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05/12/2008 08:51 PM
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Play of the Day: Clinton's rise and shine surprise
(AP)
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 AP - Doris Smith went downtown early Monday to see about getting tickets to Barack Obama's rally. Advance seats were sold out, she said, and the only option was to stand in line for up two hours or more and hope for the best.
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05/12/2008 09:09 PM
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Police: Drunk tuxedo-clad man took mower for ride
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AP - Police say a tuxedo-clad western New York man was drunk when he took a riding lawn mower out for an early morning spin.
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05/12/2008 09:10 PM
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Paging Dr. Jones: Crystal skull stolen
(AP)
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 AP - Indiana Jones better get his alibi ready. A large crystal skull similar to those at the center of the upcoming Harrison Ford movie was recently stolen from a New Age store, puzzling employees in part because of the laid-back nature of shop regulars.
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05/12/2008 09:10 PM
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Iowa man charged with throwing candy at police
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AP - A college student whose friend was being questioned in a hit and run found himself charged with assaulting an officer with a curious choice of weapons: M&Ms.
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05/13/2008 12:36 AM
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Illinois man reclaims stationary bike world record
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AP - A suburban Chicago man has reclaimed the Guinness world record for time spent on a stationary bicycle.
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05/09/2008 01:26 PM
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"Self-important and irritating"
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Reuters - England is an irritating and insular
country full of overweight, binge-drinking, reality TV addicts,
a new guide warns tourists.
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05/09/2008 01:26 PM
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Book lifts lid on star of eerie first Dracula film
(Reuters)
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Reuters - The first screen portrayal of Dracula
was so eerie, some critics asked whether the actor himself
could be a vampire. But since his death, little has been done
to resurrect Max Schreck's reputation -- until now.
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05/09/2008 01:25 PM
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Royal jewels, rare watches to test auction market
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Auction houses offering royal jewels and
rare luxury watches in Geneva next week shrug off any
suggestion that the global economic downturn will dampen what
they say is still a strong market for high-end pieces.
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05/08/2008 12:46 PM
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Woman fired for giving 16-cent treat to toddler
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - An attendant at a Canadian restaurant
who was sacked for giving a bite-sized doughnut, worth 16
cents, to an agitated toddler was given her job back on
Thursday after the case received wide media attention.
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05/08/2008 12:47 PM
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You want fries with that? YES!!!!
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - The Swiss government has
agreed to ease restrictions on the importation of potatoes
following fears that Euro 2008 soccer fans could face a
shortage of French fries next month.
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05/12/2008 02:54 PM
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Rochdale striker ko'd after arm-wrestling
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Fourth division striker Lee Thorpe faces
a miserable summer after breaking his arm in three places while
arm-wrestling with a Rochdale team mate on the bus taking the
team to a playoff match at Darlington.
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05/13/2008 04:45 AM
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Barbers turn health educators in eastern Indian schools
(Reuters)
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Reuters - An eastern Indian state is
recruiting around 4,000 barbers to give free haircuts to poor
children to improve hygiene and stop the children "looking
funny", a senior government official said.
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05/13/2008 03:45 AM
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Russia's Putin keeps his Kremlin chair
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Dmitry Medvedev may be Russia's
president but Vladimir Putin has kept his place in the Kremlin.
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05/12/2008 08:39 PM
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Malaysian woman mistook naked thief for husband
(Reuters)
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Reuters - A Malaysian woman woke up to a
real-life nightmare, discovering that the naked man who had
slipped into her bed in the middle of the night was a thief,
not her husband, a newspaper said on Tuesday.
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05/12/2008 07:52 AM
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Thais tailor Beijing bonuses to prevent squandering
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - Thailand is offering its athletes big
cash incentives for Olympic gold medals -- but will pay out in
instalments to stop them squandering it.
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05/12/2008 05:12 PM
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Australian pokes shark in eye to survive mauling
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AP - An Australian swimmer says he survived a mauling by a 16-foot shark by wrestling with the beast, finally getting free by poking it in the eye. The shark, believed to be a great white, seized Jason Cull by the left leg as he was swimming at Middleton Beach in southwestern Australia on Saturday.
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05/10/2008 05:18 AM
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Hamilton recognises his "Apollo" was the pits
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton has
recognised that acting may not be his forte after a Turkish
Grand Prix promotional stunt turned into an embarrassment for
the Formula One driver.
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05/12/2008 03:44 PM
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Southwest passenger cited for cell phone chatter
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AP - A Southwest Airlines passenger who refused to get off his cell phone during a flight found Dallas police waiting for him Monday.
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05/09/2008 05:31 PM
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Canadian WW1 vet to become a Canadian citizen
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - Canada's last known
surviving veteran of World War One is becoming a Canadian
citizen, the government said on Friday.
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05/12/2008 02:40 PM
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Utah father and son graduate law school together
(AP)
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AP - Tom McLelland was both proud papa and happy grad during commencement at an Ohio law school.
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