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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Helicopter rescues horse stranded on Ariz. sandbar

Vickie Eshenbaugh, who was riding Colorado, hugs Colorado near Buckeye, Ariz., Tuesday.
By Associated Press
PHOENIX — It’s not every day you see a horse fly. But with the greatest...
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French polemic over fake game show electrocutions

This photo provided Wednesday by France 2 television shows actor Laurent Le Doyen for the reality TV show ‘Executioner TV’.
By Associated Press
PARIS — A state-run TV channel is stirring controversy with a documentary...
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Rescue redux: Pooch plucked twice from NY ice

By Associated Press
WESTFIELD, N.Y. — If Koozie the dog were a cat she would be down to seven lives. The 8-year-old mix-breed pooch had to be rescued — not once,...

Tenn. Senate says fish, birds OK in barber shops

By Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Let the record reflect that the Tennessee state Senate has endorsed fish tanks and live birds in barber shops. The Senate on Wednesday...

Pittsburgh man finds cold intruder in bed with him

By Associated Press
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police say a man broke into a home and climbed in bed with its owner, apparently because he was drunk and cold following a rap...

Swiss designer creates dinosaur dung watch

By Associated Press
GENEVA — A Swiss watchmaker is hoping to raise a stink with an expensive timepiece that eschews the trade’s...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Hurt dog shows up at New Mexico emergency room

By Associated Press
FARMINGTON, New Mexico — The patient was only slightly injured when he limped into a hospital in the northwest New...
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Staten Island Ferry worker in shamrock flap

By Associated Press
NEW YORK — A mate on the Staten Island Ferry has been suspended for marking surfaces of the boat’s pilothouse...
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Monday, March 15, 2010

Arizona town opens time capsule, can’t find brandy

By Associated Press
SOMERTON, Ariz. — A town in Arizona is missing a 25-year-old bottle of brandy. When officials in Somerton opened...
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Art in the flesh causes discomfort at NYC museum

By Associated Press
NEW YORK — A new exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art is causing discomfort among some visitors by bringing them close...
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Tapping of cemetery maple trees gets bad rap

By Associated Press
LANCASTER — Maple syrup producers are under fire for tapping maple trees in Central Massachusetts cemeteries. The...
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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Told you you’d never take me alive, coppers!

By Mike Pingree / Through the Looking Glass
A monkey escaped from a Florida wildlife preserve and eluded capture in the Tampa Bay area for more than a year before being recaptured. But he soon escaped...

In rural NH, deer-car crashes bring free ‘dinner’

In this photo taken Thursday, March 4, 2010, deer watch as a car drives along Route 3 in Pittsburg, N.H. A 10-mile stretch of road in northern New Hampshire has seen a large increase in deer population getting hit by cars.
By Associated Press
PITTSBURG, N.H. - Up here, folks have another word for roadkill. It’s "dinner." When...
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Friday, March 12, 2010

NYC funeral home van towed — with body inside

By Associated Press
NEW YORK — A police tow truck removed a minivan parked outside a New York City funeral home, giving its dearly departed...
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Devotees of Florida man drank snail mucus in ritual

By Associated Press
MIAMI - Devotees of a Miami man who claims to practice a traditional African religion say they were sickened when they drank...
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