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(123rf) The U.K. police said the location of a math teacher and his female student is still a mystery. Megan Stammers, 16, had been in a relationship with her married teacher, Jeremy Forrest, for t...
Updated : 2012.09.26 13:50
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Australian airline Qantas confirmed a crocodile escaped from its cage during a flight and was found roaming the baggage compartment. The airline said the croc got out of its cage during a Brisbane t...
Updated : 2012.09.25 14:46
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A former U.S. Air Force basic training instructor at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland pleaded guilty Monday to having sex with a trainee. Staff Sgt. Jason Manko admitted to wrongfully seeking a relat...
Updated : 2012.09.25 11:32
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A 23-year-old woman hunting alligators in South Carolina said she was shocked to quickly take down a 12-footer weighing about 800 pounds. Kayla McGuire, who was hunting gators with her fiance Sunday...
Updated : 2012.09.25 10:28
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A white supremacist wanted for murder is in custody after being arrested in Corvallis, Ore., authorities said. Erik John Meiser, 37, wanted in the stabbing death of Frederick “Fritz” Hayes, 57, of t...
Updated : 2012.09.24 10:33
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A New York truck driver said he was surprised to find out a hitchhiker he picked up was a suspect in a homicide. Manuel Velasco, 37, of Elmont, was pulled over Thursday night after an E-ZPass toll l...
Updated : 2012.09.23 14:20
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U.S. pop star Justin Bieber and his mother Pattie Mallete. (AP) Canadian pop star Justin Bieber’s mother confessed that she was sexually abused by multiple men in the past. Pattie Mallete, the mot...
Updated : 2012.09.20 11:00
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A Staffordshire bull terrier (123rf) A Staffordshire bull terrier named Scrappy ate the remains of his dead mother Ronnie to save himself from starvation after their owner left them without food for...
Updated : 2012.09.11 16:26
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(123rf) Officials at a Kansas elementary school said children were kept inside for recess after an escaped alligator was seen wandering the streets. Alan Jamison, superintendent of schools for Cald...
Updated : 2012.09.07 11:03
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A mid-air brawl between two passengers on a flight from Zurich to Beijing was caused by an altercation over the position of a passenger's seat back, a Swiss-German tabloid reported on Tuesday. A fli...
Updated : 2012.09.06 14:55
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Police in Japan have arrested a man who allegedly stole nearly 900 books from different libraries, a spokesman said Thursday. Unemployed Mitsuka Suizu, 61, reportedly told officers: “I wanted to kee...
Updated : 2012.09.06 13:51
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Three members of the rockband "Pussy Riot", convicted staging a demonstration against Vladimir Putin this month (AP) A 76-year-old Russian woman and her daughter were killed and “Free Pussy Riot” ...
Updated : 2012.08.31 10:50
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Catholic Bishop Salvatore Cordileone, just appointed the next archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Monday apologized for his drunken driving arrest. Cordileone, 56, was arrested at a chec...
Updated : 2012.08.28 11:38
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(123rf) Police in Napal arrested a man who shot dead his tree-climbing, 12-year-old son, thinking he saw a monkey intending to go after his crops. Gupta Bahadur Pulami, 55, of Arghakhanchi fired up...
Updated : 2012.08.27 10:49
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A 55-year-old farmer from Bardanga village in Nepal was bitten by a venomous snake. Most people would rush to the hospital, but Mohamed Salmo Miya ran after his attacker and got revenge before rushin...
Updated : 2012.08.24 15:07
