Boy tries to have mom killed so he can get boob job for his girlfriend

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Cops: Teen hired pair to kill his mom for money

FOUNTAIN, Colo. – A Colorado teenager hired men to kill his mother so he could use her money to get breast implants for his girlfriend, police said.

Scarecrows and records

Ga. town’s scarecrows h(a)unting for world record

HOSCHTON, Ga. (AP) — This small northeastern Georgia town’s population boom is frightening. In a bid to break a world record for scarecrows and scare up some fun for the fall season, thousands of straw-stuffed newcomers are creeping across town.

There’s a scuba diver, the Georgia Bulldogs football team and – of course – the cast of the Wizard of Oz. Even likenesses of Jesus and Elvis popped up.

Must be in Kansas…

AP says:
University fires mooning debate coach

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Fort Hays State University has fired its debate coach for losing his temper at a tournament, engaging in a videotaped shouting match that included pulling down his shorts to expose his underwear.

Defense: Cousin put infant in microwave oven

Opening arguments made in retrial of Ohio girl’s mother

DAYTON, Ohio – The cousin of a month-old girl who was burned to death in a microwave told friends that he was responsible for putting her in the oven, a defense attorney said Monday during opening statements in the retrial of the child’s mother.

Man bites off ear, charged with assault

From the Ogden Standard:Ogden man who bites off ear charged with assault

OGDEN — A night of baseball for two Ogden neighbors ended in mayhem when one of the men assaulted the other and bit off a portion of his ear, police said.

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Cops: ‘Porn inspector’ demands free videos

Man says he’s from ‘age verification unit’, which doesn’t exist, police say

LONGMONT, Colo. – A man claiming to be a police detective tried to get an adult novelty shop to give him free X-rated videos, saying he wanted to make sure the performers weren’t underage, authorities said.

He made three tries within nine days last month and was turned down each time. The store manager called police after the third try.

“It was inventive on his part, I’ll give him that,” Lewis said.

A Chicken crosses the road…

Chicken crosses the road, then abandoned by thief

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KENNEWICK, Wash. Why did the chicken cross the road? In the case of Jerry Sleater’s 5-foot, 400-pound bright blue rooster, that’s apparently as far as whoever was trying to steal it could get it.

Mewing models slink into NYC hotel fashion show

From the AP:
Mewing models slink into NYC hotel fashion show

NEW YORK (AP) — The catwalk really was a catwalk Thursday. Show cats dressed in everything from an Elvis costume to a sequined satin dress strutted their stuff at New York’s Algonquin Hotel.

Grandma arrested for driving with child on roof

MARATHON, Fla. – Authorities say a grandmother was arrested for driving around the parking lot of a Marathon grocery store with her 3-year-old child sitting on the roof of the car.

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the Publix store Tuesday and arrested a 54-year-old woman after she was driving around with her three-year-old granddaughter on the roof of her car.

Thanks Laura Barrentine for contributing this story.

Couple told mid-flight they’d left child behind

Israelis remember duty-free and luggage, but forget 3-year-old at airport

JERUSALEM – Israeli airport police say a couple going on a European vacation remembered to bring their duty-free shopping and their 18 suitcases, but forgot their 3-year-old daughter at the airport.