May 25, 2006
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Couple Finds Uranium In Bottom Of Tool Box
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A Putnam County couple got a startling surprise when they found a piece of depleted uranium at the bottom of a box of tools. |
May 23, 2006
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Qatari pays $2.75 million for mobile phone number
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At a charity event in the capital of Doha, a Qatari bidder paid $2.75 million for the mobile phone number 666-6666. |
May 22, 2006
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School trip arrested
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A teacher who took his class on a school trip to a historic cathedral was arrested for giving unlicenced tours. |
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Smelly Car Survey
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Cars from Edinburgh and Leeds are the smelliest in the country, according to a new survey. |
May 21, 2006
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French are rudest, most boring people on earth: British poll
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The French have been voted the world's most unfriendly nation by a landslide in a new British poll published. They were also voted the most boring and most ungenerous. |
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Student Graduates College Before High School
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Joycelyn Nguyen is looking forward to her senior year of high school, even though she's already a college graduate. |
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Escaped prisoner found after nearly 38 years
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A man on the run for nearly 38 years since escaping from a California prison has been arrested in Oklahoma, authorities said on Friday. |
May 20, 2006
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Man Takes Police Station Gumball Machine
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While waiting for his friend to be processed on a drunken driving charge Friday morning at the Rotterdam Police Department, 21-year-old Adam Jewett picked up the gumball machine in the lobby and walked out the door with it, authorities say. |
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Man Falls Asleep in Coffin at Funeral Home
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A man was charged with burglary and criminal mischief Thursday after he allegedly broke into a funeral home and fell asleep in a coffin. |
May 19, 2006
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Dad accused of punching son, 9, for striking out
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A man accused of punching his son after a youth league baseball game last month has pleaded not guilty to a charge of child abuse. |
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School In Japan Allows Boy To Enroll As Girl
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A young boy who believes he was born the wrong sex was allowed to enroll as a girl at an elementary school in southwestern Japan, a school official said Thursday. |
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Naked man arrested for bank robbery
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Burnaby RCMP say a shameless bank robber resorted to an unusual — and ultimately unsuccessful — diversionary tactic as he tried to elude them on Wednesday. |
May 18, 2006
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Letter arrives 56 years late
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A letter inviting a friend to lunch has finally arrived - 56 years late. |
May 17, 2006
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Teacher Accused Of Improper Relationship With Student
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Officials at South Houston High School said they began asking questions after the English teacher, Sean Eckman, 29, asked his principal if he could take a 17-year-old student to prom. |
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Thief locks self inside van
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A new use for child safety locks: They not only keep children inside cars, they work equally well on would-be thieves. |
May 16, 2006
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Boy, 6, wants to go to university
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The family of a gifted six-year-old boy are trying to get a court order to allow him to attend university. |
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Teacher Has Kids Write About Whom They'd Murder
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A Missouri high school teacher has apologized for asking students to write about whom they would kill and how they would do it. |
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Man Burns Down House After Trying To Extinguish Cigarette In Paint Thinner
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A man taking a break from painting burned down his house this weekend after trying to snuff a cigarette in a bowl of paint thinner. |
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Cabbie mistaken for IT expert
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A London cabbie was mistaken for an IT expert he was set to pick up at the BBC and ended up appearing live on TV. |
May 15, 2006
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Man Bites Off Own Tongue
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A Brooklyn man with a long history of bloody encounters with the police barricaded his family in its apartment early yesterday - then bit off his tongue and spat it at cops and EMTs as they struggled to take him into custody, a police source said. |
May 12, 2006
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Cops Say Woman Charged Surgery to Bosses
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A woman stole her employer's credit cards and identity to steal more than $12,000, some of which went for breast enlargement surgery, police allege. |
May 11, 2006
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Teen says friend asked to be hit with car
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A 17-year-old boy who police said asked a friend to hit him with a car "for fun" was still hospitalized Tuesday with a broken leg. |
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Portuguese man caught driving without a licence for 35 years
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Police in Portugal have reportedly fined a 55-year-old man 400 euros (510 US dollars) after he was caught after driving without a licence for 35 years. |
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Teens on hotel roof paint N.Y. cops red
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Three Virginia teenagers were arrested and accused of dropping paint cans on police cars from the roof of their Manhattan hotel, injuring an officer, police said. |
May 10, 2006
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Al Qaeda's Web of Terror
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After relying heavily on fixed — and thus vulnerable — Web sites until early 2002, al Qaeda quickly switched to hiding its online operations within more legitimate bulletin boards and Internet sites offering free upload services or connecting through such popular social network sites as Orkut and MySpace. |
