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Experts say bats living in most Iowa homes
Jun 6 2005 10:02PM (CT)
BADGER, Iowa (AP) - Bats live in the majority of Iowa homes without the owners even knowing it, experts with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources said.
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Woman, 91, teaches purse snatcher a lesson
Jun 6 2005 9:53PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A purse snatcher picked on the wrong 91-year-old, police said. Katherine Woodworth started swinging her purse at the man and hit him until he ran away, police said. He had walked up to her in a department store parking lot Saturday afternoon and told her that he was going to take her purse.
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Homeless Fla. man accused in parking scam
Jun 6 2005 9:31PM (CT)
DESTIN, Fla. (AP) - A homeless man is facing a possible prison term for allegedly charging tourists $5 to park in a free lot during the busy Memorial Day weekend.
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Octogenarian nabbed in prostitution ring
Jun 6 2005 11:37AM (CT)
LINDENWOLD, N.J. (AP) - Police made a surprising discovery when they busted the alleged madam of a prostitution ring called "August Playmates": The woman running the show was an 80-year-old grandmother.
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Police officer pulls over his stolen car
Jun 6 2005 10:26AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - An off-duty police officer on a Sunday drive saw something awfully familiar _ his recently stolen Volkswagen Jetta.
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Korean Air gives free flights to scientist
Jun 6 2005 6:39AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's national airline thinks so highly of the country's pioneering stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk that it has awarded him and his wife free first class flights for a decade.
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Charlie Brown statue disappears in Calif.
Jun 6 2005 6:25AM (CT)
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) - Good grief! Charlie Brown, where are you? A six-foot statue of the lovable "Peanuts" cartoon character has mysteriously disappeared from an honored spot in front of a restaurant here.
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Woman charged with smuggling fish in skirt
Jun 6 2005 6:21AM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - There must have been something fishy about the way she walked. Customs officials said Monday they stopped a woman as she arrived Friday in the southern city of Melbourne on a flight from Singapore and found 51 live tropical fish allegedly hidden in a specially designed apron under her skirt.
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N.C. officials: Man comes to court drunk
Jun 6 2005 6:20AM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A man smelled of alcohol and stumbled when he appeared in traffic court to answer allegations that he didn't comply with penalties arising from a drunken driving case, court officials said.
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