The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA--Today's Daily Items http://www.dailyitem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:28:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_320063036.html Drilling for Scotch whiskey on frozen continent http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_320063036.html A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whiskey that has been on the rocks since a century ago. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:24:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_320062818.html The Chavez Diet: Venezuelans urged to lose weight http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_320062818.html Call it the Bolivarian battle of the bulge. President Hugo Chavez said in a televised speech Friday that "there are lots of fat people" in Venezuela and advised his supporters to exercise and eat healthy to trim their waistlines. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:15:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_318231727.html Strippers-on-a-truck promotion halted in Las Vegas http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_318231727.html Live strippers on the back of a truck is too much - even for Sin City. A Las Vegas strip club has agreed to stop an advertising promotion that involved hauling bikini-clad exotic dancers around in a truck with clear plastic sides. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:17:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_212113626.html Daily Video Items http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_212113626.html

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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:14:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_318231534.html Overdue library books returned half century later http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_318231534.html A high school librarian in Phoenix says a former student at the school returned two overdue books checked out 51 years ago along with a $1,000 money order to cover the fines. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:30:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_317223252.html Caller arrested for dialing 911, asking for sex http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_317223252.html Florida police say a man arrested for repeatedly calling 911 looking for sex claimed it was the only number he could dial after running out of cell phone minutes. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:28:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_317222958.html Cat's demise prompts rumors of Thatcher's death http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_317222958.html When Canada's transport minister decided to name his cat Thatcher, he likely never thought it would cause quite the stir it did during a gala dinner earlier this week. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:59:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_317220143.html Son convicted of robbing mom to pay parking ticket http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_317220143.html A 27-year-old Anchorage man has been convicted of robbing his mother at gunpoint because she didn't give him money to help pay a $430 parking ticket. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:23:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_317142444.html Easton working on how to pay $5M settlement http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_317142444.html A Pennsylvania city that has agreed to a $5 million settlement of a lawsuit over the fatal shooting of a police officer inside police headquarters is working out how to pay the money. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:58:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_317095921.html Lawn tractor driver charged with DUI http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_317095921.html A western Pennsylvania man faces a preliminary hearing next month on charges he drove drunk — on a lawn tractor on his way to buy more beer at a store. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:20:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_316222243.html Police: Ex-clerk discounted hardware to woo customer http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_316222243.html A former home improvement store clerk in West Virginia has been charged with discounting $20,000 worth of merchandise to win a man's heart. Nitro police arrested 20-year-old Katie Lynn Smith Thursday on a fraudulent schemes charge. She had worked at Lowe's. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:18:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_316222025.html Ohio 8th-grader suspended for wild Bengals haircut http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_316222025.html A young Cincinnati Bengals fan has been penalized for clipping. Dustin Reader got the NFL team's stripes and "B" insignia cut into his hair as a tribute to the team's good season. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:16:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_316221807.html Record for pulling bus with hair broken http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_316221807.html A British man broke the world record for pulling a double-decker bus with his hair. Manjit Singh broke the Guinness World Record on Thursday by pulling the bus weighing 8.5 British tons for 21.2 meters (69.55 feet) across Battersea Park in London with ribbons attached to his hair. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:16:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_315221818.html 1.5 lbs. of nails pulled from Peruvian's stomach http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_315221818.html "They call me the hardware store," says Requelme Abanto from his hospital bed in northern Peru. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:14:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_315221603.html Police: Wife pulls knife on husband over vodka http://www.dailyitem.com/dailyitems/local_story_315221603.html Police said a woman threatened her husband with a 7-inch knife after he threw away her bottle of vodka as she slept in their suburban Detroit home.