Cat Survives Calif. Fires By Hiding In Chimney
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jun,29
When the Angora Fire ripped through South Lake Tahoe in California this week, residents ran for cover but one family's pet had other plans. Meet Miss Kit Cat, a tough little feline with a lot of heart.
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Former NFL Player Helps Police Catch Flasher
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jun,29
Former pro football player and track star Dee Andrews chased an alleged flasher right into the arms of waiting police officers in Long Beach, Calif., it was reported Friday. Andrews was eating at the restaurant when he saw a man exposing himself to passersby.
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iPhone Has Some Competition With The iPig
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jun,29
With all the hype surrounding the new Apple iPhone, the St. Paul Saints decided to have their own one-of-a-kind technological wonder: the iPig. Thursday the team debuted the iPig, a little pot belly pig with speakers and an iPod strapped to the side of it.
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Castro: God Protected Me From Bush
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jun,29
Cuban leader Fidel Castro is happy to explain how he's managed to reach the age of 80, despite being the target of numerous assassination attempts. It must have been the grace of God, Castro suggests, apparently joking, in a short essay distributed Thursday via e-mail to journalists in Havana.
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Flutist Handcuffed For Playing Sues Philadelphia
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jun,29
A classical flutist who was handcuffed amid a crackdown on street music in a genteel Philadelphia neighborhood has sued the city.
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Witness Account Of Titanic Sinking Fetches $16,800
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jun,29
A Christie's auction of Titanic memorabilia Thursday brought $193,140. The 18 lots - including letters, postcards, telegrams from survivors and photographs of passengers - included a 16-year-old's account of the doomed luxury liner's last hours.
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Woman Banned For Giving Birth Control Advice
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jun,29
A 76-year-old woman has been barred from the bus station after giving unwanted birth-control advice to mothers with large families. "I think it's wrong. It's a violation of my First Amendment rights," Laura Stevens said.
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Today In History - June 29, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jun,29
Today is Friday, June 29, the 180th day of 2007. There are 185 days left in the year.
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Bald Eagle Soars Off Endangered List
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jun,29
The government took the American bald eagle off the endangered species list Thursday an official act of name-dropping that President Bush hailed as "a wonderful way" to celebrate the Fourth of July.
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Officer Roasted Over Wienermobile Traffic Stop
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jun,29
An Arizona Highway Patrol officer who ran the Wienermobile's plates as the vehicle traveled for a promotion briefly thought the giant hot dog on wheels was, well, hot.
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Glass In Unused Microwave Explodes, Injures Woman
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jun,28
A woman in north Texas suffered injury to her arm when the glass of her microwave oven spontaneously exploded next to her, even though the applicance was not running at the time.
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Feds Can Seize Half Of House In Pot Case
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jun,28
A Connecticut woman who has maintained that she was not aware of her husband's hobby of raising marijuana in the basement will get to keep her half of their house, a federal appeals court has ruled.
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Train Splits Tractor-Trailer Near Pittsburgh
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jun,28
A train tore a tractor-trailer in two at a railroad crossing in a town northeast of Pittsburgh this morning; but amazingly, no one was injured in the accident.
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Red Sox Car Rolled Out For N.H. NASCAR Race
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jun,28
NASCAR driver Carl Edwards has a new paint job for his No. 99 car. The Ford will sport several Boston Red Sox team logos and red stitches like a baseball as it races on the New Hampshire International Speedway on Sunday.
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U.S. Takes Bald Eagle Of Endangered Species List
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jun,28
The American bald eagle, once nearly extinct, is making a comeback. The government will confirm that when it takes the revered bird off a list of protected species on Thursday.
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Indonesian Vice President OKs Marijuana As Spice
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jun,28
Marijuana possession should remain a crime in Indonesia, but chefs who use the herb as a traditional way to season curries should not be arrested, the country's vice president told local reporters.
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Wisconsin Man Accused Of Stomping Pet Fish
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jun,28
A man accused of stomping a pet tropical fish to death during a dispute with a girlfriend faces charges of disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property. Anastacio Molina Jr., 40, was charged Wednesday in Sheboygan County Circuit Court.
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Today In History - June 28, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jun,28
Today is Thursday, June 28, the 179th day of 2007. There are 186 days left in the year.
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Man, 87, Finishes Steep Uphill Race
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jun,28
George Etzweiler never ran a full mile until he was nearly 50. But he's been making up lost time ever since. The 87-year-old State College man completed a 7.6 mile, uphill run in New Hampshire this month called the Mount Washington Road Race. The course features a daunting 11.6 percent grade.
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Pennsylvania Man Donates Kidney To Stranger
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jun,27
The two strangers were brought together through the altruistic kidney donation program of Pittsburghs Center for Organ Recovery and Education. One man's donation to a stranger saved
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Pilot Makes History With Round-The-World Solo Trip
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jun,27
A 23-year-old pilot made several passes by runway at Opa-Locka Airport near Miami before touching down to complete a three-month quest to circumnavigate the earth alone.
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Solo Pilot To Land After Round-The-World Trip
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jun,27
A 23-year-old pilot took off Wednesday from the Miami area in a single-engine plane on the last leg of his three-month quest to circumnavigate the earth alone. Barrington Irving, who says he will be the youngest solo pilot to complete the trip, is scheduled to land around 10:30 a.m. ET.
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Authorities Identify Remains Of Queen Hatshepsut
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jun,27
Egyptian authorities said Wednesday that a mummy found a century ago has been identified as the remains of pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled over Egypt during the 15th century B.C.
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Researchers To Look For Bigfoot In Michigan
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jun,27
Researchers will visit the Upper Peninsula next month to search for evidence of the legendary creature known as "Bigfoot" or "Sasquatch."
The expedition will center in eastern Marquette County, said Matthew Moneymaker of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization.
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Time Runs Out On Flawed Parking Meters In Colorado
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jun,27
A glitch caused some Colorado State University parking meters to confuse older pennies for a quarter and dole out 30 minutes for just one cent. The manufacturer, POM Inc. of Russellville, Ark., began replacing the bargain meters after campus police alerted the company.
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Today In History - June 27, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jun,27
Today is Wednesday, June 27, the 178th day of 2007. There are 187 days left in the year.
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Plunging necklines a no-no at masses
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,26
The Catholic Church has issued guidelines on what Filipinos should wear to mass in Manila after some parishioners complained about distracting skimpy attire.
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Will Of Wealthy Civil War Vet Finally Fulfilled
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,26
The last wishes of a Civil War veteran are being fulfilled almost 80 years after his death. Three Pennsylvania nonprofits are splitting a nest egg now worth nearly $10 million from the estate of Adam Brinker, who amassed a small fortune after the war as a harness maker in South Bethlehem.
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Jaw Ailment Could Sideline Eating Champ
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,26
The competitive eating world is already chewing on this bit of breaking news: The champ may not be able to chomp.
Takeru Kobayashi of Japan, the six-time champion of the annual Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, may be sidelined for next week's event by an arthritic jaw.
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Pygmy Hippo Is Born At Paris Zoo
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,26
Aldo looks, eats and lazes like a hippopotamus but he's only about as big as a human baby, at 21 inches. The pygmy hippo, born this month at the Paris Zoo, is one of only a few dozen in Europe, bred in a special program to boost the rare species.
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Baby Pygmy Hippopotamus Makes Press Debut
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,26
Twenty-one inches long and a mere 22 pounds, Aldo, a three-week-old pygmy hippopotamus, made his press debut at the Vincennes zoo, part of the Museum of Natural History, in Paris Tuesday.
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Court Upholds Prisoners' Right To Porn
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,26
Convicted sex offenders in Sweden are free to read pornography in their cells following a court ruling that has angered the prison service.
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Fisherman Severs His Fingers To Survive
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,26
A 51-year-old fisherman whose hand was pinned between his sinking boat and a log could not wait any more for help and decided to cut off two of his fingertips with a pocket knife to free himself, authorities said.
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Toilet Ad Tries Not To Be Butt Of Jokes
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,26
A risqué billboard to sell a personal hygiene system is going up in Times Square very soon, but some New Yorkers don't think the ad is, well, as clean as the product it's promoting.
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Golfer Survives Alligator Attack In Florida
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,26
A man who lost his ball in a Florida golf course pond nearly lost a limb when a nearly 11-foot alligator latched on to his arm and pulled him in the water, authorities said.
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Skinny dipper seized at tourism icon
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,26
A 22-year-old American man has been arrested after an early-morning naked bath in the historic Barcaccia fountain at the foot of Rome's Spanish Steps, an Italian news agency reports.
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Michigan Potato Queen Sacked For Playing Hooky
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,26
There's royal intrigue at the Munger Potato Festival, with Queen Allison Nowicki protesting her ouster over claims of playing hooky. Nowicki had about six weeks left in her reign when she got a letter from the festival's queen committee saying it was dethroning her for failure to attend enough events as queen.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,26
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Elderly Woman A Hero After Taxi Driver Dies
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jun,26
A resourceful 78-year-old retiree saved herself and others from possible serious injuries Monday after her taxi driver suddenly died of a heart attack on the highway, police said.
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Court: No Refund For Vasectomy
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jun,25
The Utah Court of Appeals rejected an ex-fiance's request to recover thousands of dollars spent during his engagement on a vasectomy, a cruise to Alaska, a trip to France and other purchases.
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Church calls on 'Simpsons' to help reach teens
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jun,25
A Church of England-backed book suggests youth workers should try to make religion relevant to children by showing them episodes of cartoon show The Simpsons.
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Fake Agent Sentenced In Green Card, Parking Scam
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jun,25
A man accused of cheating Hispanic immigrants out of $280,000 by posing as a federal agent and promising them green cards and other documents he never delivered was sentenced Monday to three to six years in prison.
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Mom Says Son Was Handcuffed At The Playground
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jun,25
A special needs child with medical problems and the developmental capacity of an 8-year-old was allegedly handcuffed at the playground of his school, his mother claims, because a substitute aide mistook his playfulness for aggression.
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'Foot Fetish' Copy Cat Strikes Philadelphia
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jun,25
Police are searching for two suspects in connection to a series of attacks on woman in which their toes are fondled, sources have said.
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Judge loses $54m lawsuit over lost pants
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jun,25
A judge in the US capital has lost his $US54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner over a pair of misplaced trousers.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jun,25
Only in Wisconsin do beer and exercise mix. Several hundred people laced up Sunday morning for a two-mile charity race in which suds were the refresher of choice. Competitors in the 19th annual Beer Belly Two might not be considered athletes, but they know how to have a good time.
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Tests Taken To Solve Shark Pregnancy Mystery
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jun,25
A recent study had documented the first confirmed case of asexual reproduction, or parthenogenesis, among sharks: a pup born at a Nebraska zoo came from an egg that developed in a female shark without sperm from a male.
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Scientists Describe Giant Penguins
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jun,25
Giant penguins as tall as 5 feet roamed what is now Peru more than 40 million years ago, much earlier than scientists thought the flightless birds had spread to warmer climes.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jun,25
On a tranquil Coney Island morning, fragrant with salt water and last night's cotton candy, the silence is interrupted by the rapid-fire bursts of twin hammers beating against steel track.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jun,25
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