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(AP Online Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Hawaii Chevrolet dealer crushes auto competitionHILO, Hawaii (AP) _ A Hilo Chevrolet dealer who tried to crush his Asian auto competition found the stunt a little harder to pull off than expected. Island Chevrolet general sales manager James Severtson arranged for a Chevrolet Suburban SUV outfitted with massive tires costing $5,000 apiece to drive over a Honda Accord.
Residents of Ohio village shower workers with cashCLEVELAND (AP) _ Public employees of a well-heeled Ohio village are again beneficiaries of a custom in which residents hand them hefty holiday bonuses. The 103-year-old Gates Mills Improvement Society hands out the bonuses to the village's workers each year.
Man finds cash in same store twice and returns itAUBURN, Maine (AP) _ A Maine man found a wallet stuffed with cash on the floor in a home improvement store. Two days later, it found a loaded money bag in the same store. Gil Steward was shopping Tuesday at The Home Depot in Auburn when he spied the wallet, which was stuffed with nearly $1,000 in $100 bills. He returned it to The Home Depot store's service counter, and it was returned to a very grateful owner. On Thursday, same hour and same store, Steward saw a green money bag on the floor. Again, it was returned to its rightful owner.
Nuns sue NYC tenants over 'vomit-like' food smellsNEW YORK (AP) _ Nuns who own a New York City apartment house have filed a lawsuit saying a tenant couple is stinking up the building with "horrible" food smells "similar to that of vomit or rotten meat." The lawsuit by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart Inc. says Gloria and Michael Lim are causing "foul and harmful odors" to come from their 16th floor apartment by cooking and smoking large quantities of fish. Court papers said one tenant thought a dead body was decomposing in the East 19th Street apartment and called the Fire Department.
Lawyer arrested for giving client a piece of candyPRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) _ A lawyer has been arrested after he reportedly ignored orders not to give his shackled client a piece of candy in court, a Yavapai County sheriff's official said. Damon Rossi, 38, was arrested at his home on Thursday, a day after he asked two detention officers if he could feed his client a piece of candy, sheriff's spokesman Dwight D'Evelyn said on Friday. Rossi went ahead and gave the inmate the food despite being warned against it, reportedly asking the officers "what are you going to do, arrest me?" Detention officers took no action at the time because they didn't want to disrupt court, D'Evelyn said. They turned the matter over the sheriff's criminal division and a decision was made to arrest the lawyer.
Pathologists puzzled by heart found at car washPAW PAW, Mich. (AP) _ Pathologists who examined a heart found this week at a southwestern Michigan car wash still haven't determined whether it came from a human or an animal. They plan to submit the organ for DNA testing in an effort to find out once and for all. The owner of Soapy's Car Wash in Paw Paw discovered the heart Monday on the floor of a manual car wash bay. Local doctors said it's about the size of a human heart, but they couldn't tell for sure whether it actually came from a person.
Cocaine suspect describes himself to Texas policeGALVESTON, Texas (AP) _ Galveston police knew who to look for _ exactly _ when they arrested an alleged delivery man in a call-for-cocaine investigation. A 29-year-old Galveston man was jailed Friday on a charge of manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance. Sgt. T. Barr, at the Galveston County Jail, told The Associated Press that John Patrick Lacour Jr. was held on $250,000 bond. Barr had no information on an attorney for Lacour. Lacour is accused of taking delivery orders for crack over the phone.
Michigan city bans being annoying in publicBRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) _ Ticking someone off could get you a ticket in one Michigan city. The Brighton City Council on Thursday approved an ordinance allowing police in the Livingston County community to ticket and fine anyone who is annoying in public "by word of mouth, sign or motions." The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus of Howell reports the measure is modeled on a similar ordinance in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak.
Stolen cake sparks bank data alert in GermanyFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) _ Two couriers at a package distribution center stole a Christmas cake destined for a German newspaper and mailed in its place a package of credit card data, prosecutors said Friday. The mix-up triggered an alarm over lost bank customer details. A batch of microfilmed data including names, addresses and card transactions ended up at the Frankfurter Rundschau daily last week _ instead of the cake. Police advised credit card customers with Landesbank Berlin to check their accounts for inconsistencies. But the incident turned out to be less sinister than feared.
Hot gold puts Mich. postal worker in hot waterMOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) _ A Detroit-area postal worker has been charged with stealing gold from the mail after he tried to pawn his treasure to the shop that had shipped it. The postal worker sold the gold on Nov. 7 to G&S Brokers pawn shop for $320. Authorities told The Detroit News that jeweler James Zelinske recognized the gold because he had melted and mailed it to a business in Ann Arbor.
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