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Spain police foil radio control zeppelin jailbreak (Reuters)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:21:32 +0000

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Reuters - Spanish police said on Friday they had foiled an Italian drug trafficker’s plan to break out of jail in the Canary Islands using climbing equipment and a four-metre-long zeppelin.

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Pachyderms outdo people in cross-species chow bout (AP)

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:30:14 +0000

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AP - In the fight of pachyderms vs. people the pachyderms now have the upper trunk.

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New Zealand airline issues nude safety video (AP)

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:59:30 +0000

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AP - New Zealand’s national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew’s uniforms are nothing but body paint.

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Oregon woman obsessed with rabbits back in jail (AP)

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:52:35 +0000

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AP - An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more than a dozen rabbits.

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Illinois cabbie uses deodorant to disarm attacker (AP)

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:06:09 +0000

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AP - Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn’t have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant.

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Calif. students get X-rated version of class DVD (AP)

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:02:14 +0000

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AP - A Northern California elementary school teacher sent her students home for the summer with a video of class memories, only the DVD included six seconds of her having sex on a couch.

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NYPD rookie makes arrest moments after graduation (AP)

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:31:33 +0000

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AP - A New York Police Department rookie just couldn’t wait to get started. One of the NYPD’s newest officers has made his first arrest just minutes after graduating from the Police Academy in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says 23-year-old Officer Dariel Firpo is “off to a great start.”

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Va. woman rides to landfill in trash bin (AP)

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:37:35 +0000

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AP - Workers at the Frederick County Landfill were surprised by what they found in a large trash bin trucked in from a Goodwill Industries store: a woman who had apparently gotten trapped. “They opened the door and she got out,” said landfill manager Ron Kimble.

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Inmate uses toilet paper ‘bomb’ to attempt escape (AP)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:59:25 +0000

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AP - The Iron County sheriff’s office said an inmate tried to escape from a correctional facility by fashioning a fake bomb. Iron County Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Pallesen said the 28-year-old inmate cornered an officer in a lobby while holding what looked like a silver device with a red detonator.

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Conn. woman’s encounter with ‘Big Foot’ a hoax (AP)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:52:34 +0000

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AP - A Connecticut woman’s close encounter with the mythical beast, Sasquatch or Big Foot, turned out to be nothing more than a boy in a costume. Fairfield police said a woman driving last Tuesday night called police to report that she “almost hit Sasquatch,” which was standing in the middle of the road.

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