1. NJ woman sues Pa. sports bar for toilet seat break

    A New Jersey woman is suing a Pennsylvania sports bar and restaurant, saying she got stuck inside a toilet bowl for 20 minutes when the seat broke. Kathleen Hewko, of Delran Township, said she was in the bathroom at Starters Pub in an Allentown suburb when the handicapped toilet seat she was sitting on cracked and dumped her into the bowl.

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  2. Leaving on a jet plane? Texas airport has karaoke

    Leaving on a jet plane? Is the waiting the hardest part? Try airport karaoke! Houston's Bush International Airport is setting up karaoke booths for travelers, just in time for the holidays. One was to be up and running on Thursday afternoon, airport officials said.

    1. Updated 18 minutes ago
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  3. The one that didn't get away yields long-lost ring

    The one that didn't get away held an unlikely surprise for a Texas man. The blue-stoned class ring of Joe Richardson, engraved with his name, turned up inside an 8-pound bass 21 years after he lost it while fishing on Lake Sam Rayburn.

    1. Updated Dec. 3 9:38 p.m.
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  4. Man uses candy cane to subdue attacker with knife

    A man using a candy cane lawn ornament fended off a knife-wielding neighbor who had been attacking holiday guests at a Sacramento home. Police spokesman Sgt. Norm Leong said the man used the two-foot-tall plastic ornament to subdue the attacker until officers arrived.

    1. Updated Dec. 3 5:54 p.m.
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  5. Customer spots cook butchering deer in pizzeria

    A Pennsylvania pizzeria insists venison is not on the menu - despite the impression a customer may have gotten when she saw one of the cooks butchering a deer in the shop's kitchen.

    1. Updated Dec. 3 9:27 p.m.
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  6. Fla. man accused of making boy drive on beer run

    Authorities in southwest Florida say an intoxicated man had his 9-year-old son take him on a beer run. Cape Coral police arrested the 27-year-old man last week, after seeing a pickup truck drive onto a median.

    1. Posted Dec. 3 4:05 p.m.
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  7. Want jail credit? Just clean up blood, vomit, etc.

    Milwaukee County jail inmates can knock an hour off their sentence for each hour they spend on some dirty work - cleaning up blood, feces, saliva and other bodily fluids at the House of Correction and Criminal Justice Facility.

    1. Updated Dec. 3 8:21 p.m.
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  8. RI man bags mutant, 4-clawed lady lobster

    A lady lobster with four claws was pulled from the deep this week in the waters off Newport. With a large crusher claw and three pincher claws - instead of the usual one - the crustacean was unlike anything 39-year-old lobsterman Patrick Marks had ever seen in his 14 years catching the creatures.

    1. Posted Dec. 3 3:29 p.m.
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  9. Ghost tour spooked after car plows into group

    Things got a little spookier than expected during a ghost tour when a driver lost control of her car and plowed into the group. The Charleston Post and Courier reported two people suffered minor injuries in the Tuesday night accident near Charleston's famous Four Corners of Law at Meeting and Broad streets.

    1. Posted Dec. 3 5:02 p.m.
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  10. Ohio artist offers legless Santa and crazed tree

    A northern Ohio artist known for envelope-pushing holiday displays is back - with Santa Claus in a wheelchair being pushed down stairs by a crazed tree.

    1. Posted Dec. 3 5:04 p.m.
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