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Pa. smoke shop has Santa huff on a hookah

GREENVILLE, Pa. (AP) _ A northwestern Pennsylvania tobacco shop is turning the image of the jovial, pipe-smoking Santa on its head by having Saint Nick huff on a hookah. Up In Smoke store manager Sue Stoyer says that customer reaction to the display has been mixed. But she notes that many early depictions of Santa Claus have him puffing on a pipe.

NM woman gives birth in truck during snowstorm

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) _ Russell LeFevre learned how to birth a baby in nursing school using clamps, blankets, a suction bulb that clears a baby's mouth of mucus and other medical supplies. When his wife's water broke in the front seat of a truck as it sped down an icy New Mexico highway in a snowstorm Tuesday, LeFevre just had his hands, some jackets and shoelaces.

Utah man wins Lamborghini, crashes it hours later

SANTAQUIN, Utah (AP) _ A truck driver who won a $380,000 Lamborghini in a convenience store contest crashed the sports car six hours after he got it, and now plans to sell the 640-horsepower convertible because he cannot afford the insurance or taxes. "I already had offers on it. I'm going to sell it," David Dopp said Wednesday. "I have bills more important than a Lamborghini. I've got a family to support."

Houston man paying $1 parking ticket 58 years late

HOUSTON (AP) _ A Houston man says he wants to clear his own conscience and pay a $1 parking ticket he got 58 years ago, even though the city's traffic violation records have been purged. Dale Crawford sent a letter to city officials after finding the ticket among some keepsakes. He says it's a debt that he wants to pay, though it's a "small, almost unnoticeable amount."

Run, run Rudolph: Reindeer spotted on Ohio

NORTON, Ohio (AP) _ No one spotted Santa Claus, but several drivers say they encountered a reindeer as they drove along a northeast Ohio highway. The Akron Beacon Journal reports (http://bit.ly/w3HRT0http://bit.ly/w3HRT0 ) drivers on state Route 21 in Norton had to dodge the reindeer Sunday morning after it fell from the back of a livestock truck and walked down the middle of lanes.

Connecticut man proposes via holiday light display

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) _ 'Tis the season for a Connecticut man to propose to his girlfriend using a holiday light display. Jeremy Wilcox tells the Norwich Bulletin newspaper (http://bit.ly/ug8E3ohttp://bit.ly/ug8E3o ) he and his mother spent about two hours putting the words "Will you marry me?" in lights across a fence at the family home, which has traditionally been decorated with elaborate holiday scenes during the Christmas season.

Utah woman accused of assaulting ice cream driver

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) _ A Utah woman faces misdemeanor charges after police say she sprayed an ice cream truck driver in the face with cleaning solution because she was upset about the driver's prices. Authorities in the Salt Lake City suburb of Taylorsville say 65-year-old Andrea Chavez told them she sprayed the woman because "she charges too much for ice cream."

TSA: Daggers hidden in book at Reagan Airport

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Transportation Security Administration says officers found two throwing daggers hidden in a hollowed-out book at a checkpoint at Reagan-Washington National Airport. A TSA spokesman says a passenger was stopped Monday when officers found the knives in the person's carry-on bag. The daggers measured just over a half-foot long and were hidden in the hard-cover book.

2 cited for shoplifting become crime victims

OGDEN, Utah (AP) _ Police in Utah say a vehicle was burglarized outside an Ogden store while its owners were being accused of shoplifting from the business. Police told the Standard-Examiner of Ogden and Deseret News that 36-year-old Eldon Alexander and 47-year-old Korin Vanhouten were released after being cited in the theft of small-ticket items worth about $25 from a WinCo Foods store.

Curfew-breaking teen gets stuck in Calif chimney

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) _ A California teenager has learned the hard way that he's no Santa Claus. The Stockton Record (http://bit.ly/ujgDPUhttp://bit.ly/ujgDPU ) reports 18-year-old George Herrera got stuck in a chimney while trying to sneak into his house Thursday.

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