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Detroit judge ends averse juror agony
May 5 2006 8:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A federal grand juror who was ordered to sit on a court bench three days a week, every other week, after he balked at serving on the jury has been freed from his punishment.
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Documents: Mom's homework reward was pot
May 5 2006 8:20PM (CT)
HANOVER, Pa. (AP) - A 13-year-old boy told police his mother required him to do his homework first thing when he got off the school bus, then smoked marijuana with him as a reward.
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Man with prosthetic legs, deaf man brawl
May 5 2006 8:16PM (CT)
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - Two men who had driven around several towns for hours after meeting in a bar ended up fighting after one of the men couldn't communicate directions clearly to the driver.
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Man allegedly steals gas from his old job
May 5 2006 8:02PM (CT)
WEST BEND, Wis. (AP) - Authorities say a man came up with an unusual way to combat high gasoline prices, filling about a dozen containers with gas from his former workplace after hours.
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Sex toys tax-deductible in Australia
May 5 2006 5:15PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Prostitutes, strippers and lap dancers can claim tax deductions for adult toys and lingerie, officials said Friday, as the Australian Taxation Office issued a list of deductible items for the sex industry.
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Teacher mistakenly reported dead
May 5 2006 4:59PM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - State Police reported that Terry L. Ferguson was killed Tuesday night in a head-on collision in Oswego County. So when Terry L. Fergerson arrived at work Wednesday morning at Syracuse's Central Technical Vocational Center, he found fellow teachers and students consoling each other over his death.
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Man in undies jumps in river to elude cops
May 5 2006 4:41PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - First, police tried to arrest a man, then they had to rescue him from drowning. Police say they got a call around 6:15 a.m., Friday, that a man in his underwear was trying to get into a house and a business.
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Manila mothers set breast-feeding record
May 5 2006 4:37PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Nearly 4,000 mothers in the Philippine capital reportedly set a new world record on Thursday for the largest number of women simultaneously breast-feeding their babies in the same place, organizers said.
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Cannabis painted on High Street house must go
May 5 2006 4:37PM (CT)
LITCHFIELD, Conn. (AP) - A man who spray-painted large cannabis leaves on his house has agreed to remove the bright green paintings as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.
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Calif. woman has 14-pound preemie baby
May 5 2006 4:36PM (CT)
MANTECA, Calif. (AP) - A baby girl, who had grown so much inside her mother that she had to be delivered one month early, was born much heavier than average at 14 pounds.
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Family kicked out of buffet restaurant
May 5 2006 4:36PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Wendy Dershem may think twice before leaving that egg roll on her plate at her next Chinese buffet. The Des Moines woman, her boyfriend and her two children were kicked out of a restaurant last week after management accused her of leaving too much food on her plate.
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Norwegian town plans curfew for dogs
May 5 2006 7:14AM (CT)
OSLO, Norway (AP) - A small Norwegian town has grown so tired of its barking dogs that it plans to pass a curfew forbidding noisy animals from leaving their homes late at night, an official said Friday.
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