AP Top Strange News
Friday September 03, 2010, 3:25 AM, MDT
95 snakes found in burst bag at Malaysia airport
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By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"></span></span>
<span class="updated" title="2010-09-03T04:23:58Z">2010-09-03T04:23:58Z</span>
<div class="entry-content">KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A Malaysian man pleaded guilty to wildlife smuggling after his bag bursting with 95 live boa constrictors broke open on a luggage conveyer belt at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, an official said Friday....</div>
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For 2nd time, Ohio woman gives birth in vehicle
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By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"></span></span>
<span class="updated" title="2010-09-02T13:05:52Z">2010-09-02T13:05:52Z</span>
<div class="entry-content">BETHEL, Ohio (AP) -- For a second time, an Ohio woman has given birth to a baby who couldn't wait and arrived on the drive to the hospital....</div>
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Homeless man calls 911 from hot tub, seeks cocoa
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By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"></span></span>
<span class="updated" title="2010-09-02T05:30:47Z">2010-09-02T05:30:47Z</span>
<div class="entry-content">BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) -- A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for trespassing instead....</div>
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Conn. driver falls from car on I-95, Dodge goes on
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By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"></span></span>
<span class="updated" title="2010-09-01T19:15:23Z">2010-09-01T19:15:23Z</span>
<div class="entry-content">DARIEN, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut State Police say a man fell out of his car onto Interstate 95 and watched his vehicle drive on for about two-tenths of a mile before it crashed into a pole. Troopers said they're not sure why 51-year-old Robert Craig of Killingworth fell out of his 2006 Dodge Charger late Tuesday morning in Darien near Exit 10. Police said Craig was treated for minor injuries at Stamford Hospital....</div>
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Police say man leads hour-long chase in dump truck
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By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"></span></span>
<span class="updated" title="2010-09-01T19:24:36Z">2010-09-01T19:24:36Z</span>
<div class="entry-content">SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Police said a 37-year-old man driving a dump truck led them on an hour-long chase over roads, rails and yards in the Syracuse area that ended with the suspect being shot. The Onondaga County Sheriff said Stanley Lostumbo jumped into a dump truck Tuesday night after being accused of stealing from vending machines at a mall....</div>
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Insurance company: Flowers started Ark. house fire
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By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">TOM PARSONS </span></span>
<span class="updated" title="2010-09-01T19:18:47Z">2010-09-01T19:18:47Z</span>
<div class="entry-content">LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A fire that did $20,000 in damages to a northeast Arkansas home wasn't caused by an electrical problem or burning food or arson, an insurance investigator concluded. Instead, the dead plants did it, according to a report summary provided to the homeowner, Brian Duncan. "The fire was caused by self-heating through decomposition of organic materials contained within a plastic flowerpot," the Aug. 25 letter from State Farm Insurance Co. said....</div>
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Cell phone left in Ala. burglary leads to arrest
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By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"></span></span>
<span class="updated" title="2010-09-01T19:21:11Z">2010-09-01T19:21:11Z</span>
<div class="entry-content">RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- Police investigating a home burglary in Russellville found a surprising clue - a cell phone that got left behind. Franklin County District Attorney Joey Rushing said the phone was left near where a computer was taken in the weekend burglary. Investigators began calling some of the phone numbers and determined the phone belonged to a 19-year-old who was on probation for a previous burglary....</div>
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Busted pot growers mistake wardens for suppliers
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By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"></span></span>
<span class="updated" title="2010-09-01T19:25:26Z">2010-09-01T19:25:26Z</span>
<div class="entry-content">RED BLUFF, Calif. (AP) -- California wildlife officials say two men are in custody after a group of marijuana growers started to toss bags full of pot into a pickup truck belonging to game wardens they mistook for their suppliers. State Department of Fish and Game spokesman Pat Foy says two wardens in Tehama County were looking for deer poachers Monday night in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest when they heard footsteps behind them....</div>
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Frankenstein cited over monstrous behavior in Ohio
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By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"></span></span>
<span class="updated" title="2010-08-31T23:35:00Z">2010-08-31T23:35:00Z</span>
<div class="entry-content">CINCINNATI (AP) -- Ohio police say a Toby Keith fan named Forrest Frankenstein threatened them and beat his head against a partition in their cruiser after his arrest....</div>
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Men lucky to be alive after driving under semi
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By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"></span></span>
<span class="updated" title="2010-08-31T23:35:01Z">2010-08-31T23:35:01Z</span>
<div class="entry-content">GETTYSBURG, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota sheriff said two Minnesota men are lucky to be alive after they drove underneath a stalled semi truck towing a flatbed. Potter County Sheriff Alan McClain said he's amazed the men were not decapitated....</div>
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