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Funeral hall OKs flower show visitors
Oct 27 2006 10:21PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Cheap and quiet accommodation is available for visitors to Thailand's upcoming international horticultural show, but some may find it too quiet, the lodgings are in the funeral hall of a Buddhist temple.
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Elderly man's bike stolen after overhaul
Oct 27 2006 10:04PM (CT)
ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (AP) - Eighty-five-year-old Don Francis spent three years refurbishing a three-wheel bike with shiny paint, chrome handlebars and polished wheel spokes. In one day over the weekend the whole thing disappeared after somebody stole it.
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Ban on black cat adoptions questioned
Oct 27 2006 9:17PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A black cat won't cross your path this Halloween, not if a northern Idaho animal shelter can help it. Like many shelters around the country, the Kootenai Humane Society in Coeur d'Alene is prohibiting black cat adoptions from now to Nov. 2, fearing the animals could be mistreated in Halloween pranks _ or worse, sacrificed in some satanic ritual.
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Pa. police station buzzing with snakes
Oct 27 2006 9:13PM (CT)
SHAMOKIN, Pa. (AP) - The city police station was buzzing Thursday _ with the sound of rattlesnakes. Receptionist Mallary Shingara said when she walked into the chief's office and saw them, "I dropped my cell phone and almost my coffee."
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Japanese champ to defend burger title
Oct 27 2006 8:34PM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (AP) - Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi will try to defend his title in a Tennessee hamburger-eating contest in which he is undefeated. He is among 13 finalists that are going to Chattanooga, headquarters of fast-food chain Krystal Co., to eat as many small, square hamburgers as they can in eight minutes. Kobayashi took the title in the contest's first year in 2004 and again in 2005.
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Statue of Dennis the Menace stolen
Oct 27 2006 7:29PM (CT)
MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) - The mischievous Dennis the Menace has gone missing _ except this time, he's not hiding because he broke the rules. A statue of the perennial pint-sized troublemaker that has stood for almost two decades in a city park was unbolted and stolen sometime between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, Monterey police said.
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Firefighter ordered to anger management
Oct 27 2006 8:13AM (CT)
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A volunteer firefighter was ordered to take an anger management class after using his vehicle's emergency lights to pull over a motorist.
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Cub Scouts' truck in parade catches fire
Oct 27 2006 8:04AM (CT)
BATH, Pa. (AP) - Cub Scouts in Pack 55 got a real fright in their Halloween parade, and later an award from the mayor, when the flatbed truck they were riding on caught fire.
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School boots 3 girls in 'Underpants'
Oct 27 2006 5:52AM (CT)
LONG BEACH, N.Y. (AP) - Captain Underpants has battled talking toilets and Professor Poopypants, but he was no match for a high school principal who banned students from dressing up as the children's book character.
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