'Hibernating' Man Survives For 3 Weeks
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,20
A man who went missing in western Japan survived in near-freezing weather without food and water for over three weeks by falling into a state similar to hibernation, doctors said.
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NY Village Sends Fake $1,000 Water Bills
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,20
A suburban village is sending out fake water bills of more than $1,000 to dozens of residents "just to get their attention" because it hasn't been able to gain entry to read their meters.
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Pooping Peasant Popular In Spain
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,20
The Virgin Mary. The three kings. A few wayward sheep. These are the figures one expects to find in a traditional Christmas nativity scene. Not a smartly dressed peasant squatting behind a rock with his rear-end exposed.
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Cat Let Off At Wrong Bus Stop Makes It Back Home
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,20
Ali Streimer chose a good name for Athena, a little black cat with green eyes that made it back home after getting off a bus at the wrong stop.
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Komodo dragon set for 'virgin birth'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,20
British zoologists have a Christmas tale of their own to tell: a rare giant lizard, the komodo dragon, is about to give "virgin birth".
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Komodo Dragon Has Immaculate Conception
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,20
As Christmas approaches, a virgin mother is anxiously awaiting the arrival of her offspring. She's Flora, the Komodo dragon. In an evolutionary twist, the dragon has managed to become pregnant all on her own without any male help.
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Maryland 5-Year-Old Accused Of Pinching Buttocks
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,20
A father in Maryland says his 5-year-old son knows nothing about sex, but the boy was written up for sexually harassing a kindergarten classmate. School officials say the incident will remain in the boys file until he goes to middle school.
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Baby Put Through Airport X-Ray Machine In L.A.
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,20
A woman mistakenly put her 1-month-old grandson through an X-ray machine at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said. A startled security worker noticed the shape of a child on the carry-on baggage screening monitor and immediately pulled him out.
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Today In History - Dec. 20, 2006
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,20
Today is Wednesday, December 20, the 354th day of 2006. There are eleven days left in the year.
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Woman arrested after shoddy cocaine complaint
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Dec,20
A North Carolina woman was arrested after she complained to a police officer about a batch of "bad" crack cocaine she bought, authorities say.
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Grinches Arrested For Stabbing Frosty The Snowman
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,19
Two Christmas grinches were arrested Monday, accused of stabbing a 12-foot-tall inflatable Frosty the snowman with a screwdriver.
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Women Peel More Than Potatoes In Tavern
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,19
Some women at a tavern near this Metro East community took playing with their food to a new level last week by wrestling in mashed potatoes, and now the bar's owner is in hot legal water.
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Man Sheds 125 Pounds To Become Deputy
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,19
Michael Warren had a lot of lose. The 20-year-old Wintersville resident who once tipped the scales at more than 300 pounds lost 125 pounds in 18 months to pursue a career in law enforcement.
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Parents Accidentally Leave Baby In Toys R Us
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,19
A 3-month-old baby was left unattended in a shopping cart for about an hour Sunday when her parents accidentally left her behind, police said. Shoppers noticed the abandoned baby at a Toys "R" Us store, Midland police Sgt. Alfredo Grimaldo said.
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32 Baby Jesus Dolls Found In Ill. Yard
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,19
Dozens of people looking for Jesus can find him at a church on Chicago's South Side. Thirty-two plastic baby Jesus dolls were stolen last week from nativity scenes in people's front yards. Then on Saturday morning a woman found all the missing Jesuses lined up along the fence on her lawn and she gave them to St. Symphorosa Church.
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Woman Survives 200-Foot Plunge Down Calif. Cliff
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,19
A woman is hospitalized with minor injuries after her vehicle plunged about 200 feet off a cliff in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.
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'Miracle' Pug Run Over By Train And Survives
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,19
A 4-year-old pug from Walpole, Mass., has been dubbed Max the Miracle Dog. Max wandered onto some train tracks Friday morning near Walpole station, CBS affiliate WBZ-TV in Boston reports.
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Ill. Kindergartner Accused Of Knife Threat
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,19
The Plainfield School Board will be meeting Monday night to discuss the case of a kindergarten student accused of threatening another student with a penknife at Charles Reed Elementary School in Joliet, Ill.
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Transgender Shopper Denied Access To Fitting Room
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,19
A trip to a Loehmann's department store in New York City may turn into a lawsuit for Jane Galla. She said a popular discount clothing store wouldn't allow her to use its communal changing room because she is transgender.
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Today In History - Dec. 19, 2006
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,19
Today is Tuesday, December 19, the 353rd day of 2006. There are 12 days left in the year.
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Jakarta hotel puts $140 hamburger on menu
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,19
A hotel in Indonesia is dishing out a hamburger that costs more than twice the monthly minimum wage in some parts of the country.
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Men Try To Smuggle Birds In Pocket, Pack
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,19
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents said Monday they seized seven birds from two men as they re-entered the United States from Canada via Buffalo's Peace Bridge.
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Woman Accused In Christmas Card Pot Plot
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Dec,19
Police arrested a woman after finding marijuana in a Christmas card she tried to give her jailed boyfriend. Dawn E. Smith, 44, of Grove, was arrested in connection with the incident at the Delaware County Jail.
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Cops Put 2 On Ice After Frosty Stabbing
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Dec,18
Two Christmas grinches were arrested Monday, accused of stabbing a 12-foot-tall inflatable Frosty the snowman with a screwdriver. The Hamilton County Sheriff's office said two 18-year-olds were charged with criminal damaging, and the investigation continues to snowball.
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Woman Tells Cop She Bought 'Bad Crack'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Dec,18
A North Carolina woman was arrested after complaining to a police officer that the crack cocaine she had just purchased wasn't very good, authorities said.
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Galveston Bridge Demolished
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Dec,18
There was a spectacular sight in Galveston over the weekend as demolition crews blew up an old bridge.
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Elmo & Wii Hopefuls Camp Out In Times Square
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Dec,18
In New York, people are impatient to be first in everything. But sometimes you have to learn to wait. Only a week until Christmas, and frantic shoppers are feeling the pressure.
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Scottish Troops Must Share Scarce Kilts
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Dec,18
Great Scot! A shortage of ceremonial kilts could leave thousands of soldiers without a stitch of plaid to wear as they parade to the skirl of the bagpipes.
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Stunt Gone Wrong Hurts Stuntman In China
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Dec,18
A Hollywood stuntman suffered serious injuries during a public performance at Shanghai's Zhabei Stadium on December the 16, China Radio International reported.
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Today In History - Dec. 18, 2006
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Dec,18
Today is Monday, December 18, the 352nd day of 2006. There are 13 days left in the year.
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Bond renaissance drives liqueur sales
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Dec,18
A French liqueur producer is enjoying a boom in sales on the back of the latest James Bond movie.
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God squad: Vatican mulls fielding football team
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Dec,17
The Vatican may one day field a football team that could rival the top sides in Italy's powerful Serie A, the Holy See's Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, said on Sunday.
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Italian village basks in reflected glory
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Dec,17
Sun deprived people might consider moving to the northern Italian village of Viganella, where residents are now basking in sunlight thanks to a giant mirror.
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Humans Stun Experts With Odd Odor-Tracking Ability
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Dec,17
By studying blindfolded college students who crawled through grass to sniff out a chocolate-scented trail, scientists say they've found evidence of a human smelling ability that experts thought was impossible.
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Time Magazine Names Person Of The Year, You
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Dec,17
Congratulations! You are the Time magazine "Person of the Year."
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Elephant Named After Bin Laden Shot Dead
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Dec,17
Sharpshooters in India's northeast have killed a rogue elephant blamed for 14 deaths in the region and was so feared that villagers named him after Osama bin Laden, wildlife officials said Sunday.
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Trees, Menorahs Light Up Hawaii Airports
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Dec,17
Despite a dustup in Seattle over whether Christmas trees and menorahs have a place in that city's airport, both were put up this season at airports throughout the Hawaiian islands without controversy.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Dec,17
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Time magazine names 'you' as person of the year
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,16
The magazine Time has named 'you' as its person of the year, with a mirror cover designed to reflect the importance of user-generated Internet content as a driving force in the modern world.
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Northern Lights On Display In Austin, Minnesota
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,16
People in Minnesota got a spectacular light show thanks to the 'Aurora Borealis.' effect. The night sky was shaded green above Austin, Minnesota in the southeastern part of the state.
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High Rise Imploded, Parts Still Standing
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,16
The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh attempted to implode the 157-unit East Hills High Rise at around 2:30 p.m. but not all of it fell.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,16
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Viennese gender equality a sign of the times
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,15
A green exit sign shows a woman, rather than a man, running for the door, while a traffic light features another crossing the street, in a new initiative by the City of Vienna to raise awareness about gender equality.
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Traffic ticket helps elderly man find car
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,15
A 78-year-old German man needed the help of a traffic warden who had given him a ticket to find his car after a day of fruitless searching.
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Student Faces Charges In Semen-In-Dressing Case
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,15
A high school student is facing criminal charges after school officials say he ejaculated into the cafeteria salad dressing.
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Santa Look-A-Like Gets In Trouble At Disney World
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,15
A strange case of mistaken identity has left a Florida man shaking his head after the man, who resembles Santa Claus, got into trouble at Walt Disney World, CBS affiliate WFOR-TV reports.
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Zoo Names New Panda 'Atlanta Beauty'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,15
Children sang and performers put on a lively dance Friday as Zoo Atlanta unveiled the name of the nation's newest panda cub - Mei Lan, a 12-poundu ball of adorableness too young to attend the hoopla.
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Police Car Slams Into Calif. House
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,15
A police car rushing to a report of a home invasion robbery in San Jose, Calif., careened right into another home Thursday evening, police said.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,15
Two men were arrested on battery charges Thursday after a road rage incident led one to attack the other with deer antlers and then a handgun, authorities said.
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Nazi Gingerbread Men Moved To New Town
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,15
An artist who was forced to remove his Nazi gingerbread men from the window of a hardware store has set up the display in an empty storefront in another town. "The Secret Lives of Gingerbread Men" depicts a small gathering at a Nazi rally.
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