Obsolete Certainty

NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — A couple of fishing buddies from Delaware have been catching more than just bass. They’ve been helping police reel in cars….

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Fans worldwide have fashioned replicas of the World Cup trophy out of everything from papier-mache to plastic. But a lawbreaker in Colombia gets top prize for most original material: cocaine….

LONDON (AP) — Odds are, BP’s embattled chief executive Tony Hayward will be out of a job before the end of the year, an Irish bookmaker says….

BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — People attending graduation ceremonies at a pair of upstate New York high schools couldn’t be blamed for thinking they were seeing double….

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Authorities said a drunken man and woman were arrested after they were found pushing a baby stroller holding two young boys, open containers of alcohol and a bayonet inside. Police said in a statement that the 30-year-old woman and 52-year-old man were arrested after police were called about 1:30 a.m. Friday when the woman tried to take a bike off a porch….

CHURCH HILL, Tenn. (AP) — Police say 10 “angry women” detained an accused changing room peeper at a thrift store in East Tennessee until officers arrived. Twenty-year-old Bradley J. Wallen was charged with two misdemeanors, observation without consent and photographing in violation of privacy….

BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man found an envelope stuffed with $3,600 and returned it to the newlyweds who lost it after their wedding reception….

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man credits a state revenue employee with saving his life when he had a heart attack during a phone call about his income tax bill. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that Earl Phillips was talking with state employee Natalie Brown on May 26 when she noticed that he was breathing heavily and seemed ill….

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California man charged in a $100 million mortgage fraud investigation is accused of trying to ship a fugitive $20,000 – inside a Pringles potato chip canister….

ST. LOUIS (AP) — This is why your mother says to wash your hands after handling money: A St. Louis worker found $58 – packed in dog poop. Steve Wilson works for DoodyCalls Pet Waste Removal. On a recent call, he noticed money sticking out from doggie doo. Wilson wasn’t sure what to do, but eventually pulled out the bills, sanitized them, placed them in a plastic zip-locked bag and returned them to the customer. It turned out to be $58….