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Trying to catch up with the girls

4:00 PM Fri, Oct 30, 2009 |

ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) -- Boxers or briefs? Well, police in Michigan report one crook was wearing boxers.

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Woman forgets about Warhol

2:00 PM Fri, Oct 30, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- Can you imagine have something worth a million bucks -- or more -- sitting in a closet for decades?

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Endure snow blizzard, eat free chicken

12:00 PM Fri, Oct 30, 2009 |

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -- What's a mere blizzard when you can get a year's worth of free chicken?

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Watch naked pumpkins run

10:00 AM Fri, Oct 30, 2009 |

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Tomorrow night, some folks in Boulder will be wearing nothing but pumpkins.

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10-pound pumpkins fly through air

4:05 PM Thu, Oct 29, 2009 |

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Combine a 90-foot-long cannon, a 10-pound pumpkin and thin mountain air -- and what to do you get?

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'Mad Men' costume just in time for Halloween

9:06 AM Thu, Oct 29, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- Now you can look just like Don Draper.

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Mayors to hold World Series

6:00 PM Wed, Oct 28, 2009 |

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- It's World Series time -- and time for those good natured wagers.

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Fire truck delivers pizza, smoke detectors

4:02 PM Wed, Oct 28, 2009 |

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) -- It's hot pizza -- delivered by people who really know hot.

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Light beer, heavy debate

2:03 PM Wed, Oct 28, 2009 |

UNDATED (AP) -- It's a heavyweight battle over lightweight brews.

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A pink flamingo for all to see requires a fee

12:01 PM Wed, Oct 28, 2009 |

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A giant pink flamingo is heading back to Cafe Hon (hun).

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Woman opens plus-size club

6:09 PM Tue, Oct 27, 2009 |

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- It's a nightspot for those who are living large.

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Meth mix-up

4:02 PM Tue, Oct 27, 2009 |

LEBANON, Pa. (AP) -- It's wine -- way past its time.

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One-legged crook steals one shoe

2:03 PM Tue, Oct 27, 2009 |

BRUSSELS (AP) -- It didn't take a CSI team to come up with a suspect after a single shoe was stolen.

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Driving while talking costs New Yorkers $130

12:04 PM Tue, Oct 27, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fun City is getting serious about cell phones.

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Lost cell phone leads to finding suspect

10:07 AM Tue, Oct 27, 2009 |

VISALIA, Calif. (AP) -- Returning a lost cell phone turns out to be more than a favor.

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Purse pocket for pets

8:01 AM Tue, Oct 27, 2009 |

NORTON SHORES, Mich. (AP) -- So, what do you do with poop after you scoop?

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Supreme Court Justice appears in opera

8:56 PM Mon, Oct 26, 2009 |

WASHINGTON (AP) -- She's young, she's beautiful, and she was sitting on the lap of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

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Broken nose for zombie

4:32 PM Mon, Oct 26, 2009 |

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- It's a zombie attack.

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Paint your place pink, property value plummets?

12:30 PM Mon, Oct 26, 2009 |

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- It's pink. But it's not pretty -- at least to some neighbors in West Lafayette, Ind.

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Bears target vans more than any other vehicle

10:29 AM Mon, Oct 26, 2009 |

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) -- See minivan -- think mom mobile.

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PC pounding at Purdue University

8:28 AM Mon, Oct 26, 2009 |

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- It's a chance to get revenge for all those computer error messages.

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Blogging for a boyfriend

6:57 AM Mon, Oct 26, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tamara Duricka had her blog -- now she has her man.

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For Yosemite bears, dinner arrives in a minivan

4:17 PM Sun, Oct 25, 2009 |

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) -- What's bigger than a picnic basket and even better than one in the eyes of black bears that live in Yosemite National Park?

A study published this month in the Journal of Mammalogy says it's minivans driven by families with children who leave behind a trail of spilled juice boxes, Cheerios and coolers carrying other snacks.

Park scientists have found that the bears tore up minivans more fr...



No one on ballot for mayor, council

4:24 PM Sat, Oct 24, 2009 |

SPENCER MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) -- Who's on the ballot in a tiny North Carolina mill village? This year, no one.

The Charlotte Observer reports that no one has filed to run for mayor or any of the three town council seats in Spencer Mountain in Gaston County.

The incumbents say the filing deadline just sneaked up on them, but they have a solution: They'll just show up at the polls and write in each other's names.

Gaston Cou...



Play Monopoly, win real money

8:05 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 |

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A 19-year-old student from Norway wins a load of real cash -- playing Monopoly.

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No one notices campus clown

6:08 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 |

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) -- Shut your mouth and open your eyes!

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Vampires eating popcorn not sucking blood

4:09 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 |

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The vampires will be out in New Orleans tonight.

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Flash your cash, expect robbery

10:58 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 |

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A young Massachusetts woman says she should have put her money in the bank -- and she's right.

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Woman attacks intruder with toy bat

8:52 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 |

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) -- A toy bat might not seem like much of a weapon.

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Rain checks for chickens

7:51 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 |

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- The Colonel isn't chickening out of another free chicken promotion.

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Bank teller tells off robber

4:24 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 |

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Just say no! That's what a Minnesota bank teller did when she was confronted by a robber with a gun.

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Sculpture looks like 'cow splat'

2:18 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 |

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Outgoing LAPD Chief William Bratton is a bit of an art critic.

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iPod replaces DJ

12:16 PM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 |

UNDATED (AP) -- If your boss is even going to throw a holiday party this season -- don't expect too much.

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You don't want your name on this billboard

10:15 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 |

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- It's a chance to have your name in lights -- your last chance.

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Amelia Earhart influences fashion

8:13 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- The bomber jacket is likely to get cool again -- thanks to Hilary Swank.

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I am not jumping just dancing

10:00 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 |

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Jeremy Johnson isn't a jumper -- just a dancer. He's one of those guys who holds a sign by the side of the road and dances.

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Baseball card theft

8:00 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 |

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Ted Williams is missing. That's from a Canadian collector, who says his Ted Williams baseball card was stolen while he was staying at a motel in upstate New York.

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Small-Osaurus

6:00 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 |

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Call it the small-osaurus. Scientists report ID'ing the fossil bones of the smallest dinosaur discovered in North America.

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Police lose coke

2:00 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 |

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) -- Police in Naples, Fla., are looking for their coke stash.

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Medical marijuana-pot critic

12:00 PM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 |

DENVER (AP) -- Wanted: One pot reviewer.

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Goats to clean up New York park

6:51 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 |

GREAT NECK, N.Y. (AP) -- The vines got one congressman's goat.

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Ad starts controversy in New York subway stations

4:52 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- Praying for a seat won't sit well with some New York straphangers.

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Man takes car and salesman for joy ride

2:53 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 |

JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) -- It was one heck of a test drive.

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Woman shows up drunk at police station

12:54 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 |

LAFAYETTE, N.Y. (AP) -- Friends don't let friends drive drunk.

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What do pumpkins and dogs have to do with government?

8:55 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 |

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire has an official state fruit, the pumpkin.

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Presidential parent-teacher conference

6:56 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 |

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Not many parents get a police escort to their parent-teachers conference.

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Toilet seat museum has no bathroom

8:07 PM Mon, Oct 19, 2009 |

UNDATED (AP) -- They're wacky!

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Tree houses attract the child in all of us

6:03 PM Mon, Oct 19, 2009 |

ABINGDON, Va. (AP) -- It takes more than a hammer and a fistful of nails to build a treehouse.

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'Well-dressed' intruder is hungry

2:06 PM Mon, Oct 19, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- A dapper looking dude is feeling the heat -- charged with breaking into a New York City firehouse.

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Double the diplomas...

12:04 PM Mon, Oct 19, 2009 |

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) -- Thirteen times two.

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A bowling birthday

8:49 AM Mon, Oct 19, 2009 |

MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- Floyd Burns has big plans tomorrow for his 80th birthday.

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Town uses goats to clear meadow, save a buck

3:53 PM Sat, Oct 17, 2009 |

ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) -- A Boston suburb has some new landscapers that will work for food -- a half-dozen goats clearing and maintaining an overgrown public meadow.

Under a pilot program in Andover, Lucy McKain's dairy goats will rotate their grazing around the meadow for an all-you-can-eat buffet of grass, brush and other growth. The goats can clear as much as a half acre every three days at no cost.

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Teen faces 'V for Vendetta' charge

9:13 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 |

AYER, Mass. (AP) -- Authorities say an 18-year-old man faces a charge of disorderly conduct for donning a mask like in the movie "V for Vendetta" to terrorize central Massachusetts residents.

The Sentinel and Enterprise of Fitchburg reported Friday that the sightings began Sept. 30 when a group of teenagers began wearing the masks to scare one another.

Police say one teen got carried away and began peering into residents' windo...



Long jump world record

6:35 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 |

UNDATED (AP) -- Travis Pastrana has big plans for New Year's Eve.

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Cat lover dresses up as famous cat

4:40 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 |

UNDATED (AP) -- So, what's Fluffy going to be for this Halloween?

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Don't break a leg

2:40 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 |

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Winning a multimillion dollar Powerball jackpot can be hazardous to your health.

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What's the buzz with fizz?

10:42 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 |

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some scientific whizzes are studying the fizzes.

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Texting while driving leads to hitting a police car

8:33 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 |

COVENTRY, R.I. (AP) -- Texting while driving is bad enough. But texting while driving and hitting a police cruiser is even worse.

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90-pound sea turtle leaves lake for Gulf of Mexico

11:00 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 |

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A refugee from Hurricane Ike is finally going home. An endangered sea turtle had apparently spent months trapped in a land-locked lake in southwest Louisiana.

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New York Flu Fighters

10:00 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to enlist an army of "Flu Fighters."

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Police: Man busted with weed stuck to forehead

9:41 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 |

LEBANON, Pa. (AP) -- Police in central Pennsylvania say they've nabbed a real pothead.

They say an officer spotted 29-year-old Cesar Lopez inside a convenience store with a bag of marijuana stuck to his forehead.

Investigators say Lopez was seen peering inside his baseball cap early Saturday morning in Lebanon, about 75 miles northwest of Philadelphia. When Lopez looked up, the officer noticed a small plastic bag appearing to c...



The art of snowboarding

8:00 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 |

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- There's an art to snowboarding. And then there's art on snowboards.

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Fundraising not pumpkin smashing

6:00 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 |

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio church's fundraiser is anything but a smashing success.

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Man loses wallet instead of robbing home

4:00 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 |

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Losing his wallet was a would-be robber's mistake. Trying to get it back was an even bigger blunder.

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'The Lost Symbol' turns into the stolen book

2:00 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 |

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- The latest Dan Brown mystery involves what some might consider a rather obscure language.

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Church plans to burn Bibles, Christian books

10:41 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 |

CANTON, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina pastor says his church plans to burn Bibles and books by Christian authors on Halloween to light a fire under true believers.

Pastor Marc Grizzard told Asheville TV station WLOS that the King James version of the Bible is the only one his small western North Carolina church follows. He says all other versions, such as the Living Bible, are "satanic" and "perversions" of God's word.

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You need a permit for that pink flamingo

8:10 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 |

BALTIMORE (AP) -- The giant pink flamingo needs a permit.

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College students: Say so long to beer pong

6:09 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 |

TROY, N.Y. (AP) -- Beer pong and swine flu don't mix.

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Drinking, robbing, sleeping

4:10 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 |

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- You could call it a case of drinking and robbing.

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Woman calls cops reporting her weed was stolen

2:12 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 |

BRANT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Who are you going to call when someone rips off your pot plants?

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No breakfast in bed at Bonnie and Clyde's

10:15 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 |

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- You won't be able to spend the night at Bonnie and Clyde's place.

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From mood rings to mood bracelets

8:14 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 |

AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Think mood ring for investors.

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A thousand pound statue can't just walk away...

8:06 PM Tue, Oct 13, 2009 |

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- You've gotta ask, who would steal a chain saw carving?

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Governor Schwarzenegger bans cow tail docking

6:59 PM Tue, Oct 13, 2009 |

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- If contented cows produce better milk, than California's dairy industry may be in for a boost.

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La. police: Pickle smell might lead to thieves

3:23 PM Tue, Oct 13, 2009 |

SLIDELL, La. (AP) -- Police in Louisiana say the pungent smell of pickles or jalapenos may lead to the perpetrators of a crime.

Police in Slidell, a small town just east of New Orleans, are asking parents to call authorities if their children came home smelling like pickles or jalapenos over the weekend, or if they hear about students selling lots of candy.

Capt. Kevin Foltz says thieves stole $1,000 worth of ca...



Divorce dispute drags on

12:04 PM Tue, Oct 13, 2009 |

FAIRFIELD, N.J. (AP) -- Most divorce disputes don't drag on 12 years -- especially over a dough mixer.


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Mayor helps man and is robbed!

10:02 AM Tue, Oct 13, 2009 |

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Not even a mayor is immune to street crime.

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Pieces of Elvis: Hair and sweat

8:52 AM Tue, Oct 13, 2009 |

CHICAGO (AP) -- The fantasy of every Elvis Presley fan -- well, at least the female ones.

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Carry your wife, win money

6:06 PM Mon, Oct 12, 2009 |

NEWRY, Maine (AP) -- Sometimes, the man of the family has to carry a lot -- especially during a wife-carrying competition.

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Running out of oil?

4:30 PM Mon, Oct 12, 2009 |

DENVER (AP) -- If gas prices really pinch your wallet when they bump up, you better hope some people meeting in Denver over the next few days are dead wrong.

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If you drink you won't drive

2:33 PM Mon, Oct 12, 2009 |

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- It's just gotten harder to drive drunk in California -- but only in four counties.

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Munchkins in a Madoff mask

12:34 PM Mon, Oct 12, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- Want your kids to give the neighbors a real fright this Halloween?

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Behind the wheel, not in the coffin

10:31 AM Mon, Oct 12, 2009 |

BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- It was not your usual funeral visitation.

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Making this dead town more like downtown

8:09 AM Mon, Oct 12, 2009 |

PRESTON, Kan. (AP) -- The little town of Preston in central Kansas looks to be on its deathbed, but may get new life from -- an undertaker.

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Couple wins wife-carrying championship

9:17 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 |

NEWRY, Maine (AP) -- A Maine couple has taken the crown in the North American Wife Carrying Championship over a course that featured a muddy water hole and two log obstacles.

Dave and Lacey Castro of Lewiston came in first among 41 teams to win Saturday's competition at Sunday River ski resort in Newry. They covered the 278-yard course in 54.45 seconds.

For their effort, the couple won 97-pound Lacey Castro's weight in beer and...



Man in jail a week for mistaken identity

3:59 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 |

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a 44-year-old North Carolina man spent a week in jail because he has the same name as a suspect 23 years younger.

The News & Record of Greensboro reported Saturday that Jesse Ray Hardy Jr. of Greenville was arrested Monday, then taken to jail 160 miles away to face charges of resisting an officer, breaking and entering and failing to yield to a pedestrian.

Court officials say the real su...



Suspect in his 70s robs bank

4:25 PM Sat, Oct 10, 2009 |

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A man in his 70s has robbed a bank branch inside a San Diego supermarket.

Police investigators say the man handed a teller a note demanding cash Friday at the U.S. Bank inside a Vons supermarket in the Carmel Valley neighborhood. The man said he had a gun, but no weapon was seen.

He escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Investigators say the suspect may be responsible for similar robberies at ban...



929 gallons of moonshine found in mountains

1:08 PM Sat, Oct 10, 2009 |

WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina authorities say they have found 929 gallons of moonshine under a shed in the mountains.

State Alcohol Law Enforcement officials say 63-year-old Roger Lee Nance of Wilkesboro was arrested Wednesday on charges including possession of non-tax-paid liquor for the purpose of selling.

Agency director John Ledford says it's one of the biggest mountain busts he can remember.

Spokeswoman P...



Food stamps swapped for booze, Viagra

6:10 PM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 |

DETROIT (AP) -- Viagra and pornography are not staples on the government's food stamp list. But authorities say a Detroit liquor store supplied them during a series of illegal deals.

Federal prosecutors filed fraud charges this week against three people who worked at Jefferson's Liquor Palace.

The alleged scheme worked this way: Food stamp recipients would get cash from the store in exchange for swiping larger amounts off their...



Squirrels at school

6:06 PM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 |

KENT, Ohio (AP) -- Kent State University is going nuts -- over its unusual black squirrels.

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A secure house; Scarface style

4:09 PM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 |

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) -- It was good enough for Al Capone and it soon can be all yours.

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A smoky world record

10:08 AM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 |

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- It's one monster of a stogie. Cigar maker Wally Reyes yesterday started rolling what he hopes is a smoke nearly a block long.

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Find Maverick the missing mutt

8:05 AM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 |

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Maverick, the missing pooch, is back in his Cleveland home.

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Nude intrudes

8:23 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 |

SLIDELL, La. (AP) -- Police in Slidell, La., are looking for a naked guy. Capt. Kevin Foltz says a nude man broke into a home, cooked a meal, had several drinks and took a shower.

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Bullet proof clothes

6:20 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 |

MIAMI (AP) -- It's high fashion for the highly worried.

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Fighting over football and females

2:22 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 |

EATON, Colo. (AP) -- Girls playing football is still controversial.

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Hunting for a U.S. Senate candidate

10:21 AM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 |

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- It's easy to spot U.S. Senate candidate Dave Westlake.

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Making an arrest with a GPS

8:21 AM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 |

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- Police say the GPS device did its job -- tracking a parolee to a bank stickup.

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Speeding old school style

8:00 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 |

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) -- Jeremy Bolduc feels the need for speed -- old school style. He recently set a new national speed record on a 1936 Indian Chief motorcycle. He averaged 99.8 miles per hour over the Utah salt flats.

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Books and bucks at Barnes and Noble

6:00 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 |

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Leslie Lorentzen found more than a good book at a Barnes and Noble in Anchorage, Alaska. She spotted a bank envelope stuffed with cash in the bookstore's restroom.

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Web cam catches burglary

4:00 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 |

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) -- It's a case of long-distance crime-stoppers. Police in Midwest City, Okla., got a tip from a woman in Philippines about teenagers ripping off an apartment.

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Target audience: Jail inmates

2:00 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 |

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP) -- Talk about a captive audience! Well, a southwest Florida sheriff's department is selling ad time on jailhouse TVs.

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Read this guide before you dine

10:52 AM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- Hold the booze, skip the appetizers and forget about dessert.

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All I want for Christmas is from Neiman Marcus

9:51 AM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sure, it's the Great Recession -- but some people have money to spend, and plenty of it, too.

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Fluffy the pet python

6:41 PM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 |

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Fluffy isn't a cuddly little pet. Fluffy just might be the world's longest snake, at more than 24 feet.

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Felons on a farm

4:39 PM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 |

DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (AP) -- Running into a corn maze probably isn't the best move for a wanted felon.

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The more doughnuts you eat, the less exercise you get

2:38 PM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 |

EUREKA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- There's the Tour de Franc -- and then there's Le Tour de Donut.

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Not a crook, but a drunk

12:37 PM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 |

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) -- Clerks at one Iowa convenience store are quick to give up the cash.

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Males smell better than females...

10:21 AM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 |

UNDATED (AP) -- Something stinks in Washington -- and it has nothing to do with politics.

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Pizza Hut lifts its wings

8:43 AM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 |

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Pizza with wings doesn't fly.

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Vampires vow till death do us part at wedding

8:42 PM Mon, Oct 05, 2009 |

COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio bride and ghoul have vowed to love each other and haunt and howl at the moon together at a Halloween-themed wedding.

Sixty-one-year-old Jack Holsinger and 44-year-old Connie Spitznagel were both made up as pale-faced vampires for their scare-emoney Saturday night at a haunted house near Cleveland. The two chose the location because it's operated by the same people who own a campground where the co...



A collection of Camaros

8:34 PM Mon, Oct 05, 2009 |

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Matt Schon has a new Camaro, but it's far from his first.

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Seven-foot-tall pumpkin carries eight people

6:33 PM Mon, Oct 05, 2009 |

CHESWOLD, Del. (AP) -- Jerry Caldwell's carriage won't be turning into a pumpkin -- because it already is a pumpkin.

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Frying food with fewer calories

4:36 PM Mon, Oct 05, 2009 |

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- It's fries without the fried.

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No slobs at sea

2:37 PM Mon, Oct 05, 2009 |

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) -- Cooking instructor Darryl McKnight has one bit of advice for his students -- "throwing up is not an option."

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No gun and on the run

10:38 AM Mon, Oct 05, 2009 |

HAVERHILL, Mass. (AP) -- No gun -- no cash. Police in Haverhill, Mass., report a convenience store clerk refused the demands of a would-be crook.

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There's no place like home...

8:40 AM Mon, Oct 05, 2009 |

STERLING, Ill. (AP) -- There's no place like home -- for a homing pigeon.

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Cops: Told to stop cursing, couple at KFC beat man

9:25 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 |

NORWELL, Mass. (AP) -- Authorities say a couple, upset over the slowness of their Kentucky Fried Chicken order, assaulted a man who asked them to stop yelling profanities for the sake of children in line.

The couple was arrested Thursday after witnesses told police the couple beat the man as he was leaving the restaurant.

Police say 31-year-old Jared Garfagna of Marshfield punched the man in the head, and then Garfagna's girlfr...



What is black, pink, and read all over?

6:24 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 |

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- The news in one Texas paper wasn't in black and white yesterday -- it was in black and pink.

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District of Chickens

4:23 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 |

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The "C" in D.C. could stand for chickens.

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Add cells to jail, cut energy bill

2:22 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 |

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Cells of a different sort could be coming to a Colorado jail.

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Hamsters, hot for the holidays!

12:18 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- Want a hot a toy for your kids' Christmas?

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Former Dodgers player sets record

10:16 AM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 |

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) -- Tony Malinosky didn't set any records while he was in a Dodgers' uniform.

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Do me a favor: Don't burn the Favre gear

8:11 AM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 |

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) -- Fire officials are dousing the idea of burning Brett.

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College ready for flesh-eating zombie attack

7:41 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 |

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- No one expects a zombie apocalypse. But the University of Florida is making sure officials are ready for a night of the living dead, just in case.

The school has a plan for responding to the undead on its Web site among outlines for dealing with hurricanes and pandemics.

The exercise lays out how university officials would respond to attacks by "flesh-eating, apparently life impaired individuals." It n...



Chili's restaurant almost lost its pepper

6:14 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 |

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- A pepper prank is burning some students.

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Tractor-trailer tailgaters beware!

4:16 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 |

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Smokey's riding in a big rig.

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Woman confronts culprit

2:17 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 |

YORK, Pa. (AP) -- Tina Graham is no linebacker.

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Washington is out of this world

12:17 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 |

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tourists in Washington can now see the stars.

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Robber can't save face with MySpace

10:19 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 |

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Confession may be good for the soul.

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Sharp-dressed suspect

8:18 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 |

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ronald Tackman might look like a lawyer.

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