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LOS ANGELES -- The U.S. Constitution prevents California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from becoming President of the United States. But it doesn't stop him from being an ex-President -- or, rather, acting like one. Schwarzenegger has already graced the covers of America's major news magazines -- more the domain of heads of state than heads of states. Speculation is that, because Schwarzenegger can't run for another term as Governor in 2010, he'll move to take on the Democratic incumbent U.S. Senator, Barbara Boxer, instead. I'm not so sure. First of all, there's the reality that Arnold might not win. After all,...

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SOUTH BEND -- Santa Claus is not being dispatched from the Food Bank of Northern Indiana. And people shouldn't give donations to a possible rogue Santa telling people he has been sent by the food bank. Nick Dalton, interim president and chief executive officer of the Food Bank of Northern Indiana, said he took a call from an angry local business owner earlier this week. The business owner, whom Dalton did not name, was upset because a Santa, who said he was from the food bank, did not show up for a scheduled event at his business, Dalton said. The...

LeROY, Minn. -- The Grinch is alive and well, and acting up in LeRoy. Mower County authorities say someone smashed piggy banks in three children's bedrooms and took a total of about $100 during a burglary at a home in the southern Minnesota community of LeRoy. The intruder entered the home through an unlocked garage door while nobody was home around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday.

MINNEAPOLIS - State Rep. Phyllis Kahn pleaded guilty to theft on Thursday for stealing campaign literature. Hennepin County District Judge Stephen Aldrich ordered Kahn to pay $200 in prosecution costs but agreed to defer any additional sentence for a year and dismiss the misdemeanor case then as long as Kahn has no similar violations.

A veteran Democratic-Farmer-Labor legislator apologized on Thursday for taking Republican literature while campaigning this week in New Hope, an action that resulted in a complaint to local police.

HUMMELS WHARF, Pa. (AP) -- Talk about a cat burglar! Police in Synder County, Pennsylvania, are looking for someone who's stealing cats. Police aren't pussy-footing around. They say the cat-snatcher took seven felines from a shelter in Monroe Township. The cat burglar apparently struck early Saturday morning. Authorities hope someone will call with information so they can scratch-up some evidence about the thief. Copyright 2003 Associated Press. All rights reserved.

ARDMORE, Pa. - Where do you hide a $729,000 Ferrari during rush hour? That's what police in the Philadelphia suburbs want to know, after a con man drove off with a red Ferrari F50 during a test drive. The Ferrari F50 - which can hit 60 mph in less than 4 seconds and tops out at 203 mph - hasn't been seen since. Police theorize it was hustled into a trailer and quickly shipped overseas for sale on the black market. The company made just 349 of the eye-popping Italian roadsters - described by one car-enthusiast Web site as "part...

<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police have arrested a 30-year-old man who allegedly stole a van with the body of the dead owner inside it, a police spokesman said Monday.</p> <p>Juan Preciado of Los Angeles told detectives that he saw the dead man but thought he only was unconscious and even rifled through his pockets, said Officer Jack Richter.</p>