December 07, 2006
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Bush's daughter's phone on auction site
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A mobile phone stolen from President Bush's daughter was reportedly put up for sale on an internet auction site.
The phone was put up for sale on website Mercado Libre with a starting price of about £160, reports Terra.cl.
The advert on the website - the Argentinian equivalent of eBay - claimed: "Barbara Bush's mobile, an amazing possibility.
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July 15, 2006
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Burglar fell down chimney
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A burglar was caught after he fell down a chimney while escaping over the roof of a house he had just broken into. |
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Woman tried to use 911 as dating service
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Emergency service 911 is not meant to be used as a dating service.
Just ask an Oregon woman who authorities say learned the hard way.
They say it started when some neighbors called the sheriff with a noise complaint about Lorna Jeanne Dudash. A deputy came to her door.
After he left, Dudash allegedly dialed the emergency number, asking dispatchers to send back the "cutie pie," as she put it. |
June 10, 2006
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First rehab center for video game addicts opens
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An addiction center in the Netherlands is opening what's being called Europe's first detox clinic for game addicts.
"We knew about drugs like crack, but we couldn't find a program anywhere for kids like this," Bakker told the British Broadcasting Corp. "And we saw enormous parallels between problems with gaming and alcohol and gambling." |
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Judge lectures woman for laxative prank
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A New Portland woman was ordered to perform 50 hours of community service for helping her daughter and two other teenage girls bake cookies laced with a laxative that were given to a teacher. Julie Hunt, 43, was charged with misdemeanor assault last month after a police investigation into the prank at Carrabec Community School in Anson that sickened four seventh- and eighth-grade students. |
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Woman Admits Leaving Dog Feces At Politician's Office
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A Weld County, Colo., Democratic Party volunteer is due in court Aug. 10, after allegedly leaving an envelope full of dog feces at a congressional member's Colorado office.
Authorities said a preprinted return address on the envelope was blacked out, but staffers for GOP Rep. Marilyn Musgrave traced it to Kathleen Ensz through a nine-digit ZIP code still on the package. |
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Record meteorite hits Norway
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As Wednesday morning dawned, northern Norway was hit with an impact comparable to the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima. |
June 09, 2006
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Town bans sheets as window coverings
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Don't try to hang a blanket in a window in this Ohio town. The City Council has banned the use of blankets, garbage bags, newspaper or other unsightly items in place of curtains.
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Speeding man was drying wet car
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Police confiscated the car and driver's license of a Dutchman caught speeding who said he only wanted to dry his car after he had washed it.
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Powerball winner allegedly wrote $1.5 million in bad checks
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Caesar's casino is suing the winner of a $315 million lottery jackpot, claiming he bounced checks worth $1.5 million trying to cover gambling losses.
Jack Whittaker, whose Powerball win in 2002 was at the time the largest undivided lottery jackpot, claims he doesn't owe the money.
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Police officer dresses in drag to catch red light runners
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There was a very unusual traffic operation underway in south Florida on Thursday. Police were going undercover to catch red light runners.
Commuters in West Palm Beach may have noticed the rather large woman sitting near one of the area's busiest intersection. But she was really a he. |
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Woman attacks dog breeder with dead Chihuahua
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A Missouri woman has been arrested for breaking into a dog breeder's home and beating her repeatedly over the head with a dead Chihuahua. |
June 06, 2006
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Man puts gas in washing machine and ends up in hospital
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A man was injured by an explosion after he put gasoline instead of detergent into a washing machine, police said.
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Boy suspended for eating cookie
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A Virginia eighth-grader was suspended from school for a day and kicked off the baseball team for eating a staff member's cookie. He was disciplined under the school's theft code. |
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Lioness in zoo kills man who invoked God
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A man shouting that God would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lioness in Kiev zoo after he crept into the animal's enclosure, a zoo official said on Monday.
"The man shouted 'God will save me, if he exists', lowered himself by a rope into the enclosure, took his shoes off and went up to the lions," the official said.
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Hollywood Style Prison Escape
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A helicopter landed in the middle of the high security Athens Korydallos prison, picked up two prisoners and flew away in a Hollywood-style escape that has left Greek police stunned.
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June 04, 2006
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Man Tried To Use Potato As gun Silencer
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Miami-Dade police say a man stuck a potato on the barrel of a gun, believing the spud would act as a silencer and muffle the shooting of a woman.
Police say Shane Thompson carved a hole in a potato with a spoon, stuck his gun inside and threatened to shoot the mother of his child. Thompson reportedly told her that no one would hear the shot, because of the potato's silencing qualities. |
May 31, 2006
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Florida Man in Women's Bathing Suit Arrested
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A man wearing a purple women's bathing suit and carrying a flare gun was arrested after he told a bartender he was going to "get rid of all the dirt bags in Key West," authorities said.
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May 29, 2006
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Scissor-wielding cyclist attacks schoolgirl in ride-by snipping
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A man riding a bicycle on a Tokyo street attacked an elementary school student by suddenly cutting the girls hair with a pair of scissors before speeding off, police said. |
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Students say no to exams during World Cup
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Hundreds of students at a Bangladesh university besieged the office of their vice-chancellor demanding exams be postponed during the World Cup.
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Criminals Accidentally Drop Explosives, Five Injured
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Five persons, including women and children, were injured when criminals carrying powerful bombs dropped the bag containing the explosives causing a loud explosion near Begampur Chowk in Patna City on Friday.
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May 27, 2006
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Man robs bank, then reads a magazine
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Police in an Austin, Texas suburb arrested a man on Thursday who allegedly walked into a bank, demanded money from a teller and then sat down and read a magazine. |
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Burlgar fell asleep in victims bed
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A burglar who downed a bottle of vodka was caught after falling asleep in the king sized bed of one of his victims.
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May 25, 2006
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Womans Hair Catches Fire, Spreads To House
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A St. Augustine woman is in stable condition after her hair caught on fire, then her house. |
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Mother Catches Teacher in Bedroom With Two Boys
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There is new information in the case of the Virginia high school teacher accused of having sex with two of her special education students. |
