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A controversial, Star Wars-style flying speeder bike has gone on sale. A viral video of the space-age Airbike vehicle zipping across the landscape divided opinions earlier this year, with many suggesting computer trickery had been used. However, Polish company Volonaut now says it will go into production in limited numbers at the launch price of £649,000 ($880,000). They also revealed new flight footage with original audio they claim shows Airbike is real. The video shows the small, one-person vehicle — said to be able to fly at 124mph — apparently flying over a test ground, thanks to a loud method...

Florida motorists can get quite creative when trying to get out of a speeding ticket, but Jonathan Paul Rorech may have taken the cake. The Naples man had what he thought was a fool-proof plan to get out of a ticket - make a prank 911 call. After being pulled over by a Sheriff's deputy Tuesday, Rorech placed the emergency 911 from his cell phone and reported there was a shooting in the area and a victim was on the ground, the Naples News reported. The call was dispatched to the deputy, who dropped what he was doing to attend...

LOS ANGELES - Police beating victim Rodney King is engaged to one of the jurors who awarded him a $3.8 million settlement, RadarOnline reported Tuesday. King and Cynthia Kelley said they first felt a romantic spark when they met in a Newport Beach pizzeria the day after the controversial 1994 jury award. Both were married at the time, which complicated the blossoming relationship. They later separated when King joined the cast of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" after multiple arrests for being under the influence of PCP. Four months ago, King, 44, called Kelley on a whim.

PHOENIX – Speed camera photos of the man in the monkey and giraffe masks have generated lots of chuckles. But the cops aren't laughing. Dave VonTesmar, 47, started getting the $181.50 tickets last year, but it took Arizona state police several months to realize the same driver was repeatedly triggering speed cameras and refusing to pay the fines. By the time they did, more than 50 of the tickets had become invalid because the deadline for prosecution had passed. VonTesmar, who has now amassed $6,7000 in fines, is fighting each citation by claiming he wasn't behind the wheel.

One Trooper Reportedly Chased After Car Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said his executive detail hasn't been cited for speeding, after a published report alleged Rendell's car was clocked at over 100 miles per hours on nine occasions. Rendell issued a statement Monday, saying that he was "not aware of any instance of my executive detail being cited for driving at unlawfully high rates of speed." However, Rendell said he would begin to monitor the vehicle speed, and asked state Police Commissioner Jeffrey B. Miller to "review these reports and state police policy with respect to the operation of vehicles in...