WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. – People too tipsy to drive on New Year’s Eve are being offered a free ride home – by the sheriff.

According to Sheriff Tom Reichert, he won’t just be providing a service to partygoers.
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(CBS) NEW YORK You’ve likely heard of grand theft auto, but how about grand theft hotel? A Brooklyn man was arrested Friday after trying to steal New York City’s SoHo Grand Hotel by filing a fraudulent deed to transfer ownership of the $76 million establishment to himself.
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WELLINGTON, Dec 27 (Reuters Life!) – A New Zealand woman is in critical condition in hospital after being crushed by a dolphin that leaped on to her boat, media reported on Wednesday.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – Police say a man they pulled over for driving drunk continued to swig his beer during his arrest. Patrick Allain, 35, faces numerous charges after his arrest Monday night, the fourth time he’s been arrested for driving while intoxicated. Police say he hit two other cars and initially refused to stop when officers tried to pull him over.
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CHICAGO — Members of a Chicago family are trying to get a warning out after they said a computer they bought as a child’s gift turned out to be laden with pornography.

Rick and Joy Donaldson had something special planned this Christmas for their 13-year-old son, Simeon: a new computer.
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CHICAGO — Mayor Richard M. Daley’s green initiative is gaining ground yet again — this time with two new infrastructure technologies.

Cheri Heramb with the Chicago Department of Transportation said the aim of the initiative is to become the “greenest city in the world.”
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MEXICO CITY — They may not be as tall and slim as the models in Miss Universe. But the prostitutes participating in Mexico City’s Miss Meche had just as big smiles.

On Friday, 10 sex workers paraded around a makeshift stage in the poor market Merced neighborhood, showing off homemade dresses and bulging bodies.
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