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Chicago officials turn off 'Jesus' light
Jul 11 2005 5:22PM (CT)
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) - City officials have turned off a streetlight that drew more than 250 people to see a shadow that some say resembles the image of Jesus Christ.
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Va. police remove 246 cats from two homes
Jul 11 2005 5:20PM (CT)
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - Animal control officers have removed 187 cats from a house in Mount Vernon and 59 cats and one dog from a home in Falls Church, authorities said Monday.
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NMSU develops ornamental miniature chili
Jul 11 2005 5:16PM (CT)
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Imagine a Halloween chili, a miniature ornamental type that changes from black to orange. The head of New Mexico State University's chili-breeding program, Paul Bosland, said the small black and orange chilies are among a dozen ornamental types developed by university researcher that can be used for ristras or for potted holiday plants.
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Man's ear bitten off in fight over dog
Jul 11 2005 5:13PM (CT)
MADISON, S.D. (AP) - Charges have yet to be filed in Lake County in connection with a June 18 assault in which one man reportedly bit off the ear of another man during an argument over a dog.
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Cattle wed in 2,000-guest Thai ceremony
Jul 11 2005 5:07PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Farmer Amphol Wangboon was hesitant to give up his beloved Thong Khaow for marriage until he found her the perfect match and a dowry he couldn't refuse: truckloads of fresh grass, hay, maize and $2,400.
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Would-be nation-builders hunt for land
Jul 11 2005 7:30AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Gregory Green is between countries these days. In 1994 he founded The New Free State of Caroline, a small nation-state based on a speck of coral in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. But he lost it five years later in a custody battle with Kiribati, a country that only came into existence itself in 1979.
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Handcuffed suspect drives off police car
Jul 11 2005 6:55AM (CT)
HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) - Being handcuffed behind his back wasn't enough to stop a vandalism suspect from driving away in a Wayne County Sheriff's Department cruiser.
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Woman walks every mile of city streets
Jul 11 2005 6:43AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Three years ago, Francine Corcoran set out to walk every mile of the city's streets. On Sunday, at the foot of the Lake Street-Marshall Avenue Bridge, she said she had reached her goal.
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Strippers arrested in alleged spanking
Jul 11 2005 6:38AM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Three strippers and two nightclub managers have been arrested for allegedly spanking a trucker at his 31st birthday bash and severely bruising his backside.
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