KITTANNING, Pa. (AP) — State police say a western Pennsylvania man has been charged with passing counterfeit $20 bills at a yard sale run by the wrong woman — a bank teller. Trooper Terry Geibel says the teller is trained to know the look and feel of real money. The (Kittanning) Leader-Times (http://bit.ly/10xMhoe ) reports…
STANFORD, Ky. (AP) — Heads or tails? For four political hopefuls in central Kentucky, the choice meant winning or losing an election. Simple coin tosses decided the winners in two tied races, both in rural Lincoln County. The Advocate-Messenger (http://bit.ly/1x90Ug6) reports that incumbent Randall Price and challenger Priscilla Manuel tied for fourth place in the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of burglary after a Wichita woman found him eating cookie dough from her freezer in the early-morning hours. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/1uBJsR9 ) reports the woman came out of her bedroom shortly before 3:30 a.m. Thursday and found the stranger in her kitchen….
WILSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon police agree it was a bad first date. They say a 23-year-old man met a woman for the first time in person Monday night after they talked online. She hopped into his vehicle at a drive-through restaurant in Wilsonville, south of Portland, and suggested he buy her a milkshake. Sgt….
CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China and Japan reached agreement to ramp up high-level contacts, the strongest indication yet of a possible meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. The Chinese and Japanese foreign ministries said Friday the two sides agreed…
CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China and Japan reached agreement to ramp up high-level contacts, the strongest indication yet of a possible meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. The Chinese and Japanese foreign ministries said Friday the two sides agreed…
LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Argentina has told a Manhattan judge that his orders have caused bondholders to demand $4.7 billion since June, creating an “impossible situation” for the South American nation. Attorney Carmine Boccuzzi said in a letter dated Thursday that 25 new lawsuits seeking the bond money…
STRYKERSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A western New York homeowner says she awoke to find an unwelcome visitor in her living room — a deer. Wyoming County Sheriff Deputy Matthew Sage responded to the homeowner’s call earlier this week. He tells The Buffalo News (http://bit.ly/1t8ZD0O ) the young buck had crashed through a window and was…
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 5-year-old girl was fatally shot while sitting on her grandfather’s lap when two people approached her Milwaukee home and opened fire, according to police, who sought help Friday in finding the suspects. Laylah Petersen was shot in the head when one of a dozen bullets that hit the home came through…
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a University at Albany football player has been suspended from the team after he was charged with making a threat against the college using the social media application Yik Yak. Officials at the state college say 18-year-old Jordan Crockett of Fort Washington, Maryland, threatened to blow up the school…
