Today In History - July 30, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,30
Today is Monday, July 30, the 211th day of 2007. There are 154 days left in the year.
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Hollywood Pigeons To Go On The Pill
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,30
Hollywood residents believe they've found a humane way to reduce the out-of-control neighborhood pigeon population, and the mess that comes with it.
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Fatal Ending To Ariz. Exorcism
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,29
Officers responding to a report of an exorcism on a young girl found her grandfather choking her and used stun guns to subdue the man, who later died, authorities said Sunday.
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Florida Man, 88, Becomes An Eagle Scout
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,29
More than a half-century after he finished the requirements to earn the rank, an 88-year-old man was honored as an Eagle Scout on Saturday, making him possibly the oldest person to ever collect the honor.
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Today In History - July 29, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,29
Today is Sunday, July 29, the 210th day of 2007. There are 155 days left in the year.
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Coin Dealer Carries $1.9M Dime In Pocket
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,28
John Feigenbaum didn't sleep at all during his redeye flight across country. He's not a nervous flier he had a dime worth $1.9 million in his jeans pocket.
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Boy Has Unusual Passion For Vacuums
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,27
Kids collect all sorts of things. In this week's Assignment America, Steve Hartman has the story of one young man's unusual obsession: vacuum cleaners.
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Flea Market Find Turns Into Bedbug Nightmare
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,27
A family in St. Charles, Ill., hopes its horrendous experience with a vicious pest will help others avoid getting bitten by the same problem.
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Man Helps Stranded Motorist, Who Carjacks Him
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,27
So much for gratitude. James Scarabino was driving along New York's Long Island Expressway early Thursday when he stopped to help a motorist stranded on the side of the road near a wrecked 2007 Chevrolet Corvette.
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Costas Zings Bonds Over 'Midget' Comment
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,27
A day after Barry Bonds called him a "little midget man who knows (nothing) about baseball," broadcaster Bob Costas said he wasn't upset with the San Francisco Giants slugger and responded with a jab of his own.
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Dentist Wins Case Over Tusks In Mouth
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,27
An oral surgeon who played a practical joke on his assistant, and got sued for it, ended up getting the last laugh Thursday.
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Wis. Boy's Lemonade Stand Robbed
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,27
An 11-year-old boy who was robbed at his lemonade stand is seeing another side of humankind in the outpouring of support he has received since his story was reported.
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Suspected Bomb Turns Out To Be Part Of GPS Game
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,27
A man who threw a canister into a bush near two downtown banks prompted police to call in a bomb squad, but it turned out to be just a logbook used in an Internet-based GPS game.
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West Nile Virus Found In Bird
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,27
For the first time this season, West Nile Virus has been detected in a dead bird in Massachusetts.The bird was collected in the city of Marlborough.
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Woman Charged In Cougar Attack At Party
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,27
The owner exotic wildlife company has been charged in the mauling of a 4 year-old girl at birthday party. Corinne Oltz who runs Wild Animal World in Florida has been charged with culpable negligence and keeping wildlife animals in an unsafe condition; both misdemeanors.
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Iowa Neighborhood Pelted By Massive Ice Chunks
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,27
Large chunks of ice, one of them reportedly about 50 pounds, fell from the sky in this northeast Iowa city, smashing through a woman's roof and tearing through nearby trees.
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Pond Bacterium Converts Light To Energy
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,27
The wonderland known as Yellowstone National Park has yielded a new marvel an unusual bacterium that converts light to energy.
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Today In History - July 27, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,27
Today is Friday, July 27, the 208th day of 2007. There are 157 days left in the year.
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Bizarre: N.J. Thieves Steal Filled Swimming Pool
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,27
It was a strange morning for the Valdivia family in Paterson, to say the least. Take it from Paul Magna, who lives across the street from them, and is still stunned by the news. "You want a good story? The pool across the street was stolen during the night. With water in it."
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N.Y. Man Orders 2 Credit Cards, Receives 2,000
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jul,26
Manhattan accountant Frank Van Buren found himself flooded with plastic in recent weeks, as the Exxon Mobil cards kept on coming.
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N.J. Thieves Steal Filled Swimming Pool
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jul,26
Daisy Valdivia awoke to find her family's hip-high, inflatable, 10-foot diameter swimming pool gone from her backyard Wednesday. Nothing was left behind. Not even the water.
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Signs Around White House List Dress Code Rules
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jul,26
New signs are posted around the White House indicating a new strict enforcement of the dress code, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The code applies to all visitors and staff members, including tourists.
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N.J. Ballooners Try Virgin Ritual To Stop The Rain
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jul,26
Organizers think they've found the secret to good weather for this weekend's Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning - a virgin. According to an imported superstition, good weather can be assured through a ceremony involving a virgin, some knives and fresh, whole onions and peppers.
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Oscar The Cat Predicts Patients' Death
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jul,26
Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means they have less than four hours to live.
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Cat Predicts Patients' Death
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jul,26
Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. Oscar is better at predicting death than the people who work there, said Dr. Joan Teno of Brown University, an expert on care for the terminally ill.
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Feces Closes N.D. Pool On 95-Degree Day
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jul,26
The largest pool in the state's largest city was shut down on one of the hottest days of the year after vandals tossed a large bag of fecal matter into the water.
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Woman Finds 3-Foot Python In Cabinet
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jul,26
Firefighters helped remove a three-foot python from a home after a woman collecting plastic bags for a food pantry found it while cleaning a cabinet.
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Feline Grim Reaper Stalks R.I. Nursing Home
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,25
Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours.
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5 Foot Snake Named Fluffy Loose Near Golf Course
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,25
A 5-foot-long boa constrictor named Fluffy got free of his home near Memphis, and slithered away--somewhere in the vicinity of a golf course, his owner said.
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Construction Workers Unearth Age Old Cannon
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,25
An historic discovery was made by construction workers digging up the pavement in front of the Lido Hotel and Spa on the Venetian Causeway in Miami Beach.
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Marijuana Church Leader To Go On Trial
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,25
Jury selection is scheduled to begin tomorrow in the Los Angeles trial of a minister of a Hollywood church that uses marijuana during services.
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Anger Counselor Charged In Domestic Spat
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,25
An anger management instructor was charged with domestic battery after his wife accused him of grabbing and beating her during an argument, police said.
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Rats And Cats Work To Sniff Out Mines
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,25
Who says Tom and Jerry can't be friends? For the past year, a special Colombian police unit has been locking rats in cages with cats as part of a project to train the rodents to sniff out the more than 100,000 landmines planted mostly by leftist rebels across this conflict-wracked Andean country.
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Voracious Jumbo Squid Invade California
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,25
Jumbo squid that can grow up to 7 feet long and weigh more than 110 pounds is invading central California waters and preying on local anchovy, hake and other commercial fish populations, according to a study published Tuesday.
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Lawyer Acquitted Of Smuggling Drugs To Inmate
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,24
A diabetic attorney who claimed his judgment was impaired by a hypoglycemic attack has been acquitted in Los Angeles of smuggling heroin and methamphetamine to his jailed client.
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Wayward Bull Pummels Veterinarian
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,23
A large Angus bull apparently didn't enjoy his recent medical treatment. After being treated for worms at the Wynn Animal Hospital on Friday, the 1,800-pound bull charged the veterinarian, Dr. Eric Wynn, knocked him to the floor of a barn and then used its head to repeatedly pummel the veterinarian.
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Double-Nosed Calf Appears At Wis. Fair
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,23
Lincoln county fairgoers got their first public glimpse this weekend of the two-nosed calf that has brought much attention to its owners.
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Pa. County May Owe Rent Of 200 Roses
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,23
Franklin County may be centuries behind in rent on two of its public buildings -- having accumulated a debt of more than 200 roses.
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Man Claims He Found Fried Mouse In Chips
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,23
Frito-Lay Inc. says it will investigate a Havre man's "unsubstantiated claim" that he found a deep-fried mouse in a bag of barbecue potato chips.
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270 Smuggled Crocodiles Seized In China
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,23
Chinese police tracking a suspicious vessel on a border river in southwest China got a shock when they found 270 crocodiles, a state news agency reported Monday.
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16-Year-Old An Accomplished Gymnast, BMX Racer
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,23
At the young age of 16, Alise Post is already an accomplished gymnast as well as a professional BMX rider. She is spending her time this summer split between the track and the gym.
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Jet Diverted To O'Hare When Couple Disrupts Flight
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,23
Aviation officials say a United Airlines nonstop flight from Boston to San Francisco was diverted to O'Hare International Airport yesterday after a couple allegedly harassed another passenger.
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Symbol In NYC Building Becomes History Mystery
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,23
A 3-foot-by-10-foot section of timeworn brick wall, its predictable rows abruptly interrupted by three distinct, deliberate-looking triangular shapes, was once part of a New York warehouse. It now does nothing but raise questions.
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Report: FBI Collars 'Mad Hatter'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,23
The man who robbed 17 banks while wearing an array hats may have been arrested, authorities said Monday.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,23
Jacqueline Gagne, 46, of Rancho Mirage, Calif., is a golfing phenom. She has hit more holes-in-one than most pro golfers on the tour today, and she just started playing golf 4 1/2 years ago. She came to New York for a golf outing - and to allow CBS Sports analyst and golf teacher Peter Kostis evaluate her swing.
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Astronaut Tosses Junk Off Space Station
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,23
Two astronauts ventured outside the international space station Monday to rid the orbiting complex of some large pieces of junk, including 200 pounds of camera-mounting equipment and an ammonia tank. NASA spacewalker Clayton Anderson has been assigned to the task.
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Tiny Dogs Saves Baby From Rattlesnake
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,22
A tiny Chihuahua showed big heroism when he saved a 1-year old child from a bitting rattlesnake.
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Police Arrest Boy In Alleged Chemical Attack
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,22
A 12-year-old boy is under arrest after a chemical attack in a New York park that left two infant girls hurt. The young suspect has not been identified.
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'Ghetto' Tour Showcases Chicago Projects
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,22
The yellow school bus rumbles through vacant lots and past demolished buildings, full of people who have paid $20 for a tour of what was once among the most dangerous areas of this or any other city in the United States.
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Police: Bank Robber Goes To Movies After Heist
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,22
A man in western Pennsylvania is accused of successfully carrying out a bank robbery, but he didn't quite make a clean getaway.
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