Clip from: CBSnews.com
Date of clip: 8.2.9
Caption: Astonishing Feat
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Jennifer Figge pressed her toes into the Caribbean sand, exhilarated and exhausted as she touched land this week for the first time in almost a month.
Reaching a beach in Trinidad, she became the first woman on record to swim across the Atlantic Ocean — a dream she'd had since the early 1960s, when a stormy trans-Atlantic flight got her thinking she could don a life vest and swim the rest of the way if needed.
The 56-year-old left the Cape Verde Islands off Africa's western coast on Jan. 12, battling waves of up to 30 feet and strong winds.
Headline: Police: Robber Offers Crash Victim Hush Money
Clip from: CBSnews.com
Date of clip: 8.2.9
Caption: Robber offers stolen loot to crash victim as hush money
A suspected bank robber is behind bars after a woman whose car he hit during the getaway declined a share of the booty to keep quiet. According to investigators, a 46-year-old man walked into a branch of Bank of the West at noon Thursday and handed an employee a note demanding money.
Investigators said the man fled with the cash, but a few minutes later collided with another car. The driver told police that the man explained he had just robbed a bank and offered her a share of the take to keep quiet.
Headline: N.C. Racers Run 2 Miles, Eat 12 Doughnuts, Return
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 8.2.9
Caption: ALL FOR DOUGHNUTS
In a charity race Saturday, more than 5,000 runners ran two miles to a downtown Raleigh Krispy Kreme shop, ate a dozen glazed doughnuts each and returned to North Carolina State University in less than an hour.
That's 2,400 calories and 144 grams of fat consumed while burning about 400 calories during the run.
The student-run Krispy Kreme Challenge raised about $35,000 for the North Carolina Children's...
Headline: Michigan Judge Finds Escaped Prisoner in His Trunk
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 7.2.9
Caption: A Bounty In The Boot
A Michigan judge says he's learned a lesson about locking his car after a 16-year-old prisoner who escaped from a courthouse cell was found hiding in the vehicle's trunk.
The Macomb Daily reports the teen had vanished Friday after appearing in juvenile court in Mount Clemens on a probation violation.
Sheriff's deputies searched for about an hour until a security officer became suspicious when he saw a picture that had fallen to the ground outside judge's car.
A deputy checked the car and found the boy in the trunk.
Headline: Woman Robs Restaurant While Tearfully Apologizing
Clip from: CBSnews.com
Date of clip: 7.2.9
Caption: Crying Woman Robs Restaurant
Police have arrested a woman they say robbed a South Bend restaurant while tearfully apologizing to the cashier. The woman, whose identity wasn't released, was taken to the St. Joseph County Jail on a charge of theft Tuesday night.
According to a police report, the woman told the cashier at the Long John Silver's restaurant she had a gun and needed money, then began crying and said, "If I wasn't down and out, I wouldn't be doing this." ...
Headline: Texas Highway Sign Warns of British Invasion
Clip from: FOXNews.com
Date of clip: 6.2.9
Caption: The British Are Coming
Print ShareThisA hacked electronic highway sign in northern Texas carred a warning not thought about in several centuries.
On Friday, the sign briefly flashed: "OMG The British R coming. They R watching you."
KCBD-TV reported the electronic sign was in a construction area in southwest Lubbock.
The Texas Department of Transportation said the mobile sign belongs to a contractor.
A statement from Austin Bridge & Road said someone "with a questionable sense of humor" accessed the password on the message board.
The company said the portable sign which was hacked has since been removed, after a permanent exit sign was installed.
Police had no word yet on the culprits.
Headline: Teen 'coerced Facebook friends into sex'
Clip from: news.com.au
Date of clip: 6.2.9
Caption:Guy As Girl On Facebook Asks Girls For Sex Pics
A TEENAGER has been charged with sexual assault after he allegedly posed as a girl on
Facebook, had classmates send him naked photos and blackmailed them into performing sex acts.
Anthony Stancl, 18 of New Berlin, Wisconsin, persuaded at least 31 boys to send him compromising pictures and then coerced some of them to perform sexual acts to keep him from releasing the photos on the internet, prosecutors said.
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