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Hands where I can see them! Two-year-old twins stopped traffic in New York City on Saturday night after being pulled over in their miniature Range Rover by two New York City police officers having a little fun. License and registration #nypd#nyc #twins #brothers #boys #squad #cute #lol #igers #amazing #photooftheday #igotthem #led #ledsneakers #pairup #cars #powerwheels #rangerover #theheights #washingtonheights #pullover #fun #happy #baby#34thprecinct

A groom in Saudi Arabia filed for divorce minutes after his wedding when his bride refused to put down her cell phone and pay attention to him, local media reported Tuesday. The couple retired to a hotel room following the ceremony, where a relative said the unnamed woman rebuffed the man’s intimate advances. The bride said she wanted to respond to her friends’ texts and other messages congratulating them on their wedding, according to Gulf News. “The groom asked her to delay the messages, but she refused and became angry,” the relative added. “When he asked her if her friends...

<p>An Ohio woman was arrested after she called 911 to complain about a Chinese food order that simply wasn’t up to par.</p>

According to police, last week 36-year-old Heidi Knowles at Taco Bell with her three day old son. Knowles then approached a woman who was eating and handed her the child. Before the confused woman could respond, Knowles stated that the infant could be hers for the price of $500. Unsurprisingly, the woman refused and quickly called 9-1-1. Knowles was arrested soon after for outstanding warrants at Kay's TV Motel; bail was set for $50,000 and she was charged with "attempted child selling/child buying." Her son was put into protective custody. Police stated that Knowles appeared to be under the influence...

Humor is supposed to be a cultural norm that crosses ethnic and linguistic lines. However, it appears that stereotypes have arisen around different countries and their ability to tell a joke. While the United States has its fair share of comedians, and we've been spared the shame (or pride, maybe?) of not being the world's least funny country. One might think that France would be high up on the list with its cultural arrogance or perhaps Japan with its rigorous work ethic. Perhaps a fundamentalist nation, like Iran? Instead, it wasn't anyof these. Instead, according to a survey including the...

BUFFALO, N.Y., April 12 (UPI) -- Witnesses said an adult deer has taken over the role of protecting a mother goose preparing to hatch her eggs in New York state as a single parent. Locals in Buffalo said the goose, a species known to mate for life, lost her male partner and would have been left defenseless while protecting her eggs in an empty cemetery urn if a deer had not stepped in to guard the expectant mother, WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, reported Tuesday. Passersby said the deer places itself between the goose and approaching humans or animals. The deer was once...

A Washington state family whose turkey was stolen by a dog on Thanksgiving have quite a story to tell about how they eventually got the bird back (Nov 28). See Video News for more

Kansas City - A man suspected of drunken driving stole an ambulance late last night after he was taken to a hospital for a blood test. The man stole the ambulance about 10:55 p.m. from Research Medical Center, near Prospect Avenue and East Meyer Boulevard. Police pursued the ambulance and eventually used stop sticks, which caused the suspect to crash into a light pole at East 67th Terrace and Cleveland Avenue. The man was taken into custody.

A drunk German sparked a slow-speed police chase after stealing a tractor to get home from a nightclub after his girlfriend left without him, said police, who used pepper spray to try to stop the vehicle. "After his girlfriend abandoned him in a night club, the 23-year-old driver, who doesn't own a license, commandeered the vehicle to make his way home," a police spokesman said on Monday. Six police cars began trailing the tractor, which was chugging along at 20 km (12 miles) an hour, after they were alerted to the theft at about 5 a.m. Saturday. Officers tried holding...

HIALEAH, Fla. — Authorities say South Florida law enforcement officers are searching for an unmarked police car loaded with weapons and riot gear that was stolen from outside a Hialeah restaurant. A Hialeah police spokesman says the 2000 gold Ford Taurus was stolen early Friday morning while an off-duty officer was working security at the restaurant. The vehicle contained an assault rifle, a Glock, riot gear, a bulletproof vest, police identification and probably an emergency light.

CLINTON, Maine – Police said 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 learned of the incident when a motorist called the town office shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday and told assistant town clerk Shirley Bailey that "a moose just fell out of the sky." Bailey said the driver, who was under the bridge when he spotted the falling moose, was "pretty excited about it." Police Chief Charles Runnels said the yearling bull probably panicked because of the noise and traffic along...

A court in Taiwan rejected a 70-year-old man’s application to divorce his young Vietnamese wife for the second time, citing his poor marriage record. According to the ruling, the man married and divorced four young women from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia in 11 years. He remarried two of them, including his current Vietnamese wife, Hsiao Chuang, whom he wished to divorce again. A court official said: “He remarried the two women only seven and 11 days respectively after getting divorced. He was treating marriage like a child’s game.” The man, identified only by his surname Hsu, said he still wanted...

WARSAW (Reuters) - A sexually excited stallion bit a Polish man to death when he tried to calm the beast, which had become uncontrollably aroused by a nearby mare, police said. "The 24-year-old man, identified as Robert R., was bitten when he tried to calm his horse, which had become unsettled by the presence of a mare in the vicinity," a duty officer in the Baltic port of Szczecin told Reuters. The horse went wild and began straining and bucking while pulling a farm cart through the village. An autopsy would determine whether the direct cause of death was a...