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Walmart rattlesnake bite victim continues to recover

CLARKSTON, Wash. --The red light on the phone next to Mica Craig's hospital bed blinked with a new call, but this time it wasn't a concerned relative or another reporter asking how a rattlesnake bit him at the Clarkston Walmart.

"I'm about to do a TV interview in five minutes," the 47-year-old Clarkston man said to the caller shortly before 2 p.m. He asked the caller to call back about 3 p.m.

After Craig hung up, he said it was a Walmart claims adjuster.

Craig said he was looking at gardening supplies in the Clarkston Walmart parking lot Friday when he grabbed what he thought was a stick lying on the ground, but was really a 1-foot to 1 1/2-foot long, solid brown rattlesnake that struck him in the hand. He eventually flung the reptile to the ground and stomped it to death.

Man picks up rattlesnake at Walmart

 

 LEWISTON, Idaho -- He thought it was a stick, but when it latched onto his hand, Mica Craig knew it was a rattlesnake.

Wal-Mart hushed up bribe network in Mexico

NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hushed up a vast bribery campaign that top executives of its Mexican subsidiary carried out to build stores across that country, according to a published report.

Harry Butler

Police: Man stole panties, cheese from Harrisville Walmart

OGDEN -- Walmart's always low prices may not have been low enough for a man accused of stealing a block of cheese and a pair of women's panties from a Harrisville store Tuesday.

Harry Butler, 61, has been arrested by Harrisville police for robbery of the Walmart at 534 Harrisville Road.

Alleged 'Walmart groper' caught in Springville

SPRINGVILLE -- Police in Springville are looking for victims of a man seen groping women at a Walmart.

Authorities say they've already arrested and booked 29-year-old Scott Andrew Halliday of Springfield, Mo., in connection with the gropings March 11.

WARNING: Fake Walmart gift card text may cost you a bundle

SALT LAKE CITY — The state Division of Consumer Protection warned Monday about a fake Walmart gift card text.

IRS warns of scam involving fraudulent refunds on returns

OGDEN — The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers about a new scam that tries to trick people into claiming fraudulent refunds on their tax returns.

The scam artists promise refunds to people who normally aren’t required to file for taxes because they have little or no income, which means senior citizens tend to be the targets, according to a news release from the IRS.

Ogden street closed truck hits man

OGDEN -- A 7:30 p.m. Monday auto-pedestrian accident at 700 North and Washington Boulevard left witnesses crying and shaking their heads as a 43-year-old man was carried off by ambulance.

Christian Courtwright, the Humane Officer of the Geauga County Humane Society’s Rescue Village, stands with Wally, a 9-year-old standard bred horse, at the animal shelter in South Russell, Ohio on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. After being tied to a buggy rail overnight outside the Walmart store in Middlefield, Ohio in November when his Amish owner decided to go out on the town, Walmart employees called local police and tended to the horse for the weekend until Rescue Village was called in to shelter the horse. Court action this week put Wally in the permanent custody of the animal shelter, and he will soon be up for adoption to a new home. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

Horse left at Ohio Amish-area Walmart needs home

SOUTH RUSSELL, Ohio — Wally the Walmart horse is looking for a new home.

In this photo provided by Utah Division of Wildlife Services, a surviving grebe huddles in the snow Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011 after thousands of the birds crash landed throughout Southern Utah on Monday night. Officials say storm clouds above city lights Monday night probably confused thousands of grebes, which are a duck-like aquatic bird that migrates south for the winter. Thousands of the birds were killed, but more than 2,000 had been rescued by Tuesday evening. The survivors were released into Washington County bodies. (AP Photo/Utah Division of Wildlife Services, Lynn Chamberlain)

Thousands of birds crash land in Walmart parking lot

 

CEDAR CITY — Thousands of birds died on impact after apparently mistaking a Walmart parking lot and other areas of Southern Utah for bodies of water and plummeting to the ground in what one wildlife expert called the worst downing she’s ever seen.

Layton Walmart evacuated by small electrical fire

LAYTON -- Firefighters are reminding shoppers that if emergency personnel are evacuating a store it is for a good reason.

At 2 p.m. Tuesday, Firefighters and police were called after a small electrical fire broke out in Walmart at 745 W. Hillfield Road, said Battalion Chief Jared Jolley.

(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)
Elise Hansen greets customers at the Walmart in Clinton on Tuesday. Hansen was born as a conjoined twin with her sister, Lisa.

Former conjoined twin thrives in Clinton

CLINTON -- Elise Hansen smiles at everyone who comes through the doors of Walmart in Clinton.

If they need help with their children or directions on where to go, Elise, 34, is more than happy to help, even when the customers are grumpy.

The Clinton woman is a member of the AbilityOne Speakers Bureau and travels to various events across the country as a paid public speaker, promoting the hiring of disabled people.

Trent Allen Longton

Attorney: Alleged Walmart thief has severe drug problem

FARMINGTON — A judge has continued a sentencing hearing so a man who robbed a Walmart can be screened for a drug program.

On Monday, defense attorney Emily Swenson asked 2nd District Court Judge John R. Morris to consider having Adult Probation and Parole screen her client, Trent Allen Longton, for a drug program, either with Northern Utah Community Correctional Center in Ogden or with Davis County Jail.

Allyson Rose Bright
Age 32
Booked on robbery and assault charges

Police: Centerville Walmart robber used her body as weapon

CENTERVILLE -- A 39-year-old woman faces robbery charges after using her body as a weapon while leaving Walmart with makeup she had not paid for, police said.

Photos courtesy of Clinton Fire Chief Jason Poulsen
The burnt-out shell of a Volkswagen Beetle is pictured Monday in the parking lot of Walmart, 632 N. 2000 West in Clinton. The fire is believed to have started when the rear seat of the car made contact with the car battery, creating sparks.

Crowd gathers as Volkswagen burns in Walmart parking lot

CLINTON -- A car fire in the middle of a Walmart parking lot caused a bit of unwanted attraction as firefighters worked to put out the flames, says Clinton Fire Chief Jason Poulsen.

"So many people stopped to see what was happening, it caused a crowd-control problem for a minute," Poulsen said.

Firefighters were called to Walmart, 632 N. 2000 West, at 4:10 p.m. Monday after a 1968 Volkswagen Beetle's engine caught fire.

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