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Bees have a home on Upper West Side

8:00 PM Tue, Jun 30, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- A swarm of at least 8,000 honeybees in New York are getting a new home.

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Bad writing contest

4:00 PM Tue, Jun 30, 2009 |

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- It's a mouthful. A shambling sentence about screaming seafarers on the sturdy whaler Ellie May stood shoulders above the rest in an annual bad writing contest.

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President Obama being recognized in a museum in Paris

12:00 PM Tue, Jun 30, 2009 |

PARIS (AP) -- What has gray hairs and two fake bodyguards? A wax version of President Barack Obama.

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Pet giraffe

8:00 AM Tue, Jun 30, 2009 |

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- A Washington State couple has a new pet. So what's so special? It's a month-old giraffe they're raising at their Spokane County home.

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Almost a crownless queen

8:00 PM Mon, Jun 29, 2009 |

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- The new Miss Nevada has her crown. Medical student Christina Keegan won the Miss Nevada pageant over the weekend.

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Cleaning out the attic made me a millionaire

4:00 PM Mon, Jun 29, 2009 |

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- You find something in the attic or basement and wonder what it could be worth? Well, an eastern North Carolina woman now knows she owns a Chinese treasure.

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More than just a money deposit

12:00 PM Mon, Jun 29, 2009 |

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- It was a bank deposit with interest -- from the police.

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Cheetos used as weapons

8:00 AM Mon, Jun 29, 2009 |

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Call it a case of assault with a cheesy weapon. Deputies in Shelbyville, Tenn., were dispatched to a home where they found a couple fighting with Cheetos.

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Former mayor arrested for nudity

4:11 PM Sat, Jun 27, 2009 |

CLAYTON, Ga. (AP) -- Naked time got a little too public for a former Georgia mayor.

Authorities arrested Mark Musselwhite and charged him with public indecency last weekend after state Department of Natural Resources officers found him sitting nude at his Rabun County campsite.

Officers had received a complaint about a naked man walking along a nearby road earlier in the day, but the 43-year-old Musselwhite said he was not the ...



Self-reported breaking and entering

8:00 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 |

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) -- The CSI team wasn't needed to crack this case.

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Wallabies are "high as a kite"

6:00 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 |

SYDNEY (AP) -- The wallabies are getting whacky. Authorities in the Australian state of

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Marble winners fill one family

4:00 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 |

WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) -- Marbles roll in Whitney Lapic's family. The Pennsylvania 13-year-old wins the girls' division of the National Marbles Tournament.

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California getting "cool" cars

12:00 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 |

SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Cool cars are coming to California. And no, we're not talking about the new Camero or Mustang.

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Once it's considered historic there is no tearing it down

10:00 AM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 |

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It's a sweet bit of history. The Los Angeles City Council has declared the See's Candy Shop and Kitchen No. 1 a historic-cultural monument.

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Do not use your old TV for target practice

8:00 AM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 |

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Got an old TV? Don't shoot it! That's the word from federal wilderness officials.

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Not a message in a bottle but a message in the wall

10:00 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 |

BOSTON (AP) -- It's an old message -- but it wasn't found in a bottle. Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is building a new wing.

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Jail bird not able to fly away

6:00 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 |

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri police report wrapping up the case of the T-P escape.

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Prowling Pythons

4:00 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 |

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) -- Are escaping pythons slithering their way north? Scientists are trying to answer that question.

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Littering may lead to more than just a ticket

12:00 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 |

SCOTTDALE, Pa. (AP) -- Tossing away your empties can bring more trouble than a ticket for littering.

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My outfit is made by me and out of duct tape

8:00 AM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 |

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) -- It's cheap -- but hot. Montana high school students Charden Wood and Steven Quade are in the running for a duct tape scholarship.

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My diploma is soaking wet

8:00 PM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 |

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The University of Pittsburgh could have used some drip-dry diplomas,

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I was left at the golf course so why not drive a gold cart home

6:00 PM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 |

RICHFIELD, Wis. (AP) -- You don't have to be driving a car to be charged with driving drunk.

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Mummy thought to be a female turns out to be something else

4:00 PM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- You can learn a lot from your mummy, even if she turns out to be a he.

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Your worth hundreds of thousands and you don't even know it

12:00 PM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 |

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Someone's 200-grand is about to turn into a pumpkin.

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In with new out with old

8:00 AM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 |

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) -- Hats off to Nat Flemming. For more than a-half century he collected cowboy hats.

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Wiffle ball taken very serious by these people

10:00 PM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 |

OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- At 6-foot-2 and 265 pounds, Pat Burnell probably could play any kind of ball he wants.

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We may get into the Guinness book of world records for this one

8:00 PM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 |

OXFORD, Ohio (AP) -- It's "I do" -- times a thousand. Miami University in Ohio is claiming a new world's wedding record.

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Letters are to be dropped off at the post office not your animal

6:00 PM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 |

BOSTON (AP) -- Postal worker George Knapp is getting his Postage Due.

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It's going to look brand new

4:00 PM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 |

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- It's a brand new, old cable car. A new cable car started climbing the hills of San Francisco yesterday.

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Listen to your own advice

12:00 PM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 |

HONOLULU (AP) -- The address was familiar enough to the Hawaii firefighters. They were sent back to their own fire station to put out a blaze.

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Talk about over doing it

8:00 AM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 |

CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif. (AP) -- There's a reason they're called bug bombs.

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Man's best friend

8:00 PM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 |

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) -- Nurse Connie Donald has plenty of four-legged friends. She's been walking the dogs at the Wood County, Ohio, Humane Society for 18 years.

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Lucky number 7

6:00 PM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 |

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Earl Fritz is one lucky guy. The Augusta, Ga., man wins two lotto jackpots in a week.

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Saying "I Do" in a cave is coming to an end

4:00 PM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 |

HELLERTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Underground weddings are coming to an end. No, these aren't couples on lam who are getting hitched.

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There's a first for everything

12:00 PM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 |

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina granddad has finally taken his first airplane flight.

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A million dollar lunch

8:00 AM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 |

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Want to do lunch? It could cost you millions. Bidding started yesterday on lunch with legendary investor Warren Buffett. Last year's lunch topped 2.1 mil.

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Woman says she was evicted over Easter decor

6:04 PM Sun, Jun 21, 2009 |

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- A woman is going to court claiming she was wrongly evicted from her apartment because she kept her Easter decorations on her door for two weeks after the holiday.

Carol Burdick claims her landlord unjustly told her to remove a display of Easter stickers, plastic grass, and Peeps marshmallow candies from her door a few days after the April 12 holiday this year.

"An Easter decoration is a religious statemen...



Lobster, wine and sleep follow break-in

5:06 PM Sat, Jun 20, 2009 |

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- A man suspected of breaking into a Maine restaurant will have to get used to jailhouse food after workers at the eatery discovered lobsters and wine missing -- and the suspect asleep on a bench.

Police say Paul Bruneau broke into the Portland Lobster Co. through a rear window and stuffed his pockets with cash before chowing down on the better part of 11 prepared lobsters worth about $300. He washed it all down w...



Counting and more counting

8:00 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Big Apple is also the city of big numbers. There's already a sign that keeps track of the national debt.

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Explosion in bathroom not from food

6:00 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 |

TALLEYVILLE, Del. (AP) -- There was an explosion in the bathroom of a fast-food joint -- and it had nothing to do with the food.

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Objects appear closer than they are

4:00 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 |

MASON, W.Va. (AP) -- Kelly Stewart has more than a home video to remind of her a nearby bridge implosion.

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Lawyer found asleep in trash can

2:11 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 |

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- An Indiana lawyer who was found asleep headfirst in a neighbor's trash can after a night of drinking has apologized and says he's embarrassed.

No charges have been filed against Larry Wilder, who is the Jeffersonville City Council's attorney.

Wilder said he had dinner and drinks with friends in nearby Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday night. He said he was driven home in a client's limousine but remembers...



Gorilla finds knife that was left behind by zoo keeper

2:00 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 |

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- No, it's not a case of "gorilla" warfare -- but it might have looked like it.

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These grannies may beat you in a sport you thought you had

12:00 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 |

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) -- These aren't just bowling grannies -- they're bowling great-grannies. And they're great bowlers, too.

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"Classy" vending machines

9:23 AM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 |

BERLIN (AP) -- You can find everything from a candy bar to a DVD in vending machines. Soon, there will be vending machines that sell gold.

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Spelling bee not just for kids anymore

10:00 PM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 |

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Spelling bees aren't just for kids.

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Look out below

8:00 PM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 |

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- It's a long way down -- but window washer Alex Clay lives to tell about it.

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Plastic surgery will create a new Louie

6:00 PM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 |

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- Louie the Lumberjack is getting a makeover. The 10-foot, 1,000 pound cedar statue has greeted visitors to Flagstaff for decades.

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Not your typical K-9

4:00 PM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 |

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- This dogs are sniffing out contraband -- but the K-9 cops aren't after drugs or guns.

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NO-SMOKING outside?

12:00 PM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 |

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (AP) -- The lions, tigers and bears will soon be smoke-free -- at the Minnesota Zoo.

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Panda contract almost up in need of some fast cash

8:00 AM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 |

ATLANTA (AP) -- The pandas are doing some panhandling. Zoo Atlanta needs a-half million bucks to keep its pair of giant pandas.

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Stamps that could make millions

8:00 PM Wed, Jun 17, 2009 |

DALLAS (AP) -- Mistakes can be expensive -- especially when they're on stamps. One man's collection of more than 3,000 incorrectly printed stamps is expected to sell for millions.

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I wouldn't do that if I were you......honk honk

6:00 PM Wed, Jun 17, 2009 |

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Bike riders are getting some respect -- and protection in Columbia. Mo.

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Dine-N-Dash

4:00 PM Wed, Jun 17, 2009 |

DETROIT (AP) -- IHOP became I-SMASH. Four women trying skip out on their check plowed into a Detroit International House of Pancakes.

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Not a bomb but a bible

2:00 PM Wed, Jun 17, 2009 |

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) -- It wasn't a bad bomb, but the Good Book.

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Monster made out of construction cones

10:00 AM Wed, Jun 17, 2009 |

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- There's a monster on the loose in Raleigh, N.C. And a college student is to blame.

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Thanks to you I have summer school

8:00 AM Wed, Jun 17, 2009 |

CHINO, Calif. (AP) -- Summer vacation? What summer vacation? School kids in two Southern California communities will have to make up 34 days of school this summer.

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A moose does not belong on a race track

8:00 PM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 |

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) -- It's big and it's hairy, but it's not a horse. A large moose wandered onto the grounds of the historic upstate New York racetrack where Man o' War and Secretariat have run.

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Can I recieve my diploma before this baby gets here

6:00 PM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 |

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Dawn Thompson Ester didn't know what would come first -- her diploma or her baby.

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Free haircuts to help people get jobs

2:00 PM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 |

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) -- It's a trim for tight times. A hair salon in a Washington, D.C. suburb is offering free haircuts.

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Not just your typical golf cart

10:00 AM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 |

CADILLAC, Mich. (AP) -- It's the F-16 of golf carts. Some Michigan high school students have created the ultimate golf cart for the U.S. Air Force.

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NO bachlorette parties allowed at this bar

8:00 AM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 |

CHICAGO(AP) -- Gay bar owner Geno Zaharakis has a message for bachlorettes -- get lost.

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Road Trip

10:00 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 |

BEAVER, Pa. (AP) -- It's a road trip, 1919 style. The 2009 Transcontinental Motor Convoy is recreating the first cross-country journey of motorized vehicles.

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Potato based vodka

8:00 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 |

RIGBY, Idaho (AP) -- Idaho potatoes can be baked, fried, or distilled into vodka.

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How about a egg for breakfast that weighs 2 pounds

6:00 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 |

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- What's new? How about a giant omelet from emu?

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Young mayor wins by 1 vote

2:00 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 |

GLENVILLE, W.Va. (AP) -- Tashua Allman already has landed a job, after graduating from Glenville State College last month.

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Nothing to hide ride

10:00 AM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 |

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- These bike riders didn't have to worry about chaffing from their shorts.

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Flag Day everyday for this man

8:00 AM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 |

ELGIN, Ill. (AP) -- You might not have remembered yesterday was Flag Day. But garbage truck driver Jeff Olsen did.

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Student charged with keeping teachers from grading

3:31 PM Sun, Jun 14, 2009 |

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- A high school computer whiz didn't get a high grade for a recent feat: designing software to shut teachers out of the grading system.

A New York State Police spokeswoman says 16-year-old Matthew Beighey has been charged with unauthorized use of a computer and third-degree identity theft. He was ordered to return to court Wednesday.

The school district says the teenager temporarily blocked teachers' ab...



Umpire ejects entire crowd during baseball game

4:13 PM Sat, Jun 13, 2009 |

WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) -- An umpire has emptied the stands at a high school baseball game, ejecting the entire crowd of more than 100 fans for being unruly.

Umpire Don Briggs said he had no problem with any of the student athletes during Thursday's game between Winfield-Mount Union and West Burlington.

He said he had to take action because fans were being unruly, yelling and arguing.

However, West Burlington Superin...



Winner Winner STEAK dinner

8:00 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 |

VILLA RICA, Ga. (AP) -- Chuck and Karen Hill have all the luck. A week after Chuck won five-grand in the Georgia Lottery's Weekly WinFall drawing, Karen did a whole lot better.

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A picture speaks 1000 words or adds a new cloud category

6:00 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 |

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- There is something new under the sun. Perhaps a new cloud.

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Swan comes back to dog house

4:00 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 |

WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) -- Some Maryland bird lovers are happy to see Grumpy. Grumpy is a mute swan who lives in a dog house by a Carroll County pond.

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Baby on board

2:00 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City subway conductor Bretta Sykes caught a passenger who didn't pay a fare.

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A note from Barack Obama may get you out of cutting class

8:00 AM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 |

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Ten-year-old Kennedy Corpus has a good excuse for missing the last day of school -- a note to her teacher from President Barack Obama.

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Just because you wear black and white stripes does not mean your a jail bird

10:00 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 |

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- Three little fugitives dressed in black and white stripes have been let go.

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Kids helping turn there school solar

8:00 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 |

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- Some Virginia high school students have a bright idea. They're helping to turn their school solar.

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Youngest COLLEGE graduate

6:00 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 |

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) -- At age 11, Moshe Kai Cavalin (MOH'-shee Ky KA'-vah-lihn) is already a college graduate.

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Seperate your trash before you throw it away, or get a fine

2:00 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 |

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Folks in San Francisco could soon be slipping on a banana peel. No, it won't be a pratfall but a legal slip-up.

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One thing leads to another

10:00 AM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 |

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Street walking is illegal in Rhode Island. But indoor hooking is not.

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Are you really paying $300,000 for a parking spot

8:00 AM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 |

BOSTON (AP) -- This parking space is going for a lot more than a quarter in the meter.

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Wendy's a favorite chain

10:00 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 |

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Dave Thomas would be proud. The hamburger chain he founded gets the top score in the Zagat (zuh-GAT') survey.

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Street sign spelled wrong

8:00 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 |

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- How do you spell Kalamazoo? Don't try asking the people responsible for the street signs in Lansing, Michigan.

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High school senior reaching highest points in life

6:00 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 |

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- High school senior Johnny Strange is reaching heights few adults can imagine.

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Holding a bank up while "staying green"

2:00 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 |

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Lots of folks are using those recyclable shopping bags. But authorities in Austin, Texas, say one woman used hers for something other than groceries.

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Free speech may not mean honking your horn

10:00 AM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 |

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) -- Go honk yourself. But if you do, don't expect any sympathy in court.

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I caught something but it was not a fish

8:00 AM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 |

MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- It's a big one that didn't get away. A commercial fisherman hooked something that usually flies -- not swims.

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Capital city shows its first movie in 30 years

10:53 PM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 |

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- For the first time in three decades, Saudis in the nation's capital did something that most Westerners take for granted - they went to the movies. But it wasn't exactly date night. No women were allowed.

Saturday's screening of the Saudi film, "Menahi," brought a taste of the moviegoing experience to Riyadh more than 30 years after the government began shutting down theaters - a move driven by religious co...



Crown opened in statue's head

8:00 PM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- Visitors to the Big Apple will soon be able to crown their trip -- with a climb to the crown of the Statue of Liberty.

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Why not get married when in your in your 90's

6:00 PM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 |

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- The marriage is young -- but not the newlyweds.

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ATM machine stolen and then lost after falling off trailer

4:00 PM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 |

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) -- Some crooks didn't have much luck with a cash machine.

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Cigarette decoy

2:00 PM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 |

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) -- Cass Clark is just 16, but he's already working undercover.

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I have no notebook paper so toilet paper will have to do

10:00 AM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 |

HOUSTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court is saying N-O to a nasty note on T-P.

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Samples from all over the U.S. for President Obama and 1st Lady

8:00 AM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 |

UNDATED (AP) -- It's a presidential secret. But it has nothing to do with foreign policy or military plans. It seems lips are sealed concerning what the first couple had for dinner on their recent "Date Night" in New York. Foodies find they have friends in the White House. President Barack Obama and the first lady are making a big impact with their culinary choices. They've had gourmet pizza from St. Louis, burgers in D.C. and soul food in Chi...



My garden is made up with bowling balls

8:00 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 |

MARQUETTE HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) -- Donald Bernovich would rather be bowling.

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Lobster roll that is 61 feet long

6:00 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 |

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- It's a monster lobster -- roll. A lobster roll more than 61 feet long was rolled out at Maine's Old Port Festival in Portland.

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You don't have to leave the water to get a pizza delivered

2:00 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 |

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) -- It's pizza to go -- with a wave. Pizzeria owner Al Marino will make deliveries this summer to boaters on Michigan's Lake St. Clair.

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Spam, Spam and more Spam

10:00 AM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 |

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Get ready for Spam, Spam, Spam, and Spam -- but no Monty Python.

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A BEEutiful animal gets a home at the White House

8:00 AM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 |

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The buzz in Washington this morning isn't about politics -- but bees. Beekeeping is the latest "in" hobby.

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Anything goes in Miami Beach, except Mr. Clucky

3:48 PM Sun, Jun 07, 2009 |

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Miami Beach tolerates all kinds of eccentricity, but the south Florida playground of the rich and famous draws the line at a bicycle riding rooster named Mr. Clucky.

The white bird who perches on his owner's bike has become a favorite subject of tourist photos. But he's been ordered out of town for his cacophonous crowing every day at 6 a.m.

A code enforcement officer ticketed owner Mark Buckley on May...



Man arrested buying drugs with slaughtered pig

4:54 PM Sat, Jun 06, 2009 |

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- It was a simpler sort of drug trade.

Syracuse police say a 45-year-old man offered a slaughtered pig as partial payment for a bag of crack cocaine.

They say two men were spotted making the deal on a street corner just before 8 p.m. Thursday.

Angelo Colon of Fulton was arrested on a misdemeanor drug possession charge and 42-year-old Omar Veliz faces a felony drug sale charge.

Police say Col...



Coffee shop will soon have new dress code

6:00 PM Fri, Jun 05, 2009 |

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- Thongs and coffee don't mix. At least not to the City Council in Yakima, Washington.

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If you have a getaway car make sure you have FULL tank of gas

2:00 PM Fri, Jun 05, 2009 |

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- The getaway car didn't provide much of a getaway.

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Money that is worth nothing

10:00 AM Fri, Jun 05, 2009 |

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- You can't spend the money -- but you can sell it. South Carolina is selling state-issued Civil War currency.

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Green Tea Cola

8:00 AM Fri, Jun 05, 2009 |

TOKYO (AP) -- Things go better with Coke -- including green-tea. Green tea-flavored Coca-Cola will hit Japanese stores Monday.

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You drop that trash...I'll blow my whistle

8:00 PM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 |

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- The mayor of one Malaysia town wants to blow the whistle on litterbugs.

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These ads are not even real

6:00 PM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 |

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- It's one way to look good to the boss. Police in Lincoln, Neb., charge an ad saleswoman put fake ads in her paper to boost her pay.

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Tons of Little Debbies not fit to eat

4:00 PM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 |

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Little Debbie left a big mess. A truck carrying Little Debbie snack cakes crashed on a ramp over I-5 near Portland, Oregon, earlier this week.

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Human bodies left behind

2:00 PM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 |

MANSFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- They're frozen assets. Now, a federal bankruptcy court has to oversee their disposal.

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87-year-old graduates from high school

10:00 AM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 |

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) -- It was a long time coming, but Clarence Marschall now has his high school diploma.

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Pizza being delivered overseas

8:00 AM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 |

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (AP) -- Beer and pizza -- that's how G.I.s will be enjoying the Fourth of July.

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Queen Bee makes a pit stop

8:00 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 |

DANVERS, Mass. (AP) -- What has 40,000 wings and flies? A small plane covered with honeybees.

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Not your typical speed chase

6:00 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 |

LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) -- It's not what you would call a high-speed chase. Deputies in western New York report they were trying to stop a young man in Amish country in a horse and buggy.

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But mom you duct taped my boyfriend

4:00 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 |

ADELANTO, Calif. (AP) -- It's one use for duct tape that has nothing to do with home repairs.

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Certain things are allowed in your backyard and chickens aren't one of them

2:00 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 |

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) -- Chicken lovers in a Kansas City suburb are fit to be fried. The Overland Park City Council is rejecting backyard chickens again.

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No nudity or feeding the birds at new waterpark

10:00 AM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 |

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) -- Keep your shorts on in a new South Carolina park -- and leave your metal detector at home, too.

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Taxi cab takes men to wrong strip club for money

8:00 AM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 |

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- One Sin City strip club patron claims he was taken for a ride.

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I have to pay to carry my own groceries

10:00 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 |

WASHINGTON (AP) -- D.C. wants to bag the grocery bags. The Washington D.C. Council is set to vote today on a measure that would impose a fee for use of throwaway shopping bags.

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Not your usual ballpark snack

8:00 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 |

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Get your peanuts, popcorn and grapes? Fans of the San Francisco Giants have a new ballpark snacking option.

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Mummy stolen is for sale on ebay

6:00 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 |

PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) -- Someone's mummy is in custody at the Port Huron, Mich., police department.

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Reading really paid off for a 14 yr. old girl

2:00 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 |

SPARKS, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada high school student Perla Cervantes is driven to read. And now she's got a new ride, too.

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High school girl has not missed 1 day of school since Kindergarten

11:00 AM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 |

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) -- Brittani McCalister is a perfect student. She graduates from Indiana's West Vigo High with a perfect attendance record.

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Man banned from favorite coffee chain after swiping a bag for himself

8:00 AM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 |

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- Matthew Anderson will have to find a new place to get his morning coffee.

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Gun toting homeowner turns tables on repeat burglar

10:00 PM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 |


RIPON, Wis. (AP) -- A homeowner in Ripon, Wis., was craftier than the armed burglar trying to rob his house.

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Wild turkey smashes through window, terrorizes little girl

2:00 PM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 |


MISHICOT, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin woman and her 5-year-old daughter got an unwelcome visit from a wild turkey that broke through a bedroom window while they were watching TV.

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Will you marry me..... before I get locked up?

11:00 AM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 |

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia man asked a judge to perform a wedding ceremony while the jury in the man's criminal trial was still deliberating the verdict.

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Helping not Hindering?

8:00 AM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 |


SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio man arrested for mowing unkempt grass at a public park says he just wanted to make his city look nice.

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