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Ore. mayor poses in underear, loses job
Feb 26 2008 11:59PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Ore. (AP) - The mayor of an Oregon town who once stripped to her underwear and posed on a fire truck has been stripped of her office.
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Theater group to auction toilet seats
Feb 26 2008 11:04PM (CT)
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) - A community theater group in Royal Oak is lifting the lid on its latest fundraising plans. The Detroit Free Press reports toilet seats ornately decorated by artists will be auctioned March 20 to raise money for Stagecrafters.
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It's Clinton, not Obama. No, it's Obama!
Feb 26 2008 9:32PM (CT)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Montgomery County authorities say a man stabbed his brother-in-law during an argument over who should get the Democratic nomination for president.
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How did you guys find me so fast?
Feb 26 2008 9:21PM (CT)
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (AP) - Police arrested a suspect less than half an hour after a bank robbery in Port Townsend thanks to witnesses who pointed to the apartment building a block away where he fled.
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Don't sit on that toilet!
Feb 26 2008 9:20PM (CT)
AUBURN, Wash. (AP) - An employee of an Auburn nursing home called firefighters for help on Tuesday because the toilets were exploding with steam. The fire department said there was a boiler malfunction at Regency Auburn Rehabilitation Center that caused a minor explosion.
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Marshals looking for suspect find gators
Feb 26 2008 9:19PM (CT)
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Dayton police and U.S. marshals called for backup from animal control when they found two alligators instead of the suspected probation violator they were after.
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EU court: 'Parmesan' is protected name
Feb 26 2008 1:03PM (CT)
LUXEMBOURG (AP) - The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that only the tasty, crumbly cheese that has been made for some 800 years near the Italian city of Parma can legally be called Parmesan.
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Venezuela fights use of English words
Feb 26 2008 8:44AM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez's government is taking its battle against U.S. "imperialism" into Venezuelans' dictionaries, urging state phone company workers to avoid English-language business and tech terms.
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