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100 millionth flier celebrated in NYC
Dec 20 2006 11:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Taiwanese woman who arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday was named the 100 millionth passenger of the year at the region's three major airports.
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Cat let off at wrong bus stop back home
Dec 20 2006 10:00PM (CT)
PIKESVILLE, Md. (AP) - Ali Streimer chose a good name for Athena, a little black cat with green eyes that made it back home after getting off a bus at the wrong stop.
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Scooter-riding woman rescued from drain
Dec 20 2006 8:46PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Authorities rescued a 55-year-old woman who drove a motor scooter into an open storm drain and became trapped about six feet under ground.
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'Hibernating' man survives for 3 weeks
Dec 20 2006 8:34PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A man who went missing in western Japan survived in near-freezing weather without food and water for over three weeks by falling into a state similar to hibernation, doctors said.
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Pooping peasant popular in Spain
Dec 20 2006 8:33PM (CT)
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - The Virgin Mary. The three kings. A few wayward sheep. These are the figures one expects to find in a traditional Christmas nativity scene. Not a smartly dressed peasant squatting behind a rock with his rear-end exposed.
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NY village sends fake $1,000 water bills
Dec 20 2006 8:33PM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A suburban village is sending out fake water bills of more than $1,000 to dozens of residents "just to get their attention" because it hasn't been able to gain entry to read their meters.
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La. mom says pet ferret ate baby's toes
Dec 20 2006 5:48PM (CT)
BENTON, La. (AP) - A woman jailed after four of her infant daughter's toes were gnawed off says the family's pet ferret did it, not their pit bull pup as police had said.
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Video has DMV and pranksters red-faced
Dec 20 2006 5:35PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - With their skin painted bright red, spray-on hair and oversized fake teeth, the Virginia men looked a little like teenagers from Pluto _ but the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles issued them driver's licenses all the same.
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Woman puts baby through airport x-ray
Dec 20 2006 4:06PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A woman mistakenly put her 1-month-old grandson through an X-ray machine at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.
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Poland proposal would name Jesus king
Dec 20 2006 11:47AM (CT)
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Lawmakers have drawn up a resolution naming Jesus Christ as the honorary king of Poland, but have failed to win support from the country's powerful Roman Catholic church.
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