Saturdays Short List

CONFLUENCE, Pa. (AP) – Two Somerset County men are charged with trying to steal live power lines that were still attached to a transformer and utility poles.

Police said Kevin Lee Lytle, 27, and Daniel Jay Basinger, 24, both of Confluence, were shocked during the theft attempt on May 3 in Lower Turkeyfoot Township.

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Police say men trying to steal power lines shocked

This has been a real problem here in the D/FW area, copper thieves are hitting schools and churches really hard, I guess because they are so often unattended, All I can say is, it’s a damn shame they weren’t electrocuted…

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) – Police say DNA found on a half-eaten candy bar helped them zero in on a robbery suspect.

Detective Jason Simpkins says Brian D. Bass’ DNA matched the sample found on the bar left on the counter at Cato Animal Hospital during a January robbery. Bass was being held in jail Friday on $50,000 bond.

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Half-eaten Snickers bar implicates hungry burglar

It’ a written law, in the burglars handbook, always carry a snack with you, you never know when you may have a sudden hunger pang and you’ll need a bite or 2 to keep your sugar levels up during times of high stress, but always take the leftovers with you…

WATERTOWN, S.D. – Barack Obama rebuked Republican rival John McCain and President Bush for “dishonest, divisive” attacks in hinting that the Democratic presidential candidate would appease terrorists, staunchly defending his national security credentials for the general election campaign.

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Obama: McCain foreign policy ‘naive’

And Obama has ‘credibility‘?? The only thing he knows about foreign policy is what he’s heard other folks talk about, he’s a Senator, a JUNIOR Senator for crying out loud, he can’t find his ass with a map and a set of directions!!

BAGHDAD (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a top Democratic critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, expressed confidence during a visit to Iraq Saturday that expected provincial elections will promote national reconciliation.

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Pelosi makes surprise visit to Baghdad