Stones relocate concert to spare horses
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,09
The Rolling Stones have asked to change the venue for a concert in Belgrade to spare hundreds of horses from enduring a potentially traumatic experience.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,09
Her owner, Jerry Dean of Wisconsin, says Gus loves taking to the highway on their V-Star bike.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,09
Mike Olson had been working under his dad's deck for about 20 minutes when he realized he wasn't alone. "I cocked my head back, and I saw those two eyes looking at me," Olson said of the Monday encounter. "I got out real fast."
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Teen Accused Of Growing Pot On Cop's Land
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,09
A 17-year-old boy was growing marijuana on vacant property owned by Ocala's deputy police chief, authorities said. Deputy Chief Greg Graham said he was told about the plants by neighbors on Saturday. He had bought the lot two months ago as an investment, the Ocala Star-Banner reported. Deputies with the Martin County Sheriff's Office confiscated nine potted marijuana plants on the lot.
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Rescue Units Called In To Save A Dummy
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,09
The response was quick and complete: When a passer-by called Tuesday to report a worker dangling from a Western Area Power Administration tower 150 feet in the air, authorities responded by sending Casper Fire-EMS rescue and command units, two Natrona County sheriff's vehicles, a fire protection district rescue unit and a Life Flight helicopter.
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Mom, Daughter Allegedly Form Crime Team
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,09
A mother and daughter have been arrested for stealing from an out-of-town businessman they met in a bar. The man from Texas told police he met 34-year-old Eugenia Garrison and her 14-year-old daughter in a local bar Monday night and brought them back to his hotel room. He saw the girl grab $360 from his dresser and make a run for it.
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Mets Players Shave Heads In Team Building Exercise
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,09
There was a big buzz going on in the Mets' clubhouse Tuesday. As in Carlos Beltran cutting hair for some good ol' fashioned team bonding.
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Police nab wheelchair man on motorway brothel trip
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,09
Spanish police pulled over a man in a electric wheelchair who was riding along on a motorway after he got lost while looking for a brothel.
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Chicago Pulls Racy Billboard Encouraging Divorce
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,09
A racy billboard in Chicago proclaiming "Life's short. Get a divorce" caused enough complaints that city officials pulled it from its downtown perch.
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Obama Blunder: '10,000 Died In Kansas Tornado
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,09
Barack Obama, caught up in the fervor of a campaign speech Tuesday, drastically overstated the Kansas tornadoes death toll, saying ten thousand people died. The death toll was 12, in the town of about 16-hundred people.
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Queen Elizabeth Shows Wit After Wrapping U.S. Tour
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,09
In the final scene of an active six-day visit to the United States, the 81-year-old queen toasted her country's close relationship to the United States she hosted at the British Embassy Tuesday night.
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Wisconsin Orders Gas Station To Raise Prices
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,09
A service station that offered discounted gas to senior citizens and people supporting youth sports has been ordered by the state to raise its prices.
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Today In History - May 9, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday May,09
Today is Wednesday, May 9, the 129th day of 2007. There are 236 days left in the year.
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Scientists Plan 'Encyclopedia Of Life'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,08
In a whale-sized project, the world's scientists plan to compile everything they know about all of Earth's 1.8 million known species and put it all on one Web site, open to everyone.
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Crank callers invite Sarkozy to 'dinner for fools'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,08
Two Canadian comedians have fooled France's president-elect Nicolas Sarkozy with a crank phone call.
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Archaeologists Find Likely Tomb Of King Herod
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,08
An Israeli archaeologist on Tuesday said he has found remnants of the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem, on a flattened hilltop in the Judean Desert where the biblical monarch built a palace.
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Study: 40 Pct. Of 3-Month-Olds Regular TV Watchers
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,08
Two new studies in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine say that many very young children are watching TV regularly and teens who watch too much TV are more likely to be poor students.
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Housemate Allegedly Made Woman, 83, Smoke Crack
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,08
A woman forced an 83-year-old housemate to smoke crack cocaine so she could steal personal information to get a credit card in her name and run up more than $3,000 in charges, authorities said.
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Illinois Student Dresses Roadkill Up In Clothes
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,08
For the past several weeks, drivers near Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville have been noticing odd things about some of the roadkill on the sides of the area's highways.
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Lust For Leggings Plagues Serial Socks Snatcher
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,08
James Dowdy has admitted his hankering for women's hosiery has been his undoing, earning him three stints in prison and repeated scoldings from judges over the years. So police say it's no surprise the 36-year-old man is knee deep in trouble again because of his lust for leggings.
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Dog gets Purple Heart for saving kids
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,08
Nine-year-old jack russell terrier George is being honoured with a posthumous bravery medal for saving five New Zealand children from an attack by two pit bulls.
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Today In History - May 8, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,08
Today is Tuesday, May 8, the 128th day of 2007. There are 237 days left in the year.
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Astronomers Spot Exploding Faraway Star
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,08
A massive exploding faraway star the brightest supernova astronomers have ever seen has scientists wondering whether a similar celestial fireworks show may light up the sky much closer to Earth sometime soon.
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Most-Wanted Part Of $2M Estate: The Dog
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,08
A man who didn't have a will left a $2 million estate, but the most hotly contested item in court has been his golden retriever, Alex.
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GPS directions take driver off-road
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,08
A Melbourne woman was lost in Victoria's south-west for more than two hours last night, after following her car's GPS instructions down a rough dirt road.
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Mutant worms spin coloured silk
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,08
Japanese scientists say they have genetically engineered silkworms to produce a specific colour.
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Dinner For The Queen Has British Touches
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday May,08
Washington turned out adoring schoolchildren and ladies in hats for Queen Elizabeth II's visit. The White House, too, laid on special touches at President Bush's first-ever white-tie state dinner to honor America's closest ally and make the queen feel welcome.
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Mount Etna Erupts
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,07
Mt. Etna began erupting violently Sunday night, spewing lava fountains almost 500 feet in the air from the south-eastern crater. So far there is no threat to inhabited areas.
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White House Receives Queen Elizabeth II
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,07
With trumpet fanfare and a 21-gun salute, President Bush welcomed Queen Elizabeth II to the White House on Monday as thousands of invited guests crowded the South Lawn for a glimpse of the British monarch.
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Canada Mints World's Biggest Gold Coin
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,07
Got change for a million? Canada does: the world's biggest pure gold coin at 200 pounds. Already, three buyers have shelled out for one of the 1 million Canadian dollar coins introduced last week.
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Disney Douses Smoking In Its Hotels
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,07
Walt Disney Company is banning smoking at all of its 22 Orlando hotels and time-share resorts. The ban is effective June 1. It permits smoking at designated outdoor areas.
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Canadian 'Spy Coin' Is Harmless Special Quarter
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,07
An odd-looking Canadian coin with a bright red flower was the culprit behind a U.S. Defense Department false espionage warning earlier this year about mysterious coin-like objects with radio frequency transmitters, the Associated Press has learned.
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White House Prepares For British Queen's Arrival
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,07
President Bush, a leader known for his informality, is welcoming Queen Elizabeth II to the White House with an uncharacteristic display of high pomp. The British monarch and her husband, Prince Philip, will be in Washington to attend a state dinner on the fifth day of a six-day trip.
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Judge Orders Shoplifters To Wear 'Thief' Signs
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,07
Shoppers entering the Wal-Mart Supercenter here got a reminder not to try anything funny: Two shoplifters stood outside with signs reading "I am a thief, I stole from Wal-Mart." A ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays as punishment for stealing.
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Today In History - May 7, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,07
Today is Monday, May 7, the 127th day of 2007. There are 238 days left in the year.
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Doctor Finds Spiders In Boy's Ear
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,07
These guys weren't exactly Snap, Crackle and Pop. What began as a faint popping in a 9-year-old boy's ear -- "like Rice Krispies" -- ended up as an earache, and the doctor's diagnosis was that a pair of spiders made a home in the ear.
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Rwanda to name baby gorilla after Steve Irwin
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,07
The Rwandan Government will name a baby gorilla after Steve Irwin in a tribute to the late 'Crocodile Hunter's' role as a wildlife conservationist.
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18,000 Mexicans strip for US photographer
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday May,07
About 18,000 people have posed nude for US photographer Spencer Tunick in Mexico City's Zocalo Square, setting a new record for the American artist known for snapping his subjects in the buff.
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Brewery ordered to pay up after beer-taster hits the bottle
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday May,06
A Brazilian labour court has ordered a brewery to pay about $60,000 compensation to a beer-taster who said his job made him an alcoholic.
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1st Married Catholic Priest To Be Ordained Sunday
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday May,06
The first married priest to be ordained in the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will receive his orders from Cardinal Roger Mahony in Camarillo Sunday.
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Woman Who Can't Swim Rescued Man, 88, From Lake
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday May,06
A woman who did not know how to swim rescued a man, 88, after his vehicle began sinking into a deep lake at the Desert Island Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif., it was reported Sunday.
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Houston Museum Is Paying 25 Cents Per Cockroach
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday May,06
Most of us think of cockroaches as a nasty nuisance, but how about as money makers? The Houston museum of Natural Science is looking for 1,000 American cockroaches.
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Austrians set dinner table for 1,800
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday May,06
An Austrian group claims to have set a record for the world's longest restaurant table with place settings for 1,800.
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Today is Sunday, May 6, the 126th day of 2007. There are 239 days left in the year.
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Royal cows predict poor harvest in Cambodia
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday May,06
Cambodia's royal cows have signalled a drought and poor harvests in an ancient ceremony to mark the beginning of the kingdom's planting season.
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Oklahoma Tornado Caught On Tape
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday May,05
An Oklahoma photojournalist caught a tornado touching down late Friday about seven miles southwest of Arnett in Ellis County in the far western section of Oklahoma.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday May,05
Today is Saturday, May 5, the 125th day of 2007. There are 240 days left in the year.
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Woman gives birth to twin grandsons
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday May,05
A 52-year-old Greek mother has given birth to her two grandsons, after getting legal permission to be a surrogate mother for her daughter.
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Calf Born With 6 Legs
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday May,05
A days-old black Angus calf romps about a central Nebraska farm just like any other only this one romps with six legs. "He's a real freak," said Brian Slocum, who said the calf was born Sunday to one of his cows. "I've never seen anything like this before."
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Des'ree toasted for worst pop lyric
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,04
British singer Des'ree has gained the dubious distinction of being responsible for the worst lyric in pop history.
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