Woman without any money claims that she won the lottery, causing riot at Ohio coat storeOctober 14th, 2009 'Lottery winner' causes riot at Ohio coat storeCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Police say an Ohio woman being driven around in a limousine announced at a coat store she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases but ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax. Columbus police Lt.
Mass. pair accused of throwing coins, safety cones at McDonald's cashiers over order of friesOctober 8th, 2009 Police: 2 throw coins, cones at McDonald's workersQUINCY, Mass. — A Massachusetts couple are accused of hurling coins and safety cones at McDonald's cashiers in Quincy when they didn't get enough french fries.
Lincoln, Neb., police say woman will not face charges for throwing dog at officerOctober 6th, 2009 Neb. woman accused of throwing dog at officerLINCOLN, Neb. — Police said a woman will not face charges for throwing a dog at an officer during a domestic violence investigation.
Ill. woman continues search for hidden treasure after finding mysterious note in antique chairSeptember 30th, 2009 Woman continues treasure hunt after finding noteQUINCY, Ill. — A western Illinois postal worker's hunt for supposedly buried treasure continues in Springfield.
Being Human coins Salmans heart of gold!September 17th, 2009 Being Human, an initiative by Salman Khan Foundation in association with Gitanjali- India’s biggest jewelry house launched the ‘Being Human’ Gold coins today. It was launched by Bollywood star Salman Khan and Mehul Choksi- CMD, Gitanjali group.
Three held with ancient silver coins in Uttar PradeshAugust 20th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Nearly 68 kg of ancient silver coins dating back to 1861 and 1892 were recovered from three men who were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district, police said Thursday. Rajesh Singh, Aditya Sharan and Mukesh Mishra were nabbed Wednesday night from Chetganj locality of Varanasi, about 250 km from here.
Woman, 75, drives 2 miles on NY bridge the wrong way thinking she could make a U-turnAugust 9th, 2009 Woman, 75, drives 2 miles on bridge the wrong wayTARRYTOWN, N.Y. —Police said a 75-year-old woman drove the wrong way on New York's Tappan Zee Bridge.
Pa. family wins right to forfeiture hearing over rare, valuable 1933 'double eagle' coinsJuly 31st, 2009 US Mint must seek court OK to keep rare coinsPHILADELPHIA — A federal judge says a dispute between the U.S. government and a Philadelphia jeweler's family over a set of rare "double eagle" coins must be settled in a forfeiture hearing.
Woman fails to identify policemen she accused of rapeJune 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A woman, who has accused five policemen of raping her in a police station this week, failed to identify them when the police station staff was paraded before her Thursday, police said. She was called up for her help in identifying the accused policemen, but during the re-examination of her statement contradictions were found and these are being examined, Delhi Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said.
Boston woman accused of throwing a handful of change at bus driver's face arrestedJune 16th, 2009 Woman accused of assaulting bus driver with changeBOSTON — A Boston woman accused of throwing a handful of change in the face of a Boston bus driver faces an assault charge. According to a police report, 23-year-old Chantal Williams boarded an MBTA bus Sunday and told the driver, "I only have this change and you're gonna let me ride this bus."
The driver, according to the report, called dispatch to have Williams removed for refusing to pay the fare.
Misspelling on fake cashier's check, shipment of stolen phones to FBI doom alleged scamMay 9th, 2009 Oops, wrong address: Stolen phones sent to FBIMONROE, La. — If you're going to buy something with a forged cashier's check, don't misspell "cashier's" or use an FBI office as your shipping address.
'Gecko vision' could open way to futuristic cameras, contact lensesMay 8th, 2009 LONDON - Nocturnal geckos are among the very few living creatures able to see colours at night, which scientists could harness to develop better cameras and contact lenses. The key to the exceptional night vision of this creature is a series of distinct concentric zones of different refractive powers, according to a study.
Delhi Sultanate era silver coins found in Uttar PradeshMarch 12th, 2009 LUCKNOW - As many as 62 silver coins, appearing to be from 13th century Delhi Sultanate period, have been found in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, an official said Thursday. A group of 50 labourers digging a drain in the Alakabad village in the district, under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), came across the silver coins Tuesday, district chief development officer (CDO) Padam Singh told IANS over telephone.
Uttar Pradesh post offices to also sell gold coinsMarch 7th, 2009 LUCKNOW - After Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Delhi, now it is the turn of post offices in Uttar Pradesh to sell gold coins, an official said Friday. As many as 102 post offices in the state will start selling gold coins March 9, a day before Holi, Sachin Kishore, director of postal services told IANS here.
Archaeologists find 1,300-year-old treasure in IsraelDecember 23rd, 2008 JERUSALEM - Israeli archaeologists have found a rare, 1,300-year-old treasure under a car park just outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem - 264 golden coins from the Byzantine Empire. The coins bear the image of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius, who ruled over the medieval successor to the Roman Empire from 610 to 641 AD.
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