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Cops: Man tries to steal laptop to check Facebook

Feb 23 2009 - AP
BRADENTON, Fla. – Sheriff's officers said a 19-year-old man snatched a Starbucks customers laptop after being told he could not use it to check his Facebook account. According to officers, the man then grabbed the customer's laptop and ran...

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Anti-kidnap expert kidnapped in Mexico

Dec 15 2008 - AFP
A top US anti-kidnapping expert was kidnapped in northeast Mexico last week, reports said Monday, in an audacious move amid a wave of drug-related violence and kidnappings.

Security advisor Felix Batista, 55, was abducted on December 10 in...

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Lewd vandal leaves greasy imprints on Neb. town

Sep 12 2008 - AP
Boy, how people here wish their busiest vandal would find another way to make his mark. Beginning more than a year ago, some man has been skipping from one business to another at night, pressing his naked behind — sometimes his groin, sometimes...

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Angry Argentine commuters torch train in rush hour

Sep 4 2008 - Reuters
Furious rail commuters in Argentina set fire to a train on Thursday in anger over delays during the morning rush hour.

Television images showed black smoke and flames engulfing the train at the station of Merlo, in the western suburbs of the...

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Spelling "truely atrosious," says academic

Aug 7 2008 - Reuters
Embaressed by yor spelling? Never you mind.

Fed up with his students' complete inability to spell common English correctly, a British academic has suggested it may be time to accept "variant spellings" as legitimate.
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Farmer sends message to neighbors with car fence

Aug 4 2008 - AP
A farmer has erected a fence in his backyard made of three old cars sticking up in the air to send a message to new neighbors that he can do whatever he wants on his farm. "This is just a fun way for me to say, 'Hey boys, I'm still here,'"...

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Clothing store opens bar in middle of sales floor

Aug 1 2008 - AP
A Cleveland clothing store wants to make sure its customers are comfortable, so it has opened a bar in the middle of its sales floor. M. Lang Executive Attire owner Mike Lang said he hopes the cash bar will not only help put shoppers in a relaxed mood...

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Alleged thief stuck under trash bin for 12 hours

Jul 31 2008 - AP
A suspected thief trying to steal $10 worth of copper got himself into a stinky situation when he was trapped under a trash bin at a county landfill for 12 hours, sheriff's deputies said.

Deputies said Gibson Cook, 56, broke into the landfill,...

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Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do

Jul 24 2008 - AP
A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it.

Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had her renamed.

Judge Rob Murfitt made the 9-year-old...

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Drugs, phones wing their way to prisoners

Jun 25 2008 - Reuters
A sharp increase in drugs and cellphones found inside a Brazilian prison mystified officials -- until guards spotted some distressed pigeons struggling to stay airborne.

Inmates at the prison in Marilia, Sao Paulo state had been training carrier...

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Texas justice of the peace sued over paddlings

Jun 4 2008 - AP
A family sued a justice of the peace Wednesday, complaining that he ordered a man to paddle his teenage stepdaughter in the courtroom and threatened to convict her of truancy if he didn't.

The lawsuit filed by Mary Vasquez and her husband,...

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Buy a car, get a free gun

May 23 2008 - Reuters
A Missouri car dealer said on Thursday sales have soared at his auto and truck business since launching a promotion this week that promises buyers a free handgun or a $250 gas card with every purchase.

Max Motors, a small Butler, Missouri dealership...

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Naked pilot, flight attendant arrested in woods

May 20 2008 - AP
 An airline pilot was found hiding behind a shed wearing only flip-flops and a wristwatch as a nighttime romp in the woods with a flight attendant ended with both under arrest, police said.

Jeffrey Paul Bradford, 24, and Adrianna Grace...

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Pregnant man tells Oprah: It's a miracle

Apr 4 2008 - Reuters
A transgender man who is six months pregnant said in an interview aired by Oprah Winfrey on Thursday that he always wanted to have a child and considers it a miracle.

"It's not a male or female desire to have a child. It's a human...

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Hawaii hospital turns away horse visitor

Mar 23 2008 - AP
A man hoping to cheer up an ailing relative at Wilcox Memorial Hospital hadn't considered one of the visitation rules: No horses allowed.

The man thought the patient would enjoy seeing his stallion, said Lani Yukimura, a spokeswoman at...

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