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(PORTLAND, ORE.) -- You may have heard about the rash of brazen thefts of copper around the country, but theives are targeting a new metal object and taking it off of parked cars. (April 27)
(KANSAS) -- A 12-year-old student faces possible suspension and misdemeanor charges after officials say he used a cell phone camera to take inappropriate pictures of classmates. (April 26)
(HOUSTON) -- A man who police said went on a killing rampage in his apartment building wa found to have e-mailed his own obituary to friends and family. (April 25)
(FLORIDA) -- A 24-year-old surfer received quite a shock while paddling on his board to catch a wave. (April 23)
(OREGON) -- Police are searching for the person who left a cat and her five kittens sealed in a bin without air for 10 hours after dropping them on the doorstep of the Oregon Humane Society. (April 20)
(JACKSONVILLE) -- Police are searching for a pair of puppy snatchers caught on camera, one distracting employees while the other walked out the door with a dog worth more than $1,000. (April 20)
(OHIO) -- Parents and pet owners in one community outside of Cincinnati are jittery and hoping local authorities can corral a pack of what's described as hybrid wolves. (April 19)
(COLORADO) -- A woman police say wanted to be known as the 'Cool Party Mom' and want about it by supplying shelter and alcohol to runaway teens faces charges of contributing to the delinquincy of a minor. (April 18)
(BALTIMORE) -- In another one of those stories that leaves most people shaking their heads in bewilderment, police say a dispute that left four people shot -- including three minors -- may have started over an article of clothing. (April 16)
(OHIO) -- A woman sitting and waiting for her television signal to return after a storm seemed to have knocked out her satellite reception saw something she never expected. (April 13)
(PENNSYLVANIA) -- Kentucky Fried Chicken announced today that is using a high-frequency tone only kids and teens can hear as part of a new marketing strategy. (April 12)
(HOUSTON) -- Police are on the hunt for a man who has used a new way to rob businesses by dressing up as a U.S. postal worker to gain access to retail businesses and then robbing them. (April 21)
(SAN DIEGO) -- Resident of a mobile home park say they are living in fear after residents have spotted a roaming mountain lion three times in the last several weeks. (April 10)
(OREGON) -- A father apparently felt he had too many kids to drive somewhere now faces criminal charges after two of his children are found in the trunk of his car. (April 3)
(DALLAS) -- In what certainly lurks in the nightmares of many, the car of a couple changing a tire on an interstate bridge was struck by another and the couple fell 35 feet killing one of them and injuring another. (April 4)
(CONNECTICUT) -- Police arrested a 51-year-old man they said was found ready to place bottles containing sexually explicit messages aimed at children near a school. (March 30)
(PENNSYLVANIA) -- A college freshman is hospitalized in critical condition and police are investigating whether his alcohol-related injuries were part of fraternity hazing at a nearby college. (March 30)
(NEBRASKA) -- Lawmakers are looking to laws to counter electronic imtimidation -- or 'cyber-bullying.' It's an increasing phenomenon, especially among teens, in which they use e-mail, text messages and Web sites to harass others. (March 29)
(PENNSYLVANIA) -- A woman and her boyfriend hired to care for a 53-year-old partially paralyzed stroke victim have been charged with bilking the man out of thousands by writing checks from his account. More Details
(MILWAUKEE) -- Four students in a classroom apparently left unsupervised by the teacher began to fight ... and it was all captured on video by another student's cell phone and posted online. (March 28)
(FLORIDA) -- A former member of a police youth program apparently walked into a police station, stole a police cruiser and drove through his town impersonating a police officer. (March 28)
(HONOLULU) -- Coast Guard investigators are trying to determine what caused a catamaran's mast to break during a whale-watching trip, killing a 48-year-old man and injuring two others. (March 27)
(FLORIDA) -- Are you sitting down? Florida police responded to a hit-and-run crash, eventually pulling over a driver in connection with the case. After a chase they arrested the 26-year-old driver. It was nearly the 70th time the driver had been arrested in six years. (March 23)
(MARYLAND) -- A 20-year-old man faces a string of felony charges after police said he and a 17-year-old accomplice kidnapped a 14-year-old and threatened to kill him unless he robbed a bank. (March 23)
(MICHIGAN) -- So, you're driving to work listening to the radio when you notice cars ahead of you doing some strange swerving and braking as they head under an overpass. When you get there you see way as concrete chunks are falling from it. (March 21)
(CINCINNATI) -- Police have security camera images of two teens minutes before they say the pair attacked and robbed an 83-year-old woman. (March 21)
(PORTLAND, OR) -- A student who says he was robbed by a fellow student at a bus stop is now looking to authorities to ensure the alleged robber stays away from him when he returns to school. (March 20)
A car that has plunged 100 feet off a highway killed one of the men on board and left another hospitalized in fair condition. Authorities were able to trace the cell phone signal after the survivor dialed 911. (March 19)
(CALIFORNIA) -- Officials say there isn't enough evidence to charge the mother who police say drove her 13-year-old son to fight, egged him on and tried to hold back other adults who looked to intervene. (March 16)
(COLUMBUS) -- Officials are receiving calls from across the country after publicly seeking victims of a woman who has admitted to killing as many as 650 animals. (March 16)
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