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• Volunteers help salamanders avoid roadwa... Volunteers help salamanders avoid roadway massacre
04/05/2009
On a recent night, 45 people carried salamanders, frogs and newts across the road during their annual migration to mate. (16 h ago)
• Man caught with pot behind paintings Man caught with pot behind paintings
04/05/2009
A Phoenix man was taken into custody after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found 90 pounds of pot hidden within the frames of six large paintings he was trying to get into Arizona from Mexico. (20 h ago)
• Cereal box typo sends callers to sex lin... Cereal box typo sends callers to sex line
04/05/2009
Instead of reaching Golden Temple of Oregon, callers were greeted by a recorded voice asking, "Do you love sex? ... Isn't that why you called?" (21 h ago)
• Pop star dressed as pineapple robbed in ... Pop star dressed as pineapple robbed in Sweden
04/05/2009
Police say a Japanese pop star dressed up as a pineapple has been robbed while shooting a music video in southern Sweden. (22 h ago)
• As West warms, some fear for tiny mounta... As West warms, some fear for tiny mountain dweller
04/05/2009
Soon, if conservationists have their way, the pika could be the first species in the lower 48 states to get federal endangered species protections primarily because of the effects of climate change. (23 h ago)
• Featherweights: Detroit police halt pill... Featherweights: Detroit police halt pillow fight
04/04/2009
Police in Detroit have ruffled some feathers after they cracked down on an organized pillow fight at a downtown park. (1 d ago)
• April Fools: NYU accepts grad students b... April Fools: NYU accepts grad students by mistake
04/04/2009
New York University officials weren't laughing when hundreds of people mistakenly received word that they'd been accepted to grad school on April Fools' Day. (1 d ago)
• Va. boy, 13, drives 1,300 miles to Texas... Va. boy, 13, drives 1,300 miles to Texas rodeo
04/03/2009
Va. boy drove 1,300 miles to Texas rodeo grounds. (2 d ago)
• This NY robbery's also a fashion crime This NY robbery's also a fashion crime
04/03/2009
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Maybe she needed the money for a new hairdo. (2 d ago)
• But wait, there's more! RI road dubbed G... But wait, there's more! RI road dubbed Ginsu Way
04/03/2009
Ginsu Way connects two major roadways and passes the office of Ed Valenti, who began marketing the knives in 1978 with then-partner Barry Becher. (2 d ago)
• Suspect who tried to change appearance n... Suspect who tried to change appearance nabbed with shaving cream on his ear
04/03/2009
When police searched the East Mesa man's home, they found money from a Wells Fargo bank robbery as well as 26 pounds of marijuana. (2 d ago)
• Colorado Springs man coughs up inch-long... Colorado Springs man coughs up inch-long nail
04/03/2009
Prax Sanchez says he doesn't recall any serious hammer-and-nail mishaps in his past. (2 d ago)
• NYC fried chicken joints under fire for ... NYC fried chicken joints under fire for Obama name
04/03/2009
City Councilman Charles Barron said Friday that he will organize a demonstration next week outside the Obama Fried Chicken in his Brooklyn district if the sign doesn't change. (2 d ago)
• SC man's corpse was apparently cut to fi... SC man's corpse was apparently cut to fit coffin
04/03/2009
The widow of the 6-foot-7, 300-pound James Hines said investigators told her that his legs had been cut off between the ankle and calf, and his feet had been placed inside the casket. (2 d ago)
• Man drops, saves ring in Brooklyn Bridge... Man drops, saves ring in Brooklyn Bridge proposal
04/03/2009
He's lucky she said yes - and he's also lucky the diamond engagement ring he dropped on the Brooklyn Bridge didn't end up in the river. (2 d ago)
• Dutch museum shows New York's 'birth cer... Dutch museum shows New York's 'birth certificate'
04/03/2009
The Rijksmuseum, the Netherlands' national museum, put some of the most important documents in the early history of New York on display Friday, including early maps and the only report of the purchase of Manhattan by Europeans. (2 d ago)
• Nevada lawmakers squeamish about prostit... Nevada lawmakers squeamish about prostitution tax
04/03/2009
The state has not collected a dollar in taxes from prostitution since it was legalized in rural counties more than 30 years ago, and it's doubtful that it will anytime soon. (2 d ago)
• English villagers send Google snapper pa... English villagers send Google snapper packing
04/03/2009
A gaggle of residents in the affluent hamlet formed a human chain to turn away a car shooting images for Google Street View. (2 d ago)
• Groovy, baby! Coins are back at NJ's old... Groovy, baby! Coins are back at NJ's oldest casino
04/03/2009
It used to be the signature sound of gambling: the clacking of coins spilling into metal trays on slot machines. But newer electronic machines that spit paper vouchers or credit winnings to cards now emit only canned noise. (2 d ago)
• Coney Island's Cyclone sees one more sum... Coney Island's Cyclone sees one more summer
04/03/2009
Fabled Brooklyn roller coaster will roar back to life once more before the boardwalk is overhauled. (2 d ago)
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• Pop star dressed as pineapple robbed Pop star dressed as pineapple robbed
04/05/2009
Police say a Japanese pop star dressed up as a pineapple has been robbed while shooting a music video in southern Sweden. A police spokesman Bo Paulsson says three young men beat up 41-year-old Hideki Kaji and robbed him of camera equipment worth around $2,500. (17 h ago)
• Boy, 13, drives 1,300 miles to Texas Boy, 13, drives 1,300 miles to Texas
04/04/2009
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• April Fools: NYU accepts grad students i... April Fools: NYU accepts grad students in error
04/04/2009
New York University officials weren't laughing when hundreds of people mistakenly received word that they'd been accepted to grad school on April Fools' Day. (1 d ago)
• But wait, there's more! Call that road ‘... But wait, there's more! Call that road ‘Ginsu’
04/03/2009
For more than 30 years Ginsu knives have been cutting through plump tomatoes, radiator hoses — even nails. (2 d ago)
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