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 In History - May 6, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday May,06
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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Today In History - May 5, 2007
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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Robbers Glue Victim To Exercise Cycle
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,04
A gang of armed robbers forced a man to strip naked and then glued him to his exercise bike and sealed his lips with more glue while they ransacked his house, according to a published report.
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Teacher Makes 7-Year-Old Hit Himself
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,04
A music teacher who twice ordered a seven-year-old pupil to hit himself in the head with drum mallets will not return to the Parkway School District next year.
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Activists Want Chimpanzee To Be Declared A Person
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,04
In a case that could set a global legal precedent for granting basic rights to apes, animal rights advocates are seeking to get the 26-year-old male chimpanzee Hiasl legally declared a person.
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Ohio Cop Charged With DUI Won MADD Award
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,04
A city police officer who recently received an award from Mothers Against Drunk Driving has been charged with drunken driving, authorities said.
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Queen Elizabeth Tours Jamestown Colony With Cheney
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,04
Several hundred people rose early Friday to position themselves at Jamestown Settlement for a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth II, who is visiting the site of the first permanent English settlement in America to commemorate Jamestown's 400th anniversary.
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Racing Fans Look For New Kentucky Derby Star
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,04
At the Kentucky Derby, it's been a year since Barbaro's triumphant win. Barbaro was the horse who captured the imagination of an entire country with his success - and later with his struggles. Four months after his death, race fans have their hearts and wallets open again - looking for something, some horse, to believe in.
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Wife's Kidney Donation To Spouse Ends Divorce Plan
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,04
A couple who grew apart and had agreed to split up were reunited by a life-threatening crisis. Cindy Altemos fulfilled a marriage promise to donate a kidney to her husband. Her gesture put an end to all talk of divorce, her husband said.
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Report: 1st Bald Eaglet Born In Southern Wisconsin
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,04
Bald eagle fans have something to celebrate: the first recorded successful nesting of the species in southeastern Wisconsin in more than a century.
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Queen Elizabeth To Visit Jamestown, Va.
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,04
House Democratic leaders are indicating they are not ready to back down in their confrontation with President Bush on Iraq, even as pressure mounts to approve new funding for U.S. troops.
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Call From Mom Returns Lost Ring To Daughter
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,04
A woman thought she'd lost her class ring in 2000 off the South Pacific Island of Saipan received good news Thursday. A scuba diver found the ring a month ago and has been searching for her.
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Today In History - May 4, 2007
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,04
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Duck Returns To Nesting Spot At N.J. Book Company
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,04
She's been coming back to the same nesting place for five years. A duck is once again settled in at a New Jersey book company, and the employees are waiting on her hand and, um, webbed foot.
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German police call locksmith to break into jail
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,04
Police in Germany had to call in a locksmith to break into jail when the lock on a cell broke, trapping a prisoner inside, authorities said on Wednesday.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,04
A cat in Madaba, Jordan has taken her maternal instincts to another level, allowing a group of newborn chicks to live with her and her new kittens.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday May,04
An upstate New York couple didn't think a few bats in the attic were much of a problem when they were buying a house last summer.
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