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31st July
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A South Dakota woman is set to get hitched tomorrow -- after a big hitch in her plans
Police in Pennsylvania are looking for some porn-hungry crooks with the munchies
Police in Pennsylvania are looking for some porn-hungry crooks with the munchies
The weapon used against a would-be bank bandit? A loud voice
A family in New Mexico in the United States was mortified when they found their recently deceased grandmother's brain had been sent to them with her personal effects.
An abandoned car sits covered in snow on the A68 road near Earlston in the Scottish borders January 6, 2010. REUTERS/David MoirReuters - Bookmaker Ladbrokes is refusing to pay out more than 7 million pounds ($11 million) to a man who gambled on a white Christmas across the UK, as the bet was accepted by mistake.
A man plays hockey on an outdoor ice rink in Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto, December 22, 2008. REUTERS/Mark BlinchReuters - Pakistan's parliament fined a national hockey player and two team officials for un-Islamic behavior after pictures circulated of them hugging a woman and apparently drinking alcohol in Argentina last month.
Love for each other and the environment -- and creative thriftiness -- have prompted a Spokane couple to collect aluminum cans to help pay for their wedding.
Some New Year's Eve revelers in Carlsbad who had a little too much to drink got a surprise when they called a toll-free number for a free tow home.
Police say a Pennsylvania man in a hospital gown stole $50 from his ex-girlfriend at Wal-Mart, then tried to flee on a store-owned motorized shopping scooter.
A judge in Virginia says it's a draw between two Union and Confederate Civil War re-enactors who got into a tussle on the battlefield.
Police are seeking a timid would-be robber who fled a Springfield bank empty-handed after somebody yelled at him.
A man declared dead after being hit by a car woke up when coroners began his autopsy.
A judge in Virginia says it's a draw between two Union and Confederate Civil War re-enactors who got into a tussle on the battlefield.
The heavy eye make-up favoured by ancient Egyptians such as Cleopatra might have had medical as well as aesthetic benefits, research suggests.
A civic-spirited but ill-advised attempt to remove snow from a Canadian road caused traffic chaos, and ended up with a man being arrested for operating a snow blower while drunk.
Officials say a magnifying glass set on a stand in a sunny room started a small blaze in a Wyoming home.
A bank teller was shocked when two girls who claimed to have a gun walked into a bank and demanded cash.
LONDON: Widow Kelly Bowen has given birth to twins - almost two years after the death of her husband...
The "naked lady" will have to cover-up in Ashland, Oregon


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