Woman faked cancer for cash, Disney trip? (Reuters)

Reuters - A woman in the Toronto area has admitted to faking cancer, running a bogus charity and collecting thousands of dollars from people who thought she was dying, a Toronto newspaper reported....More

Cop gives woman trying to fix a flat tire a ticket

New York - The traffic agent accused of terrorizing Queens residents is the source of more outrage. Tammy Fox is Agent Daniel Chu’s latest victim. She was in the dirt near Elmhurst Hospital, trying to fix her flat tire, when Agent Chu sauntered up. Instead of offering help, like most New Yorkers would, he slapped her with a ticket. “I said to him, ‘are you kidding me? You’re very insensitive. I’m going to visit my friend in the hospital who had cancer, and I’m trying to fix my flat tire, and you’re standing here writing me a ticket?’” Fox said.---...More

EMT Accused of Ignoring Dying Woman Is Killed

NEW YORK - An emergency medical technician accused of refusing to help a dying pregnant woman while on his coffee break has been shot and killed near a New York City nightclub. Police say Jason Green was shot in the face near Manhattan’s Greenhouse club. Green was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. There have been no arrests---...More
.

Woman striving to be world's heaviest (Reuters)

Reuters - A New Jersey woman is waging a campaign to become the world's heaviest living woman, admitting that she is as hungry for attention as she is for calorie-rich food....More

Topless woman saves apartments from fire

UK - A Darwin woman who used a hose to save a burning apartment building was so caught up in the moment she didn’t realise she was topless. Tash Bennett was sunbathing by the pool at the Alatai Apartments in Darwin when she noticed specks of ash falling on her. When Ms Bennett looked up, she saw a nearby palm tree on fire. Ms Bennett, armed herself with a fire hose and put out the fire. It was only after the fire was out she realised she had no bikini top on...more

Woman tries to eat robbery note

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Authorities say a woman tried to rob a bank with a note and then attempted to eat it once she saw a uniformed officer in line behind her. Trombitas says the off-duty officer wasn’t aware of what was going on, but when the woman noticed him, she grabbed the note and fled. Bank employees said they saw her trying to swallow the note as she left the bank...More

Housing Authority Rules Woman Can Stay Topless

BOULDER, Colorado - A Colorado woman who likes to garden wearing only a yellow thong and pink gloves has won her fight with her landlords, who wanted her to cover up. Boulder Housing Partners has decided not to outlaw tenants from going topless outside. That will allow 52-year-old Catharine Pierce to keep gardening the way she likes. ---...More

Woman arrested for setting hitmen on her father

Reuters - An Italian woman who hired two assassins to murder her overbearing father was arrested after the second hitman changed his mind and confessed to the police, authorities said Tuesday....More

Woman accused of stealing 500 rolls of toilet paper

Tennessee - A 36-year-old Maryville woman has been accused of stealing 500 rolls toilet paper from Blount Memorial Hospital over the course of several months late last year. Hospital administrators had agreed to give Patty four months to pay back the $213 worth of toilet paper. However, the hospital contacted police and complained that Patty has not paid back the money....More

Woman says her love handles saved her life

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- A Florida woman said her love handles saved her life when she was shot entering an Atlantic City bar. Samantha Lynn Frazier said she heard two pops when she walked into Herman's Place early Saturday. The 35-year-old then felt pain and saw blood on her hand after she grabbed her left side. Atlantic City police said Frazier was an innocent bystander..More

Woman banished for buying cola

Majuro - A dispute over a can of cola has sparked a diplomatic row between the tiny western Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands and the United States. The US Army banished the wife of a local of.---...More

Stupid News:Woman given the wrong baby to breastfeed

EVANSTON, Illinois - An Illinois woman who says she was given the wrong baby to breastfeed while recovering from childbirth in hospital has filed a lawsuit, court records indicate. A day after Jennifer Spiegel, 33, gave birth to her son in a hospital worker told her “Your baby wants you,” and handed her a newborn to nurse.---...More

Stupid News: Woman Sues McDonalds Over Too-Hot Coffee

Oregon - A woman in Oregon has sued her local McDonald’s franchisee after spilling hot coffee from the drive-thru window on herself. She claims that the coffee was too hot and the lid too loose, and seeks $7,500 in damages....More

Pa. woman allegedly hits bus driver with snowball

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania woman faces a hearing on charges that she hit a transit but driver in the head with a snowball because he wouldn't let her board with an expired bus pass. Lateia Jefferson, 20, was accused of cursing at the Cambria County Transit Authority driver and hitting him with the snowball on Jan. 20---...More

Woman guilty of putting rat in food at restaurant

APPLETON, Wisconsin - A woman who attempted to extort money from an upscale restaurant by putting a rat in her lunch entered no-contest pleas Tuesday to two criminal charges. Judge Dee Dyer found Debbie R. Miller, 43, guilty after she entered the no-contest pleas to a felony extortion charge and a misdemeanor for obstructing police. She will be sentenced March 8 in Outagamie County Court.More

Fla. woman just out of prison allegedly steals car

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) -- A 49-year-old woman has been jailed in Pasco County, accused of stealing a car on her first day out of prison. Theresa Jones faces charges of grand theft of a motor vehicle, cocaine possession and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. She was being held on $7,300 bond---...More

Woman suspected of trading her child for gun

PHOENIX, Arizona - Authorities say they have arrested an Arizona woman who traded her 2-year-old daughter for a gun. Maricopa County sheriff?s deputies arrested 33-year-old Tanya Nareau of Mesa on Tuesday after receiving a tip. Deputies say they spoke with a family friend who had the child and confirmed Nareau gave the girl to him for gun. Deputies say Nareau felt the friend would do a better job raising the child than she would. ---...More

Woman sues over pole-dancing class injury

NEW YORK - A woman says a Manhattan gym left her hanging when she tried a new workout: pole-dancing. Sue Ann Wee filed a lawsuit last week against the companies that run the Crunch fitness center chain. Lawyer Nicholas Warywoda says Wee seriously hurt both her shoulders when she slid down a pole and fell onto the floor while taking a Crunch pole-dancing class in June. Warywoda says Wee told an instructor she couldn?t hold herself up during an upside-down maneuver, but the instructor didn?t help her.---...More

Police seek woman who trashes Mo. McDonald's

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Police in Kansas City, Mo., are looking for a woman who went on a rampage at a McDonald's because she didn't like her hamburger. Police said the woman caused thousands of dollars in damage on Dec. 27 when she became upset that the restaurant wouldn't refund her money---...More

Woman Punches Out McDonald?s Window Over McNuggets

TOLEDO, Ohio - Police say an Ohio woman punched through a McDonald?s drive-through window because she couldn?t get Chicken McNuggets. Twenty-four-year-old Melodi Dushane has pleaded not guilty to a vandalism charge in Toledo. Police were called Friday to the restaurant where she allegedly became upset because chicken nuggets weren?t available. Police say Dushane was treated for injuries, then jailed. She was released on a recognizance bond and ordered not to have contact with the restaurant.
----...More