Cops: Man shot by officer near Chicago had death wish
Vernon Hills, Ill., police station, hours after police say an officer shot a man who was in the station and pulled a gun, Wednesday, April 3, 2013.
/ CBS ChicagoA goat walks into a bar in Butte...
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Think you've heard that one before? Bar patrons in Butte, Mont., may have thought so, too...until a goat walked into a tavern.
Continue »April Fools: Calif. man concocts fake plane crash
This is an experimental aircraft - not the one used by a Yucaipa, Calif. man to stage a fake plane crash - but it gives you some idea of the lengths to which he went to pull off an April Fools Day prank.
/ WikipediaThe Riverside Press-Enterprise reports that a businessman in Yucaipa, in Southern California, made believe a small plane had crashed in front of his equipment rental business Monday, by using a forklift to maneuver the aircraft to look like it nosedived into a fence.
What some people won't do for a laugh, huh?
Continue »Dispute over dip leads to customer-employee fight
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According to CBS Detroit, Michigan police say a couple of women who didn't like the dip that came with their pretzels at the Oakland Mall went back to the store where they bought the snacks and traded blows with the folks behind the counter.
Continue »Man gets $57 ticket, but parking spot was legal
So how did he fight city hall?
Continue »Suspicious suitcase in Calif. mall leads to girl's arrest
This suitcase left in a Citrus Heights, Calif., mall led to the arrest of of a 15-year-old girl on Saturday, March 29, 2013.
/ Citrus Heights Police Dept. via CBS SacramentoPolice said the teen was arrested Saturday for leaving the luggage in the middle of a walkway at Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights in order to scare people, CBS Sacramento reported.
Continue »Teen serial burglar captured, say South Miami cops
According to the station, the suspect was nabbed by while allegedly trying to break into a home amid police surveillance.
Continue »Bibles, chalices, safe stolen from church near Boston
Police are looking for the thieves who broke into a Watertown, Mass. church and stole a safe, chalices, Bibles, and blessing crosses.
/ CBSPot smokers make it easy, get caught at NJ police barracks
Clockwise from top left: Hensley Nunez, Isaias Parrilla, Tamer Abdelrahim and Bernardo Cuevas, all charged after drug arrests that went down at a northern New Jersey police barracks.
/ New Jersey State Police via CBS New YorkLike the one recently made by state troopers in Totowa, N. J., who say they caught several men smoking pot...in a car...in the parking lot...of the police barracks.
Continue »The case of the prosthetic penis, aka the Whizzinator
Sydney Levin, drug convict, is in new trouble for allegedly trying to thwart a urine test by using a...how do you say...fake penis.
/ CBS St. LouisFeel free to read that line again.
Authorities say Sydney Levin was giving a urine sample last week as part of his probation, when police noticed him using the prosthetic device known as a Whizzinator.
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