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Maine 'Hermit' Busted After 27 Years of Hiding, Stealing

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By Steven Nelson

1:35PM April 10, 2013 Comment

Christopher Knight says he spent nearly three decades as a hermit.

Christopher Knight, 47, told police he listened to Rush Limbaugh's radio show, spoke to just one person in 27 years.

Denmark favorite to win Eurovision Song Contest

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MALMO, Sweden (AP) — An ethno-inspired flute and drum tune from Denmark is the bookmakers' favorite to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest, which also features a bizarre opera pop number from Romania and an Armenian rock song written by the guitarist of Black Sabbath.

Funeral home has bicycle hearse for 1 last ride

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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle.

Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.

Aussie minister sorry he 'liked' exposed teen pic

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SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian politician says he's learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he "liked" a Facebook photo without realizing that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself.

Texas senior, 18, bags 800-pound record alligator

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HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-area high school senior has bagged a 14-foot, 800 pound alligator — the heaviest ever certified in Texas — on his first alligator hunt.

Exhibition of secretly shot photos upsets NYers

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NEW YORK (AP) — Residents of a New York luxury apartment building are livid over an exhibition of photos secretly snapped through their apartment windows.

Wash. state woman spots stolen car in drive-thru

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KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — A Washington woman whose car was stolen from her apartment complex saw the stolen SUV hours later — in the drive-thru of the McDonald's restaurant where she works.

Deer smashes Pa. bus windshield, takes short ride

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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A deer has taken a ride on a western Pennsylvania bus.

NH city sues parking meter 'Robin Hood' group

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KEENE, N.H. (AP) — The city of Keene, N.H., has sued a group that feeds change into parking meters that are about to expire, saying members are harassing enforcement officers.

Stinky corpse flower blooms again at Ohio State

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A large rainforest plant known as a corpse flower because of its awful smell is blooming again at an Ohio State University greenhouse, and there's more excitement because another corpse flower there is expected to open soon.

Fighting eagles crash land on Minn. airport runway

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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Two bald eagles locked together by their talons in a midair battle survived a crash landing onto a runway at a northeastern Minnesota airport.

Man charged in overnight feast at Ky. supermarket

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MOUNT WASHINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities in Kentucky have charged a man who officers say had an overnight feast in a closed supermarket outside Louisville.

Wisconsin boy gets handwritten response from Biden

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — It might not be unusual for schoolchildren to write to the president or vice president. But one Wisconsin boy got an unexpectedly personal response.

Ohio State awaits bloom of stinky corpse flower

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Researchers at an Ohio State University greenhouse are awaiting a rare second bloom by a rainforest plant known as a corpse flower because of its unpleasant odor.

NYPD officer tries to help cat in tree, gets stuck

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NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a New York police officer who went after a cat stuck in a tree got caught himself and needed a little help getting back down to the ground.