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Odd and unusual news from around the West.
ALBUQUERQUE — A man who says he suffered a medical episode on his way to work has filed a lawsuit accusing an Albuquerque police officer of de…
PHOENIX — A Phoenix-area school bus aide is accused of exposing himself to a student.
DENVER — A man is in stable condition after crashing while wearing a jetpack.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to significantly reduce the manslaughter sentence of a political ally's son will le…
SAN FRANCISCO — No one has come forward to claim a wayward Chihuahua who led police on a chase across the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge ear…
LITTLEFIELD, Ariz.— A recent swarm of small earthquakes in a sparsely populated area of extreme Northwest Arizona near Nevada and Utah is continuing.
TEMPE — Crews will begin refilling the Tempe Town Lake next week.
LAS VEGAS — Five former Las Vegas strip club employees have been indicted on conspiracy and fraud charges alleging they siphoned millions of d…
PASCO, Wash. — The Benton-Franklin Health District is warning people to secure access points to their septic tanks after a 3-year-old fell into one.
SAN DIEGO — Authorities have identified the body of a woman found in a suitcase behind a downtown San Diego hotel.
MYRTLE CREEK, Ore. — Bryan Thouvenel's daughter only remembered that he played guitar.
LOS ANGELES — Long before he was president of the United States or even governor of California, Ronald Reagan had an army of star-struck movie…
PHOENIX — A new court decision has Arizona joining multiple other states and federal circuit courts in allowing use of two-way video feeds for…
BUTTE, Mont. — Butte-Silver Bow County officials say a soft spot under a backyard swing set turned out to be an 8-foot-deep hole that was prob…
SALT LAKE CITY — Former Walmart workers in Utah who said the mega-chain wrongly fired them for defending themselves from armed shoplifters hav…
BELFRY, Mont. — Police have arrested a man they believe shot three people to death in a small town in southern Montana.
POLSON, Mont. — A fire burning at a tire recycling plant near Ronan sent plumes of thick black smoke into the air that could be seen for miles.
PRESTON, Idaho — Investigators in eastern Idaho are working with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force to find cyber-bullies who cau…
BEND, Ore. — In the wake of the weeks-long standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, interest in the refuge's annual bird festival has…
