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Did Bank Robbery Suspect Eat Evidence?

As cops search a bank robbery suspect on the hood of a police cruiser, the alleged thief chows down on a piece of possible evidence.
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Getting Soused

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Galileo's Fingers, Tooth Are Found

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Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in 1737 have been found and will be put on display, a museum in Florence, Italy says. Admirers of the astronomer pilfered the relics nearly a century after his death. They were handed down from generation to generation in a noble family and finally turned up at an auction.
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Man Freed After Killing Wife in Sleep

A British man who said he strangled his wife in his sleep is found innocent in her death. Prosecutors withdrew the case after experts said Brian Thomas suffers from a long-term sleep disorder and had no control over his actions when he killed his wife, Christine. Thomas said he had been having a nightmare about being attacked by an intruder.
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Man Who Claimed Disability Sentenced

A judge sentences an interior designer to 200 hours of community service and orders him to pay more than $180,000 after the man pleaded guilty to fraud. California tax officials say the designer claimed to be disabled for three years -- but he was spotted looking just fine on a home improvement television show.
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Mail Carrier Allegedly Found Drunk

A 17-year employee of the U.S. Postal Service is on unpaid leave after being charged with public intoxication. Police in Marion, Iowa, say the woman was found inside a home, drunk on the kitchen floor, eating leftover noodles.
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A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department says Charles Hersel was arrested Wednesday in a sting operation at a mall in Thousand Oaks. He's free from jail pending a court hearing. Read More

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A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him. State police said guards at the State Correctional Institution-Mercer became suspicious when an inmate appeared to swallow something after a prolonged kiss with a visitor on Oct. 19. Read More

California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show. Read More

A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported the North Carolina Medical Board will decide if Dr. Earl Sunderhaus of Asheville overstepped the bounds of professional decency. Read More

The Alabama Supreme Court says a woman who thought she had hit a jackpot worth almost $42 million at the Victoryland electronic bingo center will end up empty handed. The court ruled Friday that an electronic bingo machine that showed Sherry Knowles had won $41.8 million obviously malfunctioned and that she was actually due no more than $2 from the operation in Macon County. Read More

An 18-year-old is in police custody after he warmed up a bottle for a crying baby inside the house he was allegedly robbing. Indianapolis police arrested the suspect at Arlington High School on Tuesday after receiving a tip from a television viewer saw surveillance video on a newscast. Read More

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