NEW YORK (AP) - Hit the road, Jack! That's the message for the homeless from New York City. The Big Apple is buying one-way plane tickets for homeless families to leave the city. It's part of a program to keep the homeless out of the expensive shelter system. It costs $36,000 a year to house a family. Officials report more than 550 families have left the city since 2007. All it takes is a relative somewhere else to agree to take them in.
HORSE THIEF
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - The ride was stolen - but it wasn't a car. Police have
ticketed a woman for riding a stolen horse down the main street in a small South
Carolina town. The Greenville News reports the 40-year-old woman was cited for
disorderly conduct. Police were responding to a citizen's report that a woman
was about to fall off a horse. Officers say they found the large tan horse tied
to a bench at a convenience store. The woman was inside trying to use the phone.
According to authorities, officers said the woman's
speech was slurred and she smelled of booze. She said she was riding the horse
to her boyfriend's house. The horse's owner has decided not to press charges.
HOME STRIP CLUB
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - It's a do-it-yourself project with a twist and a
strip. Police in Lawrenceville, Ga., charge Constance Trahan was running an
illegal strip club in her basement and garage. Officers responding to a noise
complaint say they also found a sign offering "1 Dollar Jello Shots." Trahan
faces a misdemeanor charge of maintaining a disorderly house. But her roommate
says they were just having a birthday party and there were no strippers or
underage drinking.
YOUNG DRIVER
PLAIN CITY, Utah (AP) - There's a young man in Utah who's getting an early start
on his driving practice. Police say a 7-year-old boy led officers on a car chase
through Weber County. It seems the pint-sized driver didn't want to go to
church. One witness says the boy ran a stop sign. Deputies tried to stop the
car, but couldn't. According to sheriff's department officials, the car finally
came to a halt in a driveway. Authorities say the 7-year-old is too young
prosecute or ticket.
MENACING PANHANDLER
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Sometimes it just doesn't pay to be a nice guy. Police in
Madison, Wis., report a Good Samaritan was slugged in the face after giving a
panhandler a buck. According to police, the victim pulled $14 out his pocket and
gave the panhandler a dollar. Police say the man then grabbed they entire wad of
cash and walked away. The good Samaritan followed the man and demanded his money
back. Police say the panhandler punched the man in the face, causing the victim
to hit his head on a trash bin. The Good Samaritan needed stitches. Police
report they have a lead on a suspect, who had been ticketed for menacing
panhandling earlier that same day.
COMPLIMENT GUYS-TOUR
BALTIMORE (AP) - Purdue University students Cameron Brown and Brett Westcott are
a couple of nice guys. And they always have ready compliment for complete
strangers. Brown and Westcott were in Baltimore Monday and Washington Saturday.
They were saying nice things about everything from one man's beard to a floral
patterned shirt. The students' 10-city Brightside tour heads to New York City
this week, then to Rochester, N.Y., where tour sponsor, Kodak, is based. But
some of the recipients of the compliments don't know what to make of it. One
woman in Baltimore wondered what the young guys really wanted.
