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Supermarket owner records rooftop burglar stealing meat

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Posted 10:31 AM 11/15/2012 by Kelly Orsini, NBC News

A Florida supermarket owner caught a burglar on camera stealing meat from his grocery store.

Orlando police said the man jumped through a hole in the roof at the Family Food Supermarket.

Surveillance video shows the man jumping to the floor, throwing meat products up through his (More) • Video (1)
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Goat chases Utah paperboy up tree

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Posted 10:18 AM 11/15/2012 by Kelly Orsini, NBC News

In an unusual encounter during his morning route, a 14-year-old Utah paperboy says a goat knocked him onto the ground and chased him up a tree.

Smithfield resident Jaxon Gessel says he was delivering papers Tuesday morning when a goat approached him from the side and head-butted him off (More) • Video (1)
CALIFORNIA NEWS

Loose gorilla alert? Electronic road sign hacked

Posted 11:05 AM 11/14/2012 by Associated Press

LOOMIS, Calif. (AP) - A prankster is changing the message on an electronic traffic warning sign in Northern California.The sign is supposed to tell people that a road in the Placer County city of Loomis will be closed for pipeline construction.Instead, it read, "Smoke Weed (More)
NATIONAL NEWS

Police: woman angry over President Obama's win runs over husband because he didn't vote

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Posted 3:07 PM 11/13/2012 by NBC News

(KPNX) A Mesa, Arizona man is in critical condition after his wife ran over him with her Jeep because she was upset he didn't vote in the presidential election and feared her family would suffer with President Obama's re-election, Gilbert police said Monday.

Holly Solomon, 28, was arrested (More) • Video (1)
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Store owner throws chili powder in face of would-be robber

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Posted 10:31 AM 11/13/2012 by Kelly Orsini, NBC News

A store owner in Stoneham, Massachusetts turned the tables on a would-be robber by throwing chili powder in the suspect's face.

The armed bandit walked into the store dressed in black and wearing a mask.

He then pointed a gun at Saadat Khan's head.

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Police: woman angry over President Obama's win runs over husband because he didn't vote

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Posted 10:24 AM 11/13/2012 by Kelly Orsini, NBC News

A Mesa, Arizona man is in critical condition after his wife ran over him with her Jeep because she was upset he didn't vote in the presidential election and feared her family would suffer with President Obama's re-election, Gilbert police said Monday.

Holly Solomon, 28, was arrested about (More) • Video (1)
NATIONAL NEWS

Devastating Diamond Theft: Missing stones made from cremated remains

Posted 8:57 AM 11/7/2012 by NBC News

A Texas company is looking for answers after $15,000 worth of diamonds made from a man's cremated remains disappeared while they were being shipped to his family.

"This is pretty much what we consider priceless," said Vincent Campise, one of the company's employees. "These diamonds are (More)
CALIFORNIA NEWS

Two great white sharks released back into the wild

Posted 2:39 PM 10/31/2012 by NBC News, Photo Courtesy: Roundhouse Aquarium

Two juvenile great white sharks were released after being caught off the Manhattan Beach Pier in southern California.

The great white is a protected species and the sharks were cut loose and released on Tuesday by experts at the Roundhouse Marine Studies Lab and Aquarium.

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Calif woman wants roadside memorial to honor fish

Posted 5:43 PM 10/30/2012 by The Associated Press

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - Animal activists want a California roadside memorial sign to honor fish killed during a container truck crash. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals volunteer Dina Kourda told Irvine's street maintenance chief the sign would remind drivers that fish value (More)
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

French government gets anti-sexism lessons

Posted 9:07 AM 10/30/2012 by Associated Press

PARIS (AP) - French government ministers will be given anti-sexism lessons, in the wake of one minister's comments suggesting women couldn't handle technical work.Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has asked the French equality ministry to set up a series of 45-minute workshops where (More)
NATIONAL NEWS

Costumed Pennsylvania girl mistaken for a skunk, and shot

Posted 9:29 PM 10/21/2012 by The Associated Press

FREEDOM, Pa. (AP) - Police say a costumed 9-year-old girl was accidentally shot outside a western Pennsylvania home during a Halloween party by a relative who thought she was a skunk. New Sewickley Township police say the girl was over a hillside and wearing a black costume and a (More)
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Apartment fire suspected cause: squirrel de-furring

Posted 9:22 AM 10/11/2012 by Associated Press

HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a blaze that displaced dozens of people from a southwest Michigan apartment complex may have been sparked by a resident trying to cook a squirrel with a propane torch. Fire Chief Jim Kohsel tells MLive.com that the resident apparently (More)