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San Diego's "Geezer Bandit" hits his sixth bank in six months

The armed bandit is described as a white man about 60 to 70 years old. (LATimes.com | WQAD)

Woman gets probation after exposing school kids to nasty stuff

Nicole Altendorf pleaded guilty to showing porn on a television that could be seen and heard from a Grand Forks elementary school. She was ordered to undergo a chemical-dependency evaluation and serve a year on unsupervised probation. (Fargo Forum [might require registration] | Associated Press)

Auto shop owner crashes customer's Porsche during "test drive"

He hit speeds as high as 164 mph and flipped the car on a road shoulder, doing $50,000 in damage to the 2008 Porsche Boxster. Repair charges are on the house, I'd guess. (Naples Daily News)

Subway perv yells at passenger who orders him to knock it off

"I'm doing my business, you do yours!" said 49-year-old Joseph Boyd as he pleasured himself on the train. (New York Post)

"I'm not trying to find Miss Conservative," says judge Limbaugh

"I've already done that," says Rush Limbaugh, who is a Miss America Pageant judge. He pledges not to favor candidates with right-leaning views. (Las Vegas Sun)

Man finds counterfeit $200,000 in recently purchased used car

"Whew! I thought I was rich," says Tye Kuykendall. Then he realized the money was either counterfeit or connected with drugs. He called 911, and the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office came within 15 minutes to collect the stash. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Newlyweds chased from their $407K home by mold and bacteria

"It was like living a live episode of 'House,'" says David Beety, referring to the Fox TV show in which the eccentric Dr. House diagnoses mystery illnesses. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Drunk dad in McDonald's play area tells his kids to bite cops

Cops had to Tase the 28-year-old man. (Colorado Springs Gazette)

Drunk mom jailed after trying to take 1-year-old into tavern

"She tried to get inside with the stroller, and they wouldn't let her," the bar owner says. The bartender asked what she needed, and the woman was boozily incoherent. (Reno Gazette-Journal)

Teachers accused of tying boy's hair into pig-tails, bullying him

A mother says that a teacher and a teacher's aide embarrassed and humiliated her 11-year-old son by tying his hair into pig-tails, forcing him to stand in front of class and encouraging kids to mock him with feminized versions of his name. (Cincinnati.com | Courthouse News Service)