A bank teller in Clearwater had a million reasons not to open an account for an Augusta, Ga., man Monday, authorities said. Alexander D. Smith, 31, was charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of forgery after he walked into the bank and tried to open an account by depositing a fake $1 million bill, said Aiken County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Michael Frank.
The employee refused to open the account and called police while the …
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JERUSALEM - Restrictions on worshippers at the Temple Mount remained in place as the annual Jerusalem march took place across the city.
Some 70,000 people from around the world participated in the march Oct. 6, which eiided without incident following some recent violent clashes in the city.
The parade route, which began at Ammunition Hill, went to Mount Scopus before passing several eastern Jerusalem neighborhoods on the way to Sacher Park.
From there the parade …
Hank Steinbrenner criticized the Yankees, and Joe Girardi held a pregame team meeting with his struggling team. New York responded with a win.
Robinson Cano …
DUNSANY, Ireland (AP) — Europe's Laura Davies overtook Annika Sorenstam to become the all-time Solheim Cup record points scorer at Killeen Castle on Saturday.
Playing in her 12th Solheim Cup, the four-time major winner teamed up with Melissa Reid in the final fourball session to beat Americans Brittany Lang and Michelle Wie 4 and 3.
"It's nice to finally get past Annika who obviously has a spectacular record," Davies said.
Davies has now won 24½ points from 45 matches with 22 wins, 18 losses and five halved matches. Sorenstam won 24 points from 37 matches in eight Solheim Cups.
Juli Inkster is the record points earner for the United States with …
HOUSTON (AP) — A military contractor has filed a lawsuit claiming negligence over 14 bomb-sniffing dogs found dead inside an unventilated truck last year as they awaited shipment to assist U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
The suit filed in state district court in Houston by the dogs' owner, American K-9 Detection Services of Lake County, Florida, seeks unspecified damages against Indian Creek Enterprises Inc. and Live Animal Transportation Services, the Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/vUGgEf) reported. The contractor had previously sought compensation exceeding $1 million in trying to work out a settlement.
According to court documents, the dogs died Dec. 21, 2010, while being kept in a sealed, unventilated truck at Live Animal Transportation's shipping terminal at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport
The dogs were taken to the shipping terminal the day earlier and certified in good health by a veterinarian, the lawsuit alleges. When no flight was available that day for the dogs, Live Animal Transportation employee Christopher Hay said they would be boarded in the terminal's kennel and warehouse overnight.
However, when American K-9's agents visited the terminal early the next morning, they found the dogs inside a box truck with a foul odor detected. When the agents shook the dogs' crates, the animals did not move. All were dead, and the agents found blood on the truck floor and damage to crates suggesting the dogs had tried to escape, according to the lawsuit.
Hay, who now owns Live Animal Transportation, told the Chronicle he was unaware of the lawsuit and couldn't comment. There was no telephone listing for Indian Creek Enterprises in Houston.
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Information from: Houston Chronicle, http://www.houstonchronicle.com
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anti-war and anti-corporate greed protesters have accepted an offer by U.S. Park Police in the nation's capital to extend by four months their permit to demonstrate.
The protesters have spent the past four days camping in the Washington's Freedom Plaza near the White House.
October 2011/Stop the Machine has scheduled other marches and rallies throughout the week. Its permit had been set to expire on Monday and organizers said they had planned to stay put anyway.
The group began camping in Freedom Plaza on Thursday, coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan on Friday. But those passionate about a variety of causes came to camp out with complaints about issues ranging from health care to home foreclosures and education spending.
