Firefighter Accused Of Following Up Sex With Arson
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jan,27
A former city firefighter fined $200 after he and a girlfriend had sex in an unfinished house now has been charged with arson for setting fire to the structure.
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Snakes help sooth aching joints
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
An Israeli health and beauty spa has introduced snake massage as a new treatment to its menu.
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Church To Host 'Porn And Pancakes' Event
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
It's not your typical church breakfast. An event billed as "Porn and Pancakes" is being hosted by a church in rural upstate New York in order to host a discussion on the pornography industry in America.
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Amnesia Victim Wandered Streets For 25 Days
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
Joe Bieger walked out his front door with his two dogs one morning last fall a beloved husband, father, grandfather and assistant high school athletic director. Minutes later, all of that -- indeed, his very identity -- would seemingly be wiped from his brain's hard drive.
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Naked Suspect Leads Police On Wild Chase
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
A North Carolina man who tried to elude police by stripping down to his bare essentials is behind bars.
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Elk With Chair On Head Prompts Concerned Calls
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
An elk has been wandering around Estes Park, Colo. for a few days with a chair stuck around its head prompting hundreds of calls from concerned residents.
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Police Release More Details On Mummified Baby
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
Delray Beach, Fla. police held a press conference in which they showed off the suitcase and the newspaper in which a mummified baby's body were found in Monday.
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Suit Settled Over Towel Found In Patient
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
The Cleveland Clinic settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who died seven years after a surgeon left a rolled-up towel inside her chest.
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New York To Launch Official City Condom
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration is focused on reducing rates of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS, and part of the strategy is the aggressive promotion of free condoms.
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Scientist Develops Caffeinated Doughnuts
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
That cup of coffee just not getting it done anymore? How about a Buzz Donut or a Buzzed Bagel? That's what Doctor Robert Bohannon, a Durham, North Carolina, molecular scientist, has come up with.
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Vets Turn To Acupuncture For Ailing Pets
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
When Ann Dey's dog had a stroke in July, one side of his face became paralyzed so severely he couldn't blink. She knew she needed to do something before the 13-year-old pug, Jimmy, lost his eye to infection.
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Woman, 65, Saves Husband From Mountain Lion
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
Wildlife officials on Thursday credited a woman with saving her husband's life by clubbing a mountain lion that attacked him while the couple were hiking in a California state park.
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Polite Nude Jogger Shocks Hikers, Bikers
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
Who was that undressed man? That's the question startled hikers, bikers and horseback riders are asking about a jogger seen streaking through an open space preserve wearing nothing but sneakers, glasses and a black tam hat.
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Tassie devil ranks in world's worst sounds
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
The sound of a tasmanian devil has featured in a list of the world's most horrible sounds.
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Today In History - Jan. 26, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
Today is Friday, January 26, the 26 day of 2007. There are 339 days left in the year.
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Suspect Nearly Chomps Off Cop's Finger
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
A suspect whose vehicle was being searched nearly bit off a police officer's finger after swallowing a bag of alleged drugs. Jessie Acker was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer and possession of a controlled substance.
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Baggy Pants Trip Up Robbery Suspect
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
Police said they caught a 16-year-old robbery suspect who had eluded authorities on several previous occasions when his baggy pants fell down, causing him to stumble as officers chased him.
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Da Bull's Blunder Catching National Spotlight
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jan,26
The Toros mascot has gone national. His bone head blunder Wednesday is making many of people laugh.
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Ferrets frolic up trouser legs for Australia Day
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jan,25
For one group of people in Tasmania, Australia Day marks the annual ferret extravaganza.
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Vegetarian dons lettuce bikini to protest lamb campaign
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jan,25
Meat and Livestock Australia is spending $1 million to encourage us to eat lamb this Australia Day, but one animal liberationist is running a "bare bones" campaign against it.
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Twins Give Birth To Sons Within Hours
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jan,25
Nicole Cramer had little idea when she went to the hospital to see her twin sister's newborn son that within hours, she would give birth to a son of her own.
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N.J. Warns: Don't Eat The Squirrel
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jan,25
Residents near a toxic waste dump in the northern part of New Jersey are being warned not to eat the bushy-tailed rodents. The warning may seem, well, nuts, but it's no laughing matter for those who depend on the wildlife as a source of food.
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Toros Mascot's Bonehead Play Almost Costs The Game
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jan,25
The mascot for the Austin Toros got a little too excited during Wednesday night's game and almost cost the team the game.
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Man washed down storm drain
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jan,25
A man has survived after being washed three kilometres down an underground storm water drain during torrential rain in Brisbane.
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Runaway Bride Story To Become Rock Opera
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jan,25
The story of runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks is on its way to a theater in the form of a rock opera.
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Flagpole Repairman Killed By Flagpole
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jan,25
A 63-year-old Minnesota man died Wednesday after a heavy metal ball fell from the top of a flagpole and struck him on the head. Authorities said the man was working under the pole when the ball fell Wednesday afternoon.
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Bogus Essay Contest Participants Get Money Back
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jan,25
In 2000, Ben Waldrep promised to give away his Manhattan Beach home to the person who wrote the best essay on why they wanted to live in the South Bay, Calif. community. Each had to pay $200 to enter.
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Tater Tot Dish Makes Return To Minnesota Schools
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jan,25
From Hmong beef fried rice to Somali chicken suqaar, the St. Paul, Minn. Public Schools district has been offering a broad range of ethnic foods in its school lunch menu.
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Pa. Casino Voids Retiree's $102,000 'Jackpot'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jan,25
A retired carpenter was feeding money into a slot machine at a Pennsylvania casino when a message board attached to the machine lit up.
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Military Unveils New Non-Lethal Weapon
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jan,25
A new military weapon was unveiled Wednesday capable of taking down a person without firing a single shot. The U.S. Department of Defense showed off their new non-lethal weapon called the Active Denial System or ADS.
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5 Komodo Dragons Born At British Zoo
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jan,25
A British zoo announced Wednesday the virgin birth of five Komodo dragons, giving scientists new hope for the captive breeding of the endangered species.
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Today In History - Jan. 25, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jan,25
Today is Thursday, January 25th, the 25th day of 2007. There are 340 days left in the year.
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Scientists Can't Get Sloth To Move
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jan,25
Scientists in the eastern German city of Jena said Wednesday they have finally given up after three years of failed attempts to entice a sloth into budging as part of an experiment in animal movement.
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Diver Tells Of Surviving Shark Attack
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,24
A diver who was almost swallowed alive by a 10-foot-long shark said Wednesday a lead-lined vest prevented the animal from biting him in half and a chisel used for gathering shellfish allowed him to fend off the fish.
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Truckie prevented from throwing money out the window
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,24
A big-hearted German truck driver has been thwarted in his bid to throw 75,000 euros ($124,750) out the window of his local town hall.
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96-Year-Old N.J. Man Surviving Behind Bars
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,24
Charlie Uzar has been arrested, convicted, and is doing time behind bars and barbed wire -- locked up in jail like a common criminal. Uzar, however, isn't like the other inmates at the Middlesex County Jail.
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Military Ray Gun Makes Targets Feel On Fire
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,24
The military calls its new weapon an "active denial system," but that's an understatement. It's a ray gun that shoots a beam that makes people feel as if they are about to catch fire.
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Slots Player Has Jackpot Voided At New Pa. Casino
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,24
Stephen Wilkinson was feeding 50 cents a pull into a slot machine at a new Pennsylvania casino when the machine lit up and started blaring music.
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Washington Lawmaker: Bars Shouldn't Bar Dogs
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,24
If dog-loving lawmakers prevail, Fido could soon be sidling up to bar stools around Washington state under a measure that would allow well-behaved, leashed canines to join their human companions as they down their favorite microbrews.
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Rare Whales Spotted In Delaware Waterway
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,24
The Indian River Inlet in Delaware is attracting some unusual visitors. Two rare northern right whales swam into the inlet at high tide on Monday and again Tuesday.
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77-Square-Foot London Flat Without Power: $335,000
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,24
Location, location, location. Almost anywhere else, the tiny dilapidated studio wouldn't attract much more than mice. But this is London and the 77-square-foot former storage room slightly bigger than a prison cell and without electricity is going for $335,000.
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Store Owner Reroutes Heat To Drive Away Homeless
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,24
A New York City antiques dealer has rerouted the hot air that came up from a grate in front of his store to a locked alley in the back - in an attempt to get rid of the homeless man who camped out in front of his store window.
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Jimi Hendrix Energy Drink In Works
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,24
A new energy drink doesn't promise to give you the juice to play guitar like Jimi Hendrix, but it does hope to give you a "Liquid Experience."
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Man Jumps Off Bridge To Impress Date
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,24
Love is patient; love is kind. And sometimes, love causes people to do strange things. Four police officers, a bridge tender and two good Samaritans had to rescue a man who jumped off the a bridge in Sea Bright, N.J., to impress a woman on their second date.
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More Polar Bears Giving Birth On Land
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,24
Pregnant polar bears in Alaska, who spend most of their lives on sea ice, are increasingly giving birth to their young on land, according to researchers who say global warming is probably to blame.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jan,24
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Dunking Parakeet Becomes Web Video Star
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jan,23
Teaching a parakeet to putt is no tap-in. Ask David Cota, who spent months training his Indian ringneck parakeet A.J. to use a tiny putter to sink putts on a miniature green, making the 5-inch tall bird an Internet video star.
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Pa. Residents See Wayward Wallaby
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jan,23
Where's the wallaby? That's what officials at the Berks County Humane Society are wondering after residents began seeing a foreign creature hopping around town.
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Toddler's Temper Ousts Family From Plane
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jan,23
AirTran Airways on Tuesday defended its decision to remove a Massachusetts couple from a flight after their crying 3-year-old daughter refused to take her seat before takeoff.
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Calf With 2 Faces Wins Over Dairyman
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jan,23
Star, a calf born with two faces, is getting star treatment from dairyman Kirk Heldreth. Despite her malformed mouth, Star has been feeding from a bottle and is winning over Heldreth, who didn't expect her to live long after her Dec. 27 birth. He had considered donating the calf to Virginia Tech for scientific purposes, or even selling her for show.
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