Man plans 300-mile Harley ride without using hands (AP)

AP – A man plans to ride his Harley-Davidson about 300 miles from the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan to the Ohio border without using his hands to steer to raise money for Parkinson’s disease research. Phil Comar of Adrian told The Daily Telegram that the Sunday ride is in memory of his father, Robert, who died in 2008. He wants to raise $3,000 with the ride for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.

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Police: Oregon woman robbed bank, picked up kids (AP)

AP – Police in southern Oregon say a woman charged with robbing a bank in Grants Pass stopped to pick up her children at school on the way home. The Grants Pass Daily Courier reported a woman walked into an Umpqua Bank branch shortly after 2 p.m. Monday, handed the teller a note demanding cash, and then rode off in a car driven by a man.

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Mich. authorities reject boy’s mini-pig plea (AP)

AP – Mid-Michigan authorities have decided that Roger the miniature pig can’t live with a 9-year-old boy with severe pet allergies. The Midland City Council unanimously denied a request to allow the animal to live at a home that Ethan White shares with his parents, Jason and Lisa. Ethan says the pig is his “best friend in animal life.”

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69-year-old Ala. woman shoots 18-year-old intruder (AP)

AP – A pistol-packing 69-year-old woman in northern Alabama believes intruders will think twice before messing with her again. Police said Ethel Jones shot an 18-year-old man in the stomach when she found him inside her bedroom at her home in Decatur. Jones said she sleeps with her gun under a pillow next to her and said she grabbed it after hearing a door rattle shortly before 3 a.m. Monday.

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Idaho man finds weed in his weeds (AP)

AP – A man probably wishes that he started weeding in his yard sooner. That’s after he told police that he discovered a tray of some 28 marijuana seedlings in an overgrown portion of the backyard near his Moscow home. The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reported the seedlings were between 2- and 4-inches tall already.

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Messy box of ribs causes bomb scare in Tenn. (AP)

AP – A messy box of ribs left in a Clarksville parking lot caused police to call in the bomb squad and a bomb inspecting robot. The Leaf-Chronicle reports police blocked off the city’s Public Square Thursday morning after someone noticed a box with a warning on the side warning that anyone who touched it would lose their hands.

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Man allegedly uses torch to scare census worker (AP)

AP – A man has was charged after allegedly holding a U.S. Census worker against his will. The Daily Herald of Columbia reported that the man was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and false imprisonment for the June 9 incident. The 61-year-old was eventually released from Marshall County Jail after posting $8,500 bond.

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