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Diaper-clad monkey escapes Fla. home
Apr 4 2008 6:17PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A diaper-clad monkey who escaped from his Orlando home is in the custody of animal control. Orlando Police said the monkey escaped through a window Friday and was sitting on top of a wall near a condo building.
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Police say man in wheelchair robbed bank
Apr 4 2008 6:15PM (CT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - Palo Alto police are looking for a bank robber who favors a decidedly slow-speed getaway vehicle _ an electric wheelchair. Police said a man in his 60s with gray hair and a beard held up the Wachovia Bank branch at the Stanford Shopping Center late this afternoon with a black handgun.
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Man accused of stealing pizza pans
Apr 4 2008 6:03PM (CT)
ARDMORE, Okla. (AP) - Pan pizzas are flying out the door at a local Pizza Hut restaurant. At least the pans are. Ardmore police say workers at the pizzeria arrived for work Thursday and discovered every pizza pan missing from the restaurant.
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Mich. thief slithers away with snake
Apr 4 2008 5:42PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A woman stole a boa constrictor from a pet store by slipping the snake down her pants, the owner said. The animal was stolen Thursday afternoon from Preuss Animal House in Lansing.
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Hawk swoops, attacks girl at Fenway Park
Apr 4 2008 4:44PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Once again, an A-Rod got an unfriendly welcome from the home of Red Sox Nation. This time, it was 13-year-old Alexa Rodriguez and not the Yankees All-Star third baseman Alex Rodriguez. She was touring Fenway Park on a school trip Thursday and was attacked by a resident red-tailed hawk that drew blood from her scalp. Rodriguez wasn't seriously hurt.
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Cops: Man charged in theft left his son
Apr 4 2008 4:44PM (CT)
HARRISON, Ohio (AP) - Police near Cincinnati have charged an Indiana man with theft based partly on what he left behind when he ran from police _ his 12-year-old son.
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Fowl play prompts unusual court order
Apr 4 2008 4:32PM (CT)
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - A court has issued what could be at least a local first: an order of protection for a duck. A Suffolk County judge approved the measure Thursday, telling a man accused of shooting a family's pet duck to stay away from the bird and her owners.
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The lowly mule has its day in Tennessee
Apr 4 2008 6:05AM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) - The much maligned mule is getting a day of celebration but will have to share the spotlight with a breed of even sorrier reputation _ the politicians.
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7-foot python hitches ride in Manila
Apr 4 2008 3:00AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Commuters in the Philippine capital got a shock when they found an unwelcome passenger on their minibus: a 7-foot-long python.
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