'Reggie' The Alligator Reappears In L.A.
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,01
Reggie the alligator reappeared Monday after vanishing for 1 1/2 years in an urban lake where the reptile turned up in 2005 and repeatedly skunked would-be 'gator wranglers.
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P-plate driver 10 times over legal alcohol limit: police
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,30
Police on the Goldfields have charged a teenage probationary motorist with driving with a blood alcohol level 10 times over the legal limit.
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Police investigating carjacking in Perth
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,30
A 17-year-old boy has had his car stolen in unusual circumstances in the northern Perth suburb of Joondalup.
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Police find $70,000 in Aus cash on German train
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,30
$70,000 worth of Australian banknotes have been found on a train in the western German city of Cologne.
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Seniors line up for conga world record
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,30
The western New South Wales city of Dubbo will today attempt to break the world record for the longest conga line of seniors.
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NY Councilman Wants Ban On Circulars, Menus
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,30
A New York City councilman has introduced legislation that would make it illegal to distribute menus, circulars and fliers to homes and apartment buildings that display a sign indicating promotional materials are unwanted.
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Photographer Wants Record For Largest Nude Pic
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,30
American photographer Spencer Tunick said Sunday he was hoping to draw his largest crowd of nude people for a shoot next month in Mexico City's enormous Zocalo plaza.
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Police Say Car Thief Was Love-Struck
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,30
Whenever Antonio Moreno wanted to see his girlfriend, police say, he'd jump in a car and drive right over. But there was a problem. The 26 cars Moreno jumped into all belonged to other people, according to authorities who arrested the 31-year-old near his home in a Los Angeles suburb Wednesday.
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Artist to fill Mexico City square with nudes
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,30
US artist Spencer Tunick will fill Mexico City's Zocalo square - the centre of the ancient Aztec empire and the heart of modern Mexico - with thousands of naked Mexicans next week for his latest mass nude photo shoot.
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Today In History - April 30,2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,30
Today is Monday, April 30, the 120th day of 2007. There are 245 days left in the year.
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Japanese Patch Measures Pet Stress
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,30
Wondering if your dog or cat is stressed? Just stick a special patch on the bottom of its paw and you'll be able to tell, according to a Japanese company.
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Blind Pilot Flies From London To Sydney
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,30
A blind British adventurer touched down in Sydney Monday to end an epic 13,500-mile flight by microlight aircraft from London.
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Elephant Leaving Philadelphia Zoo After 41 Years
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,30
After 41 years at the Philadelphia Aoo, Dulary the elephant will be leaving as the zoo prepares to close its elephant exhibit.
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'Slow motion' runner finishes marathon a week late
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,29
'Slow motion' marathon runner Greg Billingham has finished the London Marathon one week after the event started.
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Wiener Dogs Run In 10th Annual Buda Race
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,29
'Teenage Mutant Ninja Wieners' is the theme for the vertically challenged canines that raced in Buda Sunday. This was the 10th annual Buda Lions Club Country Fair and Wiener Dog Race.
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Today In History - April 29, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,29
Today is Sunday, April 29, the 119th day of 2007. There are 246 days left in the year.
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Star Trek's Scotty beamed up in final space voyage
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,29
Actor James Doohan, who played the starship Enterprise's chief engineer Scotty on Star Trek, finally made it to space on Saturday (local time) as a rocket with some of his ashes was launched in New Mexico.
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Google Earth moves Chilean village to Argentina
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,28
The Government of Chile wants Google to fix its earth geographical search program because it places a Chilean village in Argentina.
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Skateboarding Dog To Wow Crowds At Calif. Festival
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,28
Internet sensation Tyson the skateboarding bulldog will be shredding at the Stockton, Calif., Asparagus Festival this weekend.
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'Hogzilla' To Hit Big Screen
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,28
Hogzilla, a near-mythical monster hog that roamed south Georgia, is about to get a little bigger.
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Box Of Condoms Leads To Evacuation
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,28
Several classrooms at Des Moines Area Community College were evacuated after college officials became nervous about a suspicious package.
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Ind. Man Jailed Over Explicit Fliers Of Ex-Wives
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,28
A 57-year-old man is accused of passing out sexually explicit fliers that included images of two ex-wives.
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Billie the turtle wins Costa Rica sea race
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,28
A leatherback turtle called Billie won the first Great Turtle Race from Costa Rica to the Galapagos Islands, swimming at a leisurely 5 to 6 kilometres per hour, organisers say.
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German thief betrays himself for free beer
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,28
A German phone thief led police right to his front door when they called the stolen mobile to say he had won some free beer and he willingly gave his address.
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Today In History - April 28, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,28
Today is Saturday, April 28, the 118th day of 2007. There are 247 days left in the year.
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Bongo The Bowling Ball Fetching Dog
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,28
They call him "the bowling ball fetching dog."
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Saudi tribe holds camel beauty pageant
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
Contestants in a Saudi beauty pageant this week have all the features you might expect anywhere else in the world but with one crucial difference - the competitors are camels.
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L.A. Police Nab Half-Naked Car Theft Suspect
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
Police took an unidentified car theft suspect into custody after he led cops on a chase through downtown streets for nearly two hours. When he was finally nabbed, he stepped out of the car clad only in his boxers.
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Deer Slams Through Salon Window
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
A deer became an unexpected guest at a Gloucester County hair salon when it slammed through a glass window.
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Sandy Koufax, 71, Drafted By Israeli Baseball Team
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
Forty-one years after he retired from baseball, Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax was the final player chosen in the draft to stock the six teams for the inaugural season of the Israel Baseball League.
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Dead Man Travels Unnoticed On Train
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
A dead passenger traveled unnoticed for at least half a day on an executive passenger train, an Indonesian newspaper reported Friday. The body traveled back and forth between Tegal and Jakarta before a janitor told the family he had been unable to clean one lavatory because the door was locked, the report said.
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Oh Deer! Hair Salon Gets A Surprise Customer
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
A deer became an unexpected guest at a Gloucester County hair salon when it slammed through a glass window.
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Schilling Bets $1 Million Bloody Sock Was Real
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
Curt Schilling is offering one million dollars to anyone who can prove the blood on his sock in the 2004 playoffs was not real. The Boston Red Sox player made the wager on his blog.
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Police Catch Burglar With Coke Can
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
Police caught a man they call the hungry burglar after he broke into several homes by using DNA he left behind on a soft drink can. Officers in Brooklyn Center, Minn., analyzed a can left on top of the burglary victims' refrigerator, and were able to track down the robber.
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L.A. Times Sportswriter Announces Gender Switch
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
A veteran sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times said in his column Thursday that he is a transsexual. Mike Penner told readers of his struggle to embrace his gender, and said when he returns from vacation in a few weeks he will be known as Christine Daniels.
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Cloudy Future For Busted Philadelphia Psychics
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
They never saw it coming. City inspectors shut down more than a dozen psychics, astrologers and tarot-card readers after learning about a decades-old state law that bans fortune telling for profit.
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Man Charged For Spending Misplaced Money
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
More than $106,000 was mistakenly deposited into a Nebraska man's account between August 2006 and February. The account owner has been charged with felony theft after he spent $80,000 of the erroneous deposit. His attorney is trying to work out a repayment deal in civil court.
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Woman, 95, To Be Oldest College Graduate
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
When 95-year-old Nola Ochs graduates next month, she will be the world's oldest college graduate. The record Ochs will break, according to Guinness World Records, belongs to Mozelle Richardson, who at age 90 in 2004 received a journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma.
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Today In History - April 27, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
Today is Friday, April 27, the 117th day of 2007. There are 248 days left in the year.
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Grandma Finds Condom In McDonald's Bag
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
A grandmother was alarmed to find a condom in a happy meal gift pack bought for her 7-year-old granddaughter at a McDonald's restaurant in New Zealand, local media reported Thursday.
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Nude Man In High Heels Causes Lockdown
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
A man wearing nothing but women's high heels was the cause of a building lockdown by police in downtown McMinnville. The unidentified man was spotted sitting on a bench on the basement floor of a nearly vacant medical building Wednesday afternoon.
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Mom Teed Off By Urinating Drunk Golfers
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
A mother teed off by drunken golfers urinating near her house by the 18th hole resorted to videotaping the men after no action was taken on her complaints. Video of some men relieving themselves behind trees at the city-owned course was played on local and national television news.
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Man On Crusade To See Corzine Pay For Belt Flap
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
A self-proclaimed gadfly who thinks the public needs people like him to keep politicians honest has filed a complaint against New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine for failing to wear a seatbelt the night of his deadly car crash.
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Giant molluscs slow NZ mine to snail's pace
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,27
New Zealand's biggest coal exporter says endangered snails have disrupted mining operations, costing the company about $20 million in lost production.
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Travis County Courthouse Infested With Rats
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,26
Travis County officials are dealing with a pesky problem, literally. The Travis County Courthouse is infested with rats.
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Italian scientist works on 'spider-man' suit
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,26
An Italian researcher is working on a project that could lead to the development of a real-life 'spider-man' suit.
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Fans Plan Observances For Barbaro's Birthday
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,26
The fans who prayed daily for Barbaro and sent online messages of support never were able to get together to celebrate his recovery. This weekend, those fans will put away their keyboards to meet and honor his memory.
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Couple Uses MySpace In Hunt For Baby Girl to Adopt
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,26
With three boys under their roof, a Michigan couple has turned to MySpace.com in search of the missing ingredient a baby girl.
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Woman Busted For Sneaking Into Prison For Sex
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,26
A woman pleaded guilty to using a false ID badge to enter a corrections facility while posing as an attorney so she could have sex with an inmate, state prosecutors said.
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Indian Arrest Warrant Issued For Gere Over Kiss
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,26
A court issued arrest warrants for Hollywood actor Richard Gere and Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty on Thursday for kissing at a public function, news reports said.
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