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  Man Digs Up Woman's Dead Pet, Sends Photos to Her Phone

  Posted 7:58 AM 5/8/2012 by Associated Press

  KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say a 20-year-old New York man dug up a woman's dead pet chinchilla, then sent photos of it to her cellphone. Police in Kingston tell the Daily Freeman of Kingston (http://bit.ly/IxYlrB ) that the man pushed the 19-year-old woman down during a (More)

  
  

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  Teen Catches Map Error at the Metropolitan Museum Of Art

  Posted 9:52 AM 5/4/2012 by Associated Press (DS)

  WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut teenager says workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City didn't believe him when he pointed out an inaccuracy with a map on display showing the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century. But 13-year-old Benjamin Lerman Coady of West (More)

  
  

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  Woman Awarded $2.5-Million After Chicken Bone Injury

  Posted 9:49 AM 5/4/2012 by Associated Press (DS)

  MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) - A California jury has awarded nearly $2.5 million to a woman who said she almost died when a chicken bone pierced her esophagus while eating at a Round Table pizza restaurant. Fifty-nine-year-old Calla Felicity says she and her mom were eating a barbecue (More)

  
  

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  Florida Man Charged With Drunk Driving (While Transporting a Monkey)

  Posted 9:44 AM 5/4/2012 by Associated Press (DS)

  LARGO, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man is charged with felony drunken driving and wildlife violations after police discovered a small monkey in his truck. Largo Police say Eugene Carl Kotelman was speeding when they stopped him Thursday. He was driving on a suspended license and had been (More)

  
  

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  Teacher Fired After Porn Film Comes to Light

  Posted 7:55 AM 4/19/2012 by Associated Press (DS)

  OXNARD, Calif. (AP) - A Southern California science teacher has been fired for performing in a pornographic video. Oxnard School District trustees voted in closed session Wednesday night to fire Stacie Halas, who taught seventh- and eighth-graders at Richard B. Haydock Intermediate (More)

  
  

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  Sagging pants lands a man in jail

  

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  Posted 4:20 PM 4/12/2012 by NBC News

  An Alabama man facing a charge of receiving stolen property is spending three days behind bars, not for that crime, but for wearing sagging pants in the courthouse.

  Lamarcus Ramsey, 20, of Prattville, was found in contempt of court.

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  The Dog Ate My Tickets to the Masters!

  Posted 9:27 AM 4/5/2012 by Associated Press (DS)

  SEATTLE (AP) - Russ Berkman's dream came true when he won a lottery for four passes to Wednesday's practice round at the Masters golf tournament. But the Seattle-area resident's stomach turned when he found his dog, Sierra, had eaten them. Berkman told KJR radio on Tuesday he was (More)

  
  

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  Coast Guard to Sink Japanese "Ghost Ship"

  Posted 7:37 AM 4/5/2012 by Associated Press (DS)

  KODIAK, Alaska (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard plans to use explosives to sink a derelict Japanese ship dislodged by last year's massive tsunami. The shrimping vessel is floating about 195 miles south of Sitka in the Gulf of Alaska. It's traveling about 1 mile per hour. The (More)

  
  

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  Three People Arrested In Grisly Murder In Ohio

  Posted 7:31 AM 4/4/2012 by Associated Press (DS)

  URBANA, Ohio (AP) - Arrest affidavits show investigators believe three people were involved in the dismembering of an Ohio woman found dead last week in her bathtub. Documents obtained by the Springfield News-Sun (http://bit.ly/HfPw9V) say Jessica Sacco's boyfriend, Matthew Puccio (More)

  
  

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  Deputy Spots An Udderly Odd Passenger

  Posted 11:26 AM 4/2/2012 by Associated Press (DS)

  CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico authorities have arrested three men found with a 220-pound calf in the backseat of their car. The Carlsbad Current Argus reports that the men are accused of cattle rustling. They were jailed on charges of suspicion of larceny of livestock, conspiracy (More)

  
  

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  Woman Attacks Crew of US Airways Flight

  Posted 7:44 AM 3/28/2012 by Associated Press (DS)

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Police in Florida are charging a New Jersey woman with three counts of battery and one count of interfering with an aircraft, after she allegedly attacked crew members on board a US Airways flight yesterday. According to an arrest report, the woman was (More)

  
  

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  California Man Cuts Off His Own Hand

  Posted 7:37 AM 3/22/2012 by Associated Press (DS)

  ADELANTO, Calif. (AP) - Investigators say a Southern California man deliberately cut off his hand with a kitchen knife, but it's not clear why. A San Bernardino County sheriff's sergeant says deputies found the victim after responding to a 911 call from the man's Mojave Desert home on (More)