Archive for August 15th, 2008
Ohio’s fastest grocery bagger: size up customer
RAVENNA, Ohio (AP) — A grandmother from northeast Ohio has won top honors as the state’s fastest grocery bagger.
She’s 45-year-old Denise Farley of Ravenna. She will represent Ohio in the National Grocers Association USA Best Bagger Championship in Las Vegas […]
Police: Woman killed boyfriend, left corpse in tub
TRENTON, Ohio (AP) — Police say an Ohio woman called a 911 operator to report she had killed her boyfriend and left his body in their bathtub — about a week earlier.
Authorities believe the woman remained in the house while the corpse decomposed. They say she told […]
Debate coaches lose cool, one pulls down his pants
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An argument between two debate coaches that was caught on video was not the sharp-witted dialogue typically associated with college debate teams. Instead, the two traded profanity-laced barbs and one of them pulled down his shorts, exposing his underwear.
An eight-minute segment of […]
Texas police say 12-year-old girl drove mom to bar
LONGVIEW, Texas (AP) — A 35-year-old Texas woman has been jailed after police say she made her 12-year-old daughter drive her to a bar.
Police in Longview say they watched a minivan turn into a driveway without signaling on Wednesday and bump into a home at a low speed. They say […]
Edwards’ ally explains $14,000 payment to mistress
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Edwards’ political action committee paid his mistress $14,000 after she stopped working for it to obtain 100 hours of unused videotape she had shot for his unsuccessful presidential campaign, an associate told The Associated Press on Thursday.
The woman, Rielle Hunter, already had been paid $100,000 for the programs.
The […]
Phelps wins sixth gold medal while setting sixth world record at Beijing Olympics
BEIJING — Michael Phelps hung on the lane rope in a familiar pose, admiring another world record while his rivals gasped for breath. Make it 6-for-6 at the Beijing Games. Next up: Mark Spitz and the grandest of Olympic records. Blowing away the field, Phelps won the 200-meter individual medley this […]