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Air France: Out of gas? Ask passengers to pitch in
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:38PM August 17, 2012 CommentPARIS (AP) — An emergency layover in Syria's capital was bad enough. Then passengers on Air France Flight 562 were asked to open their wallets to check if they had enough cash to pay for more fuel.
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Conn. town settles dispute over girl's pet bunny
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:44PM August 17, 2012 CommentNORTH HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Officials in a Connecticut town have settled a zoning dispute over a local girl's 20-pound pet bunny after receiving calls and emails from across the country demanding that the rabbit be allowed to stay.
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Mass. man gets 'wrong' lottery ticket, wins $1M
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:05AM August 17, 2012 CommentBRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) — When a store clerk gave a Massachusetts man a different kind of scratch-off lottery ticket than he asked for, he didn't make a big deal about the mistake; he said he just "rolled with it."
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Real-life Walter White sought on meth charge
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:41AM August 17, 2012 CommentTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A man who shares the same name with television's most noted meth dealer is wanted by authorities in Alabama for allegedly violating his probation for a past meth conviction.
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Ore. rider gets stolen bike back, puts on YouTube
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:57PM August 16, 2012 CommentSEATTLE (AP) — Jake Gillum loves his bike. So when it got stolen in Portland, Ore., while he was on a date, he was determined to get it back.
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Plaque marks Chicago site of Obamas' 1st kiss
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:33PM August 16, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — Barack Obama first kissed the woman who would become his wife outside a Chicago ice cream shop — and now there's a plaque to prove it.
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LA restaurant offers discount to phone-free diners
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:02PM August 15, 2012 CommentBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A Los Angeles restaurant is offering a deal to customers who agree to look at their fellow diners instead of their phone screens.
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Man fires insect repellent in Oregon robbery
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:05PM August 15, 2012 CommentROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — Police in Roseburg, Ore., say a man who robbed a restaurant was armed with a can of bug spray.
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Fla. police look for thieves who took 500 canaries
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:01PM August 15, 2012 CommentMIAMI (AP) — Police are looking for two people they say stole more than 500 canaries from the home of an 87-year-old Florida man.
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Man accidentally shoots self in Nevada theater
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:31AM August 15, 2012 CommentSPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Police say a man accidentally shot himself in the buttocks at a Nevada movie theater during a showing of "The Bourne Legacy."
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Cops: Pa. man stole pot, said it 'smelled so good'
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:08AM August 14, 2012 CommentCHARLEROI, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania man is accused of stealing a small bag of marijuana held as evidence because he allegedly couldn't resist the drug's aroma.
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Conn. homeowner billed 25 years for streetlights
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:25AM August 14, 2012 CommentCHESHIRE, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Light & Power has reimbursed a woman almost $10,500 after acknowledging it billed her for 25 years for the electricity used to power streetlights near her home.
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Camp aims to lift clown frowns during slow economy
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:55AM August 14, 2012 CommentONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Even when she's not in character, Julie Varholdt acts like a buffoon.
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Police: MMA fighter found naked in Calif. church
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:49AM August 14, 2012 CommentMISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — Mixed martial arts fighter and reality show host Jason "Mayhem" Miller was in jail on suspicion of burglary Monday night after deputies responding to reports of a break-in said they found him naked inside a Southern California church.
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Animal escape in Germany: Kangaroo on the lam
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:05AM August 13, 2012 CommentBERLIN (AP) — A kangaroo is on the lam in Germany after breaking out of a wildlife park, with a fox and a wild boar his suspected accomplices.
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110-year-old Pa. widow gets WWI benefits boost
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:27AM August 13, 2012 CommentEBENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A 110-year-old Pennsylvania widow is getting a benefits boost because of her husband's World War I service.
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Chimp escapes Las Vegas backyard - again
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:40AM August 12, 2012 CommentLAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say a chimpanzee who rampaged through a Las Vegas neighborhood last month made a second escape from her backyard enclosure.
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Nudist park holds bash to attract younger crowd
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:06PM August 11, 2012 CommentLOXAHATCHEE, Fla. (AP) — Nudist resorts have a reputation for attracting older adults, but one Florida park is trying to change that.
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Belarus KGB summons Swedish teddy bear stunt team
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:14PM August 11, 2012 CommentSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Belarus' top security agency — the KGB — has summoned a Swedish advertising team for questioning after the group air-dropped hundreds of parachute-wearing teddy bears that carried pro-human rights messages onto the soil of the authoritarian ex-Soviet state. The agency threatens the Swedes with fines or even jail time if they don't show up in 10 days.
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5 members of Ariz. family get married on same day
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:08PM August 10, 2012 CommentMESA, Ariz. (AP) — It's a mega wedding day for a Mesa, Ariz., family with five siblings walking down the aisle on the same day.
