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<title><![CDATA[Milwaukee muggers see Army ID, return wallet]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[ A Milwaukee Army reservist's military identification earned him some street cred Tuesday, when he says four men who mugged him at gunpoint returned his belongings and thanked him for his service after finding the ID.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[With child in lap, woman drives into TIA fish tank]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Yamile Campuzano-Martine went to an airport and wound up in an aquarium.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:54:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VW fans achieve record stuffing Beetle in Dade City]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[More people can cram into a Volkswagen Bug in Dade City than anywhere else in the world.

At the 21st annual Bug Jam, held Sunday at the Pasco County fairgrounds, 17 VW lovers from Orlando, Lutz, Wesley Chapel. Zephyrhills, Riverview, Jacksonville and other points around the state, squeezed into a 1971 Beetle – with no body parts sticking out.

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<title><![CDATA[Deputies guide deer out of house, back to woods]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Pinellas County sheriff's deputies George Moffett and David Littlejohn were familiar with calls of a burglary in progress, a tense situation even without the broken window or blood trail they found early Saturday.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:43:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In France, thousands attend divorce fair]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[ PARIS (AP) -- The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital's first divorce fair.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:55:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[8 wandering cows close traffic in Collier County]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Eight wandering cows caused some headaches for drivers on a major road in Collier County.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:31:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[When confetti runs out, Yankee fans toss files ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[New York City office workers who got carried away during the Yankees victory parade apparently began tossing files and documents out the window when they couldn't get their hands on confetti.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:10:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fla. police: Graffiti artist left work incomplete ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[ PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) -- Police in Florida say a graffiti artist who apparently ran out of paint midway through a spray-painted creation left a note to potential critics to explain the unfinished work.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:03:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pot-smoking minister guilty of growing it]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A self-proclaimed minister who claimed he smokes marijuana for religious and health reasons has been found guilty of illegally harvesting 100 of the plants.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:25:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Whiskey bottle worth $3,500 stolen from liquor store]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[ A valuable bottle of whiskey has gone missing from a South Florida liquor store.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:21:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[S. Korean woman passes driver's exam on 950th try ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[ SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded on her 950th time. The aspiring driver spent more than 5 million won ($4,200) in application fees, but until now had failed to score the minimum 60 out of a possible 100 points needed to get behind the wheel for a driving test.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:59:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Authorities say man stole car to face theft charge]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The California Highway Patrol say a man stole a car to make a court appearance on a previous auto theft charge.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:16:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Man posed as student at  high schools, hoped for scholarship]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[ A 22-year-old man accused of posing as a student at two Arizona high schools wanted to play basketball and hoped to get a college scholarship, authorities said.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:19:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jurors convict man in 'fat defense' trial]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[ A jury convicted a Florida man Friday of murdering his former son-in-law, rejecting the man's defense that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs to commit the crime and make a quick getaway.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:04:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pasco's Bug Jam will try to set Guiness record Sunday]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Thousands of Volkswagen lovers will convene for the 21st annual Bug Jam on Sunday at the Pasco County Fairgrounds.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[So, why did the elephant cross the road?]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[ ENID, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma couple driving home from church hit an animal - a really big one. An elephant that escaped from a circus collided with the couple's SUV Wednesday night when it ran across a rural highway in Enid, about 100 miles north of Oklahoma City.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:47:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tampa policeman gives literary treatment to gator bite report]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Terry Ashe's initial report could have just said that his Tampa police cruiser's left bumper was bitten by an alligator. That alone would have been enough to get a chuckle. But Ashe told the whole painful saga with literary flair. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:46:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ohio man dressed as Breathalyzer accused of DUI]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[ An Ohio man dressed as a Breathalyzer test for Halloween found himself blowing into one after police stopped him for allegedly driving the wrong way without headlights on a one-way street.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:43:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Closing arguments wrap up in N.J. 'fat defense' case]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[ The lawyer for a Florida man who claims he's too fat to have killed his former son-in-law told jurors Wednesday that all they have to do is look at his client to see that he's obese, old and in no condition to have committed such a murder.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:40:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New Mexico calf fitted with prosthetic legs ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Meadow the yearling Black Angus calf spends her days frolicking in northeastern New Mexico's cattle country, all with her prosthetic hind legs.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:58:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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