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• Diners can 'have a ball' at testicle fes... Diners can 'have a ball' at testicle festival
03/29/2009
The fundraising idea may seem a little nuts, but the Oakdale, Calif. annual Testicle Festival is always a big hit. (17 h ago)
• Fate of Hummer to be decided Tuesday Fate of Hummer to be decided Tuesday
03/29/2009
General Motors Corp. will have to decide whether its struggling Hummer brand will die a quiet death or live on with a new owner. (18 h ago)
• Toxic toads killed in Australia Toxic toads killed in Australia
03/29/2009
Thousands of poisonous cane toads met their fate as gleeful Australians gathered for a celebratory mass killing of the hated amphibians, with many of the creatures' corpses being turned into fertilizer for the very farmers they've plagued for years. (21 h ago)
• Oh, shoot! Pa. club's pigeon hunt ruffle... Oh, shoot! Pa. club's pigeon hunt ruffles feathers
03/28/2009
A suburban Philadelphia gun club is fighting a citation for shooting pigeons on the banks of the Delaware River. (1 d ago)
• Imprisoned tax evader's release date: Ap... Imprisoned tax evader's release date: April 15
03/28/2009
The annual tax filing deadline is the day Arthur Farnsworth will be released from prison after a stay of more than two years following a much-publicized federal tax evasion conviction. (1 d ago)
• Landfill's stuffed animals get the heave... Landfill's stuffed animals get the heave-ho
03/27/2009
A collection of nearly a dozen monkeys, parrots and Disney characters have slowly appeared in trees lining the road into the Sahuarita landfill in recent months. (2 d ago)
• Company launches Mexican-made kosher teq... Company launches Mexican-made kosher tequila
03/27/2009
Agave 99 will be on the market in time for the holiday that celebrates Mexico's defeat of French forces on May 5, 1862. (2 d ago)
• Prisoners baby-sit toddler found on Md. ... Prisoners baby-sit toddler found on Md. highway
03/27/2009
The six minimum-security inmates shared their lunches with the toddler, who apparently wandered away from home, and played with him while authorities located the parents and investigated. (2 d ago)
• 'Dumbest criminal in Pennsylvania' arres... 'Dumbest criminal in Pennsylvania' arrested at police convention
03/27/2009
When a reporter asked 19-year-old Jerome Marquis Blanchett for comment as he was led out of court, he said, "I'm smooth." (2 d ago)
• Fast (food) nap: Man arrested at Utah dr... Fast (food) nap: Man arrested at Utah drive-thru
03/27/2009
Police had an easy time catching a man suspected of driving under the influence. He was waiting for them in his car. (2 d ago)
• Mich. man pleads guilty in self-reported... Mich. man pleads guilty in self-reported break-in
03/27/2009
Police say Matthew Robert Kiss broke into a gas station in Capac in January, smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol before calling 911 on himself. He said he wanted to go to jail to see his incarcerated brother. But he was not allowed to see him. (2 d ago)
• Spokane residents rebel over dirty dishe... Spokane residents rebel over dirty dishes
03/27/2009
The quest for squeaky-clean dishes has turned some law-abiding people in Spokane into dishwater-detergent smugglers because the eco-friendly varieties required under Washington state law don't work as well. (2 d ago)
• Mich. man's finger rescued from vehicle'... Mich. man's finger rescued from vehicle's gas tank
03/27/2009
A Michigan man has learned firsthand that topping off can be dangerous. (2 d ago)
• New Yorkers say nerves jangled from outd... New Yorkers say nerves jangled from outdoor jingles
03/27/2009
Ah, the sounds of spring. Birds chirping, children playing ... AND THAT INFERNAL ICE CREAM TRUCK! (2 d ago)
• Sub shop doesn't want slaughterhouse nex... Sub shop doesn't want slaughterhouse next door
03/27/2009
BUFFALO, N.Y. - An upstate New York sandwich shop owner says plans to locate a slaughterhouse right next door will kill his business. (3 d ago)
• Man grabs clerk's $60 in bet gone awry Man grabs clerk's $60 in bet gone awry
03/27/2009
GREENSBURG, Pa. - Police in western Pennsylvania say a man snatched $60 from a gas station clerk in an aborted bet about cigarette prices. The man was caught and repaid the money under the watchful eye of a state trooper. (3 d ago)
• Police chief checks Blackberry, hits car Police chief checks Blackberry, hits car
03/27/2009
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - The police chief of the south Seattle suburb of Federal Way has issued a public apology for a minor traffic accident that happened while he was checking his BlackBerry in his unmarked police car. (3 d ago)
• Cheesy book takes prize for oddest title Cheesy book takes prize for oddest title
03/27/2009
LONDON - A heavyweight study of the future of soft cheese won Britain's annual competition to find the year's oddest book title on Friday. (3 d ago)
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• Doctors remove fishing spear from man's ... Doctors remove fishing spear from man's brain
03/29/2009
Surgeons successfully removed a 15-centimeter (6-inch) fishing spear from the brain of a man who was struck while diving off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, doctors said Sunday. (14 h ago)
• Man’s finger gets stuck in gas tank Man’s finger gets stuck in gas tank
03/28/2009
A Michigan man has learned not to stick his fingers in certain places. (1 d ago)
• Diners can 'have a ball' at testicle fes... Diners can 'have a ball' at testicle festival
03/27/2009
The fundraising idea may seem a little nuts, but Oakdale's annual Testicle Festival is always a big hit. (2 d ago)
• Vacuum sex act draws 90-day sentence Vacuum sex act draws 90-day sentence
03/27/2009
A man police caught performing a sex act with a car wash vacuum has been sentenced to 90 days in prison. (2 d ago)
• Inmate heats sausage in toilet, sparks f... Inmate heats sausage in toilet, sparks fire
03/27/2009
An inmate's attempt to heat up sausages in his toilet went up in smoke when the cooking fire forced a unit evacuation at a Washington state prison. (2 d ago)
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