Smelly crime: La. police ask parents to call if their kid smelled of pickles, jalapenos

October 1st, 2009 School tells all parents their children are absentMARTIN, Tenn. — A student absence phone call that went to every family of students at a West Tennessee middle school caused an uproar.

September 30th, 2009 What's ugly, smells, kills dogs? Blue-green algaeWAUSAU, Wis. — Waterways across the upper Midwest are increasingly plagued with ugly, smelly blue-green algae that's killed dozens of dogs and sickened people.

September 18th, 2009 NYC crime down 40 percent from same time in '08NEW YORK — Just how low can the crime rate go? The New York Police Department says the city is heading toward a record low number of murders this year, about 457. That would break the low of 497 set in 2007.

September 17th, 2009 PATNA - Disappointed over the failure of the police to find their son, parents of Shresth Sanjay, who was kidnapped here at gunpoint three days ago, have resorted to prayers for his release. Shresth's parents have been unable to eat properly.

September 3rd, 2009 Stinker: HI bill to bar bad smells in buses failsHONOLULU — The proposal to bar smelly people from Honolulu buses turned out to be a stinker. The Honolulu City Council had considered making it illegal to have "odors that unreasonably disturb others or interfere with their use of the transit system." Anyone convicted of being too smelly could have been fined up to $500 and/or given a six-month jail term.

September 1st, 2009 Honolulu seeking to ban 'BO' on busesHONOLULU — Stinky city bus riders soon could get soaked. The Honolulu City Council is considering a bill that would impose up to a $500 fine and/or up to six months in jail for public transit passengers convicted of being too smelly.

September 1st, 2009 Honolulu seeks to ban bad odors on busesHONOLULU — Stinky city bus riders soon could get soaked. The Honolulu City Council is considering a bill that would impose up to a $500 fine and/or up to six months in jail for public transit passengers convicted of being too smelly.

August 30th, 2009 Police in Calif. expand probe to neighbor's houseANTIOCH, Calif.

August 29th, 2009 Audio of 911 call in Liberian rape case releasedPHOENIX — Police have released a recording of a 911 call in the case of an 8-year-old Liberian girl allegedly raped by four boys last month. In the five-minute call, the manager of a Phoenix building complex tells the dispatcher that a resident says a teenage boy locked the girl in a vacant apartment and had her screaming.

August 25th, 2009 Police say man fell asleep in the wrong homeSTRATFORD, Conn. — Police charged a man with burglary and disorderly conduct after he allegedly wandered into a neighbor's home, stripped off his clothes and fell asleep in a 6-year-old's bed.

July 14th, 2009 Parents' late-night fast-food run goes to potINDIANAPOLIS — Police have arrested a couple allegedly caught smoking marijuana while waiting in the drive-through line at an Arby's restaurant with their 1-year-old in the back seat. A restaurant employee noticed the aroma late Friday and called 911, then had the couple wait for their order of chicken as police sped to the scene.

July 9th, 2009 Police are 'it,' assist in Pa. hide-and-seek gameGREENVILLE, Pa.

June 12th, 2009 SURAT - Three men in a car waylaid a 17-year-old girl as she was on way to a tuition class, pulled her inside the vehicle and raped her before dumping her on the outskirts of the city Friday. Two of the men have been arrested, police said.

June 8th, 2009 Fla. thieves steal car, dump baby on doorstepST. PETERSBURG, Fla.

May 10th, 2009 Police arrest suspected crime boss in south ItalyROME — Police say they arrested a fugitive crime boss who they found holed up in a secret room of his brother's house in the southern Italian region of Calabria. Officials of the Carabinieri paramilitary police force in Reggio Calabria say Salvatore Coluccio has been a fugitive since 2005.