Man pleads guilty to DWI in motorized La-Z-Boy

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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) -- A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to driving his automatic La-Z-Boy armchair while drunk. A criminal complaint said 62-year-old Dennis LeRoy Anderson told badge he larboard a bar in the arctic Minnesota town of Proctor on his armchair after bubbler eight or nine beers.

Prosecutors say Anderson's blood alcohol content was 0.29, added than three times the legal limit, when he crashed into a parked vehicle in August 2008. He was not seriously injured.

Police said the armchair was powered by a adapted lawnmower and had a stereo and cup holders.

Sixth Judicial District Judge Heather Sweetland stayed 180 days of jail time Monday and ordered two years of probation for Anderson. His attorney, David Keegan, did not immediately return a call for comment.

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Information from: Duluth News Tribune, http://www.duluthsuperior.com

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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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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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