An accused thief is trying to beat the rap with an unusual defense — that he took the name of the store he allegedly robbed literally.
According to a TV news report, Ruben Pavon took a grill from the porch of the Finders Keepers thrift shop in Derry, NH.
"I just grabbed one. I thought it was there for the taking," he allegedly told cops.
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When it comes to selling ice cream, you don't mess around with Sno Cone Joe.
A take-no-prisoner snack-truck driver was charged with harassing and stalking a rival vendor in Albany.
Joshua Malatino, who drives a Sno Cone Joe truck, allegedly tried to run a competitor called Mr. Ding-A-Ling out of business by following him around town, blaring his recorded jingle and giving away free icy treats to melt Ding-A-Ling's cash flow.
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A new study shoots down the cliché "Money can't buy you happiness."
Economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers found that, around the world, more wealth correlates with more satisfaction in one's life.
They also found that there's no ceiling on happiness, meaning that even billionaires would smile more with even more dough.
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This may be the wildest summer job available.
Officials on an island chain off the northern coast of Norway are advertising for someone to work as a polar-bear spotter.
The position requires keeping an eye out for the wandering white mammals and alerting scientists at work nearby.
Bears outnumber people on the islands by 3,000 to 2,400.
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Senior citizens in Devon, England, mistakenly dressed up as cartoon swashbucklers for a speech by a former Somali-pirate kidnap victim.
They thought they were in for a 17th-century lesson and donned "Pirates of the Carribbean" outfits.
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