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Mont. woman survives in lightning strike
Apr 17 2006 10:14PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A local woman suffered minor injuries, including some hearing loss, after lightning struck her home and a nearby tree Sunday night.
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Police rescue alleged 'backhoe bandit'
Apr 17 2006 6:36PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A man who tried to steal an ATM with a backhoe was arrested when he asked police officers who were chasing him for help after he jumped into the Kansas River, police said.
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Man accused of changing traffic lights
Apr 17 2006 5:14PM (CT)
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - A man who said he bought a device that let him change traffic lights from red to green has received a $50 ticket on suspicion of interfering with a traffic signal.
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Woman without power, water raises llamas
Apr 17 2006 4:37PM (CT)
UNADILLA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - There's not much Marie McCluskey wouldn't do for her llamas. The former probation officer from Livingston County has lived for nearly five months in a home without electricity, water or heat following a fire so that she could stay with her herd.
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Homeless man returns wallet with $900
Apr 17 2006 3:35PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A homeless man searching through garbage bins for recyclable cans found a missing wallet and had it returned to its owner.
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Homeless man returns wallet with $900
Apr 17 2006 3:33PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A homeless man searching through garbage bins for recyclable cans found a missing wallet and had it returned to its owner.
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School makes kids use buckets for toilets
Apr 17 2006 10:35AM (CT)
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - A principal trying to prevent walkouts during immigration rallies inadvertently introduced a lockdown so strict that children weren't allowed to go to the bathroom, and instead had to use buckets in the classroom, an official said.
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Fake bill leads to arrests in Uzbekistan
Apr 17 2006 6:20AM (CT)
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) - Police in Uzbekistan arrested a group of suspected swindlers who tried to sell what they said was $1 million U.S. bill _ offering it at half price, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported Friday.
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Cat arrives in U.S. on fertilizer truck
Apr 17 2006 6:17AM (CT)
ELDRIDGE, N.D. (AP) - A stowaway who made it past Customs agents and into the United States on the metal frame of a fertilizer truck has won over locals, who call her the "sweetest illegal immigrant we've ever met."
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