Boy Finds Watch Buried In North Pole
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,30
A wristwatch buried in the ice at the North Pole three years ago was found by a boy more than 1,800 miles away after it floated ashore on Denmark's Faeroe Islands.
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Mom Allegedly Tells Girls To Steal Dog
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,30
A woman who allegedly instructed her two young daughters to steal a neighbor's dog was arrested on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and grand theft. The arrest came a week after the woman's daughters told their elementary school principal they snatched the missing mutt on their mother's orders.
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Lots Of Games, No Gambling At Legoland's Las Vegas
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,30
A powerful spring storm unleashed dozens of tornadoes as it moved through the Midwest on Wednesday and Thursday. Tornadoes or high winds are believed to have killed at least four people in three states, including a woman who was flung into a tree by a twister that witnesses said was as wide as two football fields.
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Gin And Tonic Bandit Drinks, Dines, Dashes
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,30
A scofflaw who came to be known as the gin and tonic bandit went to the same restaurant four weeks in a row, ordered two drinks and a rib-eye steak, then skipped out on his $25.96 bill. On the fifth week, police finally nabbed him.
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Minnesota Lawmaker Lobbies For Tilt-A-Whirl
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,30
Minnesota State Rep. Patti Fritz has introduced a bill designating the Tilt-A-Whirl the state's official amusement ride. Minnesota already has a state muffin (blueberry), a state gemstone (the Lake Superior agate), a state drink (milk), a state butterfly (monarch) and seven other official symbols.
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Bogans to go under the microscope
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,30
A New Zealand university researcher has won a government grant to study the lifestyle habits of head-banging heavy metal fans.
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Today In History - March 30, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,30
Today is Friday, March 30, the 89th day of 2007. There are 276 days left in the year.
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Chicago hot dog joint fined for flouting foie gras ban
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,29
The owner of a hot dog joint in Chicago has paid $US250 for violating the city's controversial ban on the sale of foie gras, the first time the city has fully enforced the edict.
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Karl Rove 'Raps' At Correspondents' Dinner
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,29
It was an unusual display of rhythm by one of President George W. Bush's top advisors. Karl Rove was 'rapping' during Wednesday evening's 63rd Annual Radio and Television Correspondents' dinner in Washington, D.C.
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New York Has It All, Except Fast And Easy Divorces
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,29
New York is the only state in the nation that won't allow the speedy dissolution of a marriage without proof that one spouse is somehow at fault, experts say. Adultery counts, but irreconcilable differences don't. "He beats me" (with proof) works, but "We grew apart" doesn't quite cut it.
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Chocolate Milk Recalled After Students Get Sick
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,29
A New Britain dairy has recalled hundreds of cases of chocolate milk, which may have been contaminated by a cleaning agent, after several students fell ill in Connecticut.
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Cubans Win Baseball's World Series Of Weird Names
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,29
Major League Baseball gave us Van Lingle Mungo, Mickey Klutts, Urban Shocker and Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish. But in the World Series of weird baseball names, Cuba is a real contender.
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Guardsman, Bride Wed By Video Conference
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,29
When it came time for a Minnesota National Guardsman to kiss the bride, she was about 6,000 miles away. But that didn't matter Wednesday, as Spc. Abraham Rhode and Amanda Hart used video teleconferencing to be joined as husband and wife.
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Today In History - March 29
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,29
Today is Thursday, March 29, the 88th day of 2007. There are 277 days left in the year.
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Clampdown on celery-throwers leads to bans
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,29
Chelsea have banned three of their fans after they were caught throwing celery during the team's FA Cup win at Tottenham Hotspur, the Premier League champions said.
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Man Freaks Out At Gas Price, Drags Manager
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,29
A new citizen from Turkey, now proudly managing his first gasoline station, is recovering from fuel price sticker shock outrage following a shocking incident on Wednesday. A customer refused to pay and sped off with the manager dangling from the door.
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'Star Wars' characters to become force on US stamps
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,29
The US Postal Service has turned to the characters of Star Wars for inspiration as it unveiled 15 new first-class stamps featuring the whole gang from Chewbacca to Darth Vader.
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Mexicans urged to swap guns for Xboxes
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,28
One of the world's most crime-ridden cities is trying a novel approach to curbing violence, offering computers and Xboxes in exchange for guns.
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World's Tallest Man Ties The Knot
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,28
The world's tallest man has married a woman who is more than 2 feet shorter than him, a Chinese newspaper reported Wednesday.
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15 Million Gallons Of Sewage Sinks In Michigan
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,28
About 15 million gallons of partially treated sewage water disappeared from a 250,000 square-foot storage lagoon into a sinkhole, but officials don't know where it went after that.
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Skydiver Arrested For Mooning Florida Cop
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,28
A visiting Norwegian skydiver was arrested after exposing his buttocks to a Florida officer, police said. Vegard Svarstad, 24, of Norway, was blocking traffic at an intersection early Saturday morning, according to an arrest report.
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Daredevil condemned for escalator ski stunt
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,28
A man who filmed himself skiing down the longest escalator on London's underground rail network has been branded "dangerous, stupid and irresponsible".
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Man Says Ex-Wife's Sex Change Ends Alimony Deal
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,28
A Florida judge has to decide if a man must continue paying alimony to an ex-wife who has had a sex change. Those involved in the case say the only precedent is an Ohio case that upheld alimony payments to the person who had a sex change operation.
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Man Shelters 110 Parakeets In 1 Bedroom Apartment
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,28
After receiving complaints from neighbors, Seattle Animal Shelter staffers found 110 parakeets Tuesday in a cage in the living room of a one-bedroom apartment.
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When Tumbleweeds Attack, Montanans Use Snowplows
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,28
Montana residents are used to digging themselves out after heavy snowstorms, but residents of one neighborhood had to put a snowplow to different use: clearing mounds of tumbleweed from their driveways.
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Comedian Crashes Ferrari
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,28
Funny man actor Eddie Griffin was involved in a very expensive auto accident at the Irwindale Speedway Monday when he slammed the $1.2 million Ferrari Enzo he was driving into a wall.
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Dog Saves Owner From Choking
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
Man's best friend is woman's best friend in the case of a Maryland woman who says her beloved pet saved her life.
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Bus Driver Kicks Off Preschoolers Who Didn't Pay
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
No fare! A driver for a popular bus service refused to take 13 preschoolers who she said did not pay to board.
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Town Seizes 80 Sheep Living As Pets In House
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
About 30 sheep being kept at a suburban home were euthanized Tuesday after some of the flock were found grazing on floral arrangements in a cemetery, authorities said. Animal cruelty charges were pending against the owner.
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New research to solve a windy problem with cows
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
A national research program is under way, looking to solve a serious issue involving flatulence in cows.
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Dog Performs 'Heimlich' On Choking Owner
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
Toby, a 2-year-old golden retriever, saw his owner choking on a piece of fruit and began jumping up and down on the woman's chest. The dog's owner believes the dog was trying to perform the Heimlich maneuver and saved her life.
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YouTube Helps N.H. Woman Find Bone Marrow Donor
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
Leigh Buckley from Derry, N.H. found a bone marrow donor after her friends posted a video of her on YouTube.com.
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Charges Dropped In Goat Spray-Painting Case
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
Criminal charges have been dropped against a Mahopac, N.Y. man whom police charged last fall with animal cruelty and burglary for breaking into a barn and spray-painting three goats.
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World's Best Pizza Comes From N.Y.
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
A Staten Island, N.Y. pizza shop is now known for having the "world's best" slice after winning a big competition in Las Vegas.
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Chicago Rabbi To Have Bar Mitzvah At 83 Years Old
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf is 70 years older than most bar mitzvah hopefuls. The 83-year-old is planning the traditional Jewish rite of passage ceremony -- usually done at age 13-- for Saturday.
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Zoo Hopes 'Panda Porn' Will Help Pandas Mate
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
Chuang Chuang the panda has been spending his days in front of a big screen television watching panda porn.
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Group Finds 'Monster' Toad The Size Of A Small Dog
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
An environmental group said Tuesday it had captured a "monster" toad the size of a small dog.
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Thief Steals 93 Pounds Of Bras And Panties
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
A man was charged with theft and burglary after police said they found 93 pounds of women's panties, brassieres and other underwear at his home.
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Person Pays $1 Parking Ticket 27 Years Late
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
A $1 parking ticket from 1980 has been paid off, after the offender sent the payment along with a $3 late fee to police - without giving a name.
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Beijing burglar makes his bed and sleeps in it
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
A Beijing worker who broke into luxury villas to steal property and get a good night's sleep has been jailed for a year, Chinese media has reported.
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Police Shut Down Bus Converted Into Matzo-Factory
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
A school bus that had been converted into a supersized oven for Passover matzos, complete with smokestack, exhaust fans and working fire, was fueled by gas lines illegally attached to a nearby house, authorities said Monday.
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Today In History - March 27, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
Today is Tuesday, March 27, the 86th day of 2007. There are 279 days left in the year.
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Aussie serial hugger wins YouTube award
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,27
A Sydney man on a goodwill mission to hug strangers has picked up an inaugural YouTube Video Award.
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Woman Has Crocodiles Strapped To Body
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Mar,26
A woman with three crocodiles strapped to her waist was stopped at the Gaza-Egypt border crossing after guards noticed that she looked "strangely fat," officials said Monday.
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Deer Crashes Through Chuck E. Cheese
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Mar,26
Customers at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant got more than they bargained for when a deer crashed through the restaurant. The deer jumped through the window at the pizza restaurant at Southern Hills Mall on Sunday.
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Tattoo-Artist Inmate Paints For Police
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Mar,26
A western Kentucky jail inmate who's got a talent for tattooing fellow inmates has been given a new job: sprucing up the jail's walls with murals. Robert Penrose says he's applied tattoos to inmates by using the spring from inside an ink pen, the motor from a CD player and alcohol "ink" colored with M&Ms or Skittles.
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Monster toad captured in NT
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Mar,26
FrogWatch says last night's toad bust in Darwin's northern suburbs uncovered what it says is the biggest cane toad ever to be caught in the Northern Territory.
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T-Rex Skull Auctioned For $276,000
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Mar,26
The skull of a large carnivorous dinosaur and the tusk of a shaggy-coated mammoth from the Ice Age sold for a combined $372,000 at a natural history auction Sunday, auction officials said.
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Thai panda gets daily dose of porn
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Mar,26
A Thai zoo has put a young but sexually inactive male giant panda on an intensive mating course that includes daily pornographic videos and a low-carb diet, a zoo official says.
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Mormon Church Objects To Angel T-Shirt
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Mar,26
For a coffee shop, T-shirts of a Mormon angel with java flowing into his trumpet are selling well. But they don't have the blessing of religious leaders.
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