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Burglar takes items, but then cleans up
Apr 1 2005 8:10PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A woman's apartment was cleaned out, and cleaned up by a burglar, police said. According to police, the woman returned home Thursday after being away for a week and discovered her television, computer and other items missing. The burglar had also helped himself to food and booze.
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Error puts strippers on public access TV
Apr 1 2005 7:22PM (CT)
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) - Viewers expecting to see the latest local meeting on their public access channel got an eyeful recently when Cablevision played a tape of nude dancers accidentally.
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Car hood pops open, but men keep driving
Apr 1 2005 7:22PM (CT)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Two men traveling on Interstate 380 ended up in jail because the hood of their car popped open. The men were heading south of I-380 on Tuesday when the hood open and covered the windshield, the Linn County sheriff's office said.
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W.Va. man accused in microwave arson
Apr 1 2005 5:28PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A man was charged with arson on Friday after he allegedly heated a can containing gasoline in a microwave oven following a domestic dispute.
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Preschooler helps save home from fire
Apr 1 2005 4:35PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A 4-year-old boy riding his bike near his saw smoke coming from a house and notified a mail carrier in time to save the home from flames.
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Man convicted of tricking men to strip
Apr 1 2005 4:11PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Prosecutors offered a man convicted of tricking men into stripping by posing as a radio disc jockey a plea agreement that would send him to prison for up to 16 years.
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Ind. parents paint quadruplets' toenails
Apr 1 2005 3:54PM (CT)
LYNNVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A southern Indiana couple has found a novel way to distinguish their four newborn boys. Kathy and Jody Yager use different colored nail polish on the boys' toenails.
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Indian city uses drums to collect taxes
Apr 1 2005 8:45AM (CT)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) - Tax authorities in southern India have found a new way to handle tax evaders: sending teams of traditional drummers to noisily pound away outside their homes or shops until they pay up.
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Software firm has fun on April Fool's
Apr 1 2005 7:12AM (CT)
OSLO, Norway (AP) - Norway's Opera Software ASA couldn't resist the temptation of an April Fool's joke heralding a breakthrough in peer-to-peer communications.
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