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Collector pays $2.3M for $1,000 bill
Dec 15 2006 10:41PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - An art collector has paid about $2.3 million for a $1,000 U.S. bill printed in 1890, the auction house that brokered the transaction between two anonymous private collectors said Friday.
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Woman said to have Hepatitis C bites cop
Dec 15 2006 10:00PM (CT)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) - A Cape Girardeau woman reportedly infected with the Hepatitis C virus faces felony charges for biting a police officer's finger.
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S.C. man apologizes for illegal parking
Dec 15 2006 9:56PM (CT)
UNION, S.C. (AP) - A man who parked illegally in a space reserved for handicapped drivers was sentenced to stand outside the store with a sign telling everyone about his crime.
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W.Va. man drives Oldsmobile on 3 tires
Dec 15 2006 9:56PM (CT)
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - David Woods' Oldsmobile obviously needed some work, lest of which was a fourth tire. But that didn't stop the 30-year-old Meadow Bridge man from driving the older model car on three tires and a rim to the local auto parts store Wednesday night.
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Swedish Christmas goat survives attack
Dec 15 2006 8:14PM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Vandals tried to set fire to a giant straw goat in central Sweden but failed to burn down the traditional Christmas monument, which has been soaked with flame-resistant chemicals, officials said Friday.
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Woman outwits sword-wielding burglar
Dec 15 2006 5:48PM (CT)
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) - A woman outsmarted an apparently drug-addled burglar who threatened her with a sword, authorities said. Robin Ricketts, 52, said she awoke early Thursday when she heard strange noises coming from her home office.
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Man to wear pup costume for shooting dog
Dec 15 2006 4:11PM (CT)
PAINESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - A man who shot his Great Dane in the head is allowed to reduce his sentence by dressing up as a dog. Municipal Judge Michael Cicconetti, known for his creative sentences for low-level crimes, offered to cut Robert M. Clark's sentence Thursday to 10 days in jail if he wears a Safety Pup costume and visits the five elementary schools in Painesville, about 30 miles northeast of Cleveland.
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Nazi gingerbread men moved to new town
Dec 15 2006 7:29AM (CT)
WELLINGTON, Ohio (AP) - An artist who was forced to remove his Nazi gingerbread men from the window of a hardware store has set up the display in an empty storefront in another town.
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