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  1. Groom creates viral storm twittering from altar Reuters - Thu Dec 3, 2:04 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Maryland groom has created an viral story storm after he interrupted his wedding last month to update his Facebook and Twitter accounts from the altar.

  2. This undated image provided by Ketchum pr shows Leo-Hector with a cat cam attached to his collar. Leo-Hector was one of fifty house cats who were given collar cameras that took a photo every 15 minutes. The results put a digital dent in some human theories about catnapping. (AP Photo/Ketchum/ Lyn Thornton)
    What do cats do home alone? Cat cams have answers AP - Thu Dec 3, 3:05 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - What do cats do when their owners are away? There was one way to find out — "cat cams."

  3. Texas couple say hen laid egg with cross on it AP - Thu Dec 3, 4:53 PM ET

    BURLESON, Texas - A Fort Worth-area couple said one of their hens laid an egg with a cross on the end of it. Pam and Tracy Norrell of Burleson, who displayed the odd-shaped egg, said they believe it's a sign of encouragement during the holiday season.

  4. A child touches a statue of Baby Jesus in the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 25, 2006. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun
    Competitive Britons send nativity costs soaring Reuters - Thu Dec 3, 2:02 PM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Gone are the days of shepherds in tea towels and tinsel-clad angels. Britain's competitive parents are forking out on luxury pashmina shawls and velour dressing gowns to make their child the star of the annual nativity play.

  5. Fla. teen allegedly attacks dad for loud snoring AP - Thu Dec 3, 4:19 PM ET

    OLDSMAR, Fla. - A Florida teenager has been charged with assaulting his father, reportedly because the man was snoring too loudly. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office reported that the teen, 18, first threw a magazine at his father, who was sleeping on a living room couch Tuesday evening. When that didn't work, deputies said the teen pushed his father onto the floor and punched him in the face.

  6. This undated photo provided by the Clayton County Sheriff's Office shows William C. Caldwell III. Police in Morrow, Ga. say Caldwell was dressed in an elf suit Wednesday evening, Dec. 2, 2009 as he waited in line to have his picture taken with Santa Claus at Southlake Mall in suburban Atlanta. When Caldwell reached the front of the line, he told Santa he had dynamite in his bag. Santa called mall security and Caldwell was arrested. (AP Photo/Clayton County Sherriffs Office)
    'Elf' jailed over dynamite hoax on Ga. mall Santa AP - Fri Dec 4, 9:10 AM ET

    MORROW, Ga. - A man dressed as an elf is jailed after police in Georgia say he told a mall Santa that he was carrying dynamite.

  7. Iowa woman accused of shoplifting 418 items AP - Thu Dec 3, 5:43 PM ET

    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - An Iowa woman is accused in a South Dakota shoplifting case that authorities say involved more than just a few items stuffed in a pocket. Sioux Falls police said a 51-year-old woman allegedly took $2,200 worth of items from the Lewis Drug Store, hauling stolen merchandise to her car in bags and then returning to the store for more.

  8. Chicken stuffed with cocaine is recipe for arrest AP - Fri Dec 4, 1:11 PM ET

    CHANTILLY, Va. - Customs inspectors at Dulles International Airport say they have arrested a man from Guatemala who was carrying a cooked chicken stuffed with more than $4,000 worth of cocaine.

  9. Would-be thief sends merciful NY store owner $50 AP - Thu Dec 3, 4:14 PM ET

    SHIRLEY, N.Y. - A Long Island convenience store owner who showed mercy to a would-be robber said he's received an apology note and $50 in the mail. The unsigned note said it was from the man who tried to rob Mohammad Sohail. It said the would-be robber has a new job, a new child, and is staying out of trouble.

  10. John Ziegler, the pastor of the "First Church of Tiger Woods" -- www.tigerwoodsisgod.com -- has announced in a statement on the blog that the organization is being dissolved because of the golfer's "personal sins."(AFP/OFF)
    'Church of Tiger' website disbands over golfer's 'sins' AFP - Thu Dec 3, 2:13 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The transgressions of Tiger Woods have proved too much to take for one of the golf superstar's most fanatical fans who is now disbanding a church set up in praise of the sports icon.

  11. Police: Man hides in Ala. Wal-Mart, takes cash AP - Thu Dec 3, 4:06 PM ET

    FAIRFIELD, Ala. - Fairfield police said a Mississippi man took holiday shopping to another level by hiding in a Wal-Mart and trying to leave with cash. Police said the man hid inside the Walmart on Nov. 25 after it closed at 11 p.m. and took $54,000 in cash and checks. A guard subdued the man when he tried to leave through locked doors. Police said money bags started falling from his clothes as he shook the doors.

  12. Police: Bubble gum bandits walk, talk and steal AP - Thu Dec 3, 4:02 PM ET

    STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. - Police said a pack of bubble gum bandits is walking into suburban Detroit gas stations and chewing through the candy aisle. Police said the latest heist happened Nov. 21, when two suspects chatted up the clerk of a Speedway gas station in Sterling Heights, while a third suspect filched $318 worth of gum.

  13. Ohio police say man tried to take their candy bars AP - Thu Dec 3, 4:34 PM ET

    CINCINNATI - Talk about sticky fingers: Police arrested a man they say tried to take their candy bars.

  14. Fla. Gov. Crist sent callers to telephone sex line AP - Fri Dec 4, 2:22 PM ET

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Oops! In an embarrassing blunder, Gov. Charlie Crist mistakenly directed parents of uninsured children to call a toll-free sex line.