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The 65-year-old woman claims her 120-pound pony-sized dog is protection from childhood memories of sex abuse. Two cops ticketed her for bringing the animal into a subway station. "These sons of bit...

The grandson said he tried to get away to call his mother but the guy -- irate about the charges -- "grabbed the phone out of his hand, shoved him and ripped his necklace off his neck," a police re...

The waitress alleges she was fired after taking time off to recover from domestic assault. Hooters says she abandoned her job, but adds that the woman's bruised body made her temporarily ineligible...

"I thought it would be fun to build an outhouse that was almost a piece of sculpture," says John Sylvestre, who is renovating his lake property in Wisconsin. "An outhouse doesn't have to be an aft...

Knock on wood, I've never been on a flight where somebody acted like an asshole. In this case, it took eight people to hold the guy down."He was drunk. I was afraid he was going to try to jump out ...

Becky Young, who lives near the place, fears the coffee shop "would bring a bad crowd."
But Mike Provencher, who's lived on the road for 20 years, notes that "there were entertainment gals there be...

JetBlue Airways and two officials with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration have paid $240,000 to settle charges that they illegally discriminated against an Iraqi-born U.S. resident who...

Richard Lopez was obviously enjoying the Jimmy Buffett song and that upset two other sports bar patrons. The pair made disparaging remarks about the song's selection, and the argument escalated on ...

The 40-year-old "Internet hero" pleaded guilty to third-degree assault; she was originally charged with second-degree assault and felony harassment after hitting the 7-foot, 3-inch man with an alu...

Now they're really stooping low. "For God's sake, could someone tell us where the wake is to be held?" wrote one online commentator. (Associated Press)