British Teen Sails Ocean Solo, Breaks Record
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,03
A British teen on Wednesday became the youngest person to sail solo across the Atlantic Ocean, reaching the Caribbean island of Antigua after a six-week voyage.
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Longtime Red Sox Fan Dies At 112
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,03
Kathryn Gemme, a lifelong Red Sox fan who followed the team since the days of Babe Ruth, has died. She was 112.
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Oiled Prisoner Slips Out Of Norway Jail
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,03
A Lithuanian held on suspicion of theft in an Arctic Norway jail slipped out of custody - literally - by stripping naked, smearing himself with vegetable oil and sliding through the prison bars, police said Wednesday.
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Cops: Woman Used Dog's Name For Prescriptions
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,03
A Conneticut woman has been charged with trying to get obtain painkillers from a drug store by using her dog's name.
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Oops! Kidnappers Nab, Ditch The Wrong Victim
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,03
In what was apparently a case of mistaken identity, a woman was kidnapped, bound and abandoned in her car. Authorities found the victim in North Hollywood on Tuesday night.
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Manhattan Apartment Prices Top $1.1M
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,03
While the national home market languished, already expensive Manhattan became pricier still in the final quarter of last year, compared to the year before, according to two new real estate reports.
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Sticky Fingers At The Houston Airport
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,03
Five men have been arrested on felony organized crime charges in the recent thefts of hundreds of pieces of luggage from George Bush Intercontinental Airport, police said Tuesday.
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Cherry Blossoms Bloom In New York City
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jan,02
At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, it hardly seems like the dead of winter. Most cherry blossoms don't bloom until the beginning of spring when the winter chill finally begins to warm up. But there hasn't been a winter chill for most of the season, and for that reason, a cherry blossom tree was in practically full bloom on this the second day of January.
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Creepy art increases heart patients' blood pressure
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jan,02
Works of art meant to hearten patients at a Canadian cardiac hospital as part of a study have been removed after complaints they made people feel tense and increased their blood pressure, a doctor says.
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Inventor Creates Ping Pong For Three
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jan,02
Secil Boyd keeps dreaming up new ideas from remote control flying gadgets to new table games and even space-matter theories. "My mind doesn't seem to turn off so easily," the 53-year-old inventor joked at his Holualoa art gallery.
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Hotel Chain Offers Massages For Dogs
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jan,02
Dogs are now getting the white glove treatment at Ritz- Carlton hotels.
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Today In History - Jan. 2, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jan,02
Today is Tuesday, January 2, the second day of 2007. There are 363 days left in the year.
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Humans ape nature at Adelaide Zoo
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jan,02
The launch of the Human Zoo exhibit at the Adelaide Zoo has blurred the line between human and ape.
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Study: 2 Of 5 Bosses Don't Keep Word
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jan,02
For most people, it's back to work Tuesday after a holiday weekend with family and friends. And for many, a new study shows, it will be under a bad boss. Nearly two of five bosses don't keep their word and more than a fourth bad mouth those they supervise to co-workers, the Florida State University study shows.
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United Airlines Employees Report UFO In Chicago
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jan,01
Federal officials say it was probably just some weird weather phenomenon, but a group of United Airlines employees swear they saw a mysterious, saucer-shaped craft hovering over O'Hare Airport last fall.
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Four In Grueling 'Couch-Potato' Contest
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jan,01
Putting in long, grueling hours of couch-potato training just to win a TV sports-viewing marathon is simply not feasible, according to Jason Pisarik, who should know. At least not without incurring substantial personal risk.
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Man With Mannequin Fetish Could Get Life For Theft
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jan,01
A man who has a history of smashing windows to indulge his fetish for female mannequins could draw a long prison term for his latest arrest.
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Head, Heart At Issue For 'Greatest Thinker' Search
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jan,01
They've popped the question for the 15th Great American Think-Off: Which should you trust more - your head or heart? The Great American Think-Off, sponsored by the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center, is a national philosophy competition designed to provide ordinary people a chance to voice their opinions on some of life's more perplexing questions.
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Jordanian King: Israel Stinks
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jan,01
Jordanian King Abdullah II has complained of bovine odors coming from the Israeli side of the frontier along the countries' shared southern border, Israel's environment minister said Monday.
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Ark. Man Discovers 2.37-Carat White Diamond
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jan,01
An Arkansas man has found a 2.37-carat white diamond at the world's only diamond-bearing site where visitors are allowed to search for and keep the gems they find.
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Today In History - Jan. 1, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jan,01
Today is Monday, January first, the first day of 2007. There are 364 days left in the year.
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Indonesian gas company funds 'mud volcano' soap opera
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jan,01
The "mud volcano" which displaced more than 13,000 Indonesian's in East Java is being dramatised through a soap opera.
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Michigan Universitys 'Banned Words' 2006
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Dec,31
If the media's habit of combining celebrity names didn't cause word watchers enough heartburn in 2006, the past year had plenty of other words and phrases that language purists wish had "gone missing."
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Colorado Woman Selling Snow On eBay
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Dec,31
As if Colorado residents don't have enough snow to dig out from, one resident is offering more for a price on eBay. Starting bids were holding steady Friday at 99 cents for snow from "Blizzard I and Blizzard II" being offered by Mary Walker.
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67-Year-Old Woman Gives Birth to Twins
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Dec,31
A 67-year-old woman has given birth to twin sons in the northern city of Barcelona, a hospital official said.
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14-Foot Python Bites Fla. Snake Handler
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Dec,31
A 14-foot python bit its handler and tried to drag her into its cage during a show at an aquarium, and wouldn't release the woman until a police officer zapped the reptile with a stun gun.
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Today In History - Dec. 31, 2006
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Dec,31
Today is Sunday, December 31, the 365th and final day of 2006.
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Over A Million Revelers Expected At Times Square
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Dec,31
At least a million revelers will flood Times Square Sunday evening for a celebration that will wash away thoughts of world conflict with a tumult of music, glitz and celebrity star power.
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World's Oldest Mom Gives Birth To Twins At 67
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,30
A 67-year-old Spanish woman became the world's oldest mother after she gave birth to twins in the northern city of Barcelona on Saturday, a hospital official said.
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Man Protests Mosque's Construction By Racing Pigs
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,30
A man in Katy, Texas, isn't happy about an Islamic association's plans to build a mosque next to his property. So he's holding weekly pig races in protest.
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Twins for world's oldest mum
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,30
A 67-year-old Spanish woman became the world's oldest new mother when she gave birth to twins at a Barcelona hospital on Saturday.
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Mentally Disabled Man Takes Truck, Goes On Joyride
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,30
There were some intense moments in Orem, Utah, today when a mentally handicapped man stole a pickup truck and went on a dangerous joyride as another man clung to the truck, trying desperately to bring the wild journey to an end.
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Poll: Optimism Reigns In 2007; Not So In 2006
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,30
An AP-AOL News Poll finds that while most Americans said 2006 was a bad year for the country, three-fourths thought it had been a good one for them and their families.
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Today In History - Dec. 30, 2006
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,30
Today is Saturday, December 30, the 364th day of 2006. There is one day left in the year.
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Car Crashes Through Store Wall In Mass.
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,30
A store clerk in Lawrence, Mass. is lucky he has good reflexes - and they were put to the test Friday, when a car crashed through the wall right behind him.
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Man Arrested For Trying To Steal NYC Hotel
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Dec,30
You've likely heard of grand theft auto, but how about grand theft hotel? A Brooklyn man was arrested Friday after trying to steal New York City's SoHo Grand Hotel by filing a fraudulent deed to transfer ownership of the $76 million establishment to himself.
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Thirsty German sells beagle to buy beer
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,29
A thirsty German sold his six-year-old step-daughter's pet beagle to the owner of a bar to pay for beer, the Bild newspaper reports.
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Man Proposes In 'Objects Of Desire' Room
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,29
When J.D. Fuller decided to exhibit his love for Lucy Baxter Nichols, he chose a display in the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach, Fla. When Nichols, 21, toured the exhibit, she spotted the ring. She then spotted Fuller coming out of a nearby room and screamed with joy, racing toward him and jumping into his arms.
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'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Appeals Court Order
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,29
The makers of the "Girls Gone Wild" videos aren't wild about the community service they were ordered to serve, for filming drunken under-age girls. Company founder Joe Francis and three top aides were ordered by a federal judge to serve eight hours of community service each month for the next 30 months.
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Knoxville Crank Caller Caught By Fire Dept.
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,29
Knoxville Fire Department investigators used a ruse of their own to nab a man suspected of making a series of bogus emergency calls on his cell phone.
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Police Pull Over Man Smoking Pot, Find $250K Worth
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,29
A man was caught with $250,000 worth of marijuana after he was caught allegedly smoking a joint when Chicago police pulled him over on a traffic stop.
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Missing French Woman Stuck In Elevator For 3 Days
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,29
A 19-year-old woman who disappeared was found stuck in an elevator in a suburban Paris housing project for three days, the French press reported Friday.
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Snakes used to sense earthquakes in China
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Dec,29
China has come up with an earthquake prediction system which relies on the behaviour of snakes, two days after two quakes struck off neighbouring Taiwan.
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Carjacker Crashes, Gets Lost, Calls Cops
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Dec,28
There are some days it doesnt pay to be a crook. For Claude King, it seems Tuesday was one of those days. Following a carjacking, he got so confused he got lost and hit a few cars, before calling police and begging them to arrest him.
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Puss saves family from house fire
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Dec,28
A pet cat has saved four people from a house fire in Cairns, in far north Queensland.
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Poll: President Bush Top Villain Of 2006
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Dec,28
The Associated Press-AOL News poll on who people think were the villains and heroes of the last year was conducted Dec. 19-21 and is based on telephone interviews with 1,004 adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii.
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Adventure Racer Credits Dog For Saving Her Life
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Dec,28
A world-renowned adventure racer from Colorado is recovering at Denver Health Medical Center two weeks after a near fatal fall. Danelle Ballengee, 35, lay severely injured for 52 hours in a remote canyon near Moab, Utah, until her dog took action, reports CBS affiliate KCNC-TV.
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Presidential Pant Leg Story Reveals The Real Ford
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Dec,28
April 3, 1976: It was a crisp early spring morning in Wisconsin, the "Dairy State." President Gerald R. Ford was campaigning for president. Somebody thought it would be a good idea for him to visit a dairy farm. Little did anyone know that the leader of the free world would be assaulted by a boorish bovine's bothered bowels.
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Truck With $50,000 Of Frozen Broccoli Stolen
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Dec,28
Someone's New Year's Eve party just got a lot healthier.
Police in suburban Villa Park say a refrigerated truck with $50,000 in frozen broccoli has been stolen.
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