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Jury duty excuses could bring charges

Jury duty excuses could bring charges

Posted by on July 13, 2007 · 0 Comment

A Cape Cod man who claimed he was homophobic, racist and a habitual liar to avoid jury duty earned an angry rebuke from a judge on Monday, who referred the case to prosecutors for possible charges. “In 32 years of service in courtrooms, as a prosecutor, as a defense attorney and now as a judge, [...]
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Woman: Bowel caused alleged shoplifting

Woman: Bowel caused alleged shoplifting

Posted by on April 17, 2007 · 2 Comments

A woman arrested for shoplifting has blamed the crime on irritable bowel syndrome, authorities said. Helen Gallo, 61, of Clearwater, was arrested Sunday after allegedly shoplifting from a Cape Coral grocery store, The Daily Breeze of Cape Coral reported.  Gallo reportedly told authorities that she [...]
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Robber lets ailing Fla. clerk call 911

Robber lets ailing Fla. clerk call 911

Posted by on April 13, 2007 · 0 Comment

A gunman robbing a convenience store allowed the clerk to call 911 and apologized after the woman said she might be having a heart attack. But he still took $30 and cigarettes, authorities said. The masked man entered the Kangaroo Express store early Saturday in this Orlando suburb and pointed what appeared [...]
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Fans seek Florida pardon for Doors’ Morrison

Fans seek Florida pardon for Doors’ Morrison

Posted by on April 11, 2007 · 0 Comment

Two fans have asked Florida to pardon rock bad-boy Jim Morrison, the late lead singer for The Doors, who was convicted of exposing himself during a Miami concert nearly 40 years ago. The two men, Kerry Humpherys of Utah and David Diamond of Ohio, sent a letter to Florida Gov. Charlie Crist last month [...]
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Experts open dolphin ‘chat line’ in Fla.

Experts open dolphin ‘chat line’ in Fla.

Posted by on April 8, 2007 · 0 Comment

A marine mammal rehabilitation facility opened a dolphin “chat line” of sorts Saturday, hoping to teach a deaf dolphin’s unborn calf to communicate. Castaway, as the stranded Atlantic bottlenose dolphin is named, has been recovering at the Marine Mammal Conservancy since Jan. 30. A [...]
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Steamy e-mails from U.S. astronaut case released

Steamy e-mails from U.S. astronaut case released

Posted by on March 8, 2007 · 0 Comment

Astronaut Lisa Nowak carried copies of steamy e-mails that her NASA lover had written to his new girlfriend the night she raced cross-country in a diaper to confront her rival, according to documents released on Tuesday. Florida prosecutors released copies of the e-mails, police statements and other [...]
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Uncooperative croc tests reptile keeper

Uncooperative croc tests reptile keeper

Posted by on March 8, 2007 · 0 Comment

What do you do when a 1,250-pound crocodile doesn’t want to cooperate to get his daily feedings? Retrain him. Officials at the St. Augustine Farm and Zoological Park said for about a month Maximo has been refusing to cooperate for his daily feedings of guinea pigs and quail. “He knows what [...]
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Singer Kelis Rogers arrested in Miami, Florida

Singer Kelis Rogers arrested in Miami, Florida

Posted by on March 3, 2007 · 0 Comment

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Singer Kelis was charged early Friday with trying to disrupt a police operation by rushing toward and screaming racial profanities at officers, according to a police report. Kelis Rogers-Jones, 27, was detained at 4:30 a.m. and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting [...]
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Girl’s 5 weeks of hiccups finally end

Girl’s 5 weeks of hiccups finally end

Posted by on March 1, 2007 · 0 Comment

She sipped pickle juice, held her breath, breathed into a bag, even went to a neurologist, but for more than five weeks nothing would stop a 15-year-old girl’s rapid hiccups — until they finally just stopped on their own. After trying countless remedies and attracting national media attention, [...]
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Dodgers pitcher could be a billionaire

Dodgers pitcher could be a billionaire

Posted by on February 28, 2007 · 0 Comment

Matt White, a journeyman pitcher trying to make the Los Angeles Dodgers, could become baseball’s first billionaire player. It has nothing to do with his arm. He owns a rock quarry in western Massachusetts. White, who has appeared in seven big league games in nine professional seasons, paid $50,000 [...]
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Trio of alleged burglars ring doorbell

Trio of alleged burglars ring doorbell

Posted by on February 27, 2007 · 0 Comment

So much for stealth. Authorities said a trio trying to open a locked door alerted a sleeping homeowner when one of them rang the doorbell. Homeowner Samuel Sanchez, 35, confronted the burglars about 11:30 a.m. Monday, one of whom was still trying to open the door with a pocket knife, Hillsborough County [...]
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Cat bag apparel irks Florida officials

Cat bag apparel irks Florida officials

Posted by on February 21, 2007 · 2 Comments

Animal control authorities are not amused by a fast food chain’s marketing stunt encouraging customers to dress their cats in a special take out bag. Tampa-based Checkers Drive-in Restaurants Inc. is distributing “Rapcat” bags designed with cutaway areas for the cat’s legs and [...]
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