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Wis. cop caught in tunnel for 14 hours
Feb 11 2008 11:35PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A sheriff's deputy wound up stuck for 14 hours in an underground tunnel used to move jail inmates to a courthouse because no one was there to unlock the door.
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Dogs give up their lives to save family
Feb 11 2008 11:10PM (CT)
WINONA, Minn. (AP) - Bella, a 3-year-old golden retriever/collie mix who was once rescued as an abused puppy, returned the favor to her owners by alerting them to a house fire. With help from Maddie, a 6-month-old golden retriever, Bella helped get Sue Feuling and her 9-year-old daughter, Mckenzie, out of the house last week. The dogs didn't make it.
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50 chickens found loose in Philly school
Feb 11 2008 11:10PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Monday mornings are hard enough. Imagine finding 50 chickens running loose in your high school. Workers arriving about 5:30 a.m. to open Northeast High School in Philadelphia found dozens of hens and roosters wandering around the hallways. The birds were apparently brought to the school sometime over the weekend, said school district spokesman Fernando Gallard.
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Cleaners find mummified body in bathtub
Feb 11 2008 11:10PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A dried and decomposing body was found in a bathtub filled with dirt in a Phoenix apartment that was stacked to the ceiling with garbage and human waste.
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Alleged speeder never makes it court
Feb 11 2008 11:09PM (CT)
BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon man who was speeding through Baker County at 130 miles per hour to get to court in Portland didn't make it on time.
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Utah woman named America's best bagger
Feb 11 2008 11:09PM (CT)
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) - For this woman, the crown is in the bag. After working at Macey's, a Utah grocery chain, for more than two years, Erika Jensen has been recognized as the country's best bagger.
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Man's '91 pickup passes the 1M-mile mark
Feb 11 2008 11:08PM (CT)
GRESHAM, Wis. (AP) - Frank Oresnik's trusty pickup truck _ he calls it "the old girl" _ passed the 1 million-mile mark with a camera crew filming the event and a public-radio audience listening in. "I can't tell you how much fun it was," he said. "It was really humbling, all this interest."
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Woman uses phone to chase off intruder
Feb 11 2008 11:08PM (CT)
SPEAKE, Ala. (AP) - A woman used her telephone to chase off an intruder who was armed with a Taser when he entered her home. Lawrence County Sheriff Gene Mitchell said the woman, whose name was not released but who was described as a grandmother, was not seriously injured in the home invasion around 8 p.m. Saturday.
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Presidential beard length race kicks off
Feb 11 2008 4:38PM (CT)
DELAWARE, Ohio (AP) - Gentlemen, start your beards. Men have begun a beard-growing competition that's partly a presidential look-alike contest as this central Ohio city celebrates its 200th birthday.
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