Firefighter OK After Hot Rod Hits Helmet
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jul,19
A firefighter is counting his luck after a red-hot steel rod was fired into his helmet from an exploding vehicle, local media reported Thursday.
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Sex And The Circus Coming To South Florida
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,18
Sword swallowers, risqué acrobats, burlesque dancers and fearless jugglers are all part of the show "Absinthe" a circus described as being for adults only, and it's coming to South Florida.
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Thief Slams Car Into Pharmacy, Steals Drugs
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,18
A thief crashed a stolen vehicle through the doors of a California pharmacy, stole prescription pills and fled on foot, similar to an Anaheim incident the day before.
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Eco-Vandals Attack Hummer In D.C.
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,18
When Gareth Groves brought home his new Hummer SUV, he knew his eco-friendly neighbors disapproved. But he didn't expect this.
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Police Say They've Soiled 'Landscape Bandit'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,18
A California man suspected of being the "Landscape Bandit," wanted for a series of bank robberies in Los Angeles and Orange counties, was arrested Tuesday by Fullerton police.
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Phila. Club Owner Escapes Violent Kidnapping
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,18
Police are searching for suspects who kidnapped and tortured a West Philadelphia club owner Tuesday.
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Family Heirloom Returned After Flea Market Farce
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,18
ANew Jersey womans prayers have been answered thanks to the actions of a Good Samaritan. Barbara Boccuzzi mistakenly sold her mothers diamond engagement ring to a church flea market on July 7.
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Massachusetts Firefighters Make Holey Mistake
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,18
Massachusetts firefighters drove to a vacant house on Tuesday, cut holes in the roof and walls, and broke windows to test their tools and their proficiency. The problem? It was the wrong house.
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California Psychologist Wins World Series Of Poker
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,18
Jerry Yang, a 39-year-old psychologist from Temecula, Calif., won the main event of the World Series of Poker and its $8.25 million top prize. Prior to winning the final round, Yang said he would donate 10 percent of his winnings to charity.
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Larvae Take Up Residence On Man's Head
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,18
Doctors thought the strange, bleeding bumps on Aaron Dallas' head might be from gnat bites or shingles. Then the bumps started moving.
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Teen Claims Spiders Alerted Her To Fire
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,18
A woman who hates spiders is crediting them with helping save her from a house fire. Danielle Vigue, 18, says she awoke early Tuesday to find spiders in her room, and started killing them. When more showed up, she says she went across the hall and got into bed with her 15-year-old sister, Lauren.
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Bike Vs. Dog At Tour De France
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,17
The Tour de France cycling race is always full of spills. But the one that happened Tuesday was pretty unique.
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Rugby Player Finds Tooth In Head 3 Mos. After Hit
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,17
Rugby player Ben Czislowski kept competing for more than three months despite the headaches that started after a clash with an opponent.
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Diamond Wedding Ring Sold In Tag Sale Slip-Up
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,17
It was a mistake, Barbara Boccuzzi now knows, to have her mother's diamond wedding ring in the box of costume jewelry she peddled at a church yard sale this month.
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500-Pound Man Rescued After 12 Hours In River
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,17
Crews rescued a man from the St. Croix River at Fox Landing, near Grantsburg, Wis. after he spent 12 hours stuck in the water. Authorities said the man's weight was a mitigating factor in his delayed rescue.
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Bizarre String Of Incidents Unfold After Standoff
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,17
Texas police arrested a woman after a six-hour standoff Monday. Eleven hours later, the woman's domestic partner had also been arrested and the FBI, Lewisville and Arlington bomb squad units were one scene.
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Local Street Fight Footage Causes Controversy
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,17
A local film producer is releasing a very controversial video showing Sacramento teenage girls engaged in vicious fights. It's called "Sac Town Raw".
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Today In History - July 17, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,17
Today is Tuesday, July 17, the 198th day of 2007. There are 167 days left in the year.
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New Orchid Smells Like 'Sweaty Feet'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,17
A foul-smelling orchid that flourishes only in Yosemite National Park and was first collected in 1923 is a distinct species, scientists announced Monday after re-evaluating the flower.
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Officials Set Traps For Colo. Pond Creature
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,17
Wildlife officers are hoping chicken and fish will lure a mystery creature into traps set around a Loveland, Colo., pond.
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Sacramento Street Fight Footage Causes Controversy
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,17
A Sacramento film producer is releasing a very controversial video showing Sacramento teenage girls engaged in vicious fights. It's called "Sac Town Raw".
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Teen Allegedly Drops Newborn In Denny's Trash
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,16
A customer at an Anaheim Denny's discovered a full-term newborn girl in the restaurant's bathroom on Monday. Police interviewed a 17-year-old girl from Indiana they believe is the baby's mother.
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Electronic Toilet Paper Dispenser Smells Foul
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,16
If you're one of the many that could do without that ultra-thin industrial toilet paper found in most public bathrooms these days, prepare to flush all your preconceived notions about toilet paper and how much of it you use at one time.
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U.K. Judge Spares Sacred Bull
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,16
A British judge on Monday granted a reprieve to Shambo, a sacred bull at a Hindu monastery in southern Wales who had been threatened with slaughter because he is suspected of carrying bovine tuberculosis.
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Man Becomes First To Swim At North Pole
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,16
A British explorer has braved sub-zero temperatures to become the first person to swim at the North Pole. Lewis Gordon Pugh took to the freezing waters on Sunday to highlight the devastating impact of climate change on the natural world.
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Nude-Friendly Town Considers Covering Up
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,16
Topless women on parade? That was fine. Teenagers loitering in the buff, in a downtown parking lot? No problem. Naked sunbathers at swimming holes? It was just au naturel.
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Naked Resident May Prompt Nudity Ban In Beach Town
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,16
Authorities in California say people have complained about a naturist who stands naked in his front yard or inside his home with the windows and doors open--and his antics may prompt a new ban on public nudity.
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Truck Tips 25 Tons Of Peaches On Highway
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,16
It may not be just gas prices that are driving up your grocery bill. A truck carrying 25 tons of prime California peaches took a tumble on a highway near Sacramento. The fruit shipment was on its way to a Campbell's soup plant.
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Denver Tries For Painting By Numbers World Record
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,16
Denver could soon be home to a new world record for the longest painting by numbers. The city's art museum is hoping to break the Guiness World Record for longest painting by numbers.
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Man's Best Friend Mothers Baby Panther
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,16
Man's best friend helped save a tiny cat. A 15-day-old female panther named Milica has been adopted by a Rhodesian Ridgeback after her mother refused to feed her and tried to kill her in the Belgrade zoo.
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Today In History - July 16, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,16
Today is Monday, July 16, the 197th day of 2007. There are 168 days left in the year.
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Pilot Forgets To Lower Landing Gear
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,15
A pilot ran through the usual steps of getting ready to land his small plane, except for one little thing _ he forgot to lower his landing gear.
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Paratroopers Mistakenly Land At Prison
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,15
A unit of 25 military paratroopers landed inside the perimeter of a state prison, but not to quell a riot or attempt some movie-script breakout. They just goofed.
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Today In History - July 15, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,15
Today is Sunday, July 15, the 196th day of 2007. There are 169 days left in the year.
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NASA Goofs On Space Shuttle 'Endeavor' Banner
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,14
NASA moved space shuttle Endeavour a step closer to liftoff without an essential part: the "u." The spacecraft arrived at the its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, and officials welcomed it with a banner reading "Go Endeavor."
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Master Baker Trains For World Competition
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,14
A Chicago baker holds a record as the world's best, and now he's hanging up his competitive apron to train the next global contender.
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Man Busted In Drive-By Zebra Shooting
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,14
An 18-year-old man was arrested Friday and accused of killing a zebra named Zambi in a drive-by shooting.
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Judge Halts Bail For Suspected Slave Owners
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,14
A federal judge has put the brakes -- again -- on bail for a wealthy couple accused of forcing two Indonesian housekeepers to serve as their slaves.
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Man Nabbed Over Australian Tank Rampage
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,14
A man went on a rampage with a stolen armored personnel carrier through suburban Sydney on Saturday, crashing into several mobile phone towers, telecommunications buildings and an electricity substation before being arrested.
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U.S. Brothers Recovering From Gory Run
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,14
A bull that broke from the pack seriously gored two American brothers, catching one on each of its horns during the running of the bulls festival in Pamplona, where both were recovering Friday in the hospital.
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Falling Man Breaks Fan's Neck At Yankee Stadium
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,14
A tourist who suffered a broken neck at Yankee Stadium when another fan fell on him is recovering from his injuries, hospital officials said.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,14
Today is Saturday, July 14, the 195th day of 2007. There are 170 days left in the year.
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Mich. Man Jogged Nude To Feel 'Alive'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,14
A man who was sentenced to 30 days in jail for taking his daily run while wearing only a stocking cap, gloves and reflective tape said that the nude jogging made him "feel alive," according to police.
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Bottled Water Taps New Luxury Sect In NYC
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,13
Water is the latest trend when it comes to taste and a bit of marketing in New York City. Some bottles are even pricier than wine, and they are selling like hotcakes.
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Would-Be Robber Stays For Wine And Hugs
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,13
A would-be robber was disarmed by hospitable hosts who offered him a glass of wine and sent him off with a group hug but no cash.
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Autistic Boys Tortured Tortoise Is Recovering
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,13
Bob, the tortoise who was stolen, slashed, stabbed and mutilated, is out of critical care and on his way to recovery.
The 42-pound African spurred tortoise from Ventura was moved to a rehabilitation center after experts repaired his many wounds.
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Jury:Jilted Lover Must Pay For Book Of Falsehoods
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,13
A jilted lover who wrote a book of lies about his former girlfriend, then distributed it to her workplace and family, owes her $52,000 for defamation, a Cecil County jury decided.
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State Department Wages War On Wasps
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,13
As if the insurgency in Iraq and the fight against terrorism wasn't enough, U.S. diplomats are now struggling with a new threat: menacing "killer" wasps that have infested areas around the State Department's headquarters.
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Energizer Acquiring Playtex In $1.9B Deal
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,13
The Energizer bunny, known best for its battery-powered infinite drumming, will soon be sporting an 18-hour bra.
Energizer Holdings Inc. offered Thursday $18.30 per share to buy Playtex, the maker of bras, baby bottles and feminine hygiene products, the company said.
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'Wigged Out' Identity Theft Ring Busted
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,13
A Florida Sheriffs Office has uncovered an identity theft ring and has made five arrests. The suspects are accused of stealing the identities of dozens of Broward and Palm Beach County residents.
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