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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - A New Mexico man who investigators say set his prosthetic leg on fire with a pocketed crack pipe has been arrested.

ROCK HILL, S.C. – A South Carolina woman found out fast food won't make your car go fast.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Police in Bellingham, Wash., say an acupuncture patient called 911 for assistance after she says clinic workers apparently forgot about her and locked up the office.

NEW YORK - Wearing saggy pants is not a crime, just foolish.

TOKYO - A man listed as the oldest living male in Tokyo in fact died some 30 years ago, city officials said after his body was found mummified in his bed.

MOUNT CARROLL, Ill. - Authorities say two young men have died and another is in serious condition after becoming trapped inside a grain bin in northwestern Illinois.

BANKS, Ore. – Oregon State Police have taken the unusual step of issuing a missing cat alert for a feline that caused a car crash, escaped from a smashed SUV and vanished.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio family has settled a lawsuit against a middle school teacher who was accused of burning the image of crosses on students' arms.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A great-grandmother in Daytona Beach bit an assailant and was dragged several feet hanging on to the getaway car of a couple who snatched her purse.

NASHVILLE - As Shemika Page watched television in her room Monday night, one simple word may have saved her life: Mom.

LACONIA, N.H. - A black bear walked into a New Hampshire house through an open door, ate two pears and a bunch of grapes, took a drink from the family fishbowl and grabbed a stuffed bear on its way out the door.

DALLAS – Police said a Dallas woman was threatened with a knife in a fight that allegedly started when a friend rubbed her bottom with a finger.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Police Officer Anna Occhipinto had just arrived at a medical call at a home early Monday when a woman handed her a bloody towel.

EBENSBURG, Pa. - Authorities say a 94-year-old western Pennsylvania woman was swindled out of more than $650,000 by a handyman she trusted like a son.

VIENNA - This little kitty went home - but only after Vienna police and firefighters partially dismantled a police car to find it.

CANTON, Ga. – A Cherokee County man found a hidden treasure in a painting he bought at an auction: four pounds of marijuana.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - An eastern Pennsylvania woman has been cited for harassment after her son told police she cleaned the bathroom with his toothbrush, then returned it to its holder.

DES MOINES, Iowa - A central Iowa teen has earned the nickname ''The Deer Magnet'' after hitting five deer in the past year.

SWISSVALE, Pa. - Authorities say a Pittsburgh-area man robbed a bank wearing a woman's blond wig, fake breasts under a sweater and clown pants.

SUN VALLEY, Idaho - A police dog in the central Idaho resort town of Sun Valley is back on duty after serving a ''suspension'' for an unprovoked attack on a small schnauzer.