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1.Suspect arrested for greasy imprints in Neb. town (AP) (us.rd.yahoo.com)
AP - Police have arrested a man suspected of leaving greasy, graphic imprints on the windows of stores, churches and schools in a small Nebraska town. A 35-year-old man was caught in the act by police early Wednesday morning, Cherry County Attorney Eri...
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2.Bus driver accused of braking hard to topple pupil (AP) (us.rd.yahoo.com)
AP - A school bus driver will be charged with endangering a 10-year-old boy for intentionally braking suddenly so the boy would fall down, police said. The driver was upset because the boy would not remain in his seat, Harmony Township police Sgt. Jim ...
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3.Cops: Man steals woman's rings after grabbing dog (AP) (us.rd.yahoo.com)
AP - Police are looking for a man they say stole two rings worth nearly $25,000 from a woman after grabbing her dog. Brunswick police Detective William Collins said a woman was walking her Shih Tzu on Monday when a man picked up the dog and demande...
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4.Strewth! Australia drops cricket from citizenship test (Reuters) (us.rd.yahoo.com)
Reuters - Australia is to modify a test for prospective new citizens to exclude questions on history and culture, and specifically cricket legend Sir Donald Bradman, a government minister said on Saturday.
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5.Pentagon Bans Flash Drives After Virus Attack (AHN) (www.allheadlinenews.com)
(AHN) - The Department of Defense has indefinitely banned employees from using flash drives and confiscated all such devices issued to them after a virus was accidentally released its computer network. - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:05:54 GMT
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6.Venerable Texas cowboy boot maker hit by $3M theft (AP) (us.rd.yahoo.com)
AP - A truck-driving thief made off with more than $3 million worth of merchandise from a venerable maker of cowboy boots and other footwear, authorities said.
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7.Venerable Texas cowboy boot maker hit by $3M theft (hosted.ap.org)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- A truck-driving thief made off with more than $3 million worth of merchandise from a venerable maker of cowboy boots and other footwear, authorities said....
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8.Neb. police arrest 'Butt Bandit' vandalism suspect (AP) (us.rd.yahoo.com)
AP - Authorities said they've arrested a suspect in the rash of so-called "Butt Bandit" vandalism cases. County Attorney Eric Scott said a 35-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday morning. Formal charges have not yet been filed. Some vandal ha...
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9.Bus driver accused of braking hard to topple pupil (hosted.ap.org)
AMBRIDGE, Pa. (AP) -- A school bus driver will be charged with endangering a 10-year-old boy for intentionally braking suddenly so the boy would fall down, police said. The driver was upset because the boy would not remain in his seat, Harmony Town...
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10.Bus driver accused of braking hard to topple pupil (AP) (us.rd.yahoo.com)
AP - A school bus driver will be charged with endangering a 10-year-old boy for intentionally braking suddenly so the boy would fall down, police said. The driver was upset because the boy would not remain in his seat, Harmony Township police Sgt. Jim ...
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11.Cops: Man steals woman's rings after grabbing dog (AP) (us.rd.yahoo.com)
AP - Police are looking for a man they say stole two rings worth nearly $25,000 from a woman after grabbing her dog. Brunswick police Detective William Collins said a woman was walking her Shih Tzu on Monday when a man picked up the dog and demande...
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12.Cops: Man steals woman's rings after grabbing dog (hosted.ap.org)
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- Police are looking for a man they say stole two rings worth nearly $25,000 from a woman after grabbing her dog. Brunswick police Detective William Collins said a woman was walking her Shih Tzu on Monday when a man picked up...
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13.Robber apologizes during Vt. general store holdup (hosted.ap.org)
WEST DANVILLE, Vt. (AP) -- A thief who robbed a general store apologized to the owner and left the singles behind so workers on the next shift would have something in the till. The knife-wielding man made off with an undetermined amount of money fr...
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14.Bra for the boys an online bestseller in Japan (www.reuters.com)
TOKYO (Reuters) - Who said bras are only for women? A Japanese online lingerie retailer is selling bras for cross-dressing men and they've quickly become one of its most popular items.
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15.Maverick Thai general does the hand-grenade waltz (www.reuters.com)
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A maverick Thai general who has threatened to bomb anti-government protesters and drop snakes on them from helicopters has been reassigned as an aerobics teacher, the Bangkok Post said on Friday.
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16.Australia outback mayor wins annual sexist award (www.reuters.com)
CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian outback mayor's plea for lovelorn female "ugly ducklings" to move to a remote mining town to reverse a shortage of eligible women has won him the country's yearly award for outrageous sexism.
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17.Some Dutch cannabis "coffee shops" to go up in smoke (www.reuters.com)
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Almost a fifth of Amsterdam's popular marijuana-selling coffee shops are to be closed because they are too close to schools, the city council said on Friday.
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18.Florida teen broadcast suicide on Internet (www.topix.com)
Authorities say a South Florida teen committed suicide in front of a live online webcam audience after blogging about his plan to kill himself.
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19.Woman sues after flaming bar stunt goes wrong (www.topix.com)
A Manhattan woman is suing the bar where she was burned during a trick performed by the bartender while the jukebox played "Great Balls of Fire."
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20.Robber apologizes during Vt. general store holdup (AP) (us.rd.yahoo.com)
AP - A thief who robbed a general store apologized to the owner and left the singles behind so workers on the next shift would have something in the till.
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21.3,300 prisoners to be freed early (Reuters) (us.rd.yahoo.com)
Reuters - Bulgaria plans to free thousands of minor offenders in an attempt to relieve its overcrowded jails and ease the work of the legal system, the government said Thursday.
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22.Speeding drivers face ban for two offenses (Reuters) (us.rd.yahoo.com)
Reuters - Drivers caught going more than 20 mph over the speed limit could lose their license after just two offenses under government proposals published Thursday.
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23.Chile probes Pinochet "disappeared" back from dead (Reuters) (us.rd.yahoo.com)
Reuters - His name is on a monument to victims of Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, his family buried his mistakenly identified remains -- now a Chilean court is probing how German Cofre has come back from the dead.
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24.Search widened for cardboard box fugitive (Reuters) (us.rd.yahoo.com)
Reuters - German police searching nationwide for a convicted drug dealer who escaped from jail by hiding in a cardboard box to be taken away for recycling plan to issue an international arrest warrant for him.
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25.Obese man who weighs 38 stone poses naked for calendar (www.topix.com)
A man from the United States, who weighs 38 stone and calls himself Chubby Mikey, has posed for a naked calendar.
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