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6th January
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AP - Police are wondering why a bar of used soap is among the items stolen during a home robbery in Clearfield. Matt and Saundra Ramos and their four children returned home from an Easter weekend vacation Monday night to find their TVs, a laptop and other electronics had been stolen.
AP - Anne Arundel County police say a Glen Burnie woman was surprised by a three-foot python that slithered out from behind her media stand while she watched television in her living room.
A rattlesnake rancher who calls himself Bayou Bob found a new way to make money: Stick a rattler inside a bottle of vodka and ...
An Internet campaign to ban Britain's treasury chief from the nation's pubs has struck a chord with the country's harried drinkers.
A US judge passes a sentence ordering three Spanish-speaking men to learn English or go to jail.
A Tennessee man is going to the big house -- thanks to his big mouth
Tried of gutter politics? How about selecting a mayor from a trash can?
Petra the swan has a new home and so does her beloved swan-shaped paddleboat
Petra the swan has a new home and so does her beloved swan-shaped paddleboat
A man whose girlfriend sat on a toilet for so long that the seat adhered to her body has been arrested in a separate case.
A man who told police he had been raped by a wombat has, perhaps not surprisingly, failed to substantiate his claim in court.
U.S. artist Jeff Koons is reflected in his sculpture 'Rabbit' at the Kunsthaus in Bregenz February 16, 2007. (Miro Kuzmanovic/Reuters)Reuters - Italian porn star Ilona Staller, known as "La Cicciolina," sued her ex-husband Jeff Koons on Wednesday, saying he failed to pay about $1.5 million euros ($2.3 million) in child support ordered by an Italian court.
A rattlesnake slithers across a pile of coiled rattlesnakes inside the rattlesnake pit in Sweetwater, Texas March 12, 2006. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)Reuters - A Texas man is facing charges for selling liquor without a license after he was found peddling bottles of vodka containing dead baby rattlesnakes.
Reuters - It may be the biggest honeymoon secret ever -- from 2011, newlyweds can start their dream trip on a Royal Air Force mid-air refueling plane, and the chances are they will be blissfully unaware of their luck.
Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard signs autographs on a July issue of Playboy in New York June 14, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - Playboy magazine is launching in the Philippines next month and will be targeting mature men who like well-written articles and tasteful photographs of semi-nude women.
Ten days after a 23-year-old Norwegian woman's body was found buried under rubble in a London basement, an inquest into her death was formally opened today.
Number 10 says Gordon Brown was "doing what he was told" after apparently getting lost at the state banquet.
Reuters - It may be the biggest honeymoon secret ever -- from 2011, newlyweds can start their dream trip on a Royal Air Force mid-air refuelling plane, and the chances are they will be blissfully unaware of their luck.
The Associated Press BERLIN Petra the swan has a new home, and so does her beloved swan- shaped paddle boat .
London, Mar 27 (ANI): A nursery nurse shocked mums and dads after offering them sex toys and bondage...


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