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$4K golden vibrator stolen in armed Brazil heist

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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — An armed man in Brazil has heisted an 18-carat gold-plated vibrator selling for $4,000 at a luxury sex shop.

Supersized hen egg in Texas had another egg inside

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ABILENE, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman who found an egg the size of a baseball in her chicken coop cracked it open to find another full egg inside.

Alaska's remote Rat Island gets a new name

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — With the rats dead and gone from Rat Island, the Alaska island has a new name.

Police say Ohio woman broke into house to clean it

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ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — Police in suburban Cleveland say a woman who owns a cleaning service broke into a house and washed the dishes, took out the trash, and vacuumed before leaving a handwritten bill with her name on it.

Giant cuckoo clock gets new home in Ohio village

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SUGARCREEK, Ohio (AP) — One of the world's largest cuckoo clocks has a new home in an Ohio village.

Drug dealer mistakenly sends officer text messages

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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Police say a drug dealer mistakenly sent messages to a California central coast police officer in an attempt to sell methamphetamines.

Motorcyclist Clocked Going 193 mph on NY Highway

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ROSENDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a 28-year-old man in upstate New York has been charged with driving his motorcycle at nearly 200 mph on a highway in the rain.

Community, officials at odds over free-roaming dog

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Blue the dog doesn't have a home. And he apparently doesn't want one. But the blue-eyed Australian cattle dog has $1,800 in savings, a Facebook page and an air-conditioned dog house.

Drivers see scarf-wearing pig on Pittsburgh road

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Motorists have reported a sharp-dressed pig running loose on a highway just outside of Pittsburgh. State troopers also spotted the animal but failed to catch it before it scurried off into the woods.

Police: Angry customer hits Taco Bell with truck

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HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — Police in southwest Ohio say a customer angry over not getting a taco he ordered struck a Taco Bell restaurant's glass entrance with his truck. No one was injured.

Firework lodges in man's chest; bomb squad called

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man is in critical condition after surgeons removed an unexploded firework from his chest after taking advice from the bomb squad.

Woman Finds Bird With 2 Heads, 3 Beaks

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NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — A Northampton woman made an unusual discovery in her yard — a deformed baby cardinal with two heads and three beaks.

Elaborate Portland marriage proposal goes viral

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Isaac Lamb acknowledges that his five-minute, block-long choreographed build-up to a marriage proposal has upped the stakes for everyone who follows.

Musical magazine prompts courthouse evacuation

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POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a package containing a magazine with a musical device, similar to those in greeting cards, prompted the evacuation of a federal courthouse in southeastern Idaho.

Idaho: Five Wives Vodka offensive to residents

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Five Wives Vodka was named in bad taste and won't be stocked or special ordered at stores operated by the state of Idaho, regulators said.

Malaysian 'WWW1' license plate sells for $165K

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The World Wide Web has inspired a bidding war in Malaysia — on license plates.

Park of animatronic dinosaurs opening in NJ

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SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — A new family attraction featuring more than 30 animatronic dinosaurs opens this holiday weekend on 20 acres of woods and grass in northern New Jersey.