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Money robbed from western Pa. bank mailed back
AP – 33 mins agoWEST NEWTON, Pa. – Someone mailed an envelope filled with money to a western Pennsylvania bank that was robbed earlier this month, and the FBI suspects it was either the repentant robber or an acquaintance of his. Full Story »
Shirtless man, woman in handcuffs belt rob bank
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Teen runs up dad's cell bill to nearly $22,000
AP – 1 hr 7 mins agoHAYWARD, Calif. - A 13-year-old teen was probably in hot water with his father after running up a cell phone bill of nearly $22,000. Ted Estarija said he was expecting his bill to be higher this month after adding his son to his plan, but wasn't expecting a bill of $21,917 in data usage charges. The Hayward man said his Verizon Wireless bill soared after his son apparently downloaded about 1.4 million kilobytes of data last month. Full Story »
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Police: Man shoots suspected prowler with arrow
AP – Tue Dec 15, 3:22 pm ETKELSO, Wash. - Kelso, Wash., police said a man used his compound bow to interrupt an apparent break-in at a nearby vacant home, wounding a fleeing man in the buttocks. Police said the man grabbed his hunting bow late Sunday night and chased a suspected prowler for more than three blocks. When the fleeing man refused to stop, the bowhunter shot him with a broadhead arrow. Full Story »
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More than 3,000 detained in porn crackdown
Reuters – Mon Dec 14, 1:02 pm ETBEIJING (Reuters Life!) - Chinese police have detained some 3,470 people so far this year during a crackdown on online pornography and closed thousands of pornographic websites, state media said on Saturday. Full Story »
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Anger over elaborate emission cuts hoax
Reuters – Mon Dec 14, 1:01 pm ETOTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada condemned on Monday a series of elaborate hoax emails and a fake website story that claimed the country would cut emissions of greenhouse gases by a much greater amount than previously announced. Full Story »
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Rotating house puts family in a spin
Reuters – Fri Dec 11, 12:25 pm ETSYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian family is turning heads with a rotating house that can guarantee a different view every time they wake up. Full Story »
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Teens ignore laws against texting while driving
Reuters – Fri Dec 11, 12:24 pm ETLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Karen Cordova, a 17-year-old high school student and part-time supermarket cashier, admits she sometimes texts friends while driving home from work late at night, lonely and bored. Full Story »
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"Secret agent" busted in late night car chase
Reuters – Thu Dec 10, 12:33 pm ETBERLIN (Reuters) - German police arrested a man who claimed to be a "secret agent" after a high speed chase in pursuit of a car with a blue flashing light on its roof. Full Story »
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Lotus F1 boss rises to Branson challenge
Reuters – 50 mins agoLONDON (Reuters) - Lotus F1 principal Tony Fernandes has risen to Richard Branson's challenge for the loser of the two Formula One team owners next season to serve as a stewardess on the winner's airline. Full Story »
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Who ate all the pies? Not snooker champ Ding
Reuters – Tue Dec 15, 11:44 pm ETBEIJING (Reuters) - China's Ding Junhui has donated 276 meat pies he was awarded for winning the UK snooker championship to a charity in his adopted home city of Sheffield, Chinese media reported on Wednesday. Full Story »
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OMG! Text messaging up sharply in US since 2003: study
AFP – Tue Dec 15, 5:51 pm ETWASHINGTON (AFP) - The number of text messages sent in a single month in the United States increased more than 52 times in the six years since 2003, data compiled by the Census Bureau showed Tuesday. Full Story »
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Home intruder spooked by woman's medical call
AP – Tue Dec 15, 3:23 pm ETKNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A man who broke into an 89-year-old woman's Knoxville home and awakened her was scared off when a monitoring company answered her medical alert call. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported the woman told police she was awakened before dawn Tuesday by a loud noise. She said a man stood over her bed, shaking her by the arms and asking if she were all right. Full Story »
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Court splits jackpot between rival gamblers
Reuters – Tue Dec 15, 3:14 pm ETTOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - A French court has split the jackpot from a casino slot machine between the woman who put in the money and the man who pulled the lever, ending months of argument between the two. Full Story »
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Branson offers Lotus F1 boss a stewardess challenge
Reuters – Tue Dec 15, 3:10 pm ETLONDON (Reuters) - Richard Branson challenged aviation rival Tony Fernandes to a Formula One duel on Tuesday with the loser having to dress up as an airline stewardess. Full Story »
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Liberals remove faked PM assassination shot
Reuters – Tue Dec 15, 3:10 pm ETOTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's opposition Liberal Party has taken down from its website a doctored photo of Lee Harvey Oswald being shot and killed in which Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's face was substituted for Oswald's. Full Story »
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In France, horse falling off restaurant menus
Reuters – Tue Dec 15, 3:09 pm ETPARIS (Reuters) - Many people love horses and traditionally, many French people have loved them even more with a side of salad. Full Story »
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Tesco withdraws ho-ho-horrible ginger Xmas card
Reuters – Tue Dec 15, 3:51 am ETLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's biggest retailer Tesco apologised on Tuesday after complaints that a Christmas card it sold was offensive to people with ginger hair. Full Story »
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French rocker Hallyday's tour canceled
AP – 2 hrs 25 mins agoThe producers for French rocker Johnny Hallyday have canceled the final leg of a concert tour following his hospitalization. Full Story »
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Intel faces antitrust lawsuit from FTC
AP – 13 mins agoThe Federal Trade Commission is suing Intel Corp., accusing the world's biggest chip maker of using its size to snuff out competition. Full Story »
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AP source: Canadian doctor probed in doping case
AP – Wed Dec 16, 6:19 am ETA Canadian doctor who has treated golfer Tiger Woods and many other pro athletes is under a joint U.S.-Canadian investigation for possibly providing performance-enhancing drugs, a U.S. official said. Full Story »
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