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- Guy kidnaps ex-girlfriend to get ironing done (Reuters)
- Abandoned baby found safe with dog (Reuters)
- Texas councilman tells teens to hoist saggy pants (AP)
- Cash found in Ohio house's walls becomes nightmare (AP)
- Christmas chicken defies recession in Japan (Reuters)
- 3D gives taste of life and combat in ancient Rome (Reuters)
- Charity worker finds $7,500 among donated shoes (AP)
- World's ugliest dog dies after battle with cancer (AP)
- Big purse stops bullet from hitting Tenn. student (AP)
- 9-year-old boy caught driving to grandma's house (Reuters)
- Michelle Obama's election outfit gets dressing down (Reuters)
- Policeman jailed for sex on the job (Reuters)
- Cops have tough time finding sober driver for boy (AP)
- Busted drug dealers' bling being auctioned by NC (AP)
- Ohio homeowner who found money in walls bankrupt (AP)
- Deputy suspended for using Taser to wake inmate (AP)
- Armed bandits target man's jug of loose change (AP)
- World's ugliest dog dies after battle with cancer (AP)
- Cops have tough time finding sober driver for boy (AP)
- China police chief arrests 48 relatives (Reuters)
- Peru offers bald dog of Incas to Obama family (Reuters)
- Clergyman says church has vanished (Reuters)
- Naked Japan major nabbed with women's underwear (Reuters)
- "Little House on the Prairie," adults-only version! (Reuters)
- Woman found living with three dead siblings (Reuters)
- Woman dies after fall into boiling water (Reuters)
- Galapagos bachelor tortoise struggles to be a dad (Reuters)
- Mass. bank robber allegedly caught 'red handed' (AP)
- Man allegedly steals communion wafers during mass (AP)
- Police say man speeds away after handing over ID (AP)
- Artist creates 'Public Prayer Booths' in NYC (AP)
- Feds: NYC man claimed liquid drug was 'holy water' (AP)
- Man stopped for tinting wrongly held for murder (AP)
- Littering bust lands man in jail on drug charges (AP)
- Ark. police: Burglars sold silver ingot for $30 (AP)
- Police say man speeds away after handing over ID (AP)
- Police say robber was really caught 'red handed' (AP)
- Man allegedly steals communion wafers from priest (AP)
- Woman finds frozen pig head on pole in her yard (AP)
- Man calls cops but leaves pot pipe in plain sight (AP)
- Cat missing for over 13 years back with owners (AP)
- Japan governor under fire for Tokyo quake comments (Reuters)
- Peru offers bald dog of Incas to Obamas (Reuters)
- Ferrari boss smashed TV after F1 finale (Reuters)
- Brazil gang robs, blows up police station (Reuters)
- Hoax NY Times newspaper declares end of Iraq war (Reuters)
- Fishing show in rough water over propaganda (Reuters)
- Prisoner, too fat for cell, released early (Reuters)
- Desert park closed to stop summer deaths (Reuters)
- Pigskin pickin' camel says Pats will top Jets (AP)
- Call to action: Pastor issuing 7-day sex challenge (AP)
- Ohio gym hit by thieves who take boxing ring (AP)
- Man allegedly attacks girlfriend over macaroni (AP)
- Man tosses items under car after traffic stop (AP)
- Cambodian Buddhists abuzz about Buddha hive (AP)
- Canada brewery launches bitter ale for tough times (Reuters)
- Man allegedly attacks girlfriend over macaroni (AP)
- Pigskin pickin' camel says Pats will top Jets (AP)
- Homeless man's nap damages church organ pipes (AP)
- Old threads: Wis. man creates mammoth twine ball (AP)
- Singapore organisers lament Poulter pull-out (Reuters)
- Australia resort plans nude "anything goes" party (Reuters)
- Surfer has close encounter with whale in Australia (AP)
- Police chief arrests 48 relatives (Reuters)
- Stolen driver forces Poulter out of Open (Reuters)
- Fire at movie effects company kills two (Reuters)
- Canadian prisoner, too fat for cell, released early (Reuters)
- County treasurer defeated by 'teenybopper' student (AP)
- French sheep breeders take flocks to Eiffel Tower (Reuters)
- Jilted lover accidentally blows up building (Reuters)
- Man returns stolen relics to Russian monastery (Reuters)
- Man accused of urinating on arresting officer (AP)
- Trooper cites pair for DUI in single traffic stop (AP)
- Russian Orthodox church stolen — brick by brick (AP)
- Man arrives at bar with pet alligator; Cops called (AP)
- Woman gets jail for using kids in volleyball scam (AP)
- 430-pound convict released early due to obesity (AP)
- Man marks 101st birthday with spin in vintage car (AP)
- Beer truck driver accused of driving drunk (AP)
- "Pregnant man" pregnant again (Reuters)
- Robber threatens to complain after finding no cash (AP)
- "Pregnant man" pregnant again (Reuters)
- Russian Orthodox church stolen — brick by brick (AP)
- Trooper cites pair for DUI in single traffic stop (AP)
- Man accused of urinating on arresting officer (AP)
- Purified urine to be astronauts' drinking water (Reuters)
- Tomboy protests a security threat? (Reuters)
- Railroad attacked for ordering children off trains (Reuters)
- Fishing show in rough water over propaganda (Reuters)
- Virtual affair leads to real divorce for UK couple (AP)
- Boy allegedly hits mom with saw, offers her $5 (AP)
- Mayor to town folk: You're too stupid to work with (AP)
- Man arrives at bar with pet alligator; cops called (AP)
- Beer truck driver accused of driving drunk (AP)
- Space shuttle Endeavour launched from Florida (Reuters)
- Lucky man survives after being run over by train (AP)
- Boy allegedly hits mom with saw, offers her $5 (AP)
- Cops use greasy fingerprints to nab hungry burglar (AP)
- California ordered to prepare for sea-level rise (Reuters)
- Plagued by fungus? Bacteria? Try copper socks (Reuters)
- Times Square getting its first 'green' billboard (AP)
- Climber plumps for portable toilets for Everest (Reuters)
- Russian pawn shops boom in financial crisis (Reuters)
- Dutch couple in India pays $200 for "special" samosas (Reuters)
- Italy's new combat jet trainer a flying pizza pie? (Reuters)
- Podgiest pets compete in slimming contest (Reuters)
- Resort plans nude "anything goes" party (Reuters)
- Preacher with 86 wives gets court reprieve (Reuters)
- Maine man sheds 140 pounds to join the Marines (AP)
- Driver sentenced for throwing axe at motorist (AP)
- Motorist accused of throwing wrench at vehicle (AP)
- Skull with built-in sauna turns heads in Austria (AP)
- Woman accused of forging her parents' checks again (AP)
- Iowa magician, hand model sues over snipped finger (AP)
- Goodwill finds man who mistakenly donated $7,500 (AP)
- Man accused of dousing neighbor for a 'confession' (AP)
- Man in wheelchair allegedly hides cash in leg (AP)
- China farmer avoids jail in fake tiger photo trial (Reuters)
- Kangaroo genes close to humans (Reuters)
- Top Japan anti-drink cop caught drunk driving (Reuters)
- City threatens blind woman over unpaid 1-cent bill (AP)
- Ky. inmate who escaped jail returns on own (AP)
- Maine man sheds 140 pounds to join the Marines (AP)
- Climber plumps for portable toilets for Everest (Reuters)
- Ancient Greeks pre-empted Dead Parrot sketch (Reuters)
- Boy makes rare recovery from rabies (Reuters)
- Austrian city imposes tracksuit ban for cabbies (AP)
- New constable allows friend to fire gun into air (AP)
- Man nabbed after hitting girlfriend with sandwich (AP)
- World's oldest polar bear dies at Canadian zoo (Reuters)
- Driver loses control after sneeze, hits river (AP)
- Man nabbed after hitting girlfriend with sandwich (AP)
- New constable allows friend to fire gun into air (AP)
- German lawmaker apologises for blocking Wikipedia (Reuters)
- Mass. woman's 1 cent debt paid in full (AP)
- Gaffe-prone Japan PM apologises over doctor remark (Reuters)
- 'That's my cat!' says man with bat (AP)
- Undercover officers use Taser on pallbearer (AP)
- Ind. inmates sneak through ceiling to have sex (AP)
- Rapper gets 20 years after writing shooting song (AP)
- Parliament picks bomb hoaxer as speaker (Reuters)
- Couple pays $200 for "special" samosas (Reuters)
- Pudgiest pets compete in slimming contest (Reuters)
- Ind. inmates sneak through ceiling to have sex (AP)
- Rapper gets 20 years after writing shooting song (AP)
- Thieves pry bronze Virgin Mary statue from church (AP)
- Undercover officers use Taser on pallbearer in North Carolina (AP)
- Mass. woman's 1 cent debt paid in full (AP)
- Irate man wields bat to liberate his lost cat (AP)
- General and daughter enjoy Thai-style family feud (Reuters)
- Obese have right to 2 airline seats (Reuters)
- Dog hits controls, drives van into coffee house (AP)
- Top anti-drink cop caught drunk driving (Reuters)
- Cell phone in man's chest pocket stops bullet (AP)
- Octogenarian charged with dealing pain pills (AP)
- Mass. cops puzzled by butcher-quality meat chunks (AP)
- NY couple, trucker help injured butterfly migrate (AP)
- Lawmaker apologizes for blocking Wikipedia (Reuters)
- Manual issued to stop forced marriages (Reuters)
- Farmer avoids jail in fake tiger photo trial (Reuters)
- Volunteers make 143 tons of spicy kimchi in Seoul (AP)
- Woman wins $2.4M in her first trip to Vegas (AP)
- Warrant, cocaine lead to job seeker's arrest (AP)
- Priest gets probation for jogging nude at track (AP)
- Cell phone in man's chest pocket stops bullet (AP)
- Woman wins $2.4 million on her first trip to Las Vegas (AP)
- Warrant, cocaine lead to job seeker's arrest (AP)
- Octogenarian charged with dealing pain pills (AP)
- Dog hits controls, drives van into coffee house (AP)
- Man accused of getting SUV stuck on edge of cliff (AP)
- Mass. cops puzzled by butcher-quality meat chunks (AP)
- Man says cell phone saved him from stray bullet (AP)
- For toilet-less Vermont library, a new chapter (AP)
- Search widened for cardboard box fugitive (Reuters)
- Chile probes Pinochet "disappeared" back from dead (Reuters)
- Speeding drivers face ban for two offenses (Reuters)
- 3,300 prisoners to be freed early (Reuters)
- Robber apologizes during Vt. general store holdup (AP)
- Cops: Man steals woman's rings after grabbing dog (AP)
- Bus driver accused of braking hard to topple pupil (AP)
- Neb. police arrest 'Butt Bandit' vandalism suspect (AP)
- Venerable Texas cowboy boot maker hit by $3M theft (AP)
- Strewth! Australia drops cricket from citizenship test (Reuters)
- Cops: Man steals woman's rings after grabbing dog (AP)
- Bus driver accused of braking hard to topple pupil (AP)
- Suspect arrested for greasy imprints in Neb. town (AP)
- Panda attacks Chinese man who wanted a cuddle (Reuters)
- Ohio police nab possible 'Granny Robber' suspect (AP)
- Japanese man stabs bureaucrat over pet death (Reuters)
- APEC leaders don Andean ponchos for group photo (AP)
- It's a strike, a spare. It's turkey bowling (AP)
- Mexican transvestite fiesta rocks indigenous town (Reuters)
- NY public toilets feature TVs, tuxedoed attendants (AP)
- Spiders get their space legs (Reuters)
- Obese have right to two airline seats (Reuters)
- Australia outback mayor wins annual sexist award (Reuters)
- Maverick Thai general does the hand-grenade waltz (Reuters)
- Amsterdam closes cannabis shops (Reuters)
- Poisoned maize porridge kills 16 in Ivory Coast (Reuters)
- Crisis forces Russians to cut back vodka drinking (Reuters)
- NC carjacking suspect clubbed with frozen turkey (AP)
- Lucky man wins 2 cars, Chiefs tickets in 10 days (AP)
- Musical mystery: Who abandoned piano in the woods? (AP)
- Plenty of takers for man's basement pile of coal (AP)
- Secret Santa strikes again on NJ parkway (AP)
- Hit-and-run suspect also accused of shoe theft (AP)
- Suspect goes on wild ride with stolen ATM (AP)
- Student arrested for 'passing gas' at Fla. school (AP)
- Men guilty of selling prosthetic for drug tests (AP)
- Jet pack pilot flies across 1,500-foot-wide canyon (AP)
- Man recovering after being shot by his dog (AP)
- Men guilty of selling prosthetic for drug tests (AP)
- Man wins 2 vehicles in 10 days, Chiefs tickets (AP)
- Musical mystery: Who abandoned piano in the woods? (AP)
- Man's idea to break Kan. ATM less than smashing (AP)
- NZ billboard thief gets his own ad campaign (AP)
- Taiwan hopes for China panda love affair (Reuters)
- Poland exhumes wartime leader's body for DNA tests (Reuters)
- Welsh teen passes driving test before home rally (Reuters)
- Israelis develop software to improve your looks (Reuters)
- Seuss lawyers stop holiday Who-ville in Louisville (AP)
- Beijing brushes off Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" (Reuters)
- Tokyo restaurant says sorry on beans (Reuters)
- Man with gun under pillow forfeits licence (Reuters)
- Italian party to pay for babies named after Mussolini (Reuters)
- Crisis forces Russians to cut back vodka drinking (Reuters)
- Country faces Santa shortage (Reuters)
- 'Bird lady,' 89, told to reduce size of her flock (AP)
- Ohio police dog bites man accused of dogfighting (AP)
- NC mailman gets probation for holding junk mail (AP)
- Dogs sniff out cell phones inside NJ prisons (AP)
- Man ringing Salvation Army kettle gets a diamond (AP)
- Nebraska's 'Butt Bandit' suspect faces charges (AP)
- Fake traffic stops on YouTube lead to Wis. arrests (AP)
- Man accused of stealing teachers' frozen lunches (AP)
- Man accused of stealing 3-year-old's identity (AP)
- Accused drunk driver ends up running over himself (AP)
- Man accused of stealing teachers' frozen lunches (AP)
- Drive more than takes care of man's $3K water bill (AP)
- Ohio police dog bites man accused of dogfighting (AP)
- Man accused of stealing 3-year-old's identity (AP)
- Bra for the boys an online bestseller in Japan (Reuters)
- South Korea seeks to jail actress for adultery (Reuters)
- Malaysia backs down from yoga ban (Reuters)
- Polar bear mating doomed by gender mix-up (Reuters)
- Free drinks dry up as business media meets Wall St (Reuters)
- Michelin-ranked restaurant says sorry on beans (Reuters)
- Upset over pet, man stabs bureaucrat, wife (Reuters)
- Thief uses lubricant to swipe ring on woman's hand (AP)
- Woman with cast on foot allegedly kicks girl, cops (AP)
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