The charge is rather routine -- an Iowa man was arrested over the weekend, accused of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, according to a police report. What makes this case unusual are the passengers that police in Dubuque say were with him: a parrot on his shoulder and a zebra in the back seat.
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held at gunpoint (photos+video) - Boing Boing
Posted by shkuczenski (#1675) 4 days ago (http://feeds.boingboing.net)
NATO protests in Chicago: Police van drives into protesters, web video reporters detained, held at gunpoint (photos+video) - Boing Boing
BBC News - Fuel errors cost Scottish police thousands
Posted by elstokely5 (#13409) 11 days ago (http://www.bbc.co.uk)
More than £60,000 has been spent draining and repairing police vehicles in Scotland in the past five years after the wrong type of fuel was put in them.
MANAMA -- Security forces in Bahrain fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters trying to occupy a landmark square in the nation's capital on Monday ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Gulf kingdom's Shiite-led uprising.
Traffic came to a standstill on the highway, …
Traffic came to a standstill on the highway, …
BBC News - Malaysia police fire tear gas at protesters
Posted by emeligreim (#26918) 27 days ago (http://www.bbc.co.uk)
Malaysian riot police have fired tear gas and used water cannon on a crowd of protesters who had converged on the centre of the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
BBC News - IPCC seeks increased powers to investigate police
Posted by fmelvin (#9782) 30 days ago (http://www.bbc.co.uk)
The police watchdog for England and Wales wants new powers to force officers to attend interviews if they witness a fatal shooting by a colleague.
The Sanford, Florida, City Commission decided Monday not to accept the proposed resignation of its embattled police chief.
according to report - ESPN New York
Posted by Guilpams (#37) 32 days ago (http://espn.go.com)
New Jersey State Police are investigating complaints that two state troopers escorted a high-speed caravan of luxury sports cars, reportedly including former Giants running back Brandon Jacobs, to Atlantic City last month.