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Pot-growing cave sold to cheesemaker
Dec 10 2007 11:29PM (CT)
HARTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A home built above a large cave that once housed a sophisticated underground marijuana operation may have a delicious _ and legal _ future.
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Former MLB pitcher peddles a better cup
Dec 10 2007 9:29PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Mark Littell believes he has a better way to protect himself, and the former major leaguer will risk his manhood to prove it. In a video posted on YouTube, Littell is perched on a wooden pallet bracing himself as assistants aim the barrel of a pitching machine between his legs. On cue, the machine fires a baseball that smacks Littell right in the _ well, you know _ with a resounding whomp.
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100 million pennies displayed in NYC
Dec 10 2007 9:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - One hundred million pennies for your thoughts on the latest display in Rockefeller Center. New York first lady Silda Wall Spitzer joined hundreds of public school children on Monday to unveil a mass of $1 million in pennies collected for charity. The display, called the Penny Harvest Field, includes an estimated 100 million pennies _ plus a few nickels, dimes and quarters that slipped in by mistake.
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Man finds park's 1,000th diamond of '07
Dec 10 2007 9:11PM (CT)
MURFREESBORO, Ark. (AP) - Denis Tyrrell was walking past a hole he'd filled in while searching for gems at Crater of Diamonds State Park, when he saw a sparkle. The 3.48-carat diamond turned out to the biggest that diamond Tyrrell had found in regular digs that he began in March. The stone is also the 1,000th diamond found at the park this year, a mark last reached in 1994, park interpreter Kim Garland said Monday.
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Man finds park's 1,000th diamond of '07
Dec 10 2007 9:11PM (CT)
MURFREESBORO, Ark. (AP) - Denis Tyrrell was walking past a hole he'd filled in while searching for gems at Crater of Diamonds State Park, when he saw a sparkle. The 3.48-carat diamond turned out to the biggest that diamond Tyrrell had found in regular digs that he began in March. The stone is also the 1,000th diamond found at the park this year, a mark last reached in 1994, park interpreter Kim Garland said Monday.
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25-lb turkey flies through man's window
Dec 10 2007 5:51PM (CT)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - The noise that Chuck Ritter heard while sitting in his living room was a turkey that crashed through a third-story bedroom window. Ritter, 83, was relaxing Saturday when the uninvited guest arrived.
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Woman accused in 'decorations shooting'
Dec 10 2007 5:25PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Authorities say a Springfield woman was booked on attempted murder counts for allegedly shooting two men whose dog damaged Christmas decorations at her home. Ethel Shannon McKinney, 28, was booked on two counts of attempted second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon, Jason Ard, a spokesman for the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Department, said.
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Indian eatery boasts graveyard seating
Dec 10 2007 4:05PM (CT)
AHMADABAD, India (AP) - In India, death is a part of life _ and, at one restaurant in western India, a part of lunch. The bustling New Lucky Restaurant in Ahmadabad is famous for its milky tea, its buttery rolls, and the graves between the tables.
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