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for 04/20/2009

(last updated 7:30am EST 04/20/2009)

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• NJ town can't seem to decide what to cal... NJ town can't seem to decide what to call itself
04/19/2009
Would a New Jersey town by any other name smell as sweet? (14 h ago)

• Coins, mummies, statues point to Cleopat... Coins, mummies, statues point to Cleopatra tomb
04/19/2009
BURG EL-ARAB, Egypt - Egypt's top archaeologist made his version of a sales pitch Sunday, presenting 22 coins, 10 mummies, and a fragment of a mask with a cleft chin as evidence that the discovery of the lost tomb of Mark Antony and Cleopatra is at hand. (18 h ago)

• NY woman planning to have dead lover's c... NY woman planning to have dead lover's child
04/18/2009
A New York judge has given a woman permission to harvest her dead lover's sperm so she can still have his baby. (1 d ago)

• Bogus waiter tricks customers at 2 NJ re... Bogus waiter tricks customers at 2 NJ restaurants
04/18/2009
Hoboken police say a man posing as a waiter collected $186 in cash from diners at two restaurants and walked out with the money in his pocket. (1 d ago)

• Pa. woman faked bankruptcy to save elect... Pa. woman faked bankruptcy to save electricity
04/17/2009
Prosecutors say Dorothy Hunt owed Duquesne Light more than $1,500 and tried to trick the company into believing she had filed for bankruptcy protection. (2 d ago)

• Lincoln stamp trove scores nearly $2M at... Lincoln stamp trove scores nearly $2M at auction
04/17/2009
Among the collection's highlights was a proof of a block of eight mint-condition 90-cent stamps of Lincoln with his image accidentally printed upside-down. (2 d ago)

• Miss. woman survives being shot in head,... Miss. woman survives being shot in head, makes tea
04/17/2009
Tammy Sexton, 47, remained hospitalized three days after being wounded by her husband, who killed himself after he shot his wife. She is expected to fully recover. (2 d ago)

• Mich. mayor gets speeding warning, deman... Mich. mayor gets speeding warning, demands ticket
04/17/2009
Warren Mayor Jim Fouts was pulled over Monday on the way to City Hall for going 45 mph in a 40 mph zone. The officer told him to watch it next time. (2 d ago)

• No more monkey business: Vasectomies for... No more monkey business: Vasectomies for primates
04/17/2009
Health officials in Goiania, Brazil, plan to perform vasectomies on 25 wild, urban-dwelling monkeys to keep their population in check and control disease. (2 d ago)

• Hitler-signed watercolors to be auctione... Hitler-signed watercolors to be auctioned
04/17/2009
BERLIN - A pair of watercolor paintings depicting farm scenes and signed ''Adolf Hitler'' are up for auction in the German city of Nuremberg this month. (3 d ago)

• Bogus waiter fools diners at N.J. eateri... Bogus waiter fools diners at N.J. eateries
04/18/2009
Police say a man posing as a waiter collected $186 in cash from diners at two restaurants in New Jersey and walked out with the money in his pocket. (1 d ago)

• Woman gets shot in head, makes tea Woman gets shot in head, makes tea
04/18/2009
A Mississippi woman who was shot in the head not only survived but made herself tea and offered an astonished deputy something to drink, authorities said Friday. (2 d ago)

• Teacher resigns after strip club visit w... Teacher resigns after strip club visit with teens
04/17/2009
A school spokesman said a southwest Ohio teacher has resigned after acknowledging she accompanied four female students to a male strip club. (2 d ago)

• Woman accused of taping dog to fridge Woman accused of taping dog to fridge
04/17/2009
Police say a Colorado woman wrapped her boyfriend's dog in packing tape and stuck the animal upside down to a refrigerator because he wouldn't get rid of it. (2 d ago)

people are crazy!
Roger :: 12/23/2008