Unusual or Off-Beat

Cops: Man steals woman's rings after grabbing dog Police are looking for a man they say stole two rings worth nearly $25,000 from a woman after grabbing her dog.

Bus driver accused of braking hard to topple pupil A school bus driver will be charged with endangering a 10-year-old boy for intentionally braking suddenly so the boy would fall down, police said.

Robber apologizes during Vt. general store holdup A thief who robbed a general store apologized to the owner and left the singles behind so workers on the next shift would have something in the till.

Man says cell phone saved him from stray bullet R.J. Richard says he doesn't normally put his cell phone in his chest pocket. But he says it saved his life the one time he did.

For toilet-less Vermont library, a new chapter When you gotta go, you gotta go. But for decades, when you had to go in the Roxbury Free Library, you really had to go—somewhere else, that is.