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6th January
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AP - A customer at a grocery store stopped an armed robbery by pulling his own gun and holding the suspect at gunpoint until police arrived, authorities said.
Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel-Rahman Muhammad Shalgam, center, arrives for a signing ceremony at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2007. Despite unresolved terrorism and human rights concerns, the United States took another step toward ending decades of hostility with the north African nation on Thursday as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held talks here with the Libyan foreign minister in the highest-level contact between the two countries in Washington in 35 years.  (AP Photos/Susan Walsh)AP - Libya's remarkable transformation from U.S. foe to friend is almost complete.
LIVINGSTON, Mont. - An man faces a drunken driving charge after the sport utility vehicle he was driving flew off the road on a sharp curve and crashed into a rental cabin.
ALTON, Ill. - In real estate, it's all about location, location, location. That's turning out to be not such a good thing for Jodi Courtaway's duplex in Alton, Ill. For the second time in less than a year, a vehicle has slammed into the bedroom of Courtaway's 7-year-old son on Wednesday.
INDIANAPOLIS - A customer at a grocery store stopped an armed robbery by pulling his own gun and holding the suspect at gunpoint until police arrived, authorities said.
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Several older residents of this town are protesting plans to open a funeral home across the street from a senior center, saying it would be a little too close for comfort.
PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh pharmacist has given his wife's in-laws a Christmas gift that keeps on giving: a Pennsylvania Lottery ticket worth $1 million.
AP - An man faces a drunken driving charge after the sport utility vehicle he was driving flew off the road on a sharp curve and crashed into a rental cabin.
A northern Indian state is trying to combat aggressive primates who have been raiding farms.
AP - A Pittsburgh pharmacist has given his wife's in-laws a Christmas gift that keeps on giving: a Pennsylvania Lottery ticket worth $1 million.
AP - Several older residents of this town are protesting plans to open a funeral home across the street from a senior center, saying it would be a little too close for comfort.
Gregory Wheal, described as the country's most-convicted egg collector, was was sentenced to six months in prison.
AP - In real estate, it's all about location, location, location. That's turning out to be not such a good thing for Jodi Courtaway's duplex in Alton, Ill. For the second time in less than a year, a vehicle has slammed into the bedroom of Courtaway's 7-year-old son on Wednesday.
A man had bad luck in his choice of stolen vehicles. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said Ernesto Ponce took a pickup from a Chevrolet lot in Roseburg on Friday, but had to switch vehicles when a tire blew.
On your mark. Get set. Watch! For many sports fans, New Year's Day means lounging around the living room and watching college football with a bag of potato chips.
A 265-pound man says a buffet restaurant banned him and a relative because of how much they ate.
America's Dairyland wants you to know it's not just full of cheeseheads -- and it's taking the mission seriously.
Never mind the Rose Bowl. For some residents, their annual "Toilet Bowl" is the biggest game of the year.
A couple have a new tradition for ringing in the new year: spending it in the maternity ward.
A model has filed a $5 million lawsuit complaining that a jewelry company's video ad makes her look pornographic.


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