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MSNBC
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The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official report.
No one, they knew, would believe their claim an..
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SF Gate
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Authorities say a woman has been found living with hundreds of rats and four malnourished snakes in a home outside Rochester.
Thurston County Animal Services Director Susanne Beauregard says an official from the Area Agency on Aging alerted authorities..
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CNN
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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has been appointed by Gordon Brown to inject more style and glamour into British life -- if you believe a report in the UK's Guardian newspaper. She is set to join British Prime Minister Brown's "government of all talents" and move to..
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MSNBC
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A man should be charged for allowing his girlfriend to sit on their toilet so long that her body became stuck to the seat, the sheriff said Thursday.
Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple was among authorities who discovered the woman last month living in..
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CNN
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A dolphin swam up to two distressed whales that appeared headed for death in a beach stranding in New Zealand and guided them to safety, witnesses said Wednesday.
The actions of the bottlenose dolphin -- named Moko by residents who said it spends much..
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MSNBC
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Obama has finally thanked Obama.
The fishing town of Obama in central Japan recently won worldwide fame for its fervent support for U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama. The town's citizens have made headbands, T-shirts and sweet bean cakes decorat..
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BBC News
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A fisherman swam for more than 10 hours to find help for the two companions he left behind after their boat sank off the east coast of Australia.
The exhausted swimmer was found on a beach, and coastguards were then able to find one of the men. He had..
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Yahoo News
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A 1987 truck that was being traded in by an Auburn couple on a 2007 model was destroyed by fire in Durham as it was being driven to the dealership.
Marie Cooper was traveling behind her husband in their other truck Saturday afternoon when she smelled s..
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Yahoo News
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This stuffing was hot, but not in the roasted turkey sense. Police have arrested a 32-year-old man they accuse of stealing 217 cases of Pepperidge Farm stuffing mix.
The stuff went missing last week from a storage trailer in Midland. Deputy Police Chie..
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Yahoo News
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A hunger for carnitas nearly led to some carnage after a Fontana man was robbed of a bag of tacos at gunpoint. Police Sergeant Jeff Decker said the 35-year-old victim had just bought about $20 in tacos from a street-corner stand Sunday night and was bicyc..
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Yahoo News
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A southwest Florida church issued a challenge for its married members: Hanky panky every day. Relevant Church head pastor Paul Wirth issued the 30-day sex challenge to take on high divorce rates.
"And that's no different for people who attend church,"..
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Yahoo News
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He's donated blood 20 times and is being honored by the Livingston County chapter of the American Red Cross.
Not bad for a 200-pound, 2-year-old English mastiff who answers to the name Lurch. He'll receive the chapter's "Pet's Best Friend" award at an..
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MSNBC
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In this farming community where nightfall usually brings clear, starry skies, residents are abuzz over reported sightings of what many believe is a UFO.
Several dozen people — including a pilot, county constable and business owners — insist they ha..
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Yahoo News
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The owner of a small German computer company has fired three non-smoking workers because they were threatening to disturb the peace after they requested a smoke-free environment.
The manager of the 10-person IT company in Buesum, named Thomas J., told..
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Yahoo News
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Two weeks after a Florida man found a rare pearl in his seafood, it's happened again this time to a New Jersey man who was eating fried oysters.
Mike McHenry thought he had chomped down on a piece of shell Wednesday night and instead spit out a pea-..
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Yahoo News
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An obstetrician saved his wife and six children from a fire that ravaged their home, delivered a baby while the house was still smoldering and then got cited with building violations.
Dr. Herman Weiss said Friday "was just my day."
The 37-year-old a..
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Yahoo News
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A man who wrote a vulgar message on the memo line of a check he used to pay a $5 parking ticket has apologized in writing, leading police to drop a disorderly conduct charge against him.
Clerks were offended by the message, and the disorderly conduct c..
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Yahoo News
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Two dentists have won a second legal battle with French fashion giant Lacoste over the right to use a toothy crocodile on the sign outside their surgery, the government trademark body said on Thursday.
Dentists Dr Simon Moore and Dr Tim Rumney said the..
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Yahoo News
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An 85-year-old motorist lost his license and his Oldsmobile for a week and likely faces a hefty fine after becoming the oldest person snagged to date by a new Ontario law aimed at cracking down on street racers, even though he was just speeding.
The ma..
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Yahoo News
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The costumed crook known as the "Ninja Bandit" may have struck again on Staten Island, New York City police said.
A home burglary this week seems to fit the pattern of 18 previous heists attributed to the black-clad, masked thief since May, according t..
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