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Pipe problem tied to naked man in basement
Dec 15 2005 6:03PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A plumbing problem at a Spokane home turned out to be a naked man. Police say a woman who thought she was having a problem with water pipes beneath the floor called the Water Department. Employees found the basement barricaded, and when they determined there was someone behind the door, they called police.
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Diapers clogging sewage lines in Iowa
Dec 15 2005 5:07PM (CT)
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) - Diapers are clogging up city sewage lines _ and causing a smelly, messy problem for some residents. "It's a stinky case," said Mike Sciortino, assistant city attorney.
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Banana Boy and his bunch sentenced
Dec 15 2005 4:48PM (CT)
HUDSON FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - Banana Boy replaced his fruit costume and crime-fighting cape with a black suit Thursday to appear in court on charges of creating a public ruckus earlier this month by staging a fake brawl on a busy village street.
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Prize diamond shows up in trash
Dec 15 2005 4:46PM (CT)
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - The mystery of the missing diamond given out at a hockey game has been solved and a woman who says she never wins anything can't say that anymore.
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Japanese get fat penguins to exercise
Dec 15 2005 4:44PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - It's wintertime and the king penguins at a zoo in northern Japan are putting on weight. But the keepers there have a solution: exercise.
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Forlorn lover leaves ring in unlocked car
Dec 15 2005 4:44PM (CT)
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - An anonymous gift-giver, apparently depressed over a lost love, left a $15,000 diamond engagement ring in somebody's else's unlocked car in a commuter parking lot.
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Christmas miracle: Turtle gets braces
Dec 15 2005 4:39PM (CT)
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Hermie the Turtle's little defective beak made meal time a struggle. Unable to close his mouth completely, the tiny 20-gram reptile's very existence was at stake.
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2005 offers fresh tales of the bizarre
Dec 15 2005 4:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Easter Bunny was hopping mad but kept his cool after being socked by a boy, a Wal-Mart greeter was sacked for showing a lot more than customers cared to see and a prep football coach was reprimanded for some eccentric licking.
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Law requires bathrooms for transvestites
Dec 15 2005 2:55AM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - For most people, it's an easy choice: men's room or women's. A Brazilian city is trying to create an alternative for those who don't fit easily into either category.
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