants' sentences resulting from their clumsy robbery of rare books from a university and attempts to sell them at auction are vacated and remanded for re-sentencing, where the district court erred by excluding books dropped and abandoned in the library stairwell from the valuation of loss and computation of the sentencing range. The court held that the defendant-robbers "took" the books, under USSG, 2B3.1, when they exercised dominion and control over them, such that they completed the acts necessary to seize the books.

Gas-pumping robot: what could go wrong? EMMELOORD, Netherlands (Reuters) - Motorists nostalgic for the time they could sit tight while attendants braved windswept garage forecourts to fill their tanks may yet see those heady days return -- compliments of a Dutch robot.

JUST ONE REPLACEMENT? THEY COME IN TWO'S (Associated Press) - A woman who said her breast implants were damaged in an on-the-job car accident should be compensated for the replacement of only one implant, state appellate judges ruled Tuesday.

Six, including clerk, arrested in cheap gas scheme A gas station clerk is accused of defrauding her boss out of nearly $50,000 by selling fuel to her family and friends for a tenth of a...

YOUR TACOS OR YOUR LIFE! (Associated Press) - A hunger for carnitas nearly led to some carnage after a Fontana man was robbed of a bag of tacos at gunpoint. Police Sergeant Jeff Decker said the 35-year-old victim had just bought about $20 in tacos from a street-corner stand Sunday night and was bicycling home when the suspect confronted him and said "Give me your tacos."

MICH. MAN ACCUSED IN THEFT OF STUFFING
(Associated Press) - This stuffing was hot, but not in the roasted turkey sense. Police have arrested a 32-year-old man they accuse of stealing 217 cases of Pepperidge Farm stuffing mix.

UFOs? Nope. They were fighter jets, Air Force says Ten Air Force Reserve F-16 fighter jets were the cause of the lights seen over parts of central Texas earlier this month that many believed to be UFOs, according to an Air Force Reserve news release.

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SURFER SAVES DOG SWEPT OFF LAKE MICHIGAN PIER BY BIG WAVE (AP) - A surfer rode a wave on his stomach to reach and rescue a struggling dog that had been swept off a Lake Michigan pier.

Drunk driver parks at police station OTTAWA (Reuters) - Police in the western Canadian town of Wetaskiwin didn't have to do much work when they arrested a drunk driver at the weekend -- he had parked his car next to their offices and wandered inside.

Mobile phones, coffee found unlikely to cause cancer CANBERRA (Reuters) - Drinking coffee, using mobile phones or having breast implants is unlikely to cause cancer, according to a risk ranking system devised by an Australian cancer specialist to debunk popular myths.

French super-fast train unveiled France's Alstom unveils a new high-speed train which is set to travel at speeds of up to 360km/h (224mph).

Border guards foil parrot smuggler MINSK (Reuters) - Border guards in Belarus said on Wednesday they had foiled an attempt to smuggle 277 parrots into the ex-Soviet state -- aboard a bicycle.

Brotherly Love? Maybe Not COURT APOLOGIZES FOR MAN'S TWIN TROUBLES
(Associated Press) - A traffic judge apologized to a man who had been hounded for 17 years by officials trying to get his similarly named twin brother to resolve $1,800 in unpaid tickets and fines.

WHAT A NASTY LETTER FOR A $16.96 DEBT! (Associated Press) - A collection agency tried to collect a $16.96 debt with an letter that addressed its recipient with a four-letter word for excrement. "Dear S---," began the letter attempting to collect from an old record club membership. The word was spelled out in the letter, which arrived in an envelope addressed to "S--- Face."

POLICE: MAN SHOOTS SELF DURING ROBBERY (Associated Press) - Oh, shoot! A man accidentally shot himself in the groin as he was robbing a convenience store Tuesday, police said.

DENALI PROVES TO BE POPULAR FOR SCATTERING EARTHLY REMAINS (Anchorage Daily News) - While vacationing in Denali National Park a few years ago, George Fatolitis, a 48-year-old teacher from Clearwater, Fla., decided he wanted to spend eternity there...."I had never before been so much at peace with myself and the world around me," Fatolitis said. "I thought if there is a heaven, this is it." Fatolitis decided that he wants his cremated remains -- his ashes, or "cremains" -- scattered over Denali from the air.

MICHIGAN ROBBER ASKS FOR TIME IN PRISON (Associated Press) - - Ask and you shall receive in Lenawee County Circuit Court. A man who pleaded guilty to unarmed robbery faced no more than a year in the county jail but asked to be sent to prison instead to help his chances of rehabilitation.

POULTRY FAT SPILL ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY CAUSES ACCIDENTS, SMELLY MESS (Associated Press) - A waste truck leaked poultry fat along 20 miles (32 kilometers) of roadway Tuesday, causing at least four crashes and making a stinky mess. Virginia State Police said a truck hauling a waste product of poultry grease from a Perdue Farms plant left a valve open, and the fat leaked onto U.S. Route 13 from the plant to the Maryland state line.

KITCHEN WORKER AT N.Y. RESTAURANT CAUGHT STOMPING GARLIC IN WORK BOOTS (Associated Press) - Stomping on garlic with your shoes on is apparently not the correct way to prepare food.

BEER GETS SEATBELT. CHILD DOESN'T (Associated Press) - Police have arrested a motorist they say had a 24-pack of beer strapped in with a seat belt but had a 16-month-old girl unrestrained in the back seat with the toddler's mother.

JUDGE SAYS CALIFORNIA CARPENTER HAS RIGHT TO WORK NUDE (Associated Press) - A carpenter caught hammering nails and sawing wood in the nude has been found by a judge to be not guilty of indecent exposure.

COURT WON'T ACCEPT CHIMP AS PERSON (AP) - Austria's Supreme Court has dashed hopes by animal rights activists to have a chimpanzee declared a person, a statement suggested Tuesday.

Defendant slugs his own lawyer

POLICE SAY MINNESOTA ROBBER LICKED WOMAN'S TOES BEFORE FLEEING (Associated Press) - A man who robbed a woman of her keys and cell phone took off her shoes and licked her toes, police said. Commander Kevin Casper called the attack "weird sexual behavior."

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HANDSHAKE SENDS ATTORNEY TO JAIL
(Associated Press) - A lawyer has been charged with assault for shaking a federal prosecutor's hand so hard, authorities said, that it injured her shoulder.

JUDGE REMOVED FOR JAILING PEOPLE OVER RINGING CELL PHONE
(AP) - A judge was removed from the bench Tuesday for jailing 46 people after none would admit to having a cell phone that began ringing during his court session

IS THAT A CROWBAR IN YOUR PANTS?
(Associated Press) - A woman has been charged with possession of burglary tools after police said a crowbar slipped out of her pants as she was lurking around a church.

ORE. GOODWILL STORE SELLS PARKED BIKE
(Associated Press) - Cody Young parked his bike in the wrong place at the Goodwill store, where the rule is that anything on the floor goes. He didn't have a lock, but friends said they had parked inside the store before. On Sunday, though, the black BMX bike was sold.

This is Southern California? Crazy weather story. And Western States Smothered In Snow. Also 300 motorists stranded in snow near L.A. and Storm closes interstate north of L.A. And California Storms and Snow shuts roads in San Diego County and Snow strands hundreds on SoCal freeway

Chinese PM apologizes for snow response and Crash kills 25 as snow cripples China and Half-Million Chinese Stranded By Blizzards Snow, Ice Storms Cause Chaos As Transport Shuts Down On Eve Of Holidays

Closures, Floods Hit Trucking in Pacific Northwest and Snow collapses roofs, snarls traffic in the Northwest Snowstorms eased early Monday across Eastern Washington, leaving treacherously icy roads, downed power lines and closed schools

Man rescued after falling through ice

Rare Winter Tornadoes Kill Dozens In South Nearly 50 Fatalities Reported In 4 States; At Least 24 Die In Tennessee. Killer Tornadoes and Rare Winter Tornadoes

Computer Analysis Of 911 Calls From California Wildfires Offers Potential Early Warning System

Spanish driver sues dead crash cyclist for damage MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish driver who collided with a cyclist is suing the dead youth's family $29,300 for the damage the impact of his body did to his luxury car, a Spanish newspaper reported on Friday. Full Article

Woman accused of drunk 911 call

Women Spot 'Unencumbered' Motorist Police Arrest Man After Several Female Motorists Report Seeing Him Driving Around Naked

You can't even shave while driving anymore? MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Motorists in northern Mexico who are caught dabbing on lipstick, shaving or carrying a pet at the wheel will now face hefty fines as authorities try to cut down on traffic accidents. Full Article

COURT WON'T ACCEPT CHIMP AS PERSON (Associated Press) - Austria's Supreme Court has dashed hopes by animal rights activists to have a chimpanzee declared a person, a statement suggested Tuesday.

Body-builders pluck stranded car from ditch BERLIN (Reuters) - A group of 10 body-builders from a German gym took a break from their normal training routine to help a driver whose car was stuck in a ditch, police said on Monday.

Man returns from the dead, suspected of fraud

Cops: Drunk Took Mower To Store In Snow

Man arrested for DUI on lawnmower

Can a Sandwich Be Slandered?

Dozens in Texas town report seeing UFO In this farming community where nightfall usually brings clear, starry skies, residents are abuzz over reported sightings and UFO hovers over town, residents say

Bus driver abandons former prisoners on roadside A driver who apparently took her work rules very seriously abandoned a bus full of former prisoners along a highway because her hours for driving were over

Car Crash In Newsroom Studios

Cop. Did I Say Cop? I Meant Truck Driver

Falling icicles kill six MOSCOW (Reuters) - Six people have been killed in three days by icicles falling from buildings in a central Russian region, ITAR-TASS news agency reported Tuesday.

Home on a tricycle

Japan goes car crazy

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MAN CHARGED WITH DRIVING LAWNMOWER DRUNK (Associated Press) - A New Zealand man has been charged with driving a lawn mower while drunk, police said Tuesday.

Passed out driver hits restaurant

Runaway lawnmower kills monk LONDON (Reuters) - A Buddhist monk from Japan was killed after slipping and falling under the blades of his runaway tractor lawnmower, an inquest into his death has found.

Sign IDs drunken driver who hit house

50 vehicles pile up in predawn murk

Driver drunk-dials 911 to report herself

8 Injured In Calif. School Bus Crash

9 injured in S.C. church bus wreck

Accident Shuts Down I-84 in Conn. A Tuesday morning truck accident that caused hydrogen gas to leak prompted a shutdown of Interstate 84 in both directions near Waterbury, Conn., the Associated Press reported.

Accident Shuts Down I-84 in Conn. A Tuesday morning truck accident that caused hydrogen gas to leak prompted a shutdown of Interstate 84 in both directions near Waterbury, Conn., the Associated Press reported.

Crash kills 20 after air safety meeting

Drunken driver laughs about killing bicyclist

Four hurt when car plows into diner

Hydrogen Gas Leak Shuts Down Conn. Highway

I-Reporter covers crash

Nevada bus crash

Plane Narrowly Averts Disaster

School Kids Help Save Crash Victim

Speeding car in Florida flies 200 feet, kills 5 The vehicle moved at high speed down a private airport runway and ran off an embankment, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Speeding Porsche hits trees, flips

Truck Leaking Gas Shuts Conn. Highway

Storm Hits Ohio Valley With Snow And Ice

Truck Leaking Gas Shuts Conn. Highway

Storm Hits Ohio Valley With Snow And Ice

Two injured as car crashes into house

Victims screamed in darkness, bus-crash survivor says

Clinton motorcade officer killed in wreck

Derailed Train Spews Toxic Gas In Calif.

Crews Clean Up After Calif. Derailment

Helicopter crashes on busy L.A. freeway; 1 killed A small helicopter crashed in the traffic lanes of a busy freeway, killing one person on the aircraft, officials said.

Copter pulls crew 2-by-2 as ship tips to sea

Ky. Police Find 5 Dead In Submerged Car

Bus Crash On Nevada Highway Injures 25

12 injured in Calif. school bus crash

BA flight misses runway at Heathrow