Second-degree burglary charges have been filed against an Iowa man who broke into a church where he allegedly used the institution's electronic equipment to watch pornography.

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They say crime doesn't pay. For one robber in Southern California, it did -- but not much. Authorities in Riverside County say a woman with a gun robbed 11 customers at a market and got away with $6.

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Two glass vials purportedly containing the ghosts of two dead people sold for $1,983 at an auction Monday in New Zealand.

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A 31-year-old woman in jail for public intoxication was accused of assaulting a jailer by squirting breast milk at her.

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A Western Massachusetts funeral home is trying "bring life" to business with a chili cook-off, a murder-mystery show and free limo rides to couples on their 50th anniversaries.

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Patients of a northern Kentucky psychiatrist jailed on a charge he stabbed a woman with a sword have tried to keep appointments with him in jail.

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A newlywed Massachusetts couple spent their wedding night in separate jail cells after police said the bride tried to run over an old flame of the groom. 

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Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley is opening a consignment store in West Palm Beach about four years after he resigned from Congress following a lurid scandal.

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An English dog-owner has been fined after taking his pet for a stroll while driving next to him in his car.

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Police in Memphis, Tenn., said the mother of an elementary school student drank a 40 ounce bottle of malt liquor before brandishing a sword in her child's school.

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An 80-year-old woman with a criminal record stretching back to 1955 has been sentenced to three years in state prison for ransacking and stealing cash from a Southern California medical office. Doris Thompson thanked a judge Wednesday for not sending her to Los Angeles County jail, which she doesn't like, and said she deserved a longer sentence.

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Police arrested a South Bend man for drunken driving after other motorists reported their vehicles were struck by a hose from a gasoline pump dangling from the fuel tank of the man's truck.

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Police say two Florida teenagers are facing charges after 911 dispatchers heard them talking about breaking into cars when one teen's cell phone accidentally called 911 during the heist.

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A man who is only 22 inches tall left his home country of Nepal on Sunday in a quest to be recognized as the world's shortest man. 

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A marriage got off to a rocky start after the 21-year-old groom from northern Idaho was arrested twice on his wedding night and charged with assaulting his new wife.

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The dogs in New Orleans' Carnival pet parade included a pooch that hitched a ride 1,200 miles from Taos, New Mexico, to the city where his 26-year-old master had hitchhiked weeks earlier. Stephan Soleas came to New Orleans for a few weeks of visits and music. He said his 6-year-old Labrador mix, Charlie, went missing days after he left.

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Jimmy Grey says he's been out of work for almost a year and needed a project to stay busy. So with the heavy snowfall this winter, the 25-year-old laborer got to work on an igloo in his family's yard in Aquilla, about 30 miles east of Cleveland.

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A Web designer is hawking square inches of an empty lot in Detroit for a dollar each to show what can be done with vacant spaces.

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A Brooklyn woman said a mugger stole a doggie coat right off the back of her mild-mannered terrier. 

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British police say they've charged a 33-year-old woman with stabbing a man through the eye with her stiletto heel. 

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Michigan authorities said a man accused of stealing a car then reporting it stolen remains in custody after telling police he was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine with a credit card.

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A British broadcaster has been convicted of animal cruelty after two reality show contestants skinned, cooked and ate a rat during filming in Australia. 

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An Alaska dentist has given a bald eagle a unique beak --using a temporary crown, sticky poster putty and yellow highlighter.

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Police say a man suspected of stealing a bottle of Schnapps from a Wyoming grocery store didn't have the best escape route planned. Police say the 26-year-old ran out of the store after grabbing the bottle of booze and a package of cough drops Wednesday and hid in a nearby building, which happened to be the police station.

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A Rhode Island man who says he couldn't afford veterinary care for his dog has been charged with illegally operating on the pet. 

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