Illinois cabbie uses spray deodorant to fend off knife-wielding passenger who tried to rob him

September 15th, 2009 GRAPEVINE, Texas — Police say a 15-year-old Texas boy stabbed his mother in the back with a 6-inch kitchen knife while pretending to hug her after an argument. Police arrested the teen Tuesday in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine about three hours after his mother called police.

August 30th, 2009 Fourth NYC-area cabbie shot, killed in 4 monthsYONKERS, N.Y. — A cab driver has been shot and killed in Yonkers, the fourth fatal cabbie shooting in the New York City area in four months.

August 28th, 2009 Police kill knife-wielding man in downtown ChicagoCHICAGO — Police have shot and killed a knife-wielding man who threatened an elderly bystander in Chicago's downtown theater district. Police say an officer also was hit by a shot fired by his own partner, but wasn't seriously injured.

August 10th, 2009 Cabbie crashes into church with 5 locked insideMOUNT VERNON, N.Y. —A Mount Vernon cab driver told police that a passenger had tried to rob and choke him, causing him to crash his car into a storefront church.

July 24th, 2009 NJ cops use pepper spray on aggressive groundhogBOONTON, N.J. — Police in northern New Jersey needed pepper spray to thwart a groundhog on the attack.

July 3rd, 2009 Ill. cabbie sprays deodorant to disarm attackerELGIN, Ill. — Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant.

June 29th, 2009 Man tries to rob hotel with a butter knifeRAPID CITY, S.D. — Police arrested a man they said tried to rob a hotel around 6 p.m.

June 18th, 2009 Gorilla wields knife but not for warfareCALGARY, Alberta — It may look like gorilla warfare, but officials say the knife-wielding primate photographed by visitors to the Calgary Zoo had no violent intent. The photos show a gorilla, named Barika, clutching the blade and pointing it at another gorilla in her cage.

June 18th, 2009 Fla. city to workers: Wear underwear, deodorantBROOKSVILLE, Fla. — A Florida city is cleaning up with a new dress code that requires city workers to wear underwear and use deodorant.

May 5th, 2009 Police: Proof is in the pudding in Pa. burglariesBETHLEHEM, Pa.

April 26th, 2009 HAMBURG/ROME - An Italian cruise ship carrying 1,500 passengers and crew was able to fend off a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia, the German subsidiary of Italian MSC Crociere confirmed Sunday. The ship was attacked at around 2035 Somali time (1735 GMT) Saturday evening by armed pirates firing shots from a small speedboat, 330 km from the Seychelles where it had last anchored.

April 26th, 2009 HAMBURG/ROME - An Italian cruise ship carrying 1,200 passengers was able to fend off a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia, according to media reports Sunday. MS Melody, chartered by the Italian cruise company MSC Crociere S.A., was attacked late Saturday by six pirates wielding Kalashnikov machine guns.

April 22nd, 2009 Dog sniffs out $2.7M in van on Illinois interstateTUSCOLA, Ill. — Illinois State Police seized $2.7 million that a drug-sniffing dog found in a van on a rural Illinois interstate.

April 22nd, 2009 Man tries to attack cops with ax, knife, swordPANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — Authorities said a motel guest tried to scare off deputies with a medieval battle ax, a knife and a long sword.

March 31st, 2009 MOSCOW - A seven-year-old boy accidentally killed himself with a knife while pretending to be 'a maniac' during a game with his friends in southern Russia's Rostov region, investigators said Tuesday. Four small children were left without parental supervision in an apartment in the town of Novoshakhtinsk, when one of the children suggested playing a horror game, grabbed a kitchen knife and began chasing his friends.