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Nevada candidate touts speedy fix to budget crisis
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2010-09-04T16:11:53Z
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- One Nevada gubernatorial hopeful sees a speedy fix to Nevada's budget crisis....
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NM Goodwill collection box turns up inert grenade
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2010-09-03T19:13:23Z
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Just in case it wasn't clear: Weapons and drugs don't make good charitable donations....
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German party mistakenly hands out porn pens to kids
BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - To sweeten their first day at primary school German children are normally given a cardboard cone filled with sweets, but schoolchildren in Essen this year opened their cones to find pens which project erotic images.
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Drake University's 'D+' logo earns failing grade
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2010-09-03T15:05:45Z
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A "D+" campaign logo aimed at encouraging recruitment at Drake University is getting a failing grade from some faculty, students and alumni....
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Firm can't fire man for 1.8 cent theft
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German company that fired a man for the theft of 1.8 euro cents (two U.S. cents) worth of electricity had no grounds for sacking him, a court ruled, dismissing the firm's appeal against his reinstatement.
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Tourist treat - famous toilets
BERLIN (Reuters) - For tourists tired of traditional sightseeing tours, one Berlin tour guide is offering something altogether different: a tour of Berlin's public conveniences.
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Mich. man gathering corn confronted by alligator
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2010-09-03T17:31:41Z
BURR OAK, Mich. (AP) -- A man gathering sweet corn in southern Michigan is the latest to have an unexpected encounter with an alligator. The animals have been showing up far north of their traditional habitats this summer. Jeff Adamski of Burr Oak said he was picking corn near the Michigan-Indiana border when two women who were a few rows over came running and screaming, saying they had seen an alligator....
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Plumbers help Tenn. newlyweds find flushed rings
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2010-09-03T15:38:10Z
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Diane Buckalew said she felt sick when she woke up and realized two rings she'd left on the bathroom counter the night before were gone. She and husband Carl, married in Las Vegas a month ago, realized Thursday their cat Jinxe had batted into the toilet an amethyst ring and Diane's 4-carat, $40,000 diamond engagement ring....
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Koranic teachers arrested over child begging
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese security forces have arrested seven Koranic teachers for forcing children to panhandle, a police official said on Friday, days after the West African state announced a crack down on public begging.
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Montana teen accidentally texts sheriff to buy pot
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2010-09-03T12:26:30Z
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff. Authorities said a Helena teen sent out a text message last week in search of pot, but instead of contacting the drug dealer, he hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent the message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton....
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Police: Pa. woman zaps self, brother with stun gun
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2010-09-03T12:21:57Z
NORTH EAST, Pa. (AP) -- Police said an Erie-area woman somehow managed to zap both herself and her brother with a stun gun during a drunken dispute. Darlene Newara, 45, will have a hearing Oct. 18 on charges including driving under the influence, disorderly conduct for fighting, and public drunkenness in the Aug. 8 incident....
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Wyo. troopers examine human ashes in traffic stop
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2010-09-03T12:17:23Z
FARSON, Wyo. (AP) -- The powdery substance that Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers found in a zip-close bag during a recent traffic stop didn't turn out to be drugs after all. Sgt. Stephen Townsend of the patrol said then when troopers pulled over two men in a car Wednesday, they found small amounts of marijuana and drug paraphernalia and thought the bag might hold illegal drugs. Troopers contacted the car's owner - the girlfriend of one of the men - and asked her....
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Goats rescued after 2 days on 6-inch ledge in Mont
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2010-09-03T12:16:29Z
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Two young goats wandered onto the thin ledge of a railroad bridge and spent nearly two days high above the ground until rescuers in a towering cherry picker plucked them from their perch, hungry but safe....
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September Dates Dropped From 1752 Calendar
If today is your birthday, consider yourself lucky. Had you been alive in 1752, there would have been no party for you. That was the year the British Empire dropped the Julian calendar. To get current with the Gregorian calendar, the government ruled the day after Sept. 2 would Sept. 14.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Indonesia's smoking toddler kicks the habit
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2010-09-03T10:41:32Z
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia's smoking toddler has kicked the habit....
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Pot-Buying Teen Texts Sheriff Instead
A teenager in Helena, Mont., sent a text message asking to buy pot. He hit the wrong number and accidentally sent the message to the country sheriff. A detective agreed to meet up with the two teens.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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French Teacher Suspended for Spending Too Much Time Teaching Holocaust
A history teacher has been suspended in France for spending too much time teaching students about the Holocaust.
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Fetus Found On Beach; Mother Sought
Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputies are looking for the mother of a female fetus mysteriously found on a South Florida beach.
Authorities said they're concerned about the mother's well being after finding the roughly 20-week-old fetus Monday night.
It's unclear how the fetus got there.
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Nose-diving hawk halts mail delivery in Canada
Dogs are usually pegged as a postal worker's worst enemy, but in one southwest Calgary neighbourhood a hawk is the one spoiling for a fight.
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