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Boo! Revelers celebrate the spookiest of holidays
A parade-goer in a monster mask marches in Greenwich Village’s Halloween parade, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008 in New York.
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Germany to air toy re-enactment of history on live TV
BERLIN (Reuters) – Two German entertainers will use hundreds of Playmobil men to re-enact the history of Germany from 1949 until 1990 on live television, a spokeswoman for the production company said on Thursday.
The re-enactment is based on a 500-page book by German historian, Hans-Ulrich Wehler [...]
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Unusual four-legged creatures found at golf course
PRIMGHAR, Iowa – The O’Brien County sheriff’s office is looking for the owner of two unusual four-legged creatures found wandering on a golf course in Primghar. Two hinnies, a cross between a stallion and a female donkey, were found about two weeks ago.
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Puppy becomes narcotics dog in Florida
LAKELAND, Fla. – When his chief told him there was no money for a new narcotics dog, Polk County Sheriff‘s Deputy John Maney went to the pound, adopted and trained a dog himself.
Maney, who has previously worked as a handler for five canines, turned down several dogs. He focused on ones that [...]
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California woman allegedly abducts dog over barking
HEMET, Calif. – An officer at a San Diego County correctional facility who had complained about the barking of her neighbor’s dog was arrested after being accused of stealing the animal and abandoning it some 15 miles away.
Diane M. Brown, 42, was arrested on suspicion of felony possession of [...]
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Men nabbed after playing ‘chicken’ with police car
BETHANY, Okla. – Three Oklahoma City men were arrested after playing “chicken” with a police car. Police said a 23-year-old man drove his car at the oncoming patrol car driven by Capt. J.D. Reid and didn’t move until Reid swerved out of the way. Reid then chased the car until it crashed. [...]
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Man urinates on dog after owner spurns sex
MANITOWOC, Wis. – A 36-year-old man took revenge on his roommate after she refused to have sex with him by allegedly urinating on her dog, police said. Police said the man was arrested early Thursday morning on tentative charges of criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct related to domestic [...]
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Man sues prosecutor to get his leg back
ALLIANCE, Neb. – After being shot five times, a western Nebraska man had to go to court to get his prosthetic leg back from prosecutors.
The Box Butte County Attorney’s office gave Val McCabe’s leg back Wednesday after a judge ordered it returned.
McCabe‘s prosthetic left leg had [...]
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Alleged thief leaves his signature
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Police didn’t have much trouble finding a man accused of using a stolen credit card — he signed his own name on one of the receipts.
The 21-year-old Iowa City man is accused of using the credit card to buy a latte at a coffee house and to buy cigarettes at a tobacco store. [...]
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This ain’t no jive, particle physics rap is a hit
Who says science doesn’t turn people on? Kate McAlpine is a rising star on YouTube for her rap performance — about high-energy particle physics.
Her performance has drawn a half-million views so far on YouTube.
The 23-year-old Michigan State University graduate and science writer raps about the [...]
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Dead man’s visit to doctor scuttles insurance scam
As a dead man, Ahmad Akhtary shouldn’t have needed a doctor’s appointment.
Akhtary’s checkup, six months after he allegedly died in Afghanistan, scuttled his ex-wife’s attempt to collect 300,000 pounds (US$550,000) on a life insurance policy.
At a court hearing last week in Gloucester, [...]
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Michigan couple tie the knot at funeral home
It generally has flowers, and a clergyman is often present, but this was a first for a local funeral home.
Jason and Rachael Storm held their wedding at Starks and Menchinger Family Funeral Home, where he is a funeral director.
Their reception, including dinner and dancing, also was held at the funeral [...]
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Malaysian man gets nut stuck around penis
A Malaysian welder had to have a nut removed from around his penis after an attempt to lengthen it before he gets engaged next week went embarrassingly wrong, a news report said Sunday.
The nut got stuck on his penis following an erection, the Star newspaper said, forcing him to seek help at a hospital [...]
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Modesto man tries to amputate own arm
Police say a man tried to cut off his own arm at a restaurant in Modesto, Calif., because he thought he had injected air into a vein while shooting cocaine and feared he would die unless he took drastic action.
Authorities say 33-year-old Michael Lasiter rushed into the Denny’s restaurant late [...]
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Japan says no word from China on dumpling poisoning
Japan’s Foreign Ministry denied on Saturday media reports that Beijing had for the first time acknowledged that pesticide-laced dumplings — at the heart of a bilateral row — had probably been contaminated in China.
Japanese media, including NHK public television, said China had told [...]
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