http://www.dailyitem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 16 May 2008 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_137104634.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_137104634.html Brian LaFave of Sheboygan, Wis. couldn't care less how high gasoline prices climb these days — he's parked his pickup truck and is refusing to buy gas for a month. Thu, 15 May 2008 11:19:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_136112210.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_136112210.html There were a few odd things happening around Pennsylvania this week. We start in Philadelphia, where customs agents seized more than two giant beetles — some the size of a child's hand — from an overseas package after postal workers heard the insects making scratching noises. Wed, 14 May 2008 12:02:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_135102953.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_135102953.html So much for spaghetti and covered dish suppers. The First Baptist Church of Snellville Georgia is fueling its membership drive with a sign proclaiming "Free Gasoline." Tue, 13 May 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_134104521.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_134104521.html A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence in a down-to-earth court on Tuesday. Tue, 13 May 2008 10:10:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_134101244.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_134101244.html Fri, 09 May 2008 10:52:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_130105204.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_130105204.html Sometimes, it’s just single word - or perhaps a single word repeated three times - that can spark immobilizing fear. A Salt Lake City police officer couldn't catch up to a 32-year-old man until he yelled, "Taser, Taser, Taser." Thu, 08 May 2008 10:41:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_129103132.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_129103132.html We now have the photo snapped by those quick-thinking women we mentioned in Mid-Daily Items on Wednesday. That’s Andre Smith, the guy who struck up a conversation with the women at a neighborhood bar in Bensalem, Pa., early Sunday morning. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_128102959.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_128102959.html A man with a guitar and a megaphone climbed atop a convenience store roof to serenade commuters with his musical protest of high gasoline prices — until police halted the impromptu concert. Tue, 06 May 2008 10:14:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_127095408.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_127095408.html Maybe it just wasn’t impressing the girls anymore.Whatever the reason, 12-year-old David Witthoft finally shunned his Brett Favre jersey for the first time in 1,581 days. The young man from Ridgefield, Conn. wore the No. 4 jersey every day since receiving it as a gift for Christmas in 2003. Mon, 05 May 2008 10:33:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_126100652.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_126100652.html Bill Bramanti is a “die hard” beer drinker. He loves Pabst Blue Ribbon beer so much that he purchased a custom-made beer-can casket. Fri, 02 May 2008 11:44:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_123114400.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_123114400.html There is yet another “wedding blitz.” Yes, just days after a newly married couple kicked and cuffed each other in a suburban Pittsburgh Hotel comes word of another matrimonial dustup in Port Chester, New York. Thu, 01 May 2008 11:06:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_122110333.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_122110333.html Rose Griffin is not dead.So the call from someone trying to arrange her funeral was a bit of a shock. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:06:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_121104057.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_121104057.html When an 11-year-old Boy Scout in Michigan found someone's wallet with $800 inside, he understood what the person who lost it was going through. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:22:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_120111204.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_120111204.html A batch of tiny chicks are receiving a high level of care at a new fashionable address in New York City. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:10:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_119101426.html http://www.dailyitem.com/middailyitems/local_story_119101426.html Let’s just say that this may not be the best way to start a marriage. Newlyweds brawled with one another, then members of another wedding party, hours after they repeated their vows and were headed to a room at a suburban Pittsburgh hotel.