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Police: NH woman arrested 4 times in 26 hours
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:05PM August 31, 2012 CommentEPPING, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say a New Hampshire woman has been arrested four times in 26 hours for blasting the AC/DC song "Highway to Hell" and other loud music from her home and for throwing a frying pan.
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Soggy Seattle goes on streak of dry weather
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:51PM August 31, 2012 CommentSEATTLE (AP) — Not too many people are complaining in typically soggy Seattle, but the city is on a surprising run of dry weather.
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Stowaway cat from China says 'ni hao' to new home
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:14PM August 31, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — A stowaway kitten who survived a three-week ocean voyage from China to California trapped in a storage container without food or water has found a new home.
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Man complains to police of prostitute price hike
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:32AM August 31, 2012 CommentANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Police in southeast Michigan say a man called to complain that a woman he had agreed to pay for sex unexpectedly increased the price.
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400-pound gorilla statue returned to Pa. woman
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:40AM August 31, 2012 CommentCARBONDALE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman says a 400-pound gorilla statue was stolen from her home, used for target practice and then returned.
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Photos: Minn. cat video fest a purr-fect viewing
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:07AM August 31, 2012 CommentMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis tested the boundaries of legitimate art with a film festival devoted to the online cat videos that pervade YouTube and social networks.
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Wildfire ash in river could befoul Colorado beer
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:33PM August 30, 2012 CommentFORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado brewery said Thursday that it's monitoring the water it gets from the city of Fort Collins to make sure residue from a deadly wildfire that blackened a northern Colorado river doesn't befoul the taste of its beer.
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New life for decades-old Wis. cheddar blocks
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:17PM August 30, 2012 CommentMILWAUKEE (AP) — A recently discovered block of eastern Wisconsin cheddar cheese that dates back to the Nixon presidency will be sold for $10 per ounce.
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98-year-old message in bottle sets world record
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:32PM August 30, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — It was scooped up from the sea after 98 years, and now officials say a message in a bottle discovered in Scotland has set a world record.
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Cat videos get their moment at Minn. film festival
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:48PM August 29, 2012 CommentMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Warning: This is a story about online cat videos. If you're among the seemingly tiny minority of the general population not interested in watching a 1-minute clip of a cat in a T-shirt pounding on a keyboard, then move along.
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NM inmate uses Popsicle sticks in escape attempt
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:17PM August 29, 2012 CommentHOBBS, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico corrections officers say an inmate escaped his jail cell by breaking a window bar with a razor blade and a Popsicle stick but changed his mind once he got outside.
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Fake coyotes used to scare geese at Mich. beach
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:33AM August 29, 2012 CommentHOWELL, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan community that's fed up with geese fouling up a beach is hoping fake coyotes encourage the birds to land elsewhere.
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For Your Eyes Only: Swedish Bond gala criticized
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:25AM August 29, 2012 CommentSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Were the martinis shaken, not stirred? Nobody knows, but a James Bond-themed party thrown by Sweden's security service sure didn't adhere to this one-liner from "Casino Royale:" ''I will be keeping my eye on our government's money."
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Mont. rancher shoots bear that breaks into house
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:33AM August 29, 2012 CommentGREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana rancher shot and killed a black bear that broke into his house along the Rocky Mountain Front and raided the pantry.
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Crook who stole 3,500 Pillow Pets avoids jail
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:25AM August 29, 2012 CommentOCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man who stole 3,500 Pillow Pets from an Oceanside warehouse has avoided jail.
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Oreo the goat living outlaw's life in Tennessee
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:09AM August 29, 2012 CommentEAST RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — Not wanting to be the people who got Jeff Vlar's goat, city council members in a Tennessee city will consider an exemption for the animal.
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Men rob Ohio victim but make sure he has bus fare
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:04AM August 29, 2012 CommentDAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Police say robbers who held up an Ohio man at gunpoint gave him back enough money for bus fare before running away.
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Flight attendant's career landing in Guinness book
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:22PM August 28, 2012 CommentHONOLULU (AP) — A flight attendant is landing in the Guinness World Records book after spending 63 years moving about the cabin.
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Documents: Man turned self in for ND bank robbery
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:00PM August 28, 2012 CommentBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Kent Anthony Clemens returned home to Kansas after a short stay in North Dakota's booming oil patch with a stack of crisp $50 bills, sharing what authorities say was ill-gotten booty with his sister.
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British police call off search for supposed lion
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:41PM August 27, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — So, were the locals lying about the lion?
