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Tuesday 05/07/2013
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- Gerbils Strut Their Stuff at New England Pageant
- Posted: May 07, 2013
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BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — The American Gerbil Society's annual pageant brought dozens of rodents scurrying to New England this weekend for a chance to win "top gerbil."
Tuesday 04/09/2013
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- Sheriff Drops Charges Over Destroyed Spork
- Posted: April 09, 2013
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A sheriff says a rowdy inmate caught on tape destroying a spork will not face criminal charges after all.
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- Circus Elephant Shot in Tupelo Drive-By
- Posted: April 09, 2013
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TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephant was hit by a bullet in a drive-by shooting in Tupelo, Miss.
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- Man calls 911 to report he's driving drunk
- Posted: April 09, 2013
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ROSELAWN, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana man who called 911 and told dispatchers he was driving drunk and needed to be taken off the road got his wish when a sheriff's deputy arrived.
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- Morocco Actor Amused by Satan-Obama Comparisons
- Posted: April 09, 2013
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Mehdi Ouazzani isn't the devil, but he has played one on TV — only he didn't realize that some thought he looked like President Barack Obama while he was at it.
Tuesday 04/02/2013
- Dispatcher Sends Mom to the Rescue
- Posted: April 02, 2013
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A 911 dispatcher in Washington state called on her own mother to rescue a stranded boater in the Columbia River, knowing her mother could kayak to the area faster than sending the sheriff's office patrol boat.
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- Freezing Weather Wipes out German Flea Circus
- Updated: April 02, 2013 - 4:24 pm
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An entire troupe of performing fleas has fallen victim to the freezing temperatures currently gripping Germany.
Monday 03/25/2013
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- Australian Earns Bravery Award for Grabbing Shark
- Updated: March 27, 2013 - 3:01 pm
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PERTH, Australia (AP) — An Australian received a bravery award on Monday for grabbing a 12-foot great white shark by the tail as it mauled a snorkeler.
Friday 03/22/2013
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- Punxsutawney Phil 'Indicted' Over Spring Forecast
- Posted: March 22, 2013
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Famed groundhog Punxsutawney Phil might want to go back into hibernation.
Thursday 03/21/2013
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- Medical Marijuana Facility Partners with BTNH
- Posted: March 21, 2013
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OTISVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan medical marijuana facility is partnering with a member of the Grammy-winning rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to cultivate and distribute a new strain of medical marijuana.
Wednesday 03/13/2013
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- Book Returned to Estonian Library 69 Years Late
- Posted: March 13, 2013
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An Estonian man has returned a library book 69 years late, partly blaming a World War II aerial bombing that damaged the library for the late return.
Monday 03/11/2013
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- Study: Even Ancient Mummies Had Clogged Arteries
- Updated: March 11, 2013 - 2:40 pm
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LONDON (AP) — Even without modern-day temptations like fast food or cigarettes, people had clogged arteries some 4,000 years ago, according to the biggest-ever hunt for the condition in mummies.
Tuesday 03/05/2013
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- 106-Year-Old Mass. Man Gets High School Diploma
- Updated: March 05, 2013 - 2:44 pm
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Fred Butler was married for 65 years, raised five children, served in the Army during World War II and worked for years for the local water department, but the fact he never earned a high school diploma always bothered him.
- Mass. Police Dog Digging in Snow Fires Gun
- Posted: March 05, 2013
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LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — Police say a dog searching for a gun in a snowbank accidentally pulled the trigger with its paw, firing the weapon.
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- 37-Pound Tubby Rabby Biscuit in Need of Home
- Updated: March 05, 2013 - 2:45 pm
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At 37 pounds, Biscuit is about the right weight for a 4-year-old — human, that is.
Tuesday 02/26/2013
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- Organizers Cancel This Year's Redneck Games
- Updated: February 26, 2013 - 11:33 am
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EAST DUBLIN, Ga. (AP) — Organizers of the Redneck Games, a Georgia festival that includes competitions such as toilet seat horseshoes and mud pit belly flops, say this summer's event is being canceled.
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- Feds: Meth Found in Chicken Buckets in Arizona
- Posted: February 26, 2013
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say two women aboard a commercial shuttle van in Arizona have been arrested after Border Patrol agents found methamphetamine hidden in two buckets of chicken.
Tuesday 02/19/2013
- Bunnies Taking Toll on Cars at Denver Airport
- Posted: February 19, 2013
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DENVER (AP) — Silly rabbits.
Thursday 02/14/2013
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- Thai Couple Sets New Record for Longest Kiss
- Posted: February 14, 2013
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For the second time in three years, a Thai couple has set a new record for the longest kiss, locking their lips for 58 hours, 35 minutes and 58 seconds in a Valentine's Day "kissathon."
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- 'Houdini Horse' Gets Attention for Escape Antics
- Updated: February 14, 2013 - 11:33 am
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A horse with a knack for opening stall doors at a Michigan farm is getting attention after a video of her escape-artist antics was posted online.
Tuesday 02/12/2013
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- Boy's Postcard Mailed in 1967 Turns up in Oklahoma
- Updated: February 12, 2013 - 1:05 pm
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It may have taken 46 years, but one boy's postcard has made it home to Mom.
Monday 02/11/2013
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- Swedish ice pole-sitting contest has 6 winners
- Posted: February 11, 2013
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Six contestants have braved butt-numbing cold and boredom to win an annual ice pole-sitting contest in northern Sweden.
Tuesday 02/05/2013
- 'Cookie Monster' Sends 2nd Note in Sculpture Theft
- Posted: February 05, 2013
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BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany say someone dressed as the Cookie Monster has sent a second note regarding a stolen cookie sculpture — this time saying he wants to return it.
Tuesday 01/22/2013
- Police Arrest Drunk Zombie Shouter
- Posted: January 22, 2013
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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Clarksville have arrested a man who stumbled around a woman's yard, repeatedly yelling "zombies."
Monday 01/14/2013
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- Women Strip Topless to Protest Vatican Gay Marriage Opposition
- Updated: January 16, 2013 - 5:32 pm
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Four women have gone topless in St. Peter's Square to protest the Vatican's opposition to gay marriage.
