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MASON, Ohio (AP) — Police say an Ohio man has been charged with a misdemeanor for barking at a police dog. (more)

MARYSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A 13-year-old Ohio boy has launched his own line of scented candles meant for men, with fragrances that include bacon, New York-style pizza, sawdust and the smell of a fresh leather baseball mitt. (more)

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago professor claims that he’s the mysterious author who spawned a Twitter sensation with his profanity-laced parody of Chicago mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel. (more)

LONDON (AP) — Local government officials said Monday they have confiscated ice cream made with human breast milk from a London shop amid concerns the dessert is unsafe. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A D.C. Council member wants to highlight the city’s lack of statehood and is asking residents to pick another name for Pennsylvania Avenue. (more)

PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) — It was one long kiss for a couple — one record-breaking embrace for mankind. (more)

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona restaurant has decided to scrap plans to offer African lion meat in its tacos. (more)

A 56-year old Cypriot monk was arrested at an Athens airport after authorities discovered skeletal remains in his luggage, reports Reuters. Upon opening the monk’s suitcase, airport security discovered a skull wrapped in cloth and skeletal remains wrapped in a sheet. (more)

RANDOLPH, Mass. (AP) — Police say a Boston man picked the wrong mark when he tried to sell him fake gold jewelry at a grocery store. (more)

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Police say a fake valet at a Massachusetts emergency room offered to park a pregnant woman’s car, then drove away with it. (more)

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court announced Friday it will retry a farmer sentenced to life in prison for evading highway tolls after a massive public outcry over his heavy punishment. (more)

JEROME, Idaho (AP) — Police in Idaho say a man who asked authorities to arrest and deport him to Mexico stole a squad car after his request was denied. (more)

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois couple welcomed their new daughter to the world in the last minute of 2010 — and a twin son in the first minute of 2011. (more)

So everybody’s buzzing about Four Loko, the alcoholic energy drink that is causing medical emergencies all over the country. I live in Washington State, where nine college students were hospitalized after drinking it at a party. Naturally, this made me curious to see what all the controversy was about. And, of course, I wanted to do it with science. (more)

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man has had an Awesome name change. (more)

CALLAWAY, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say an irate 84-year-old man hit a deputy in the stomach with his cane when the officer warned him to leave a clinic where he had been cursing at an office manager. (more)

LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP) — Two central Kentucky men were sentenced to probation in connection with a bizarre case in which a third man said he was forced to eat his beard after an argument. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported 47-year-old Troy Holt and 51-year-old James Hill were sentenced Tuesday in Anderson Circuit Court. (more)

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A central Florida dealership trying to drum up business is offering an unusual perk for potential used-truck buyers: A free AK-47 assault rifle. (more)

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man accused of hurling oranges at parked planes was caught red-handed after police found him in an orange grove smelling of spray paint. (more)

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Police in western Massachusetts say a man has been arrested in the robbery of a food delivery driver after he returned to the driver’s restaurant for seconds. (more)