Vt. Town Named 'Simpsons' Official Home
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,10
It's Duff time in Springfield, Vt., which on Tuesday was proclaimed the official hometown of TV's favorite dysfunctional family, the Simpsons.
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Fast-Thinking Paramedics Save K-9 Dog's Life
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,10
Champ is a tough U.S. customs agent, a K-9 who sniffs out narcotics behind the scenes at Chicago's OHare airport. But when he was rushed to an airport rescue station last month, he was choking to death.
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Oregon Man Files 193 Miles In Lawn Chair
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,10
Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks - and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons. Destination: Idaho. Nearly nine hours later, the 47-year-old gas station owner came back to earth in a farmer's field near Union, short of Idaho but about 193 miles from home.
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Burglars Do Google Search To Break Into Safe
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,10
Two burglars had door keys, pass codes and combinations to help them break the safes at an indoor amusement center, but they had to turn to Google for help to steal theiThe real camera recorded the pair struggling for 75 minutes to open the safes, apparently not realizing how many times and in what directions they needed to turn the dials.r loot.
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Restaurant Owner Chases Down Pair Who Didn't Pay
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,10
The owner of several high-end Minneapolis restaurants had a night to remember after he chased down a pair who skipped out on the bill at one eatery, and tried to flee when caught dinWhen the couple tried to flee, Pham, a former judo instructor, chased Reginald Wilder into an alley, forced him to the ground and held him until police arrived. ing at another--all in the same night.
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Buenos Aires Gets First Snow In Almost 90 Years
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,10
Thousands of Argentines cheered and threw snowballs in the streets of Buenos Aires on Monday as the capital's first major snowfall since 1918 spread a thin white mantle across the region.
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Wife Accused Of Attacking Husband With Fork
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,10
Despite an 86-year-old man's objections, his wife will stand trial on accusations of stabbing him with a fork during a restaurant food fight.
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Runaway Wrecking Ball Rolls Into Car Trunk
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,10
A runaway 1,500-pound wrecking ball barreled out of control for nearly a mile, causing damage and injury. The ball broke loose in Meadville, Pa., about 100 miles north of Pittsburgh, at the top of a hill where part of a library at Allegheny College was being demolished.
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Today In History - July 10, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,10
Today is Tuesday, July 10, the 191st day of 2007. There are 174 days left in the year.
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Dog Nurses Kitten Found Under SUV Hood
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Jul,10
By all accounts, Tahoe is a typical kitten: cute, sleepy and hungry. But his eating habits are far from typical, as the stray's been nursing from a 3-year-old dog named Lillie.
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Family Sues After Coffin Found In Watery Grave
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,09
The family of a woman whose body was found stuffed in the trunk of a car in a Florida parking lot has filed a suit against the funeral service company hired to bury her remains.
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Religious Book Seller Struck By Lightning
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,09
A man making a trip from Puerto Rico to South Florida to raise money for his religious education remains hospitalized Monday after he was struck down by a bolt of lightning which flew from clear blue sky on Sunday. He was selling religious materials when he was hit.
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Rare Butterflies Are 'Free To Fly' Back To L.A.
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,09
A rare butterfly called an El Segundo blue has returned to two popular beaches southwest of Los Angeles, where it had not been seen in decades, it was reported Monday.
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Harry Potter Spawns New Musical Genre: Wizard Rock
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,09
Harry Potter books have done something nearly magical: they've spawned a whole new musical genre called wizard rock.
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Today In History - July 21, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,09
Today is Saturday, July 21, the 202nd day of 2007. There are 163 days left in the year.
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7-Year-Old Trains For 300-Mile Bike Ride
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,09
Ali Kier and her son, Seneca, will be riding in their first MS-tram bike tour, a 300-mile race in northern Minnesota that raises money and awareness for multiple sclerosis.
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Berlin Zoo: Knut Too Big To Play With Minders
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,09
The show is over: The Berlin zoo's fast-growing polar bear cub, Knut, won't be appearing anymore with the keeper who raised him.
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Robber Disguised As Tree Hits N. H. Bank
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,09
Leaf it to New Hampshire, where a bank branch was held up by a man disguised as a tree. Just as the Citizen Bank branch opened Saturday morning, a man walked in with branches duct-taped to his head and body, and robbed the place.
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Catholic School Shuts, Then Opens To Hell Boy
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,09
The Hell family says it may tell a Catholic school in Australia where to go after it objected to enrolling their son because of his name. The school supported a plan to enroll the boy using his mother's maiden name, but backed down only when the family took the issue to the media, the boy's father said.
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Chewbacca Assaults Marilyn At Kodak Theater
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,09
A Chewbacca impersonator sexually assaulted a Marilyn Monroe impersonator in front of the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood in June. The wookie then evaded arrest, police said.
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7+7+7+7+7 = One lucky baby
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,09
Jack Allen Falkner is one lucky baby. The son of Dan and Leslie Falkner was born July 7, 2007, and weighed in at 7 pounds, 7 ounces.
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Criminal Goes Out On A Limb
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,08
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Town Invaded As Roswell Remembers
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,08
If you believe a U-F-O and its bug-eyed crew crashed at Roswell 60 years agoyou are not alone.
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Chef Blamed For Still-Moving Fish Dish
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,08
A chef in Taiwan is in trouble with animal lovers after reportedly serving a not-quite-dead fish as a gourmet delicacy.
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Chef Criticized For Serving 'Twitching' Fish
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,08
A chef in Taiwan is in trouble with animal lovers after reportedly serving a not-quite-dead fish as a gourmet delicacy.
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Today In History - July 8, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,08
Today is Sunday, July 8, the 189th day of 2007. There are 176 days left in the year.
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Bear Climbs Up Power Pole In So. California Desert
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,07
Some are calling it a poler bear, but it was in fact a black bear that climbed 100 feet up a power pole in California's sweltering high desert Friday.
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School Graffiti Nets 4 Month Suspension
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,07
Writing "I love Alex" on a school gymnasium wall brought a 12-year-old the same punishment as if she had made terrorist threats.
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'Guru Of Ganja' Avoids Additional Jailtime
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,07
Ed Rosenthal, the self-described "Guru of Ganja," will not spend any time in prison despite a conviction for growing and distributing hundreds of marijuana plants, a federal judge ruled Friday.
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Cops: Girl, 11, Drove 100 MPH While Drunk
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,07
Police who chased a car for miles along a highway at speeds up to 100 mph said the driver was drunk, hardly a rarity in this resort town. But there was more: When they looked inside the flipped vehicle with guns drawn, they found an 11-year-old girl at the wheel.
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Luck Is In The Air On 7-7-07
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,07
On what some say is the luckiest day of the century, people everywhere are playing the same lottery numbers and trying to get married.
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Running Of The Bulls Begins In Spain
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,07
The running of the bulls, a most Spanish of celebrations, combining massive bulls and huge doses of adrenaline mixed with equally generous lashings of alcohol, got under way Saturday.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,07
Today is Saturday, July 7, the 188th day of 2007. There are 177 days left in the year.
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Cat Crosses Ocean In Shipping Container
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,06
A cat whose owners thought was lost spent nearly three weeks crossing the Pacific Ocean in a shipping container with no food or water and appears to be just fine.
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Public Bathroom In China Has 1,000 Stalls
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,06
A new public bathroom in China is making a big splash--it boasts an Egyptian facade, soothing music and more than 1,000 toilets spread out over 32,290 square feet.
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Bear Stuck On Power Pole; Comes Down By Himself
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,06
A bear managed to return to terra firma after getting himself stuck up a utility pole about 100 feet off the ground on Friday in Lancaster, Calif.
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New 7 Wonders Of The World To Be Unveiled
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,06
The Great Wall of China, the Colosseum in Rome and Peru's Machu Picchu are leading contenders to be among the new seven wonders of the world, as a massive poll draws to a close with votes already cast by more than 90 million people, organizers say. The winners will be announced on Saturday in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Company Advertises For Condom Testers In Australia
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,06
A major condom brand said Friday it expected thousands of applicants for a new unpaid job on offer - condom tester. Durex said 200 adult Australians - men and women - are wanted to test a range of its condoms.
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Today In History - July 6, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,06
Today is Friday, July 6, the 187th day of 2007. There are 178 days left in the year.
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Study: Women Don't Talk More Than Men
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,06
Another stereotype chatty gals and taciturn guys bites the dust. Turns out, when you actually count the words, there isn't much difference between the sexes when it comes to talking.
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Firefighter In Bikini Accepts Plea Deal
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,06
A man who was arrested in a park wearing a woman's wig and a bikini accepted a plea deal Thursday that dropped a charge of public indecency.
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Cat Survives 3 Weeks Crossing Ocean
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,06
A cat whose owners thought was lost spent nearly three weeks crossing the Pacific Ocean in a shipping container with no food or water and appears to be just fine.
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Girl, 4, Called 911 Nearly 300 Times
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,06
Authorities tracked down a 4-year-old girl who called 911 nearly 300 times last month by offering to deliver McDonald's to her suburban Chicago apartment.
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UT Study Shows Women Don't Talk More Than Men
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jul,05
Women talk more than men, right? It's a common stereotype, but researchers at the University of Texas have found that women and men both use an average of 16,000 words a day.
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No Fish Tale: Boys Use Bologna To Lure Alligator
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jul,05
When two eyes peeked out of the water, a trio of young fishing buddies knew they weren't looking at a fish. "We threw a stick at it to see what it was," 11-year-old Jim Vang said. "It stuck its head out of the water a little more, and that's when we saw that it was an alligator."
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Wallet Thief Tripped Up By Jogger WIth Fleet Foot
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jul,05
The suspect allegedly stole a wallet from a 72-year-old woman Friday evening at a store in this Detroit suburb. He was running down busy Nine Mile Road with a store employee in pursuit when, police Detective John Thull said, "an unknown woman jogger stuck her foot (out) and tripped him."
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Greensburg, Kansas Time Capsule Holds Look At Past
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jul,05
The tornado that wrecked Greensburg, Kansas, this year left something of the town's past behind. A 70-year-old time capsule found in the wreckage of Greensburg High School has been opened to reveal newspapers, membership lists to important organizations and other ties to the city's past.
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Detroit City Worker Makes Big Stink Over Perfume
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Jul,05
An employee in the Detroit planning department who claims she is severely sensitive to perfumes and other cosmetics has sued the city, saying a co-worker's strong fragrance prohibits her from working.
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Dust Storm Affecting Mars Rovers
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Jul,04
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