Austin, Texas - Some Austin police officers are saying it could have been one of the easiest drunken driving arrests in the city’s history. DWI task force officer Robert Gilbert was on duty, driving on the upper deck of Interstate 35, when he was hit by a drunk driver.  More… 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - A man who robbed the Citizen’s Bank at 17th and Market Streets  was arrested after being trapped between interlocking doors, a security system known as a man-trap, police said. On his way out, he was snared between the doors. The man-trap system could have been tripped by a bank employee, police said.  More…

Rock Hill, South Carolina - Rock Hill  police were called to a home on Wilhurst Court after a mother said two of her children were fighting over the last piece of chicken.  The mother told police her 8-year-old son and her 12-year-old daughter got into an argument over who would eat the last piece of chicken and started threatening each other.  More…

New Jersey - A police report states that Steven Brooks, 49, allegedly confronted three employees about company policy at the IHOP while the employees were on break.  Brooks allegedly told the employees to go back into the restaurant or he was going to shoot them.  When one of the employees made a sarcastic comment, Brooks became agitated and walked to his vehicle, reached into the rear passenger seat and pulled out a silver handgun.  More…

NEWARK, New Jersey -  Two sewer workers were swept away by a torrent of storm water underneath the streets of Newark   until a safety net caught them. The incident occurred  when workers were realigning a sewer line underground. Supervisors ordered the crew to get out when they heard a storm was coming, but two workers never received the news and were washed away for a block before a net safely caught them.  More…

BOSTON, Massachusetts -  A federal jury on Friday ordered a Boston University graduate student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music online to pay $675,000 to four record labels. Joel Tenenbaum, of  Providence, Rhode Island,  admitted in court that he downloaded and distributed 30 songs. The only issue for the jury to decide was how much in damages to award the record labels.  More… 

LORAIN, Ohio -   A Lorain neighborhood is in shock after children went to residents’ houses, begging for food. The children live on West 21st Street in a home police describe as filthy with no working plumbing. Police said they found the children, ages 4, 3, 2 and 1, alone in the home that had dirty dishes in the sink, a toilet filled with feces and spoiled food in the refrigerator. More…