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Wisconsin Suspect Records Himself Taunting Police
A suspect in a Wisconsin theft is in jail after he filmed himself revealing his name, showing his face and admitting he stole the video camera he was using at that moment.
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Iowa Man With Zebra, Parrot In Truck Gets DUI
An Iowa man stopped outside a Dubuque bar with a small zebra and a parrot in his truck has been charged with drunken driving.
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Woman Drops Bank Robbery Attempt Midway Through
A would-be bank robber apparently changed her mind midway through the crime, but police are still looking for her.
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Wanted: Bigfoot Hair Samples For European Study
European researchers say new techniques to analyze DNA could help crack the mystery of whether Bigfoot exists.
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City Official Consults Ouija Board Before Vote
A San Francisco supervisor says he consulted a Ouija board before city leaders voted on whether to recommend naming a Navy ship after slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk.
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Agent: 'OMG' Diet Book Subject Of 7-Figure Deal
The author of a self-published diet book that advocates skipping breakfast and taking cold baths has agreed to lucrative deals with British and U.S. publishers.
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Tons Of Pot Found Floating Off Southern California
A boater spotted 160 bales of pot around noon Sunday about 15 miles off the coast of Dana Point.
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NY Cops: Woman Speeds Off In Ambulance, Crashes
Police say a woman who stole an ambulance at a New York hospital led them on a chase that reached almost 100 mph before she crashed.
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Ohio Pair Get Engaged After Running Half-Marathon
An Akron couple is celebrating after their half-marathon ended up being a sort of race to the altar.
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Man Wears Underwear On Head During Burglary
Police in southwest Idaho say a man chose briefs over boxers to wear on his head as he held up a coffee shop and stole a safe.
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Lucas Auctioning First Flush Of Giant Toilet
The center of attention at the June 2 party will be a blinged-out giant toilet.
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"Green Cemetery" - A New Natural Burial Trend
It’s called natural burial, a “green” way to save the environment and money. Wichita is about to become one of the very few cities in the country to offer it.
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Moose On The Loose Triggers Police Chase In Utah
Utah wildlife officials say a moose went on a jaunt through neighborhoods north of Logan and triggered a police chase.
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Michigan Boy Finds Finger Piece In Arby's Sandwich
The restaurant chain Arby's has apologized after a Michigan teen bit into the fleshy, severed pad of an employee's finger that had found its way into the boy's junior roast beef sandwich.
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Youth Stripped Of Record For Fishy Story
A Longmont teenager has been stripped of his record for a 31-pound, 8-ounce striped bass after he admitted he lied about where he caught it.
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Family Sues California Mortuary Over Switched Bodies
A family is suing a mortuary over a body switch that resulted in a grandmother being buried in another woman's clothes in a California cemetery instead of an above-ground crypt in Nicaragua.
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Workers Go Trash-Picking For Woman's Rings
An Attleboro, Mass., woman is praising the city's trash collection company after its workers helped her dig through mountains of stinking garbage to find five valuable rings she inadvertently threw away, including her engagement and wedding bands.
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Man Freed On Bond But Must Write Book Reports
A man charged in an undercover sting operation in Northern California that ended in gunfire has been ordered released on bond on the condition that he read and write book reports.
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Truck Crashes On NY Highway, Spills Tons Of Yogurt
A truck hauling 36,000 pounds of Chobani yogurt was traveling west on Interstate 88 when it crashed on a curve and overturned late Monday night.
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Calif. Family Wakes To Find Lexus In Their Pool
The Diaz family awoke to find a Lexus at the bottom of their swimming pool.
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Washington Man Bitten By Rattlesnake At Idaho Wal-Mart
A man says he reached down to pick up a stick lying in the gardening aisle of a Wal-Mart in Idaho, only to discover that it was a rattlesnake that then bit his hand.
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ABC Televising Tightrope Walk Over Niagara Falls
ABC is turning Nik Wallenda's attempted tightrope walk over Niagara Falls into a prime-time television event next month.
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Guinness Recognizes Surfer For Riding 78-Foot Wave
The record-keeping agency is acknowledging a 44-year-old Hawaii surfer for riding a 78-foot wave off the coast of Portugal.
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Teen's Body Spray Sets Off School Fire Alarm
Officials say a fire alarm that went off at a Connecticut high school was activated by a student's "overabundance" of body spray in a locker room.
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Calico Lobster On Display At New England Aquarium
The aquarium in Boston says it has a calico lobster that could be a 1-in-30 million find.
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Hijacked Horse Foils Would-Be Thief
Authorities say the crime on Tuesday was foiled when the horse pulling the carriage ran to its barn.
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Naked Unicyclist Charged For Distracting Drivers
Police say a man arrested in a Southeast Texas city for riding his unicycle in the nude was distracting drivers and creating a hazard.
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Prom Chaperones Facing Charges Over Dancing Crackdown
Two prom chaperones are facing charges after they were accused of using a spray disinfectant to stop what they considered dirty dancing by students.
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Peacock Spotted Along I-70 Near Eudora
Drivers along the Kansas Turnpike near Eudora are reporting they have seen a peacock wandering around along the shoulder of eastbound Interstate 70 near the Tonganoxie-Eudora exit.
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'Fifty Shades' Too Steamy For Some Library Shelves
Public libraries in several states are pulling the racy romance trilogy "Fifty Shades of Grey" from shelves or deciding not to order the best-seller at all.
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Mexican Topless Candidate Sparks Debate
Social networking sites are buzzing with debate over a Mexican congressional candidate who released a campaign poster showing herself topless.
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Mother Makes Girl, 12, Wear Diaper For Bad Grades
Police say a Minnesota mother and her boyfriend shaved the head of her 12-year-old daughter and made her run up and down the street in a diaper because she wasn't getting good grades.
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Cops: NY Man With $5,000 Refuses To Pay $12 Fare
Police say a New York man who refused to pay a $12 taxi fare was carrying more than $5,000 when the cabbie drove him around looking for cheap cigarettes.
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Thieves Steal Corona Trailer
Police in central Pennsylvania are searching for a missing beer trailer loaded with about 1,800 cases of Corona.
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St. Louis Now Home To Biggest Chess Piece
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis on Monday unveiled a king piece that stands 14 feet, 6 inches tall.
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Nebraska Man Changes Name To Tyrannosaurus Rex
The man entered the York County courtroom on Monday as Tyler Gold and left it with the moniker Tyrannosaurus Rex Joseph Gold.
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Gassy Dinosaurs Helped Warm Earth
A new study suggests that dinosaurs may have helped keep an already overheated world warmer with their flatulence and burps 200 million years ago.
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Another Obscene Ornament Ticket Written In South Carolina
For the second time in a year, a motorist has been ticketed in South Carolina for displaying a replica of testicles on a vehicle.
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"Crab" Chips, Fruity Oreos? They're Big Overseas
Russians prefer their Lay's potato chips dusted in caviar and crab flavors.
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Famed Obese New Mexico Cat 'Meow' Dies
A cat that got national attention for tipping the scales at 39 pounds has died.
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A Man And His Monkey Pulled Over In Florida
A Florida man is charged with felony drunken driving and wildlife violations after police discovered a small monkey in his truck.
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Teen Points Out Inaccurate Map To NYC's Met Museum
A Connecticut teenager says workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City didn't believe him when he pointed out an inaccuracy with a map on display showing the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century.
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Police: Man Breaks Into Store For Candy Bars
Police in Massachusetts have arrested a man they say was so desperate for a sugar fix that he smashed the glass front door of a closed convenience store.
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Expert: 'Unheard Of' For Someone To Be Forgotten In Cell
A San Diego college student who'd been swept up in a drug raid was left in a holding cell for four days.
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Tulip Time Festival In Michigan May Be 'Stemfest'
The annual Tulip Time festival in West Michigan is looking like it might be more of a "stemfest" thanks to unseasonably warm weather that brought out blooming flowers earlier than usual this year.
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Study: Thinking About Death Could Be Good
Thoughts of death can make people more helpful and make healthy changes, like exercising or quitting cigarettes.
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Bad Dog To Get New Life As Prison Guard
The bad dog of the neighborhood has received a life prison sentence.
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Bouncy House Cushions Bear's Fall From Tree
When a black bear climbed a tree in a central Arkansas city and refused to come down, authorities turned to unconventional rescue tools: bouncy houses.
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Police Arrest Man For Paying With Real $50
Police in Tennessee thought the bill was counterfeit after a convenience store clerk called them.
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Woman Balks At Paying Old Debt To New Jersey
A Massachusetts woman who got a bill for $73 from the state of New Jersey for a decades-old debt says she has no intention of paying.
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