Girl, 7, was asked to pepper spray workers

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Police say a Philadelphia-area woman returned to a dollar store where she’d been banned and pepper-sprayed employees who tried to escort her out before giving the can to her 7-year-old daughter and asking her to continue the fight.

Pa. school asks students to cut back on body spray

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A Pennsylvania high school wants its students to cut back on the body spray.

Pa. guard shot finger trying to remove ring

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A federal prison guard has been charged with shooting his own finger in a drunken attempt to remove his wedding ring during an argument with his wife at their northwestern Pennsylvania home, police said.

Iowa officer stops speedy SUV, helps deliver

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An Iowa City police officer pulled over a speeding SUV – then helped the driver and his passenger deliver a baby.

Burglar tracked by pickax bar code

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Authorities in Louisiana say they tracked a man accused of stealing drugs from a pharmacy because he left behind a pickax he used to break in – and forgot to remove the price tag.

Ohio woman, 106, finally gets

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A 106-year-old central Ohio woman who completed classes but didn’t graduate in a dispute over a book has received her high school diploma.

Sea gull perches on Sistine Chapel smoke stack

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With no pope, a sea gull is stealing the show at the papal conclave.

Couple brings kids along for UT bank heist

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Police in Utah say they’ve arrested a husband and wife bank robbery team that took their two children along for the illegal excursion.

Vets save NYC dog who swallowed 111 pennies

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A New York City dog has undergone emergency surgery to remove more than 100 pennies from his stomach.

4 arrested for So. Calif. motorcycle freeway stunt

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Four men – including the would-be groom – have been arrested for a marriage proposal stunt in which hundreds of motorcycles blocked a Southern California freeway.