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That's not what's meant by extra credit
Feb 19 2008 11:05PM (CT)
ANN ARBOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Students in a University of Michigan biology project had been assigned to grow herbs, vegetables, annuals and perennials. Police are trying to find out whether someone's green thumb also was being used to grow pot.
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DVD in firefighter's coat blocks bullet
Feb 19 2008 11:05PM (CT)
WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man is thankful for a DVD that ended up taking a bullet for him. Colleton County Fire and Rescue Director Barry McRoy says he was leaving a Waffle House restaurant in Walterboro on Saturday morning when two men ran in fighting over a gun. Police say a bullet hit one of the struggling men, shattered a window and then hit McRoy.
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He's dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Feb 19 2008 11:04PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - This is one Elvis impersonator who's definitely singing the blues after Tampa police charged him with fraud. Authorities say Elvis tribute artist Frederick Denmark told people his house had burned so they would organize a benefit concert.
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Pop can as ashtray causes house fire
Feb 19 2008 11:04PM (CT)
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - A homeowner in Vancouver has learned that using a pop can as an outdoor ashtray can be hazardous to your house. Fire Capt. Kevin Murray said heat from burning material in the pop can set a plastic slide on fire, and the flames spread to the back deck and then to the house.
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Dad, son create Lincoln penny portrait
Feb 19 2008 11:04PM (CT)
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) - Finally, a way to get rid of some of those pennies! Jeff Haber and his teen son Danny used $24 worth to make a portrait of _ who else? _ Abraham Lincoln.
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Scientists find 'Devil Toad' fossil
Feb 19 2008 7:40AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A frog the size of a bowling ball, with heavy armor and teeth, lived among dinosaurs millions of years ago _ intimidating enough that scientists who unearthed its fossils dubbed the beast Beelzebufo, or Devil Toad.
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Canine blood donor to be honored
Feb 19 2008 5:51AM (CT)
HOWELL, Mich. (AP) - He's donated blood 20 times and is being honored by the Livingston County chapter of the American Red Cross.
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Fake $100 bill rips off Girl Scouts
Feb 19 2008 5:38AM (CT)
WESTMINSTER, Colo. (AP) - A pair of con artists ripped off a Girl Scout group when they exchanged a fake $100 bill for cookies, police said.
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