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150-pound Minn. cupcake sets Guinness record

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:28:02 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A 151-pound cupcake in Minneapolis has been certified as the world's largest. The 1-foot tall, 2-foot wide cupcake on display Saturday at the Minneapolis Mall of America had 15 pounds of fudge filling and 60 pounds of yellow icing....

NY man finds valuable Mexican artifacts in barrel

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:37:36 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) -- One man's trash is definitely another man's treasure. A Queens man hired to remove material from a deceased artist's estate has found artifacts worth thousands of dollars in a discarded barrel....

Lawsuit: dentist dropped tools down man's throat

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:39:15 GMT

WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida dentist is being sued for allegedly dropping tools down the throat of an elderly patient - twice. Relatives of 90-year-old Charles Gaal Jr. recently filed the suit in circuit court accusing Dr. Wesley Meyers of negligence. An answering message at Meyers' office in Winter Park said Saturday that he was on vacation. He did not reply to a message from The Associated Press seeking comment....

Young Pa. lemonade sellers have brush with law

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:39:57 GMT

HAVERFORD, Pa. (AP) -- Seven suburban Philadelphia children had a brush with the law for selling without a permit - selling lemonade, that is. But police say it was all a misunderstanding. A neighbor called Haverford Township police July 10 about the sales. He says the youngsters were going door-to-door and he didn't think they were being properly supervised....

Oscar Mayer Wienermobile crashes into Wis. home

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:01:40 GMT

MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. (AP) -- One southern Wisconsin homeowner is probably not in love with the Oscar Mayer wiener. The famed hot dog's Wienermobile crashed Friday into the deck and garage of a home in Mount Pleasant, about 35 miles south of Milwaukee....

Police seek man with fetish for exercise balls

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:01:40 GMT

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) -- Police are looking for a man with a self-professed sexual fetish for slashing rubber balls. Police have been seeking the 31-year-old since surveillance tape allegedly showed him breaking into a fitness clinic in May and slashing exercise balls....

Police: Man reluctantly robs Utah snow cone stand

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:01:40 GMT

RIVERTON, Utah (AP) -- Investigators said an armed man seemed reluctant, but robbed a 16-year-old girl working at a snow cone stand anyway. Salt Lake County Sheriff's Lt. Don Hutson said the man walked through the back door of the Snow Shack on Wednesday and showed that he had a gun....

ND thief leaves note, advises car owner to lock up

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:01:41 GMT

FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- A man said it's a tough way to learn a lesson but he's a lot wiser. Someone made off with Mark Neary's driver's license and other items from his unlocked car early Wednesday, and left a message behind. Neary said he found a note telling him he had "amazing taste" in music....

King of Pop creamed in online butter statue vote

By MELANIE S. WELTE — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:01:41 GMT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Jesus Christ and his apostles made the cut. So did John Wayne, Elvis and Tiger. But Michael Jackson will not have his buttery likeness displayed at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines this summer, after support for a creamy statue of the King of Pop melted in an online vote....

Jobless benefits Web site adds insult to injury

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:01:41 GMT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- It's a shameless thing to do in an economic crisis. Jobless people seeking information about their benefits on the Brazilian Labor Ministry's Web were forced to type in passwords such as "bum" and "shameless."...