No one on ballot for mayor, council in NC town

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SPENCER MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) -- Who's on the ballot in a tiny North Carolina mill village? This year, no one.

The Charlotte Observer reports that no one has filed to run for mayor or any of the three town council seats in Spencer Mountain in Gaston County.

The incumbents say the filing deadline just sneaked up on them, but they have a solution: They'll just show up at the polls and write in each other's names.

Gaston County Elections Director Frances Pinion says it's not unusual for no candidates to file in small communities like this one.

Write-ins usually solve the problem, but Pinion says Spencer Mountain's charter keeps incumbents in office until new officials are elected, so the seats won't be empty.

There are 29 registered voters in Spencer Mountain.

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Information from: The Charlotte Observer, http://www.charlotte.com

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Woman flashes $27,000 at Mass. bar, gets robbed

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- Massachusetts police say they are searching for two men suspected of robbing a woman of $27,000 after she flashed the cash in a Springfield bar. Sgt. John Delaney said on Friday that the 22-year-old woman was robbed Monday night by two men wearing dark clothing and bandanas, one armed with what appeared to be a semiautomatic handgun.

According to police, the woman bragged in the bar of receiving the $27,000 from an insurance claim. Police say she was later robbed after she left the bar with a male friend.

Delaney said the woman should have put her cash settlement in a bank.

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Information from: The Springfield Republican, http://www.masslive.com/news/

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Iowa mom repeatedly whacks intruder with toy bat

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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) -- A woman surprised by a man in the front room of her home near Council Bluffs grabbed a plastic toy bat and hit him repeatedly until he ran out the front door. The Pottawattamie County sheriff's office said the 26-year-old woman was taking a bath Wednesday night with her 3-year-old child when she noticed a cat who normally stays outside had entered the bathroom. Thinking this odd, she dressed and walked into the front room, where she saw a man standing over her 4-year-old son, who was sleeping in a recliner.

She yelled for him to leave and threatened to call 911, but he hit her in the head.

She then grabbed the bat and hit him multiple times until he ran away.

The sheriff's office said the woman didn't know the man.

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Gunman runs away after Minn. bank teller says no

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A St. Paul bank teller refused to hand over cash to a gunman and lived to tell about it. Authorities said the would-be robber walked into the Cherokee State Bank on Tuesday afternoon. He pointed a handgun at a teller and demanded money, but when she refused, he ran away with nothing.

St. Paul police spokesman Sgt. Paul Schnell said it's best for victims confronted by a robber to comply. Schnell said, "Sometimes, they respond as this man did, but sometimes they don't."

The FBI described the suspect as a white man in his 30s, 5-feet-8 to 6 feet tall, with a slender to medium build. He was wearing a black coat, blue jeans, a white bandanna around his neck, and a red baseball cap.

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Information from: Star Tribune, http://www.startribune.com

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Cops: Man claims bag of stolen goods just sex toys

SALEM, Mass. (AP) -- A man has been arrested for breaking into three cars afterwards badge spotted him carrying a apprehensive bag he said was filled with his above wife's sex toys. Michael Conway was ordered Monday held on $5,000 banknote bond for abomination larceny. However, he was detained without bond on the acquittal violations.

According to a badge report, the 34-year-old was apparent by a Salem patrolman about 3 a.m. Monday walking about town with an abandoned bag. An hour later, badge saw Conway with a full bag.

Conway told badge he was carrying his above wife's sex toys. But inside badge said they found acclaim cards, an iPod, a GPS accessory and a number of other items.

Conway interrupted his attorney at his arraignment to tell Salem District Court Judge Richard Mori he had a drug problem.

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Information from: The Salem News, http://www.salemnews.com

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Police stop driver for 15 violations in 11 minutes

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GOSSAU, Switzerland (AP) -- Authorities say an Italian man took adventuresome driving to new heights in 11 frantic minutes of traffic violations in eastern Switzerland. They said they first spotted the 47-year-old driver as he sped his jeep accomplished an unmarked badge car at 160 kph (100 mph) in a rainstorm Sunday.

Driving dangerously abutting to other cars on the autobahn, he then allegedly ignored badge attempts to cull him over - first with a stop sign, and then with flashing lights and sirens.

Police say the man drove through a architecture zone at 140 kmh (87 mph), nearly twice the acceleration limit, before actuality stopped.

They seized the man's driver's license, and a judge ordered him activated for medications and illegal drugs.

Police said Monday the man racked up 15 traffic violations in 11 minutes.

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Man allegedly takes car on 1,000-mile test drive

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JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) -- A Massachusetts man who allegedly kidnapped a car salesman during a test drive and drove the vehicle more than 1,000 miles was in custody in Wisconsin. Authorities said a Wisconsin State Patrol trooper pulled over a 32-year-old man near Edgerton, Wis. on Friday for speeding, reckless driving and operating a motor vehicle without owner consent.

The suspect is expected to be extradited back to Massachusetts to face charges of kidnapping, larceny of a motor vehicle and unarmed robbery.

The incident began Thursday afternoon when the man and a Honda car salesman went on a test drive but the man refused to turn back around. The salesman was able to get out of the car when it slowed at a tollbooth near the Massachusetts state line.

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Information from: The Janesville Gazette, http://www.gazetteextra.com

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