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6th January
Last updated 36 minutes ago
Police in Italy issue footage of a man suspected of hypnotising store checkout staff to empty their tills.
Salt Lake police Friday were looking for a juvenile with rosary beads around his neck and a gun in his waistband, who they say was involved in a bizarre robbery. Detectives said the boy took money from a group, only to return it a short time later. Just after 8 p.m.
A second statue of Southampton football legend Ted Bates is unveiled - replacing a ridiculed one.
Two sisters who would've been happy getting $10 for an Illinois- shaped Frosted Flake have more greenbacks today than can be stuffed in any common cereal bowl. $1,350 was the winning bid late Friday on eBay.
INSPIRED BY the Great Illinois Corn Flake, I spent part of Thursday night attempting to become rich. I was searching for a flake of cereal that might be the perfect image of something. I must have looked for two or three minutes before becoming discouraged.
The makers of Oprah Winfrey's show are sued by a woman who claims she fell down stairs in a race for seats.
Two sisters from Virginia sold their Illinois-shaped corn flake on eBay Friday night for $1,350.
AP - A Colorado man is accused of stealing an Army veteran's identity and using it for 24 years to get married, obtain free medical treatment and even serve as president of a VFW post.
Most people enjoying spending time in the park relaxing - that is unless your name's William Alfred.
A moose's antlers may act as giant hearing aids, scientists said on Thursday. What's that you say? Eh? Eh?
NORTH HUNTINGDON, A Pennsylvania woman faces criminal charges after allegedly beating her sister wi...
JERSEY CITY, A former public works superintendent in a New Jersey city received a three-year prison...
SACRAMENTO, Birds are generally pretty at home in trees, but firefighters in Sacramento had to be c...
LONDON, A third of elementary school students confused Sir Winston Churchill with moon-walking astr...
NESS CITY, A Ness County, Kan., man has been charged with mistreatment of a dependent adult after h...
EDGEWATER, Animal control officers in Edgewater, Md., said they ordered a man to release a squirrel...
CLEVELAND, A Vogue magazine cover photo featuring Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James has spar...
CORAL SPRINGS, Authorities in Broward County, Fla., have arrested a man suspected of selling electr...
By The Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Something didn't smell quite right with a pile of cash discovered Thursday at a sewage purification plant in northern Israel.
Faced with slow housing market, builders' group forced to put headquarters up for sale


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