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Cops: NY man shoots friend in leg at his request
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:33AM May 15, 2012 CommentSTOCKHOLM, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a northern New York man had his friend shoot him in the leg with a rifle because he wanted to know what it feels like to be shot.
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Ex-teacher charged with stealing Ohio prom money
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:23AM May 15, 2012 CommentHAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A former high school teacher in southwest Ohio has been charged with stealing money meant for a school prom in a cash-strapped district.
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Truck crashes on NY highway, spills tons of yogurt
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:08AM May 15, 2012 CommentCHENANGO, N.Y. (AP) — A tractor-trailer crash in upstate New York has sent 18 tons of Greek yogurt spilling alongside a highway.
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French mystery: Hair dryers mailed to New Zealand
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:12PM May 14, 2012 CommentWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A mysterious benefactor in Paris is spreading love, cash and hair appliances along a rugged stretch of New Zealand.
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Cocaine in wheelchair's seat cushion at AZ border
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:22PM May 14, 2012 CommentNOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — Federal authorities say a Mexican man tried to smuggle more than 7 pounds of cocaine into Arizona by hiding it in his wheelchair's seat cushion.
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Calif. family wakes to find Lexus in their pool
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:49PM May 14, 2012 CommentLA PUENTE, Calif. (AP) — The Diaz family awoke to find a Lexus at the bottom of their swimming pool.
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No border dispute here: Vt., NH reaffirm boundary
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:47PM May 14, 2012 CommentNORWICH, Vt. (AP) — In case you were wondering, the Vermont-New Hampshire border hasn't changed.
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Teen arrested after homework left at crime scene
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:48PM May 14, 2012 CommentOREM, Utah (AP) — An 18-year-old Utah man was arrested on suspicion of burglary after police say he left his homework at the crime scene.
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Man says rattlesnake bit him at Wal-Mart in Wash.
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:39AM May 14, 2012 Comment (1)LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — A man says he reached down to pick up a stick lying in the gardening aisle of a Wal-Mart in eastern Washington state, only to discover that it was a rattlesnake that then bit his hand.
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Man makes amends for stealing plants _ in 1958
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:12AM May 13, 2012 Comment (1)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — No matter how much digging investigators did, the crime remained open until a thief turned himself in and returned the fruits of his theft.
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Fla. author's book confused with '50 Shades'
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:23PM May 12, 2012 CommentPARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The author of a book called "Shades of Gray" says her work is being confused with that of a chart-topping erotic fiction writer.
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NJ test asks 3rd graders to reveal a secret
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:22PM May 11, 2012 Comment (1)Some New Jersey parents are steamed about a question on a statewide standardized test this week that asked some third-graders to write about a secret and why it was hard to keep.
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Conn. teen's body spray sets off school fire alarm
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:26AM May 11, 2012 CommentMIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — Officials say a fire alarm that went off at a Connecticut high school was activated by a student's "overabundance" of body spray in a locker room.
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Phoenix-area man hits $1 million jackpot six times
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:22PM May 10, 2012 CommentPHOENIX (AP) — A suburban Phoenix man made a lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky guess in a recent multistate lottery game.
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Well-traveled Ore. wolf photographed in Calif.
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:56PM May 10, 2012 CommentGRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A young male wolf from Oregon that has won worldwide fame while trekking across mountains, deserts and highways looking for a mate has had what appears to be his first close encounter with people, and got his picture taken, to boot.
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Photo before prom leaves Wis. students drenched
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:42PM May 10, 2012 CommentMILWAUKEE (AP) — You could call it a cautionary tale about what can go wrong when high school students exert too much "pier pressure."
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Fla. city uses robocalls to fight nuisance signs
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:35PM May 10, 2012 CommentHOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — The cheap signs smashed into lawns and along the corners of busy intersections are hard to miss. "We Buy Junk Cars!" ''Cash for Your House!" ''Computer Repair." The eyesores have vexed Hollywood Mayor Peter Bober for the past few years as he wastes valuable resources plucking up the signs only to watch them pop up in even greater numbers.
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Alaska man plans year on uninhabited island
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:19PM May 10, 2012 CommentANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Charles Baird is going off the grid for a year.
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Ohio man's luck changes with signed Picasso print
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:39PM May 10, 2012 CommentCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An unemployed Ohio man was browsing at his local thrift store for items he could restore and resell when he spotted a Picasso poster with the word "Exposition" written across the front, some French words, and the image of a warped round face. He handed over $14.14 for what he saw as a nice commercial print.
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Calico lobster on display at New England Aquarium
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:33PM May 10, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — So you think blue lobsters are rare? The New England Aquarium is holding a lobster that's way rarer than that.
