Outrage: 9/11 Survivor's Account Questioned
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Sep,28
Tania Head, former president of the World Trade Center Survivors Network, a prominent 9/11 survivors' group, may have fabricated her story.
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6 Catholic Nuns Excommunicated For Heresy
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Sep,28
Six Catholic nuns have been excommunicated for heresy after refusing to give up membership in a Canadian sect whose founder claims to be possessed by the Virgin Mary, the Diocese of Little Rock announced Wednesday.
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Brazil Makes Extra Power For Soap Opera
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Sep,27
Brazil's national electricity grid is laying on extra energy to avoid a nationwide blackout Friday when the final chapter of the hit soap opera "Tropical Paradise" airs, officials said Thursday.
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Man Pleads Guilty In School Shoe Thefts
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Sep,27
A Kenosha man pleaded guilty Thursday to breaking into area schools and stealing more than 1,500 pairs of girls' shoes in a deal that calls for prosecutors to recommend probation.
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2-Headed Turtle Goes On Display In Pa.
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Sep,27
A two-headed turtle captured by a turtle collector is a rare example of a conjoined-twin birth, its owner said.
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Crew Paints Over Roadkill Raccoon In Illinois
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Sep,27
A photograph sent to CBS stattion WBBM-TV in Chicago shows a raccoon dead in the middle of a Lemont street, and yellow stripes painted right over its body by road crews.
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Bill Clinton, Eatery At Odds Over Chelsea Photo
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Sep,27
A celebrity photo has led a former president to send a threatening letter to a New York restaurant owner. On Tuesday night, President Bill Clinton demanded that a Manhattan restaurant remove a picture of his daughter Chelsea.
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Alligator Found Walking Along New York Roadway
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Sep,27
A 31/2-foot alligator has been captured walking along a Long Island roadway.
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Nurse Gives Birth To 9th Child In SUV
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Sep,27
David Harrah thought he had time for coffee before racing his pregnant wife and their eight children 15 miles to the hospital. Think again, Daddy.
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Lab Tech Bites Boy, 3, During Blood Test
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Sep,27
A laboratory technician was fired after the parents of a 3-year-old boy claimed she bit his shoulder during a blood test, a hospital spokesman said.
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Rotten Meat Coats Kentucky Interstate
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Sep,26
A truck carrying rotten meat crashed and spread its pungent cargo across an interstate highway Wednesday, closing part of the road for much of the day.
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Today In History - Sept. 26, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Sep,26
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 26, the 269th day of 2007. There are 96 days left in the year.
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N.J. School District Mulls Ban On Candy Cigarettes
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Sep,26
The central New Jersey township of Woodbridge is considering making it even harder for children to obtain candy and toy cigarettes.
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Mother, Daughter Charged With Hitting School Boy
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Sep,26
In St. Petersburg, Florida, police arrested 34-year-old Karen Barber and her 15-year-old daughter each on one count of simple battery.
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Woman Says She Was Fired For Not Wearing Tankini
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Sep,26
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says a Maryland marina and bar located on the Chesapeake Bay violated federal law when it refused to offer an accommodation to an employee who had undergone breast cancer treatment and fired her when she requested to be excused from its dress code policy.
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Library Fines Dead Woman For Overdue Book
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Sep,26
Even the dead apparently have to pay the fines on their overdue books at one New York County library. Elizabeth Schaper said she was charged a 50-cent late fee while turning in a book that her late mother had checked out of a Harrison Public Library branch.
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Nerds To Auction Themselves To Women
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Sep,26
Looking to recruit more women, and perhaps date some sorority girls, the largest computer club at Washington State University hopes to hold a "nerd auction."
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Coach Stops Runaway Horse By Biting Ear
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Sep,26
The coach of Oklahoma City's minor-league hockey team helped prevent a possible stampede of Belgian horses at the Oklahoma State Fair by biting one of the animals on its ear.
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Toilet To Tap? San Jose Probes Plan
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Sep,26
With water shortages a possibility looming in the state's future, this city's starting to look at what it would take to turn sewage back into water that's pure enough to drink.
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Seattle To Allow Pygmy Goats As Pets
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Sep,26
They have hoofs instead of paws and aren't known for fetching sticks or chasing mice, but pygmy goats are now legally pets in Seattle.
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N.H. Pumpkin Tosser Knocked Out By Launcher
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Sep,25
The first weekend of pumpkin flinging season ended abruptly Sunday in Greenfield when one of the operators of a catapault-like device was knocked out in a freak accident.
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Publisher Denies 'Brady Bunch' Lesbian Affair
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Sep,25
A new book by Maureen McCormick, who played Marsha on the "Brady Bunch," reportedly drops bombs about the classic sitcom, including a lesbian affair between Marsha and Jan. The book's publisher, HarperCollins imprint William Morrow, denies that McCormick will reveal an affair with Plumb.
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Family's License Plates Deemed Offensive
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Sep,25
The state of Oregon has ordered a family to turn in the vanity license plates on its cars because their Dutch last name, which is written on the plates, is similar to an offensive word.
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Man Uses Crossword Puzzle To Propose
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Sep,25
The clue was "Generic Proposal." The answer: "Will you marry me?" For Jennie Bass, the marriage proposal contained in The Boston Globe Sunday magazine was "pure elation." For her boyfriend, Aric Egmont, it meant months of planning.
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Today In History - Sept. 25, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Sep,25
Today is Tuesday, September 25, the 268th day of 2007. There are 97 days left in the year.
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Central Park Lovers Get Engaged, Mugged
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Sep,25
For richer, for poorer? It'll have to be for poorer after Luke Jacunski and his girlfriend were robbed at gunpoint just seconds after he proposed.
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Seed Banks Help Protect Rare, Endangered Plants
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Sep,24
Experts believe global warming may wipe out crucial plants we rely on for food and medicine. Sandra Hughes has more on a worldwide preservation effort in our series, "Seeds of Life."
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Clues About Obama Found In His Poker Game
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Sep,24
Barack Obama's triumph in the 2004 U.S. Senate race earned him a memorable send-off from his friends in the Illinois legislature - they emptied his wallet in a take-no-prisoners night of poker.
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Man Arrested For Beheading Duck At Minn. Hotel
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Sep,24
A 26-year-old Denver businessman was in custody Sunday for allegedly ripping the head off a live, tame duck that resided in a hotel lobby's ornamental pond.
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Threatened Duck Lays 23 Eggs In Captivity
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Sep,24
Maybe it was the private room with soft moss for nesting, or the man-made duck penthouse built to simulate the raised ridges upon which Steller's eiders like to breed in arctic Alaska. Whatever it was, it worked. A duck laid a whopping 23 eggs in two clutches, proving that Steller's eiders can successfully be bred in captivity.
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Today In History - Sept. 24, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Sep,24
Today is Monday, September 24, the 267th day of 2007. There are 98 days left in the year.
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Runaway Bull Attacks Conn. Home And Car
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Sep,23
An escaped and raging bull attacked a neighbor's home, tearing off siding, ripping down part of a fence and damaging a car.
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Cubs Fans Name Baby Boy Wrigley Fields
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Sep,23
His parents say he can go by his middle name when he's old enough to decide. For now, the newborn will be known by his first name: Wrigley. And his last name: Fields.
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Feline Found 3 Months After Wis. Tornado
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Sep,23
More than three months after disappearing during a tornado, Smoky the cat has been reunited with his owner. Smoky was last seen June 7, before a tornado destroyed Wanda Ploeger's mobile home in rural Riverview, scattering her belongings.
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'Eater X' Wins Burrito-Eating Contest
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Sep,23
A day trader and aspiring pizza chef known as "Eater X" munched through 10 3/4 burritos in a dozen minutes Saturday to win what was billed as the world burrito-eating championship.
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Today In History - Sept. 23, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Sep,23
Today is Sunday, September 23, the 266th day of 2007. There are 99 days left in the year. Autumn arrives at 5:51 a.m. Eastern time.
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N.H. Judge Rhymes Ruling To 'Green Eggs And Ham'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Sep,22
A federal judge was driven to rhyme after receiving a hard-boiled egg in the mail from a prison inmate protesting his diet. U.S. District Court Judge James Muirhead reached for Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham" for inspiration after getting the egg from inmate Charles Jay Wolff.
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Calif. Man Busted For Hiding Iguanas In Fake Leg
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Sep,22
A California man is accused of attempting to bring rare iguanas from Fiji into the United States by concealing them in his prosthetic leg. Federal prosecutors have indicted the man, Jereme James, on a federal smuggling charge. If convicted he faces up to five years in federal prison.
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Today In History - Sept. 22, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Sep,22
Today is Saturday, Sept 22, the 265th day of 2007. There are 100 days left in the year.
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Chili Finger Woman May Get Reduced Sentence
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Sep,22
A woman convicted of planting a dismembered finger in a bowl of chili at a Wendy's restaurant in California could have her prison sentence reduced by two years after a state court of appeal ruled in her favor on Friday.
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Senior Couple Robbed Of Their Medical Marijuana
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Sep,21
Ernie Vesie says he needs his weed. He and his wife Roni have a legal prescription to use the medicinal marijuana. Ernie suffered a painful stroke, and Roni is recovering from major stomach surgery. The two say it eases their pain.
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Forbes' Richest List Drops 82 Billionaires
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Sep,21
A billion dollars just doesn't go as far as it used to.What's different about this year's Forbes magazine's list of the 400 richest Americans, reports CBS News correspondent Dan Raviv, is that, for the first time, $1 billion isn't enough. You need $1.3 billion.
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Yale Student Faces Voyeurism Charges
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Sep,21
A Yale student is facing serious charges after he was arrested and booked on criminal charges including voyeurism after allegedly filming himself having sex with his then-girlfriend before showing the steamy video to his friends.
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Storm Shreds Homes In Central Florida
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Sep,21
Severe weather, including a possible tornado, damaged about 50 Florida homes, shearing the entire second story off one home, authorities said Friday. The storm was part of a low pressure system centered off Florida's Gulf Coast that could strengthen and bring rain and tropical storm-force wind along parts of the coast as early as Friday, the National Hurricane Center said.
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Today In History - Sept. 21, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Sep,21
Today is Friday, September 21, the 264th day of 2007. There are 101 days left in the year. The Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, begins at sunset.
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'Foot Harasser' Fined For Over 600 Calls
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Sep,21
A man who made more than 600 telephone calls to a shoe store and other businesses to ask women about their shoes and feet must pay a $200 fine.
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'God' Apparently Responds To Lawsuit
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Sep,21
A legislator who filed a lawsuit against God has gotten something he might not have expected: a response. One of two court filings from "God" came Wednesday under otherworldly circumstances, according to John Friend, clerk of the Douglas County District Court in Omaha.
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Police Say Man Fed Cats To His Pit Bulls
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Sep,21
A man captured neighborhood cats and kittens and fed them live to his pit bulls, authorities said Thursday. Tye Hilmo, 21, was charged Thursday with aggravated cruelty to animals.
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Mystery Goo A Concern For N. Calif. Residents
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Sep,20
Some northern California residents are facing some sticky problems. For a half century, Josephine Paras has lived on a block of 18 homes. Recently she noticed a black gooey substance coming up all over her garage floor.
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SpongeBob SquarePants Saves Sinking Boat
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Sep,20
The cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants stopped a fishing boat from sinking off Gloucester, Mass.
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