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Two young sisters in Utah who apparently wanted to go to California to swim in the ocean took their parents' car on a freeway joyride Wednesday, crossed into oncoming traffic and then crashed head-on into a semi truck. Advertisement But the 9-year-old driver and her 4-year-old sister walked away unscathed, police said. The girls left from their home and apparently intended to head to the beach, according to West Valley police spokeswoman Roxeanne Vainuku. "I guess they were intending to start their summer vacation a little early," Vainuku told KSL-TV. From the home, the 9-year-old who was driving the car...

A Utah man allegedly stole a truck he said he needed to rendezvous with aliens but felt bad for stealing it and returned it to a 7 Eleven store. Bryce Jerald Dixon is accused of theft of a vehicle and three attempts to escape from official custody after he returned a red pickup truck that he later told police he needed so that he could "get to the Colosseum to get on a flight with alien diplomats." According to court documents, Dixon intended to drive the truck all the way to the Colosseum but felt bad for stealing it so...