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Police: Spokane mom catches baby going out window

SPOKANE, Wash.

A toddler who jumped on a bed and bounced out a second-story window was saved by his mother, who leaped behind him, caught his foot and lowered him safely to his grandmother who was having a smoke on the porch below, police said.

The mother was just getting out of the shower when she saw the 14-month-old boy, who had been jumping on the bed, trip on a pillow and fly out the half-open window, Police Communications Director Monique Cotton said.

The mother smashed through the window and caught him by a foot as his head bounced on a small roof overhanging the front porch.

The momentum took them both out the window to the porch overhang. The mother was able to lower the baby to the grandmother just as his shoe came off in her hand, police said.

The grandmother heard the breaking glass and was in the right place at the right time to catch the baby before the mother fell into some bushes. She was taken to a hospital for treatment of cuts and a shoulder injury, Cotton said.

“The baby is going to be fine,” Cotton said.

‘Batman’ hands suspect over to UK police

LONDON

A man dressed as Batman has brought a suspected burglar into a police station in northern England.

West Yorkshire Police said Monday that they do not know the identity of the man who appeared in “a full Batman outfit” and turned in a 27-year-old suspect to police in Bradford, England.

CCTV images released by police show a caped crusader — fully clad with the comic hero’s boots, gloves and logo across his chest — standing alongside a man in a red, hooded sweat shirt.

Police said the handover occurred Feb. 25, and the suspect will appear in court Friday charged with handling stolen goods and fraud-related offenses.

‘Fresh Prince’ rap triggers Pa. lockdown

AMBRIDGE, Pa.

Now this is a story all about how a high school student’s life got turned upside down. But it was all just a bad rap.

The teen’s voicemail greeting triggered a lockdown at his Pennsylvania school after a receptionist misheard his rendition of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” theme song.

While trying to confirm an appointment with 19-year-old Travis Clawson, the receptionist thought the message said “shooting people outside of the school.” The line is actually “shooting some b-ball,” a reference to basketball. The receptionist called 911, and Economy police arrested Clawson a short time later at Ambridge Area High School but released him once he explained the message.

Associated Press