http://www.dailyitem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:49:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_180104235.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_180104235.html A prominent under-bite, scrunched face and floppy ears are the hallmarks of a winner. That is the winner of the World’s Ugliest Dog contest. — Naked time got a little too public for a former Georgia mayor. — Parents are proud of their children when they excel. But in the case of a high school secretary, her daughter did not excel as she expected. — Police say a California man donning a bustier and watching porn on a computer in an apartment complex gym was arrested after officers found drugs in his backpack. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:53:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_163113723.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_163113723.html A dog that ran off from its owner in Seattle’s Seward Park found and ate some marijuana and got high. Owner Jen Nestor Waddell told KING-TV in Seattle the 11-year-old black Lab mix named Jack was “just stoned” May 12 after they returned home from the park. The dog’s eyes glossed over and he had trouble walking. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:33:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_162102518.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_162102518.html In October, the Smith family in O’Fallon, Mo., had a photograph taken for a Christmas card. Danielle Smith said Wednesday that the photo taken of her family last year was sent to family and friends, and was posted on her blog and a few social networking sites. — When you have to go, you don’t do it at a crowded festival. A 31-year-old Detroit man faces a misdemeanor assault and battery charge after allegedly urinating on several people during an annual gay pride event. — A Spain bakery is in trouble for allegedly throwing away an employee’s severed arm. A Spanish trade union is suing the Rovira bakery in the eastern Valencia region that allegedly threw the severed arm of an employee into a bin after it was amputated in an accident with a kneading machine. — A 27-year-old man apparently did not like it when a judge increased his bond on drug charges and placed him under house arrest Tuesday. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:01:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_161125256.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_161125256.html We published a front page story today in the newspaper and online about a rare find in Berwick. Members of the historical society found a dusty, long-ignored copy of Benjamin Franklin’s 18th-century “Poor Richard” almanac on their shelves a few months ago, they decided to find out whether it could be real. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:25:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_160102820.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_160102820.html When Pastor Ken Pagano tells his congregation “Piece be with you,” he means it. The Louisville, Ky., pastor is inviting his flock to bring guns to church to celebrate the Fourth of July and the Second Amendment. New Bethel Church is welcoming “responsible handgun owners” to wear their firearms inside the church June 27, a Saturday.— If you lose your driver’s license and run out of beer don’t think you can go get more beer on a riding lawn mower. — When teaching your child to drive, you better sit in the car with them. Police said a 17-year-old girl who was practicing how to drive broke her mother’s legs after stepping on the gas pedal instead of the brake.— Robert and Catharine Pierce, of Boulder, Colo., have been accused by their landlord of being a nuisance by gardening wearing only thong underwear, plus pasties for Catharine Pierce. Neighbors complained to police about the Pierces’ scanty clothing. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:49:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_159104633.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_159104633.html Donald Crabtree, of Vassalboro, Maine, went to local official last Wednesday about making his coffee shop more like a strip club. A deliberately set fire destroyed his home and business — a topless coffee shop — just hours after he made his pitch to the local officials. — If you plan on robbing a bank make sure your getaway car has enough gas. Authorities say they’ve arrested two suspected bank robbers after their getaway vehicle ran out of gas. — Moms if you don’t want your daughter dating someone try to be tactful about it. Authorities in Adelanto, Calif., arrested a woman for allegedly trying to kidnap her daughter’s boyfriend and haul him away to Northern California.— It is never to late to graduate. A 90-year-old suburban Chicago woman who dropped out of school to help her family during the Great Depression now has her high school diploma. Eleanor Benz left Chicago Public Schools’ Lake View High in 1936 during her senior year to take a job. Fri, 22 May 2009 11:35:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_142113649.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_142113649.html A New Zealand mom made some online bids on toys before napping. Then her 3-year-old daughter took over and bought a bigger plaything than expected — a huge earth-moving digger for a cool $12,300.A teacher who became notorious in the 1990s for having an affair with a sixth-grader is hosting a "Hot for Teacher" night at a Seattle bar — along with the former student, now her husband.And this news today from Fond du Lac, Wis., where police continue a fruitless search for a man wearing an ape costume who has attempted to steal foam banana displays from inside local gas stations. Thu, 21 May 2009 11:09:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_141103950.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_141103950.html Never mind the ick factor, a Utah boy is trying to get into the record books by covering his face with live snails. - Yuk!There is a really brave teacher working near Augusta, Georgia.We’re not sure if the “Born to be Wild,” label would apply here, but a Methodist pastor in central Pennsylvania wants to bless those who share his passion for motorcycles. Tue, 19 May 2009 16:57:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_139101841.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_139101841.html Two Memphis men who took their snake to a salon didn't get haircuts, but they had a close shave.NASA officials say it wasn't an alien spacecraft people in Arizona and New Mexico spotted floating far above them in the clear blue sky, just a giant research balloon.Well, voters in Murray, Utah had their say, and the mayor of the Salt Lake City suburb had his nearly foot-long handlebar whiskers clipped short for charity. Dan Snarr's wife did the honors, leaving him with a short mustache after a clipping ceremony Saturday at a local Costco.And, we found a news video about our friend who put a busty mannequin on the porch of his Cincinnati area barbecue joint. Mon, 18 May 2009 10:08:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_138100803.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_138100803.html An Ohio man who argued with his grown son over a messy bedroom says he overreacted when he called 911.A Chicago police dog named Bear who is apparently a scaredy cat when it comes to thunder is back home after going AWOL during a storm.And, a different kind of long-distance relationship is the cat's meow for a British couple. Fri, 15 May 2009 10:01:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_135100150.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_135100150.html Going with the flow helped lead to the discovery of more than 2,300 marijuana plants in Tyler, Texas.Two seasonal Yellowstone National Park concession workers have been fired after a live webcam caught them urinating into the Old Faithful geyser.And, fire officials in Jersey City, N.J. say a woman attending a relative's funeral was injured at the cemetery when a tombstone toppled, breaking her leg. Thu, 14 May 2009 10:10:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_134101012.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_134101012.html Police in Needham, Mass., say a man who was stopped for erratic driving on Central Avenue last week was eating a bowl of cereal and milk while he drove. He told officers he was hungry.In Tazewell, Tenn., Wanda Bray slings a mean bowl of chili. Quite literally.And, an update on the fate of a busty mannequin that stands in front of a Cincinnati area barbecue restaurant. Wed, 13 May 2009 10:22:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_133102704.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_133102704.html Police in Clinton, Maine, say a 500-pound moose fell 18 feet to its death when it apparently leaped a guardrail on an Interstate 95 overpass and landed on Hinckley Road.Officials say a suspected drug dealer who led police on a 90 mph chase in Indiana was arrested after he made a stop for one last burrito.And you think your office fridge is disgusting. Wait to you read what happened at an office in California. Tue, 12 May 2009 10:42:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_132103939.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_132103939.html The cost to mail a first-class letter went up to 44 cents on Monday. But if you went to John Auito, of Macomb, Mich., you probably could have purchased stamps at a 15 percent discount. Sometimes crooks don’t think about what they are doing. In the case of an alleged shoplifter with a bottle of whiskey in his pants decided to take one more gamble before leaving a Washington County, Wisconsin, liquor store. He filled out a raffle ticket.If you run out of cigarettes and decide to go to a stranger’s house to bum some, you better wear clothes. Authorities said a woman wasn’t wearing any clothes when she knocked on a stranger’s door in the middle of the night to ask for cigarettes. A burglary suspect in Tulsa, Okla., probably thought if you don’t succeed the first time, try it again. And so the would-be burglar returned to the scene of the crime after failing the first time to get in. Mon, 11 May 2009 10:26:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_131102429.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_131102429.html The former owner of a 180-year-old adobe building near Albuquerque, N.M., hears the door of a potbellied stove opening and wood being stacked inside, but no one is there.Mysterious whispers echo in the current owner's ear. Things fall off shelves for no apparent reason.