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Half-eaten Snickers bar implicates hungry burglar
Forbes.com - 4 Hours ago
Police say DNA found on a half-eaten candy bar helped them zero in on a robbery suspect. Detective Jason Simpkins says Brian D. Bass' DNA matched the sample found on the bar left on the counter at Cato
Hungry burglar undone by half-eaten Snickers bar Boston Herald
Alleged burglar done in by half-eaten candy bar Breitbart.com
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Woman sentenced for having son dress up as Scout
Forbes.com - 4 Hours ago
A former Bethlehem woman will serve up to 23 months in prison for having her 7-year-old son dress as a Cub Scout to collect money for a nonexistent cause. Sally Ann Gombocz, 51, told a Northampton County
Woman sentenced for having son dress up as fake Cub Scout WFMJ 21 - TV
Woman sentenced for having son dress up as fake Cub Scout, collect cash for nonexistent Fargo Forum
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Parents want to flush N.C. school's potty policy
Associated Press - 4 Hours ago
BURGAW, N.C. (AP) -- Going potty without a partner can lead to punishment for students at a Burgaw elementary school, but parents want the policy flushed. The Star-News of Wilmington reported that students
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Cops say boy, 8, took car for ride, caused crash
Associated Press - 4 Hours ago
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) -- Authorities said an 8-year-old Pontiac boy took a stolen car on a joy ride and caused a three-vehicle crash. Pontiac police said the boy sneaked out of his house Wednesday night
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Police say men trying to steal power lines shocked
Forbes.com - 4 Hours ago
Two Somerset County men are charged with trying to steal live power lines that were still attached to a transformer and utility poles. Police said Kevin Lee Lytle, 27, and Daniel Jay Basinger, 24, both
Police say men trying to steal power lines shockedCONFLUENCE, Pa. - Two Somerset Auburn Citizen
Somerset men shocked trying to steal power lines, police say WFMJ 21 - TV
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Game of cat and mouse blacks out city
Times of India - 5 Hours ago
Bookmark / Share More Save Write to Editor TIRANA: A cat chasing a mouse in Tirana's main power station caused a 72-hour blackout across parts of the Albanian capital, the electricity company said on
Cat- mouse chase blacks out Tirana Daily Times
Cat and mouse black out city WILX
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American tourist joins pandas in 'surreal' earthquake ordeal
The Age - 2 Hours ago
An American tourist who survived China's deadly earthquake says he is not only lucky to be alive -- he had a 'surreal' experience of sharing the moment with giant pandas. Robert Litwak, 55, a member of
American tourist joins pandas in 'surreal' quake ordeal Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Artist covers closed gas station with fabric to make statement (ART-Gas-Station-Blank)
Oilweek Magazine - 4 Hours ago
DEWITT, N.Y. _ Jennifer Marsh was sick of paying high gas prices and bothered by the abandoned gas station that was an eyesore on the drive to her studio each day. So the aspiring artist and inspired
Artist covers old gas station with fabric, makes statement WFMJ 21 - TV
Artist covers closed gas station with fabric to make statement Am1220.ca
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Bad bard William Topaz McGonagall beats J.K. Rowling in Edinburgh auction
Kelowna Daily Courier - 4 Hours ago
EDINBURGH, Scotland - The vocabulary is poor and the rhyme excruciating but a collector paid $12,840 Friday for original works by William Topaz McGonagall, internationally celebrated as the worst poet
Bad bard McGonagall beats J.K. Rowling in Edinburgh auction KCBS
Bad bard McGonagall fetched US$12,000 Forbes.com
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SoCal fisherman who stabbed sea lion gets probation
SignOn San Diego - 3 Hours ago
LOS ANGELES A fisherman who admitted stabbing a sea lion that apparently took bait from his fishing line was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation. U.S. Magistrate Judge Carla Woehrle also ordered
Man Gets Probation For Stabbing Sea Lion My58.com
Angler spared for sea lion stabbing Metro.co.uk
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Birmingham City boot boy given keys to Mercedes by team star Kapo
Am1220.ca - 3 Hours ago
THE CANADIAN PRESS LONDON - A football trainee for the Birmingham City soccer team asked for a pair of shoes from midfielder Olivier Kapo to keep as a souvenir. Kapo gave him a Mercedes instead. Boot
Birmingham City boot boy given keys to Mercedes by Kapo CNEWS
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Row over fish in urinal
Daily Times - 2 Hours ago
A Chinese restaurant has been criticised - for keeping ornamental fish in a urinal. The restaurant in Changchun city has around 20 fancy carp in the four-metre long trough in the gents' bathroom. The
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Oh deer! Man cops wrath of amorous stag
Yahoo! Canada - 4 Hours ago
An Australian man was gored in the thigh on Friday by an amorous stag after entering a deer paddock in the middle of the breeding season. The 26-year-old worker at the tourist farm near Sydney ignored
Oh deer! Man cops wrath of amorous stag (Reuters) Yahoo! News Australia
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Girl Scout sells 17,328 boxes of cookies
Ventura County Star - 3 Hours ago
boxes of the group's signature cookies this year by setting up shop on a street corner, shattering her troop's old mark and probably setting a national record. Jennifer Sharpe, a 15-year-old from Dearborn,
Girl Sells 17K Boxes Of Girl Scout Cookies WFTV
Girl Scout Sells 17,000 Boxes Of Cookies The Iowa Channel
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Pair say they attacked each other with frying pan
NOLA Live - 2 Hours ago
CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) รข?? Out of the frying pan and into the fire. That's pretty much what happened to a Cumberland County couple arrested and charged with whacking each other with a frying pan. Heather
Couple say they attacked each other with a frying pan Kait 8
Couple attacked each other with frying pan Jackson Sun
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Hospital Fined For Calling Ambulance For Patient
CBS 11 News - 3 Hours ago
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Hospitals make money on patient phone calls The Times
Hospital workers called patient 'alkie' UPI
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Iowa Man Charged With Throwing Candy at Police
Fox 2 KASA - 4 Hours ago
48 PM MDT Credit: MyFox DES MOINES, Iowa -- A college student whose friend was being questioned in a hit and run found himself charged with assaulting an officer with a curious choice of weapons: M&Ms.
Man charged with throwing candy at police Morning Call
Police charge man with assault at UAF Anchorage Daily News
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Wis. man won't buy gas for 31 days, maybe longer
Fresno Bee - 5 Hours ago
1:09 AM) SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) Brian LaFave couldn't care less how high gasoline prices climb these days - he's parked his pickup truck and is refusing to buy gas for a month, possibly longer. 'The goal
Wisconsin man says he won't buy gas for 31 days, maybe longer Am1220.ca
Wis. man won't buy gasoline for 31 days, maybe even longer Crescent-News
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MacKay laces on rugby boots for Keltics
CNEWS - 9 Hours ago
Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay, Aug. 2, 2007 in Charlottetown P.E.I. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot TORONTO - Peter MacKay will be looking to provide a different kind of defence Monday. The
Defence minister laces on rugby boots for Nova Scotia Keltics Am1220.ca
Defence minister Peter MacKay to lace up rugby boots SLAM! Sports
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A Month Without A Drop Of Gasoline
San Francisco Chronicle - 9 Hours ago
Brian LaFave couldn't care less how high gasoline prices climb these days he's parked his pickup truck and is refusing to buy gas for a month, possibly longer. 'The goal is to not use one drop of gas
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Okla. town elects 19-year-old mayor
USA Today - 5/16/2008
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) - A 19-year-old freshman at the University of Oklahoma was elected mayor Tuesday of Muskogee, a city of 38,000 in the northeastern part of the state. With all precincts reporting,
Meet Okla. Town's New Mayor: He's 19! ABC News
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San Francisco Chronicle - 5/16/2008
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Man: Bank sued after OKing money
UPI - 7 Hours ago
ALTOONA, Pa., May 16 (UPI) -- A bank has filed suit against an Altoona, Pa., man after he spent part of a $280,276.76 deposit mistakenly put into his account. Herbert Starbird said he phoned First Commonwealth
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Vendors hawk racially insensitive duds
UPI - 8 Hours ago
CHICAGO, May 16 (UPI) -- Some Chicago vendors said they are selling controversial 'Horry Kow' T-shirts, despite efforts by the Chicago Cubs to ban the offensive merchandise. The T-shirts, being sold outside
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9-year-old girl's twin is found inside her stomach
Fresno Bee - 5 Hours ago
4:12 PM) ATHENS, Greece (AP) A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday. Doctors at Larissa
Girl's twin is found inside her stomach Sify
Embryonic Twin Found Inside 9-Year-Old WLWT
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