Red Sox's Crisp Hit By 'Moose' In Front Of Dugout
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Aug,06
Coco Crisp doubled twice, scored twice, drove in a run and made a great running catch. But his best move of the game came while being run down by a moose in an all-terrain vehicle.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Aug,06
A lifelong Yankees fan who drained his bank account to buy season tickets caught some cowhide that could be worth thousands - the ball that Alex Rodriguez hit for his 500th home run.
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'Hello Kitty' Becomes Bangkok Cops' Badge Of Shame
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Aug,06
Thai police officers who break rules will be forced to wear hot pink armbands featuring "Hello Kitty," the Japanese icon of cute, as a mark of shame, a senior officer said Monday.
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Teen Falls 6 Stories, Walks Away With Scrapes
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Aug,06
A teenager fell six stories from a hotel balcony but walked away with just bruises and scrapes. After landing in the bushes, he got up and started walking back to his room. But paramedics strapped him to a board and flew him to a hospital, where tests showed he was fine.
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Librarians: Book Bandit Robbing Libraries
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Aug,05
Librarians throughout Colorado suspect a prolific book bandit checked out and attempted to sell thousands of books, tapes and DVDs. Library losses are estimated in the tens of thousands of dollars.
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Today In History - August 13, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Aug,05
Today is Monday, August 13, the 225th day of 2007. There are 140 days left in the year.
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Artist Mows Purple Heart In N.Y. Field
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Aug,05
An artist has mowed an 850,000-square-foot rendering of a Purple Heart medal into a park field to honor the 75th anniversary of the medal that commends servicemembers killed or wounded in action.
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Today In History - Aug. 5, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Aug,05
Today is Sunday, August 5, the 217th day of 2007. There are 148 days left in the year.
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Mom Charged With Assault For Tossing Pizza At Ump
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Aug,04
A New Hampshire woman has been charged with assault for allegedly throwing pizza at an umpire at a Little League game in Concord last month. Her son is on the Concord All-Star team, which lost a close game on July 11.
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New York Fire Dept. Shuts Down Steamy Calendar
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Aug,04
A calendar featuring FDNY beefcake has seen its last edition. The fire commissioner has said, "no more," after the latest coverboy showed even more skin on a DVD. The latest calendar picturing fire department hunks features Michael Biserta as coverboy, posing shirtless in front of the Statue of Liberty.
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NYPD: Drugs Sold Out Of Ice Cream Truck
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Aug,04
An ice cream truck parked in front of a junior high school was offering up cocaine and marijuana along with the soft serve, NYPD police said.
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Today In History - August 4, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Aug,04
Today is Saturday, August 4, the 216th day of 2007. There are 149 days left in the year.
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2 Squirrels Singed After Florida Plane Crash
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Aug,04
Two squirrels are being cared for, after a fiery Fort Lauderdale, Fla. plane crash that injured them on Wednesday, Aug. 1st.
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Family Fights Off Store Robber With Fish Sauce Jar
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Aug,03
A holdup man picked the wrong target Thursday night when he walked into a package store in Methuen, Mass.
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Retirement Party Planned For Funny Cide
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Aug,03
Funny Cide, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, will be the guest of honor at a party planned at Saratoga Race Course.
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Arkansas Couple Welcomes 17th Child
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Aug,03
An Arkansas couple has welcomed their 17th child to the world. The baby girl is the seventh daughter for the Duggar family, who says they still want more.
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Alleged Book Bandit Targets Denver Libraries
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Aug,03
Librarians up and down the Front Range suspect a prolific book bandit checked out and attempted to sell thousands of books, tapes and DVDs. Library losses are estimated in the tens of thousands of dollars.
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Skateboarder Does 50-Foot Faceplant At X-Games
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Aug,03
An Australian skateboarder competing at the X-Games in Los Angeles has survived a gnarly fall. Jake Brown was performing his final run on the Mega Ramp in the Big Air event when he lost control nearly 50 feet in the air and crashed hard onto the floor.
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Town Throws Retirement Party For Horse
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Aug,03
A retirement party is being thrown today in Saratoga Springs, New York, for a favorite horse.
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Van Gogh Painting Revealed As Fake
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Aug,03
A painting attributed to Vincent Van Gogh for more than 70 years was said to be a fake Friday, after art experts found it was probably painted by one his peers.
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Today In History - August 3, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Aug,03
Today is Friday, August 3, the 215th day of 2007. There are 150 days left in the year.
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Injured Hawk Slows Philadelphia Traffic
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Aug,03
An injured hawk partially blocked a highway Thursday morning, requiring a rescue effort that contributed to delays as commuters reached for their camera phones.
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Vegas Auto Dealer Told To Furl U.S. Flag
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Aug,03
An auto dealer vowed Thursday to fight a city order to take down the 109-foot pole from which he flies an American flag about the size of a competition volleyball court.
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Sushi Joint Takes Dig At Bonds
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Aug,03
As Barry Bonds pushes for home run No. 755 to tie one of baseball's most hallowed records, a Colorado sushi restaurant is celebrating the man who set the record -- Hank Aaron.
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Taxi Keeps Heart On Ice
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Aug,02
A taxi cab company had a heart. Yellow Cab of Iowa City had to keep a human heart, en route to a tissue processing company in Atlanta, at its dispatch office after an airline refused to keep it overnight at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids.
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Lamb Born With 7 Legs In New Zealand
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Aug,02
A New Zealand lamb born with seven legs will have to be euthanized, local media reported Thursday. A veterinarian says the lamb has other medical problems, and to keep it alive would be inhuman.
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Surveillance Camera Captures 'Slip-N-Fall' Scam
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Aug,01
A Sunrise, Fla. woman is accused of trying to run a 'slip and fall' scam at a grocery store. Images captured by a surveillance camera inside the store show the woman lose her footing in one of the aisles and take a nasty fall. A store worker comes to her aid and helps her up. The woman then loses her footing again and falls to the floor.
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Real Harry Potter Speaks Out
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Aug,01
Sometimes its a hassle being Harry Potter.
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Minor League Team Plays 'Politically Correct' Game
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Aug,01
The Lowell Spinners took baseball promotions to a whole new level Tuesday night. The Spinners and the Brooklyn Cyclones played what may be the first ever politically correct baseball game.
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Study Finds No Link Between Full Moon And Injury
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Aug,01
Ever whacked your thumb with a hammer, or wrenched your back after lifting a heavy box, and blamed the full moon? It's a popular notion, but there's no cosmic connection, Austrian government researchers said Tuesday.
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Today In History - August 1, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Aug,01
Today is Wednesday, August 1, the 213th day of 2007. There are 152 days left in the year.
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iPod Noise Pollution A Nuisance To Those Nearby
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Aug,01
Apple Inc.'s ubiquitous iPod is best known as an instrument of solitude unless the user ignores standards of etiquette by invading the eardrums of fellow commuters, officemates or other innocent bystanders. Then it starts to get annoying. Especially when you're stuck in close proximity.
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Wash. City Fights Gangs With Symphonies
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,31
City authorities, fed up with gang activity in public places, are taking Bach to their bus stop.Transit workers are installing speakers this week to pump classical music from Seattle's KING-FM into the Tacoma Mall Transit Center.
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Monkey Unlocks Pen, Eludes Zoo Staff
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,31
The Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo asked residents Tuesday to help in the recovery of a white-faced capuchin monkey that apparently managed to unlock his pen and escape. Oliver freed himself at about 8 a.m. and led park staff on a chase through the park's trail system before eventually eluding them.
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Call Police If Offered Women's Undies
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,31
If someone offers you frilly women's lingerie on the street, call police. Thieves have stolen almost $35,000 worth of underwear, perfume and other merchandise from Victoria's Secret stores in the Raleigh area since March, police said. Law enforcement officials have no suspects and said it's unlikely the thieves are stealing for personal use.
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Dead Cats Found After High-Speed Chase
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,31
Authorities discovered dead cats in cold storage and dozens more animals living in filthy conditions Tuesday at the home of a man who led police on a high-speed chase and later claimed he was rushing his sick cat to the veterinarian.
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Times Square's 'Naked Butt' Billboard Sanitized
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,31
A deal has been struck to cover an array of bare backsides on a billboard that was set to go up in Times Square advertising a bidet seat that uses warm water and air.
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Crash Victim's Headstone Is Repossessed
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,31
The cemetery headstone for a teenager who died in a car wreck was repossessed after a $750 bill went unpaid.
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Man Who Called Himself Jesus Under Investigation
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,31
He called himself Jesus Christ, then the Anti-Christ. Now he's about to be called a divorcee. José Luis de Jesus Mirando, the Florida preacher who had followers tattoo 666 on their bodies, is having his lavish lifestyle played out in court.
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BC Study: Older Baby Boomers Not Saving Enough
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,31
Nearly one-third of baby boomers ages 51 to 61 are at risk of not having enough in savings to finance a comfortable retirement, according to a study being released Tuesday by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
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Sword-Wielding N.J. Woman Fights Off Attacker
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,31
A New Jersey woman fought back after a suspect broke into her familys home and viciously attacked her and her mother Monday night.
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Wisconsin Man Wins Top Prize For Bad Prose
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,31
A Wisconsin man whose blend of awkward syntax, imminent disaster and bathroom humor offends both good taste and the English language won an annual contest Monday that salutes bad writing.
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Toilet Maker Settles Cheeky Billboard Suit
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,31
The bidet and toilet company that wanted to put up a billboard featuring naked butts on the side of a Times Square church has apparently turned the other cheek.
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Today In History - July 31, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,31
Today is Tuesday, July 31, the 212th day of 2007. There are 153 days left in the year.
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Burglars Use 'Mission Impossible' Moves
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,31
It wasn't exactly "Mission Impossible," but three burglars managed to break into a grocery store by lowering themselves through a hole in the roof, then eluded the alarm system for two hours by crawling on their stomachs, police said.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,31
Crocs, the rubbery, clog-like shoes, have been deemed inappropriate footwear for workers in patient-care areas at a hospital.
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OMG! Missing Exclamation Point Costs Texter $1,000
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,30
Kevin Taylor, 30, of Minneapolis, lost out on a $1,000 first prize in a text messaging contest at the North Dakota State Fair because he forgot the punctuation mark at the end of a phrase.
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Fans Want All To Know It: Scot Is The Worst Poet
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,30
The land that gave the world Robert Burns also has the dubious honor of producing the "world's worst poet." Now fans of the hapless William McGonagall are campaigning to put him in the pantheon of Scottish literary greats.
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Maryland Man Rows, Rows, Rows To Work
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,30
Horchler used to be among the frustrated souls on the frequently backed-up Anacostia Freeway in Maryland, navigating his motorcycle through stop-and-go traffic and clouds of car exhaust. But now he rows 6 1/2 miles, then rides another bicycle from the river to his job at the Library of Congress.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,30
A Frenchman now owns an original 1933 Zippo lighter after paying $37,000 for it in an auction on Saturday.
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