Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 6, 2004 at 9:06:00 AM CEST
Video shows trooper is surprised by Al Gore
One month ago Oregon State Trooper Eric Tholberg made another routine traffic stop, yet what Tholberg did not know at the time was the man behind the wheel would not be in the position of getting a speeding ticket if the presidential election had gone differently in 2000.
Al Gore never had a chance to be president; so he stepped from the national spotlight back into normal American life, which includes speeding tickets.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 4, 2004 at 1:19:00 PM CEST
'Burglar' grounded as his false leg falls off
A burglar's getaway was halted when his false leg fell off as he struggled with the couple whose home he was raiding, a court was told yesterday.
Keith Bryson's artificial limb landed out of his reach in the garden after David and Heather Greenwood tackled him, Reading Crown Court heard.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 4, 2004 at 12:29:00 PM CEST
Knife attack at MI5 headquarters
Two security guards at MI5's headquarters in London have been attacked by a man carrying a machete.
The man is thought to have entered Thames House, in Millbank, through the Northern Ireland Office door and left through the main MI5 entrance.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 3, 2004 at 11:52:00 AM CEST
Truck rolls into restaurant
An 18-wheeler left idling in a parking lot in downtown Memphis rolled into the front of a fast-food restaurant, injuring three people, two of them critically, police said Wednesday.
The driver told police his empty truck "jumped into gear" by itself, said Sgt. Vince Higgins, a public information officer with the Memphis Police Department.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 3, 2004 at 11:43:00 AM CEST
Teacher Lops Off Part Of Student's Ear
A teacher enforcing school regulations on haircuts snipped one girl's locks to ear's length Thursday but ended up lopping off a chunk of her ear as well, police said.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 3, 2004 at 11:30:00 AM CEST
Judge Orders Release of Nearly 470 GOP Protesters, Then Fines NYC for Refusing to Comply
A judge ordered the immediate release of nearly 500 protesters just hours before President Bush's speech at the Republican convention, then fined the city for refusing to comply with his order.
City officials later said they would release all of the protesters by late Thursday.
The legal battle came as the convention received a mostly mellow sendoff from demonstrators who had spent the early part of the week venting their rage at the Bush administration.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 2, 2004 at 2:23:00 PM CEST
Jacko's $1M Conspiracy Slush Fund
Michael Jackson allegedly authorized that $1 million in "petty cash" be used to fund an illegal conspiracy to silence the boy who has accused him of sexual abuse, according to a judicial order docketed today.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 2, 2004 at 2:08:00 PM CEST
Three Killed in Rush for IKEA Vouchers in Saudi
Three men were trampled to death in a rush to claim vouchers at the first IKEA furniture showroom in Saudi Arabia Wednesday, hospital officials said.
Sixteen shoppers were injured at the Sweden-based furniture store opening in Jeddah. Medics revived some 20 customers who had fainted in the crush. IKEA said two were killed.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 2, 2004 at 2:05:00 PM CEST
Dog Bites Off N.M. Man's Genitals
A man whose genitals were bitten off by a pit bull remained in serious condition Tuesday, and the dog remained on the loose.
The man, who has not been identified, was attacked Monday while walking the dog. When police arrived to help, the man appeared disoriented and fled on foot but police tracked him to a nearby park, said Detective Jeff Arbogast of the Albuquerque Police Department.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 2, 2004 at 1:53:00 PM CEST
Bikini-clad vendor could be landmark or traffic hazard
The Hot Dog Lady is in trouble -- not for the franks, but perhaps her buns. Bikini-clad Katharine Schultze sells hot dogs from a cart near a popular lake in York County, Maine. Local officials say she's creating a traffic hazard and have posted no-parking signs.
But Schultze notes she's been selling franks at the same spot for a decade. The Hot Dog Lady's supporters say the no-parking rule has more to due with Schultze's bikini than any traffic concerns.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 2, 2004 at 1:51:00 PM CEST
Regulators shut down phony Bedrock bank
Federal regulators shut down a phony Internet bank claiming to be located in the tiny Colorado town of Bedrock — population 10 — near the Utah state line.
Through its Web site, the First National Bank of Bedrock offered deposit accounts, investments, debit cards and credit cards, according to the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
The address listed for the bank — 7729 S. Granite Ave. — doesn't exist, said Bedrock postmaster Ruth Swain.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 2, 2004 at 1:47:00 PM CEST
Swedish burglars make off with fishy haul
Burglars tore down part of a wall to get into a grocer's shop in central Sweden, but apparently were only after fish cakes and a little shrimp - they didn't touch the cash.
"It puzzles both me and police why they took the trouble to tear down a wooden panel in the wall without taking anything of real value," storekeeper Yvonne Holm told the AP on Wednesday.
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