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| Tortoise returned after 2 1/2 weeks on the lam |
| Associated Press | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:36:00 GMT |
| HIGHLAND, Ind. (AP) -- A 60-pound tortoise that escaped from a family's garage last month is back home after a 2 1/2-week adventure that took him through three northwestern Indiana towns. Tank, an 8-year-old African spur thigh tortoise, was returned |
| Tortoise returned after 2 1/2 weeks on the lam |
| Miami Herald | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 08:36:00 GMT |
| A 60-pound tortoise that escaped from a family's garage last month is back home after a 2 1/2-week adventure that took him through three northwestern Indiana towns.Tank, an 8-year-old African spur thigh tortoise, was returned Wednesday to owners Mark and |
| Give to beggars and cop jail time, says Indonesian city |
| ABC Online | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 08:35:00 GMT |
| Residents in one Indonesian city who give in to the tug of guilt could face three months in jail under a law which criminalises giving money to beggars and street children, the city's mayor said. The new regulation approved last month by the legislative |
| Beijing hopes to wipe away toilet stigma |
| Yahoo! Canada | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 08:21:00 GMT |
| Beijing's notoriously foul-smelling and poorly tended public toilets will feature some rarely seen luxuries during the Olympics -- toilet paper and soap, state media reported on Friday. The city has made a special effort to clean up and adequately |
| Beijing hopes to wipe away toilet stigma |
| AFP via Yahoo! | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 08:03:00 GMT |
| Beijing's notoriously foul-smelling and poorly tended public toilets will feature some rarely seen luxuries during the Olympics -- toilet paper and soap, state media reported on Friday. The city has made a special effort to clean up and adequately stock |
| Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross actors wed in Philly |
| KansasCity.com | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 07:41:00 GMT |
| Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross celebrated the eve of the Fourth of July not with fireworks but with wedding vows. Ralph Archbold and Linda Wilde, who portray the historical figures, tied the knot Thursday evening in a public ceremony in front of |
| Minn. teen charged with offering his vote on eBay |
| KansasCity.com | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 07:41:00 GMT |
| A college student claimed it was all a joke when he put his vote in this fall's presidential election up for sale on the Web auction site eBay. But prosecutors didn't see the humor. University of Minnesota student Max P. Sanders, 19, was charged with a |
| Minn. teen charged with offering his vote on eBay |
| Sun Herald | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:33:00 GMT |
| A college student claimed it was all a joke when he put his vote in this fall's presidential election up for sale on the Web auction site eBay. But prosecutors didn't see the humor.University of Minnesota student Max P. Sanders, 19, was charged with a |
| Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross actors wed in Philly |
| Sun Herald | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:33:00 GMT |
| Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross celebrated the eve of the Fourth of July not with fireworks but with wedding vows.Ralph Archbold and Linda Wilde, who portray the historical figures, tied the knot Thursday evening in a public ceremony in front of |
| Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross actors wed in Philly |
| Associated Press | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:08:00 GMT |
| PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross celebrated the eve of the Fourth of July not with fireworks but with wedding vows. Ralph Archbold and Linda Wilde, who portray the historical figures, tied the knot Thursday evening in a public |
| Minnesota teen charged with offering his vote on eBay |
| Yahoo! Canada | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:53:00 GMT |
| A college student claimed it was all a joke when he put his vote in this fall's presidential election up for sale on the web auction site eBay. But prosecutors didn't see the humour. University of Minnesota student Max P. Sanders, 19, was charged with a |
| Miniature dachshund gnaws off diabetic owner's toe |
| Sun Herald | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:32:00 GMT |
| An Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep. Linda Floyd told the Alton Telegraph for a story Wednesday that her beloved Roscoe was euthanized because of safety concerns.The 56-year-old says |
| Man nabbed after calling cops on stolen cell phone |
| Sun Herald | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:32:00 GMT |
| A Duluth man is under arrest after he called police on a cell phone from a purse he had just allegedly snatched. Police arrested the 29-year-old man on Wednesday.They said he approached a woman at a pool hall shortly after midnight and asked for a |
| 1851 gun used in Civil War returns to Arkansas |
| Sun Herald | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:32:00 GMT |
| An 1851 artillery gun carried into battle by Arkansas military school students who joined the Confederate Army was unveiled in its home state Thursday after nearly 150 years.The 570-pound cast bronze Alger Cadet Gun is on display at the MacArthur Museum |
| Miniature dachshund gnaws off diabetic owner's toe |
| San Jose Mercury News | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:16:00 GMT |
| The 56-year-old says she has no feeling in her toes because of nerve damage from diabetes. She discovered the toe missing after waking from a nap Monday. She called her daughter, who phoned 911. A veterinarian says the toe had been bandaged because of a |
| Dachshund Gnaws Off Diabetic Owner's Toe |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 03:16:00 GMT |
| An Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep. Linda Floyd told the Alton Telegraph for a story Wednesday that her beloved Roscoe was euthanized because of safety concerns. The 56-year-old says |
| It's 'Jaws' vs 'Tsunami' in US-Japan hot-dog eating showdown |
| Yahoo! Canada | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:35:00 GMT |
| American Joey 'Jaws' Chestnut will defend his crown as the world's fastest hot-dog eater on Friday against former champion Takeru 'Tsunami' Kobayashi of Japan in an Independence Day showdown at Coney Island. Kobayashi, 3, holds the world record for |
| Former hot-dog-chomping champ Takeru Kobayashi hungry for new title |
| Yahoo! Canada | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:35:00 GMT |
| He's gone from hot-dog top dog to underdog. Renowned competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi is aiming to chomp his way back to the top of the annual Fourth of July hot dog eating competition on Coney Island after a disappointing three-dog loss last year |
| Miniature dachshund gnaws off diabetic owner's toe |
| Yahoo! Canada | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:35:00 GMT |
| An Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep. Linda Floyd told the Alton Telegraph for a story Wednesday that her beloved Roscoe was euthanized because of safety concerns. The 56-year-old says |
| 1851 gun used in Civil War returns to Arkansas |
| San Jose Mercury News | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:29:00 GMT |
| The 570-pound cast bronze Alger Cadet Gun is on display at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History inside the Little Rock Arsenal. Gen. Douglas MacArthur was born in the building in 1880. Built by Cyrus Alger & Co. of Boston, the artillery |
| Miniature dachshund gnaws off diabetic owner's toe |
| CNEWS | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:21:00 GMT |
| ALTON, Ill. - An Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep. Linda Floyd told the Alton Telegraph for a story Wednesday that her beloved Roscoe was euthanized because of safety concerns. The |
| Python captured in Cocoa, Fla. |
| UPI | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:34:00 GMT |
| COCOA, Fla., July 3 (UPI) -- Florida wildlife officials said they have captured a 5-foot python that had apparently injured itself while eating an animal in a tree in the city of Cocoa. Capt. Bob Brown, director of Brevard County Animal Services and |
| Judge rules for former naked prosecutor |
| UPI | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:34:00 GMT |
| HAMILTON, Fla., July 3 (UPI) -- A Hamilton, Fla., judge has ruled the city's rationale for firing an assistant city prosecutor who was caught walking around naked was incorrect. Scott Blauvelt, 36, was videotaped by security cameras walking around the |
| Miniature dachshund gnaws off diabetic owner's toe |
| Associated Press | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:34:00 GMT |
| ALTON, Ill. (AP) -- An Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep. Linda Floyd told the Alton Telegraph for a story Wednesday that her beloved Roscoe was euthanized because of safety concerns. |
| Women calm attacker with beer |
| UPI | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:34:00 GMT |
| LOS ANGELES, July 3 (UPI) -- A 71-year-old Los Angeles woman said she was able to stop an attacker in her home from assaulting her daughter by offering him beer. Linda Dodson, 45, said a large man entered her room and attacked her at 3:37 a.m. Monday |
| After All That Trouble, She's Recaptured |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:02:00 GMT |
| A woman who leaped from a bridge into a chilly river wearing handcuffs as she worked as a police informant during an attempted drug bust was captured early Thursday, two days after vanishing. Sandra I. Duffy, 43, was caught shortly after 1 a.m. at a |
| Former hot-dog-chomping champ hungry for new title |
| San Jose Mercury News | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:35:00 GMT |
| And setting any records this year is going to be even harder, after organizers shaved two minutes from regulation time after it was recently revealed that the original competition in 1916 was just 10 minutes long, instead of the 12-minute limit used in |
| Former hot-dog-chomping champ hungry for new title |
| Miami Herald | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:33:00 GMT |
| He's gone from hot-dog top dog to underdog. Renowned competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi is aiming to chomp his way back to the top of the annual Fourth of July hot dog eating competition on Coney Island after a disappointing three-dog loss last year |
| Former hot-dog-chomping champ Takeru Kobayashi hungry for new title |
| CNEWS | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:27:00 GMT |
| NEW YORK - He's gone from hot-dog top dog to underdog. Renowned competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi is aiming to chomp his way back to the top of the annual Fourth of July hot dog eating competition on Coney Island after a disappointing three-dog loss |
| Man nabbed after calling cops on stolen cell phone |
| KansasCity.com | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:03:00 GMT |
| A Duluth man is under arrest after he called police on a cell phone from a purse he had just allegedly snatched. Police arrested the 29-year-old man on Wednesday. They said he approached a woman at a pool hall shortly after midnight and asked for a |
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