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Police find thief’s ‘diary’ in stolen car in southwestern Pa.

UNIONTOWN, Pa.

Police are searching for a man who apparently kept a diary of his thievery found by police in a stolen car that crashed during a chase.

The car was reported stolen from the parking lot of a Pittsburgh church on Veterans Day by the 73-year-old woman who owned it.

Police in Uniontown began chasing the same car about 2:30 a.m. Monday after the driver ran a stop sign. Uniontown is about 40 miles south of Pittsburgh.

Police lost track of the car, which later was found crashed into a bed of rocks off Route 43.

According to a Uniontown police report, police found a backpack containing drug paraphernalia and a notebook in which the man “describes how he has stolen vehicles in the past and goes into detail about previous crimes he has committed.”

Giant mound of tires in SC visible from space

COLUMBIA, S.C.

A sprawling pile of hundreds of thousands of tires in South Carolina is so massive it can be seen from outer space.

Authorities have charged one person in connection with the mess of roughly 250,000 tires, which covers more than 50 acres on satellite images. And now a Florida company is helping haul it all away.

Litter control officer Boyce Till said he contacted the local sheriff and state health department, which is investigating who had been dumping the tires. But the worst possible penalty that could be imposed locally? A single $475 ticket for littering.

However, one man has been charged with violating a state law.

He could face much heftier penalties — including thousands of dollars in fines and jail time — if convicted.

Fairbanks, Alaska, hit with record-breaking cold: 41 below

FAIRBANKS, Alaska

Alaska’s second-largest city is used to cold weather, but few residents expected record-breaking cold this early in the season.

Shawn Ross has lived in Fairbanks his entire life and says few people were prepared for this severe of a cold snap in mid-November.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that for the second time in three days, Fairbanks set a new low-temperature record Thursday. A temperature of 41 degrees below zero — the first 40-below temperature of the season — was recorded at Fairbanks International Airport at 6:29 a.m.

The National Weather Service in Fairbanks says that broke the old record of 39-below set in 1969.

The last time Fairbanks residents saw 40-below temperatures in November was in 1994.

Associated Press