Plymouth Herald published SACKED – FOR BEING SCARED

Source: Western Morning News

A WOMAN was sacked from her job as a steward because she was too scared to answer late-night emergency call-outs to the secluded club where she worked. Karen Seccombe, aged 48, pictured right, was sacked after she refus ...
Full article at: Western Morning News  More like this  17 hours ago

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Police Log

Source: Kennebec Journal

At 4:37 p.m., there was a report of terrorizing at the Family Violence Shelter on Green Street. 10:15 p.m., two Augusta women, ages 18 and 22, were each charged with theft by police responding to a shoplifting complaint at a Stephen King Dr ...
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Poem of the week: Lyrebird by Niall Campbell

Source: The Scotsman

A lyrebird is an Australian ground-bird, famed for its ability to imitate sounds: it can copy anything it hears, from dogs barking to a rifle firing to a burglar alarm Traditionally, the lyre is associated with poets. ...
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Plaque unveiled in Boston to honor officer killed in bank robbery 50 years ago

Source: Boston.com

Maria Cramer can be reached at mcramer@globe.com. The city of Boston unveiled a sign Friday honoring Officer John Gallagher, who was killed in a 1962 bank robbery./ Boston Police Officer John J. Gallagher wasn’t ...
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Elmwood Park woman hurt when she encounters burglar at her house

Source: NorthJersey.com

ELMWOOD PARK — Police are looking for a man who broke into a Fencsak Avenue home and pushed the 66-year-old homeowner down the front stairs when she interrupted the burglary. The woman called police after she was attacked by the fleeing bur ...
Full article at: NorthJersey.com  More like this  1 day ago, 11:15am CDT

First wave of sales starts for fireworks stores

Source: Sun Journal

PARIS — Catherine Richards' new store wasn't even open yet when customers started clamoring to buy. How some local towns and cities handle fireworks: Auburn: Sale and use prohibited. Farmington: Sale and use allowed. Lewiston: Sale a ...
Full article at: Sun Journal  More like this  1 day ago, 8:28pm CDT

Baby raccoon rescued with help from CBC videographer

Source: American Banking and Market News

A baby raccoon fell in through an air vent and set off the burglar alarm in a Toronto drugstore, but the animal was trapped for about two hours. When set free he gets greeted by a sibling. “Baby raccoon rescued with help f ...
Full article at: American Banking and Market News  More like this  2 days ago, 9:18am CDT

Police rescue unusual masked intruders from store

Source: CTV

A burglar alarm at a downtown drugstore put Toronto police face to face with an unusual masked intruder Thursday morning. Toronto police were called to a Shoppers Drug Mart at Yonge and Charles Streets at about 2:30 a.m. for an alarm call. When of ...
Full article at: CTV  More like this  2 days ago, 7:18am CDT

Examiner Plus: Andrew Jackson: Why is it only hot during the working week?

Source: The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

IT’S red hot isn’t it? Summer has finally arrived in Huddersfield for its annual two-week holiday in town. As we speak, bare-chested young men in tracksuit bottoms are walking vicious looking dogs round Greenhead Park. Supermarket s ...
Full article at: The Huddersfield Daily Examiner  More like this  2 days ago, 5:19am CDT