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Wednesday, August 2, 2006

Dog Destroys Elvis' Teddy Bear at Museum

Wednesday, August 2, 2006 LONDON - A guard dog has ripped apart a collection of rare teddy bears, including one once owned by Elvis Presley, during a rampage at a children's museum. "He just went berserk," said Daniel Medley, general manager of the Wookey Hole Caves near Wells, England, where... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 1, 2006

Man Jailed for Waving Old Glory in Buff

Tuesday, August 1, 2006 FORT PAYNE, Ala. - A man was arrested and charged with public lewdness for walking naked near a highway while waving an American flag. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Department arrested Gerald Lynn Kelley, 52, the Fort Payne Times-Journal reported Tuesday. Deputy Mike James said... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 31, 2006

Waitress Gets Own ID When Carding Patron

Monday, July 31, 2006 WESTLAKE, Ohio - A bar waitress checking to see if a woman was legally old enough to drink was handed her own stolen driver's license, which was reported missing weeks earlier, police said. "The odds of this waitress recovering her own license defy calculation," police Capt.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 30, 2006

Baboons Make Trouble for Construction Team

Saturday, July 29, 2006 LIVERPOOL, England - Zoo officials installed an electric fence around a construction site to protect workers from 120 primate hecklers, an animal park in northern England said Friday. A band of baboons began screeching and chattering when a team of construction workers... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 29, 2006

Utah Teen Sets Text Messaging Record

Saturday, July 29, 2006 DENVER - A Utah teen with fingers of fury is once again the speed text-messaging king of the world. Ben Cook, 18, of Provo, Utah, returned to the top of the cell-phone text-messaging heap Friday at a Denver text-off at a water park, blazing through a 160-character... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 28, 2006

Inmate Sends Threats With His Real Name

Friday, July 28, 2006 TRENTON, N.J. - Donald Ray Bilby made it easy for authorities to find him after he sent letters to the FBI and banks threatening to bomb their buildings and send anthrax-laced letters. Bilby, who was serving time at the Somerset County Jail for auto theft, signed his real name... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 27, 2006

Club Plans Tubing Trip With Strippers

Thursday, July 27, 2006 NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - A San Antonio topless club is planning a tubing river excursion that features strippers. Trey Maddox, a manager at Palace Men's Club, said Sunday's event, during which men can pay $25 to join the strippers, isn't meant to fly in the face of the city's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Police Say Man Calls 911 for 'Hot Chick'

Wednesday, July 26, 2006 CANDOR, N.Y. - A man who police claim called 911 because he wanted to see a "hot chick" is cooling his heels in the county jail. Authorities said Tyler Engelhard, 21, told a dispatcher his parents 'should be in jail' and that police would 'find out why.' A sheriff's patrol... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Alleged Library Foot Kisser Indicted

Tuesday, July 25, 2006 YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - A grand jury has accused a man of sucking on a woman's toe at the public library in nearby Boardman after he asked to kiss her feet to see her reaction as part of a sociology project. A Mahoning County grand jury has charged Joseph Colella, 28, of suburban... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 24, 2006

Massachusetts Cemetery's Graves Sliding Down Hill

Monday, July 24, 2006 GREENFIELD, Mass. - The eternal slumbers of about 50 people - including a former Massachusetts governor - are about to be interrupted, either by nature or man. Directors of the Green River Cemetery are rushing against gravity in an attempt to exhume and rebury the remains... Sign in to see full entry.

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