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Monday, June 17, 2013  Criminals caught in one pocket of northeast Ohio are likely headed for public embarrassment at the hands of a small-town police chief and his many Facebook fans.

Monday, June 17, 2013  Authorities say they still haven't determined what caused six U.S. border agents to require decontamination and medical attention after inspecting a vehicle at a crossing in northern New York.

Monday, June 17, 2013  A Spokane, Washington-area woman says she was forced to quit her job as a hair salon supervisor after her boss told her to cover her shaved head while at work.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  A Rhode Island TV station says a woman threw a rock, waved a baseball bat and urged her dogs to attack a news crew reporting on a kindergarten graduation party shooting.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Getting tattooed with the company logo is all the rage at one New York City brokerage firm.  The reward? A 15 percent pay raise.

Friday, May 03, 2013  The latest accessory for New York's pampered pooches is one that will disappear if Fido needs a bath. Some dogs on Manhattan's Upper East Side are getting temporary tattoos.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  A public safety officer checking a suspicious car parked behind a southwestern Michigan motel early Tuesday was more than a little surprised when a deer climbed out of the trunk.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  Columbia University says it's reviewing a science class in which a professor stripped to his underwear and showed 9/11 video footage during a lecture on quantum mechanics.

Friday, February 15, 2013  Jessob Reisbeck’s interview with ‘Kai the Hatchet guy’ has gone viral. If you haven't seen it already, Reisbeck interviewed a homeless man who says he rescued a real-life damsel in distress.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  An inmate in St. Lawrence County was found hiding drugs inside a copy of the popular novel "Fifty Shades of Gray."

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Syracuse University students added their rendition of the rapidly-spreading “Harlem Shake” internet phenomenon via Youtube.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  A Montana television station's regular programming was interrupted by news of a zombie apocalypse. The network says hackers broke into the Emergency Alert System of Great Falls affiliate KRTV and its CW station Monday.

Friday, February 08, 2013  More than 100 prospective jurors are scheduled to fill out questionnaires for the trial of a New York police officer accused of plotting to kidnap, torture, kill and eat women.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  Police say an upstate New York woman passed drugs to her son while kissing him when she visited him in a county jail.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  A long overdue book has finally been returned to the New York Public Library - 55 years late.