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Hmm. How does my hair look, Mr. Robber?
Dec 11 2007 11:01PM (CT)
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. (AP) - When a robber started taking cash from his register over the weekend, Dunkin' Donuts employee Dustin Hoffmann fought back by clobbering the man with a ceramic mug. But Hoffmann admits he was less worried about the stolen cash than how he might look on the video-sharing site YouTube.
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Ohio TV station produces news for rival
Dec 11 2007 11:00PM (CT)
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - Talk about competing with yourself: Hurt by a declining television market size, a TV station has contracted out the production of its news coverage to a cross-town rival.
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Tiny town produces lucrative lottery tix
Dec 11 2007 10:51PM (CT)
WATTS, Okla. (AP) - A convenience store in this tiny eastern Oklahoma town is becoming a Powerball powerhouse of sorts, with two tickets sold weeks apart worth a total of $800,000.
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Washington medal sells in NYC for $5.3M
Dec 11 2007 10:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - George Washington's commissioned gold medal that was given to Marquis de Lafayette, the French revolutionary who supported the American Revolution, was sold Tuesday at auction for $5.3 million, Sotheby's announced.
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Washington medal sells in NYC for $5.3M
Dec 11 2007 10:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - George Washington's commissioned gold medal that was given to Marquis de Lafayette, the French revolutionary who supported the American Revolution, was sold Tuesday at auction for $5.3 million, Sotheby's announced.
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Washington medal sells in NYC for $5.3M
Dec 11 2007 10:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - George Washington's commissioned gold medal that was given to Marquis de Lafayette, the French revolutionary who supported the American Revolution, was sold Tuesday at auction for $5.3 million, Sotheby's announced.
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Washington medal sells in NYC for $5.3M
Dec 11 2007 10:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - George Washington's commissioned gold medal that was given to Marquis de Lafayette, the French revolutionary who supported the American Revolution, was sold Tuesday at auction for $5.3 million, Sotheby's announced.
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Balloons for teacher travel 900 miles
Dec 11 2007 7:32PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A colorful bunch of balloons inflated to honor a beloved teacher who died of leukemia broke free and traveled more than 900 miles to a South Dakota cornfield.
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Balloons for teacher travel 900 miles
Dec 11 2007 7:32PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A colorful bunch of balloons inflated to honor a beloved teacher who died of leukemia broke free and traveled more than 900 miles to a South Dakota cornfield.
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Oops! Vt. school's No. 5 rank a mistake
Dec 11 2007 5:59PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - It's every math teacher's mantra: Check your work. Apparently, Standard & Poor's didn't. The financial services giant, which analyzed data for U.S. News & World Report's inaugural ranking of America's top 100 schools, made a mistake in calculating the score for Montpelier High School and erroneously ranked it the nation's fifth-best public high school.
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Merriam-Webster's word of '07: 'w00t'
Dec 11 2007 5:55PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Expect cheers among hardcore online game enthusiasts when they learn Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Or, more accurately, expect them to "w00t."
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Man in cooler for deflating Frosty
Dec 11 2007 5:11PM (CT)
SLIDELL, La. (AP) - Frosty got flattened, and a man wound up in the cooler. Authorities say Lance Word, 18, tackled and popped an inflatable snowman decoration on a lawn Saturday in this suburban New Orleans community.
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Potential juror arrested with sword
Dec 11 2007 5:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man reporting for jury duty was arrested when security discovered that his cane concealed a 2 1/2-foot sword and a 6-inch dagger, police said.
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Man allegedly steals car in front of cop
Dec 11 2007 4:57PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A man accused of stealing a car in front of a police officer and television cameras in North Carolina has been arrested in Virginia. Raleigh Police Department spokesman Jim Sughrue said Tuesday that 38-year-old Anthony Wayne Williams was arrested overnight in New Kent County, Virginia.
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