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A Florida man who broke into a home Sunday hid in a pile of construction insulation before he was arrested by responding officers. Bruce Davis allegedly broke into a home in North Fort Myers in an attempted residential robbery and was still inside the property when deputies arrived on the scene, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff joked that Davis, 44, got himself “stuck in an itchy situation” in a press release about the encounter. The would-be burglar climbed into the house’s attic and buried himself under the itchy insulation while officers searched the home. The sheriff’s office...

U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) on Thursday said he plans to vote against Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito because the judge is "itching to overturn Roe v. Wade." Kennedy explained his position on Alito's confirmation, which is expected sometime next week, during a speech to the liberal Center for American Progress. The group, founded by John Podesta, who served as the chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, opposes Alito's confirmation because it fears Alito would cause "a profound shift in the ideological balance of the Court." Kennedy summed up liberal talking points against Alito, touching on several aspects of...

Is this a vanity? I dunno... I can barely SEE ANYTHING because my vision is blurred from all the tears... I haven't sneezed this much in MANY MANY YEARS... my chest hurts now :( Anyone else afflicted?

HEAD lice prevented a family from entering a court room yesterday to face charges that they breached a ban on owning pets. Rachel Wetzig, 24, her mother Judith, 52, and brother Andrew, 27, were quarantined at the Brisbane Magistrate's Court yesterday. They have previously been accused of keeping kittens in a budgie cage and starving dogs of water despite a ban which prevented them from keeping animals. The family's Legal Aid lawyer, David Law, said his clients were at the courthouse yesterday but were not in the room because they had a contagious medical condition. When pressed for an explanation,...