City threatens blind woman over unpaid 1-cent bill (AP)
AP - A 74-year-old blind woman was shocked when her daughter found a letter from the city saying a lien would be placed on her home unless she paid an overdue water bill.

Man accused of dousing neighbor for a 'confession' (AP)
AP - Police said a Pennsylvania man bound his neighbor with duct tape, doused him with gasoline and threatened to set him on fire unless the neighbor confessed to burglarizing his house. John Black, of New Sewickley Township, was charged with burglary, aggravated assault, unlawful restraint and related crimes.

Man in wheelchair allegedly hides cash in leg (AP)
AP - Authorities on Florida's east coast have arrested a man in a wheelchair who they say robbed a credit union on Merritt Island and hid the money in his prosthetic leg.

Maine man sheds 140 pounds to join the Marines (AP)
AP - Army and Navy recruiters took one look at 330-pound Ulysses Milana and told him to forget about joining. "'You've got to lose weight,'" Milana remembers them saying. But Marine recruiters were willing to work with him as he began his weight-loss journey in December 2007.

Iowa magician, hand model sues over snipped finger (AP)
AP - A hand model, magician and actor blames a Martha Stewart-branded lounge chair for snipping off a bit of his livelihood.