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Minn. teen charged with offering his vote on eBay

Published: Jul 04, 2008

A college student claimed it was all a joke when he put his vote in this fall's presidential election up for sale on the Web auction site eBay. But prosecutors didn't see the humor.

University of Minnesota student Max P. Sanders, 19, was charged with a felony Thursday in Hennepin County District Court after allegedly asking for a minimum of $10 in exchange for voting for the bidder's preferred candidate.

"Good luck!" Sanders wrote under the eBay handle zepdrummer612. "You're (sic) country depends on You!"

Sanders was charged with one count of bribery, treating and soliciting under an 1893 state law that makes it a crime to offer to buy or sell a vote. More

Jul 04, 2008

• 2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos

Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said.

Jul 04, 2008

• Chestnut wins hot dog contest after eat-off

Joey Chestnut reclaimed the top spot at the annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on Friday after first tying with archrival Takeru Kobayashi in a 10-minute chow-down and then beating him in a five-dog eat-off.

Jul 04, 2008

• UK court: Pringles are potato-light, tax-free

Britain's High Court has ruled that Pringles are not a potato snack, and thus are not subject to value-added tax.

Jul 04, 2008

• Crazy cat that frightened neighborhood mends ways

A combative cat named Lewis who frightened the neighbors and got his owner into legal trouble two years ago has done so well under house arrest that the case has now been scratched.

Jul 04, 2008

• Tortoise returned after 2 1/2 weeks on the lam

A 60-pound tortoise that escaped from a family's garage last month is back home after a 2 1/2-week adventure that took him through three northwestern Indiana towns.

Jul 04, 2008

• Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross actors wed in Philly

Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross celebrated the eve of the Fourth of July not with fireworks but with wedding vows.

Jul 04, 2008

• 1851 gun used in Civil War returns to Arkansas

An 1851 artillery gun carried into battle by Arkansas military school students who joined the Confederate Army was unveiled in its home state Thursday after nearly 150 years.

Jul 04, 2008

• Miniature dachshund gnaws off diabetic owner's toe

An Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep. Linda Floyd told the Alton Telegraph for a story Wednesday that her beloved Roscoe was euthanized because of safety concerns.

Jul 03, 2008

• Man nabbed after calling cops on stolen cell phone

A Duluth man is under arrest after he called police on a cell phone from a purse he had just allegedly snatched. Police arrested the 29-year-old man on Wednesday.

Jul 03, 2008

• Cremated remains part of fireworks show

One of the fireworks bursting above the city this year will contain a bit of cremated remains - a fitting tribute, organizers say, to the man who ran the annual event for 40 years.

Jul 03, 2008

• Man accused of robbing, then hugging Mo. victim

Police in the southeast Missouri town of Poplar Bluff are looking for the gunman who robbed a man on Monday night, then gave him a hug before fleeing.

Jul 03, 2008

• Woman accused of stealing cat to get back her dog

Police say a South Florida woman stole a couple's cat to get them to return her dog. Linda Urioste's black Labrador was recently picked up by animal control officers and later adopted by Jutta Hollar and her husband.

Jul 03, 2008

• Wrong number! Job hotline was sex line

Looking for work in all the wrong places?

Jul 03, 2008

• Oregon lawn-chair pilot plans 300-mile flight

Like many Americans, Kent Couch plans to settle into a lawn chair during the Fourth of July weekend. Unlike everyone else, his feet will dangle high above the lawn.

Jul 02, 2008

• Alleged police car joyride lands SC teen in jail

Call him the short arm of the law. Police in Dillon, a small town near the North Carolina border, say a 13-year-old with an interest in law enforcement twice stole a police cruiser and took it out to do some patrolling.

Jul 02, 2008

• More than 2,000 guitarists appear to set record

More than 2,000 guitar-players performing "This Land is Your Land" in a Bay Area park appear to have strummed their way into the record books.

Jul 02, 2008

• New Zealand man puts up his soul for auction

A New Zealand man has put his soul up for auction to the highest bidder, noting that it is "a merry old soul" rather than a "funk soul brother" but that he would "would like to think there is a bit of funk in there somewhere."

Jul 02, 2008

• Courthouse with dead opossum almost free of fleas

The Pulaski County Courthouse is almost free of fleas that hitched a ride on an opossum found dead between the floorboards. In early June, workers started to complain that the pests were biting them and visitors.

Jul 02, 2008

• Man sells stolen items near home that was robbed

Police say an Ocala man was selling stolen property at a yard sale in the same neighborhood as the home he robbed. Fred and Betty McAteers, who live in Ocklawaha, arrived at a home they own in Ocala on Monday to find that it had been burglarized.

Jul 02, 2008

• Australians making odd choices for funeral songs

Hymns are being replaced at funerals in one Australian city by popular rock classics like Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and AC/DC's "Highway to Hell," a cemetery manager said Wednesday.

Jul 02, 2008

• Runway tractor carrying potatoes mashes car

A farmer in Germany has learned a harsh lesson about the dangers of smoking. While he ducked into a convenience store to buy cigarettes, his parked tractor and its load of 25 tons of potatoes went rolling down a hill - and over a parked car.

Jul 02, 2008

• Arkansas thieves take bank ATM _ but not its cash

Thieves in northwest Arkansas made a huge withdrawal at a bank - they took a whole automated teller machine with them.

Jul 02, 2008

• Dolphins can spend Independence Day in NJ river

A group of 15 dolphins who have taken up residence in a river near the Jersey Shore will be allowed to stay there through the July Fourth weekend, even though a nearby fireworks display draws heavy boat traffic.

Jul 02, 2008

• Nowthen, Minn., I think our city has a name

Residents of Nowthen know it's a funny name, but they're proud to officially become a city. The community north of the Twin Cities changed its name Monday from Burnsville Township to Nowthen, which was the name the first local post office was given by mistake.

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