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Arrests sought after burgers, fries tossed in pool

The hamburger patties, French fries and pretzels tossed into the pool were bad enough. But did a vandal really have to smear mozzarella cheese on the water slide?
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Police: 2 men tried to sell wood blocks as laptops

Investigators in Mississippi say two men wrapped blocks of wood in duct tape and bubble wrap, attached Toshiba labels and tried to pass them off as laptops.
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Woman with broken leg calls 911; Suspect collapses

Livingston Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a man who passed out while allegedly trying to break into a mobile home where an 82-year-old woman was calling 911, crowbar in hand. Deputies said 24-year-old Derrick Gauthreaux of Denham Springs was checked at a hospital Thursday, then booked into the parish jail on one count of attempted burglary.
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Country's oldest mail carrier retires at 91

At 91 years old, the country's oldest mail carrier is finally hanging up his keys after driving more than 1.1 million miles delivering mail in Tennessee. According to the U.S. Postal Service, rural carrier Mancel Prince will make one more lap of his nearly 100-mile route before he retires on Friday in Decherd.
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Store manager tells robber Jesus wouldn't approve

A cell phone store manager in South Florida dissuaded an armed man from robbing the store by telling him Jesus wouldn't approve. Instead of panicking when the suspect pulled a weapon, Nayara Goncalves started talking with him. He was jobless, and the 20-year-old Christian offered to connect him with friends who could help him find work.
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Giant South Dakota hailstone breaks US records

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says a giant hailstone that fell in central South Dakota has broken U.S. records, even though the man who found it says it melted somewhat while waiting to be evaluated.
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Police: Ohio driver in chase stopped at red lights

Cincinnati police say a speeding driver tried to flee arrest while obeying red lights. Police said a 26-year-old woman was going 78 mph in a 55 mph zone early Friday on Interstate 75 when an officer tried to pull her over. Police said she exited the highway to drive home.
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Inmate sues man he's convicted of burglarizing

A Florida inmate is suing the man he's convicted of burglarizing, claiming the man and two others roughed him up during a citizen's arrest. Michael Dupree is serving a 12-year sentence for burglary and cocaine possession stemming from a 2007 break-in of a van in St. Petersburg. Dupree allegedly stole a bicycle locked inside and was apprehended after the owner, Anthony McKoy, saw him with the bike down the street.
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Prodigal gun: Man reunited with stolen revolver

A rural east Texas man has been reunited with his long-lost gun more than two decades after it was stolen. Kauffman County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Pat Laney says Bruce Garner received his H&R nine-shot revolver at an upbeat property hearing Thursday morning.
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500-pound alligator rounded up in SC lagoon

As gators go, the one found in a South Carolina lagoon was downright gargantuan. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported that an 11-foot-long, 500 pound alligator was removed from a lagoon on the resort island on Wednesday. It took three gator wrestlers from the Critter Management company and a truck to pull the gator from the lagoon near a church.
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Fla. deputy shoots himself in leg during training

An Okaloosa Sheriff's deputy is on leave after shooting himself in the leg during a training exercise at a firing range. Miguel Rojas accidentally hit himself Tuesday when deputies were forced to use their less-dominant hand to shoot. The 35-year-old caught his finger in the trigger guard while trying to holster his gun. The bullet broke a small bone in Rojas' leg, but the injury didn't require surgery.
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Saggy pants foolish but legal, NYC judge rules

Wearing saggy pants is not a crime, just foolish.
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Man listed as Tokyo's oldest had been dead decades

A man listed as the oldest living male in Tokyo in fact died some 30 years ago, city officials said after his body was found mummified in his bed.
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Churchill's choppers sold at auction in England

A partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill - described as the teeth that saved the world - sold at auction Thursday for 15,200 pounds ($23,723.)
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Firefighters dismantle police car to rescue kitten

This little kitty went home - but only after Vienna police and firefighters partially dismantled a police car to find it.
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Md. man sentenced for stealing library's tarantula

A Maryland man has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for stealing a spider from a public library.
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Package for 'grandma' contains 6 lbs. of drugs

A package addressed from "Grandpa Henderson" in San Diego to "Grandma Henderson" in Talladega, Ala., wasn't ordinary mail, and it wasn't picked up by any grandmother.
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Zedonk hybrid born at Ga. wildlife preserve

A zedonk, an unusual cross between a donkey and a zebra, is attracting attention at the Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in Dahlonega after being born there about a week ago.
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S. African tiger caught after 2 days on the run

The escaped Bengal tiger who captured headlines across South Africa has been found and returned home after a 2-day search, hungry and worse for the wear after a jump from the back of a moving truck, the tiger's owners said Thursday.
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Ohio man KOs gas meter, causing leak, evacuations

Fire officials in Ohio said a man hitting a punching bag accidentally knocked out his gas meter, causing a natural gas leak that evacuated nearby homes. Authorities in Middletown said when the unidentified man struck the meter Tuesday evening, it fell off the wall and gas spewed out.
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Ohio signs for 'Wildman Road' swiped too often

An Ohio county has given up on replacing the frequently stolen signs for a rural thoroughfare named "Wildman Road."
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Cops issue cat alert for feline that caused wreck

Oregon State Police have taken the unusual step of issuing a missing cat alert for a feline that caused a car crash, escaped from a smashed SUV and vanished.
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Florida great-grandma takes a bite out of crime

A great-grandmother in Daytona Beach bit an assailant and was dragged several feet hanging on to the getaway car of a couple who snatched her purse. Patricia Robertson doesn't know how she summoned the strength, but the commotion she created helped get her belongings back.
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Bear gets into home, eats and grabs stuffed bear

A black bear walked into a New Hampshire house through an open door, ate two pears and a bunch of grapes, took a drink from the family fishbowl and grabbed a stuffed bear on its way out the door. Mary Beth Parkinson said the bear apparently took advantage of the open outside door to get into her kitchen Tuesday in Laconia, about 20 miles north of Concord. She thinks the garage door going up scared the bear enough that it fled the house.
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Cow sculptures in Vt. city under siege by vandals

You've heard of cow tipping?
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Wisconsin teens take flying leap to deliver mail

The main worry for some young mail carriers in southern Wisconsin is neither dogs nor extreme weather. It's plunging into a lake.
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Finger on posterior triggers knife fight in Dallas

Police said a Dallas woman was threatened with a knife in a fight that allegedly started when a friend rubbed her bottom with a finger. A police report states 22-year-old Laquita Mattox was sitting on her friend's bed in a Dallas apartment Thursday when her friend rubbed her finger on Mattox's buttocks.
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UK conman gets 5 years for 'selling' Ritz hotel

An unemployed British truck driver has been sentenced to five years in jail for trying to sell the world famous Ritz hotel for 250 million pounds ($380 million) to a duped investor.
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Package for Ala. grandma contains 6 lbs. of drugs

A package addressed from "Grandpa Henderson" in San Diego, Calif., to "Grandma Henderson" in Talladega, Ala., wasn't ordinary mail, and it wasn't picked up by any grandmother.
Read more [Weird News Miami Herald]

Zedonk hybrid born at Ga. wildlife preserve

A zedonk, an unusual cross between a donkey and a zebra, is attracting attention at the Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in Dahlonega after being born there about a week ago. The animal, which has a zebra father and donkey mother, has black stripes prominently displayed on her legs and face.
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Md. man sentenced for stealing library's tarantula

A Maryland man has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for stealing a spider from a public library. Carroll County Circuit Judge J. Barry Hughes sentenced 27-year-old Randy Humple of Westminster Monday.
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Shoplifting charge dropped against Conn. reporter

The lawyer for a Connecticut television traffic reporter once accused of using her work as a ruse for shoplifting says the charge has been dismissed.
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Mich. couple ties knot among store's size 8 shoes

There were no cold feet for a Michigan couple who got married in the shoe aisle of a central Michigan department store. Drew Ellis and Lisa Satayut exchanged vows Saturday at the TJ Maxx in Mt. Pleasant, about 70 miles northwest of Flint.
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Tiger on the loose in South African neighborhood

Police are warning residents of a South African neighborhood against approaching a 17-month-old Bengal tiger that escaped from its owners.
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Firefighters dismantle police car to rescue kitten

This little kitty went home - but only after Vienna police and firefighters partially dismantled a police car to find it. The naughty feline first woke residents of a Vienna neighborhood with its desperate meowing, then kept police and firefighters busy for much of the night.
Read more [Weird News Miami Herald]

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