Border Agents Find Alligator In Suitcase
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,12
Agents with the U.S. Border Patrol in Yuma found an alligator stashed in the suitcase of a California man who was on his way to Phoenix. The agents found the 4-foot, 4-year-old cayman alligator during a routine checkpoint search on Interstate 8 on Thursday night, agency spokesman Lloyd Easterling said.
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Gotta See Video: Crash Ends Police Chase
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Dec,11
A wild police pursuit came to a crashing end in the Exposition Park area, just south of Los Angeles.
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Applicants wanted for condom testing
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Dec,11
One of the world's biggest manufacturers of condoms is targeting New Zealand to test its new range of products because the people there are apparently among the most sexually active in the world.
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Seattle Airport Removes Christmas Trees
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Dec,11
All nine Christmas trees have been removed from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport instead of adding a giant Jewish menorah to the holiday display as a rabbi had requested.
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Today In History - Dec. 11
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Dec,11
Today is Monday, Dec. 11, the 345th day of 2006. There are 20 days left in the year.
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It's not a man's world for new gecko species
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Dec,10
Scientists at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) are researching a new species of gecko that has recently been discovered in Darwin's northern suburbs.
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Cold Campout On Roof For NJ Principal
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Dec,10
The next time Scott Davies makes a motivational deal with his pupils, he might want to do it in springtime.
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Today In History - Dec. 10
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Dec,10
Today is Sunday, Dec. 10, the 344th day of 2006. There are 21 days left in the year.
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Composer's Grammy nomination a mistake
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,09
Movie composer John Williams earned four Grammy nominations, not five as organisers originally announced this week, a spokeswoman for the music industry's most prestigious awards said today.
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Funeral For Houston Marred By Fight
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,09
In Houston, Texas Friday funeral services were held for the 16-year-old Westbury High School student that was killed in a drive-by shooting last week.
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Today In History - Dec. 9, 2006
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,09
Today is Saturday, December 9, the 343 day of 2006. There are 22 days left in the year.
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Nativity Jesus Replaced With Beer Can
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,09
A homeowner said Friday that whoever stole the baby Jesus from his manger scene was disrespectful by replacing it with an empty beer can. Bob Chooljain said that the Jesus figure was stolen from the manger scene on Wednesday night.
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Overloaded Pants End Shoplifter's Escape
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,09
A teenager arrested for shoplifting had filled her pockets with so many items that her weighted-down pants dropped to her ankles as she tried to run out of the store, police said.
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Sex Worker Stabs Client In Condom Fight
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,09
A Cambodian man has been stabbed by a sex worker in a brawl, after he refused her request to wear a condom, police said Friday. Suon Da, 25, was knifed twice in the abdominal area by Sa Rida, a 24-year-old sex worker, during the fight at a brothel in Battambang province Wednesday, said Koam Roeuy, a deputy police chief from the area.
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Reports of Fiji gunfire a 'game of cricket'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,08
Residents around Fiji's main military barracks in Suva have denied hearing gunfire, despite media reports to the contrary.
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Mariah Carey battles porn star over stage name
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,08
Grammy-winning pop singer Mariah Carey is trying to block porn star-turned politician Mary Carey from trademarking her similar sounding stage name, saying fans could get the two performers confused.
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Curry craving inspires 14,000km takeaway order
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,08
A group of English cricket fans watching their team play in Australia were so desperate for a curry from their favourite chef that they ordered one from Britain, and the restaurant's managers promised to deliver.
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Ariz. Waitresses Dress As Naughty Nurses
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,08
The Heart Attack Grill - a theme restaurant whose specialties include the Quadruple Bypass Burger and Flatliner Fries, cooked in pure lard - is making health-care professionals' blood pressure rise, and not because of the menu.
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Malaysian Court: Gossip Behind Boss' Back OK
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,08
It's OK to use derogatory and vulgar language about your superiors in the office as long as it is done behind their backs, a Malaysian court has ruled.
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Engagement Ring Arrives After GI Dies
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,08
Two hours after hearing that her love had been killed in Iraq, a soldier's fiancée got his engagement ring, his family said. Army Sgt. Yevgeniy Ryndych, 24, of Staten Island, N.Y., was killed in Ramadi by a roadside bomb.
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Citizenship Uncertain For Baby Born On Plane
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,08
Immigration officials say it remains to be seen whether a baby girl born aboard a plane just before it landed in Chicago will be a U.S. or Mexican citizen. The parents have yet to file an application, and then officials have to investigate whether the child was born in Mexican airspace or international waters.
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White House Dog Barney Stars In New Film
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,08
The White House has released this year's holiday video starring Barney, the Bush family's Scottish Terrier. "Barney's Holiday Extravaganza" marks the dog's eighth film since President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush moved into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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Man Sentenced In Foot Fetish Calls
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,08
A man convicted of terrorizing three teenagers by repeatedly calling and asking them about their feet has been sentenced to nine months to almost two years in prison.
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Man Finds Cocaine At Oklahoma Wal-Mart
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,08
A man shopping at a Wal-Mart Supercenter found a surprise package in the toy section, a small plastic bag containing cocaine.
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Today In History - Dec. 8, 2006
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,08
Today is Friday, December 8, the 342nd day of 2006. There are 23 days left in the year.
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'French Spiderman' arrested atop Mexican skyscraper
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Dec,07
A French daredevil climber, famed for scaling some of the world's tallest buildings without ropes, made it to the top of a Mexico City skyscraper, only to be arrested by police waiting on the roof.
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Scuba Divin' Santa Swims With Stingrays
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Dec,07
Santa Claus wowed the visitors to Tokyo's Sunshine International Aquarium -- swimming in full costume to feed the eels and stingrays on Thursday as part of a special Christmas show.
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Float Driver in Parade Charged With DUI
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Dec,07
A man driving a float in the Anderson Christmas parade has been charged with drunk driving after he passed another float then sped down Main Street, police say.
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Malaysian Women Warned of 'Sexy' Attire
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Dec,07
Authorities in a Malaysian city have warned waitresses and female staff of retail outlets that they face a $138 fine if they wear revealing and tight fitting clothes, a news report said Tuesday.
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Man's Lost Wedding Ring Found in Hay
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Dec,07
When Mark Axler realized he had lost his wedding ring on a visit to a farm with his family in October, he said he feared chances of recovering the gold band inscribed with his name and wedding date were like "finding a needle in a haystack."
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Woman, 75, Douses Alleged Thief With Gas
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Dec,07
Carjacked at knifepoint while pumping gas, a 75-year-old woman didn't give in without a fight. Mary Gean Smyth opened the door of her sport utility vehicle and doused the assailant in gas.
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Man Fined for Tossing Pig at Hotel
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Dec,07
When pigs fly, indeed. Kevin Pugh, 20, of Cedar Bluff, has been fined $279 for tossing a pig over the counter at the Holiday Inn Express in West Point on Nov. 12. Pugh pleaded guilty Tuesday in city court to a charge of disturbing the peace.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Dec,07
Today is Thursday, December 7, the 341st day of 2006. There are 24 days left in the year.
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Flatulent passenger grounds US flight
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,06
It may be one problem US airline security officials never envisioned - a passenger lighting matches in flight to mask odours from her flatulence.
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New Tap Pours A Faster, Better Beer
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,06
It's the kind of invention you'd expect a college student to come up with: A better way to pour beer. Turbo Tap fills a glass from the bottom up, with the tap is fully submerged inside the glass. The result? Faster pour, less waste.
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Serbian, Greek Basketball Fans Get Into Brawl
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,06
A massive brawl broke out Wednesday between fans from two Serbian basketball teams and a Greek team at a game in Serbia. Police tried to get between the fighting fans.
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Laura Bush Among 4 Ladies In Red
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,06
Every woman who's ever attended a formal party has had the same concern: What if someone else shows up in the same dress? Three other women showed up to the Kennedy Center Honors Sunday wearing the same red dress as first lady Laura Bush.
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Cookie-Scented Ads Cause Stink In S.F.
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,06
A marketing campaign to promote milk by outfitting city bus shelters with cookie-scented cardboard strips has crumbled.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,06
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Flatulence Forces Plane To Land
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,06
An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Monday morning after a passenger lit a match to disguise the scent of flatulence, authorities said.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,06
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Flatulence Forces Plane To Land
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,05
It is considered polite to light a match after passing gas. Not while on a plane.
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Officers Keep Record Of Beautiful Women
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,05
Two Swedish border control officers risk disciplinary action for keeping a photo collection of "exceptionally beautiful" women that passed through their checkpoint, police officials said Tuesday.
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Computer beats world chess champion in epic battle
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,05
The world's leading chess computer, Deep Fritz, has roundly beat its human counterpart, the Russian world chess champion, Vladimir Kramnik, in a six game encounter in Germany.
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Virgin Mary Tree-Stump Shrine On The Move
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,05
Drivers zooming by a highway overpass may only see a tree stump, but hundreds of Roman Catholics who believe they see an image of the Virgin Mary there consider it worth a pilgrimage.
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Britney Tops Yahoo Most-Searched List
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,05
Oops, she did it again. For the fifth time in the last six years, Britney Spears topped Yahoo Inc. most popular search term list for 2006.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,05
A California woman's holiday season is getting off to a batty start.
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Five-year-old Gabby Supapo stuck her nose up in the air and sniffed. "Oreos," she declared.
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Manager Arrested For Garbage In Lard
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Dec,04
A factory manager in east China has been arrested for using grease from swill, sewage, pesticides and recycled industrial oil to make lard for human consumption, state media said Monday in the country's latest food scare.
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