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Replica of ancient snake slithers through NYC
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:48PM March 23, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A prehistoric monster snake is making a quick stopover in New York City's Grand Central Terminal.
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Don't forget: Memory competition being held in NYC
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:08PM March 23, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — As Mike Mirski sits down with a pack of playing cards, he starts spinning the most incredible yarn. It involves a giant club sandwich, a big lily pad and a monk sitting on the moon.
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NJ middle school: Don't hug, please
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:53AM March 23, 2012 CommentABERDEEN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey school superintendent says there's no policy against hugging in the district, and says the issue of middle schoolers being told by their principal not to hug each other anymore is being blown out of proportion.
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Colo. fair lifts ban on boy with doped goat
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:55PM March 22, 2012 CommentDENVER (AP) — This goat-doping scandal has a happy ending — and an enduring mystery.
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Kitten hitches hair-raising ride over Golden Gate
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:14PM March 22, 2012 CommentSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A stowaway kitten is safe despite taking an 85-mile ride in a van's engine compartment that included a trip across California's Golden Gate Bridge.
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City manager says he's not needed, lays self off
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:07PM March 22, 2012 CommentKELLER, Texas (AP) — The administrator of a North Texas city believes he's not needed and has laid himself off.
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Cat survives 19-story plunge from Boston high rise
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:35AM March 22, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — A veterinarian says acting like a flying squirrel may have saved a cat from serious injury in a 19-story plunge from a Boston high rise.
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Charge: Colo. woman faked PTSD to duck jury duty
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:55PM March 21, 2012 CommentDENVER (AP) — Susan Cole of Denver stood out in a jury pool last summer, with mismatched socks and shoes, and her hair in curlers.
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Honolulu judge puts man in chokehold for ruckus
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:44PM March 21, 2012 CommentHONOLULU (AP) — It got personal for a judge in Honolulu when he put a man in a chokehold for jumping onto his bench and breaking a flagpole bearing the state flag, authorities said.
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World record bridal train displayed in Romania
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:12PM March 20, 2012 CommentBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A hot air balloon floated over downtown Bucharest on Tuesday carrying a model wearing what is now regarded as the world's longest bridal train.
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Aspen man gets bike back from 'Drunk' needing ride
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:03AM March 20, 2012 CommentASPEN, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man whose bike was stolen says he bears no grudges against a remorseful person who returned it with a handwritten note of apology that was signed "Drunk."
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Marmageddon: New Zealand runs out of unique spread
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00AM March 20, 2012 CommentWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It's a sticky black sandwich spread that much of New Zealand adores, though detractors liken it to axle grease. And when it runs out, it's Marmageddon.
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British man accused of harassing German neighbors
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:37PM March 19, 2012 Comment (1)LONDON (AP) — A British math teacher was convicted Monday of harassing his German neighbors with loud wartime music and Nazi salutes.
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9-year-old boy summoned to jury duty in Mass.
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:05AM March 19, 2012 CommentYARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Like many people who get summoned to jury duty, Jacob Clark didn't want to go.
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1-ton WWII-era bomb discovered near Marseille port
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:33AM March 18, 2012 CommentMARSEILLE, France (AP) — Officials in Marseille are evacuating an area around the French Mediterranean city's port so they can remove a 1-ton German bomb that dates to World War II.
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Vt.'s Ben & Jerry's issues pro-gay marriage flavor
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:16PM March 16, 2012 CommentMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's is supporting gay marriage in Britain by relabeling an apple pie flavor as Apple-y Ever After.
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Thai taxi driver returns $450,000 in gold to owner
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:05AM March 16, 2012 CommentBANGKOK (AP) — A Thai taxi driver has returned gold worth $450,000 to a customer who left the jewelry behind three days earlier.
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Kashmir scientists clone rare cashmere goat
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:45AM March 15, 2012 Comment (1)SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Scientists in Indian-controlled Kashmir have cloned a rare Himalayan goat in hopes of boosting the number of animals famed for their coats of pashmina wool, used to make cashmere.
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German celeb bunny meets untimely demise
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:29AM March 15, 2012 CommentBERLIN (AP) — An earless baby bunny that was a rising star on Germany's celebrity animal scene had his 15 minutes of fame brought to an abrupt end when he was accidentally stepped on by a television cameraman.
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Mom gives birth on sidewalk outside Minn. hospital
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:48PM March 14, 2012 CommentMAPLE GROVE, Minn. (AP) — Elissa Simonson didn't quite make it to a hospital for the birth of her third child. But, she was very close.
