WINTER PARK, Florida (AP) – A Florida dentist is being sued for allegedly dropping tools down the throat of an elderly patient – twice. Relatives of 90-year-old Charles Gaal Jr. recently filed the suit in circuit court accusing Dr. Wesley Meyers of negligence. An answering message at Meyers’ office in Winter Park said Saturday that […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Portland’s new NBA Development League team is looking for somebody with acrobatic skills to be its new mascot. The Maine Red Claws are holding auditions on July 25 for team mascot, as well as for public address announcer for the team’s inaugural season. Team officials say the mascot, Crusher, will be […]

DENVER (AP) – A former Colorado Department of Revenue supervisor says love for her ex-boyfriend led her to steal $11 million in unclaimed tax refunds from the state. The ex-boyfriend, Hysear Randell, is on trial in Denver this week on charges of theft, forgery, computer crime and racketeering. On Wednesday, Michelle Cawthra testified that she […]

GLENSHAW, Pa. (AP) – Even plumbers sometimes encounter unfathomable clogs. This is what happened to 49-year-old George Jessup on Saturday when he saw a duck near a storm drain in a suburban Pittsburgh neighborhood. The plumber tried to approach the duck but she “charged at me like a lion.” So Jessup, on call for Mr. […]

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) – Police say a Bennington man accused of driving drunk left evidence on the trunk of his car: a glass of beer. A Vermont State Police trooper says when a car pulled up next to him at an intersection on Wednesday night he noticed a glass sitting on the trunk. The trooper […]

PORTLAND (AP) – Organizers of a health care rally Saturday in Portland’s Monument Square are boldly predicting it’ll be the largest health care march in Maine history. Greg Howard from Change That Works says at least 500 people have signed up for buses or vans coming from all corners from the state. President Barack Obama […]

EAST HAMPTON, New York (AP) – A 60-foot-long dollar sign has been burned into the synthetic turf at a Long Island high school football field. A five-page letter left on the field and mailed to local newspapers complains about how schools spend tax dollars, Newsday reported. The typed letter defends the vandalism, saying the cost […]

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) – A proposed ban on mass releases of helium-filled balloons in Lubbock has gone bust. The measure would have barred the release of more than 30 gas-filled balloons at a time. Councilman Paul Beane floated the proposal, saying the ban was about preventing litter and being a good neighbor. The measure passed […]

OAKLAND, Maine (AP) – A Maine State Police sergeant has been cleared of a felony charge of aggravated domestic assault after his wife recanted a statement accusing him. Police say 43-year-old Mark Sawyer of Winthrop, who works in the commercial vehicle enforcement division, is working again. Sawyer initially was charged relating to an incident March […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – A new astronomy theory says the solar system’s main asteroid belt is littered with icy invaders from far away. The so-called invaders are asteroids that seem more like primitive frozen comets than the baked rocks that make up the overwhelming majority of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter. A theory proposed by scientists […]