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BOULDER (AP) - Harbor has over two feet of ears. Does that make him a 6-foot dog? Probably not. But on Tuesday, the black-and-tan coonhound from Boulder, Colo., gets the 2012 Guinness World Records ...
Updated : 2011.09.07 12:01
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Villagers and veteran hunters have captured a one-ton saltwater crocodile which they plan to make the star of a planned ecotourism park in a southern Philippine town, an o...
Updated : 2011.09.06 15:31
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TEHRAN (AP) -- Iran is trying to put down a new wave of civil disobedience -- flash mobs of young people who break into boisterous fights with water guns in public parks. A group of water fighters wa...
Updated : 2011.09.06 11:27
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A snake bite in a north Sacramento neighborhood left the victim seriously hurt, but the injured party isn‘t whom you’d expect. Police say a python underwent emergency surge...
Updated : 2011.09.04 15:00
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BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A university professor suspected of leading a motorcycle gang and methamphetamine drug ring is wanted for arrest in California, authorities said Thursday. Steve Kinzey, 43...
Updated : 2011.09.03 12:12
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Bonn, Germany (dpa) -- The German city of Bonn introduced a parking meter for prostitutes Monday, requiring street sex workers to pay 6euros (8.60 dollars) in tax per night to carry on their trade. ...
Updated : 2011.08.30 19:05
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SHANGHAI (AFP) - A man died during an operation in a Chinese hospital after doctors and nurses fled during a fire, leaving him to suffocate in thick smoke, state media and officials said Friday. The...
Updated : 2011.08.28 12:04
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A 90-year-old German woman allegedly fought with three intruders using only her cane, German police said Monday. The brave senior living on a farm spotted a team of buglers at her house, and managed...
Updated : 2011.08.23 14:05
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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — An 8-year-old boy desperate for a drink tried to get into a neighbor's home by sliding down the chimney, but got stuck for more than four hours, authorities said. West ...
Updated : 2011.08.22 11:18
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LONDON (AP) _ British media are reporting that a British honeymooner has been killed in a suspected shark attack in the Seychelles. The Daily Telegraph says the 30-year-old victim was attacked as he...
Updated : 2011.08.17 14:11
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A judge has upheld felony charges against a woman accused of using Facebook to try to find someone to kill her baby's father and against a teenager accused of offering to do the ...
Updated : 2011.08.16 14:39
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles County prosecutors will decide this week whether to press charges against The Game, after a tweet from the rapper's account incited a telephone flash mob that overwhel...
Updated : 2011.08.15 10:09
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ROME (AP) -- Undercover police have donned togas, capes and sandals to stop a turf battle among Italians who impersonate gladiators outside the Colosseum and other landmarks in Rome and make money by...
Updated : 2011.08.14 15:47
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VIENNA (AP) -- A famed Austrian museum has fired an employee for washing his hands and face with his urine. Alfred Zoppelt says he was fired after 23 years of working as an attendant at the Belveder...
Updated : 2011.08.12 11:28
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WELLINGTON (AFP) - Teachers at a New Zealand school received a macabre surprise when they realised a supposedly plastic skeleton to be used in anatomy lessons was actually a real set of human bones, ...
Updated : 2011.08.11 19:24
