Officer finds NH woman passed out at a traffic light, with one foot still on brake

MANCHESTER, N.H. — The car, stopped at a traffic light in Manchester, N.H., didn’t move when the light turned green. So a police officer checked it out and found the driver asleep at the wheel, with one foot still on the brake. The 22-year-old driver eventually woke up and was arrested Monday on a charge of aggravated driving while intoxicated, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported.

Florida woman accused of using ‘animal tissue’ to fake a miscarriage in apartment

OAKLAND PARK, Fla. — Deputies said a woman in South Florida has faked a miscarriage. The Broward county Sheriff’s Office responded an emergency call of a possible miscarriage just before 8 a.m. Tuesday at an Oakland Park apartment. Upon arrival, they learned a woman staged the incident using what authorities described only as “animal tissue.”

‘Sorry’ _ guard gets punched trying to stop couple desperate to make off with box of diapers

SPOKANE, Wash. — Authorities in Washington state say a couple were so determined to make off with merchandise without paying that a security guard who tried to stop them got punched.

Kiwi quandary: After 200 years, New Zealand realizes its islands don’t have legal names

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Experts searching for alternative Maori names for New Zealand’s two main islands were startled to find that their commonly used English names — North Island and South Island — were never made legal, officials said Tuesday.

After 200 years, New Zealand realizes its islands don’t actually have legal names

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Experts searching for alternative Maori names for New Zealand’s two main islands were startled to find their commonly used English names — North Island and South Island — were never made legal, officials said Tuesday.