Authorities say a Florida man who called 911 claiming he'd been beaten and shot at was hoping the tale would get him a ride to a bar. Instead, 37-year-old Gregory J. Oras is facing charges of misusing the 911 system and battery of a law enforcement officer.
A Miami man was jailed in Tennessee after allegedly taking a $3,000 taxi ride there and refusing to pay the fare. Memphis police arrested the man after the 1,600-mile drive on a charge of theft over $1,000. The man allegedly told Flamingo Taxis driver Lelis Almeira the woman he was visiting would pay when they arrived.
An Oregon man says a 3-month-old kitten apparently hitched a cold, 120-mile ride in the wheel well of his SUV.
"Tony Hawk: Ride" ($120; Xbox360, Wii, PS3) is a groundbreaking video game that fits right in with the namesake skating legend's no-rough-edges appeal. It's a silky smooth experience with an inventive wireless skate deck controller and a friendly learning curve.
The mayor of Revere, Massachusetts, has verbally reprimanded the fire chief for allowing a firefighter to ride a department ladder truck nine miles to his wedding.
Aaron Brooks never figured he'd take a ferry to a game. Not in the NBA, anyway.
Troopers have charged a 22-year-old upstate New York woman with aggravated driving while intoxicated after she showed up drunk at the state police barracks to give a ride to a friend who had been arrested earlier for DWI. Troopers said Stacy Kolinski had a blood alcohol level of .20 percent — more than double the legal limit — when she arrived at the Lafayette barracks 10 miles south of Syracuse around 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
Kids tired of experiencing the same old roller coasters have a new ride to tackle.
About a dozen Harley-Davidson motorcycles ridden by relatives and friends of United Flight 93 passengers and crew members roared into San Francisco International Airport, ending an eight-day journey that mirrored the plane's intended path.
A 21-year-old man faces charges after he allegedly stole a New Mexico sheriff's patrol car, later telling investigators he "thought it would be fun."
Authorities said a man was arrested after calling 911 twice for a ride and saying he was hungry. Police reports said Benjamin Dewer, 26, was charged early Wednesday with making false calls to 911. The report said Dewer was apparently drunk when police found him sitting on a sidewalk. He asked police for a ride to a park and told them he was hungry.
Relatives of the victims of Flight 93 — the United Airlines jetliner that crashed in Pennsylvania as passengers wrestled with hijackers on Sept. 11, 2001 — are honoring their loved ones with a cross-country motorcycle ride.
A Flight 93 victim's relatives are organizing a cross-country motorcycle ride to honor the victims and raise money for a national memorial in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Authorities say a parolee who robbed a Michigan bank was caught when he tried to hitch a ride from an undercover police detective.
A spokesman says a plane carrying U.S. Sen. Roland Burris made an unscheduled landing in Pittsburgh after pilots reported mechanical problems.
The parents of a 13-year-old South Florida boy are stunned he went unnoticed when he got on a plane to California.
Sheriff's deputies didn't have far to go to book a man accused of threatening to stab a cabbie. They arrested the 24-year-old suspect in the parking lot of the county jail in Prescott, driven there at his request by the victim. The cabbie told deputies that he'd picked up the man on Friday morning and drove him to a location on Senator Highway.
"The Amazing Race" host Phil Keoghan is getting ready for an amazing ride: a multitasking bicycle trip across America.
Two Woonsocket High School boys did the right thing by trying to get to school on time. It was the way they got there that police had a problem with. Police told The Call of Woonsocket the boys ages 15 and 16 stole a car Tuesday morning in order to make it to school on time.
Federal investigators are looking into an accident involving a small plane at an eastern Texas airfield that injured a 6-year-old girl.
Brad Ziegler has been a Blue Angels buff for years. And come Jan. 8, the Oakland Athletics reliever will take a ride with the U.S. Navy's elite flight demonstration squadron as it begins training near San Diego.
Kim Cameron is about to set off on a nearly 300-mile journey into the past.
For several years after Kerby Brown learned about “the wave” — a monstrous mountain of water that broke on a reef miles off the southwest coast of Australia — he dreamed of surfing it. When he finally did, it picked him up, threw him down, pounded him into the reef, dislocated his arm and darned near killed him.
Giant robots are heading for Hollywood and Singapore.
I slept in this morning. I guess my wife decided to let me sleep as long as I wanted because I have to go back to work tonight. Anyway when I got up I knew I needed to take the van in for an oil change.
Some great words of wisdom here.
A woman who called 911 multiple times Saturday told a responding sheriff's deputy she needed a ride up the coastline to Waldport.
The beer bike will ride on in Amsterdam.
Bart Sutherin gets big points for trying to make his son Joseph'S first day of school at East Ridge High in Clermont a memorable one.
Mothers and terrified children were stuck 20ft above the ground near a lion enclosure as a major power cut plunged a theme park into panic today.
Just a week after a young boy died suddenly in a roller coaster at the German-American fest in Berlin, 15 people at the fair were trapped upside-down for 45 minutes when another ride got stuck.
Saturday, July 11, was Pan-Mass Challenge Day at Fenway Park and Barrington resident Matthew Starring was asked to ride his bike around the warning track of Fenway Park with other ride participants for the second year in a row.
A bank robber chose the wrong way to make a getaway from the scene of his crime - accidentally hailing a ride from an undercover cop.
According to Finnish police, it is not a crime to ride on swimming moose. On the other hand, it may be possible, that moose has been scared. But police does not know, how to interview the moose, which has disappeared in the forest. Watch the moose riding video here.
On Saturday, June 20, 2009, a train driver gave a ride to a woman after making an emergency stop "to avoid hitting her."
TOP Guns have amassed a treasure trove of underwear - paid by RAF girls as "fares" for a ride in a jet. A whole wall of the Tornado pilots' bar is covered with the framed panties - with more hanging from the ceiling.
What was supposed to be a fun bike outing on a sunny Saturday morning, briefly turned into a nightmare for a Freiburg man, when he realised he had lost his one and a half year-old son.
NEW YORK --- A 5-year-old boy slipped out of his mother's grip in the Bronx on Monday morning and ran up a very long flight of steps to the No. 1 train.
The distance from the Anthony home to the location where remains were found.
would you .,.could you make it thru the "vomit comets" well heres your chance Selling the public the chance to experience 11 minutes of microgravity will prop up research by the European Space Agency.
The Peace Train I'm talking about is one we must build, if we want to ride it to peace in america and the world.
On Saturday, my husband competed in the Sea Gull Century, a hundred mile bike race on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. But what we saw was an unexpected surprise.
An enterprising fun fair operator in southern India has devised the ultimate in zero emission rides – a man-powered ferris wheel. Four or five men take turns spinning the ride, using their full body weight for optimum effect, sending passengers flying round.
After turning the theme park ride "Pirates of the Caribbean" into a blockbuster film trilogy, Disney is circling an entire segment of its theme park — Tomorrowland — as inspiration for a space movie that will star Dwayne Johnson.
Hidden Valley applied for a permit to build a snow tubing area and parking lot to accommodate it. Wildwood's planning and zoning commission last week told the resort it would need to pay a $252,000 fee to expand and build more parking.
Time's Up! rides and events, New York City bicycling
Eric Lane made a very cute coming of age story which was adorable. Marina is next going to be on broadway and Liliana is in the new show at the Julie Harris Stage- Pillowman. Going to be full on creepy entertainment.
A new genetic analysis of large, inbred Middle Eastern families found that genes linked to a heightened risk of autism are crucial to a child's ability to learn.
A teenager was decapitated by a roller coaster after he hopped a pair of fences and entered a restricted area Saturday at Six Flags Over Georgia, authorities said. sixflags