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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Man in plane spots his home being burglarized

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Man in plane spots his home being burglarized
An Arkansas man trying to capture aerial photos of his home during his first plane ride instead caught two men burglarizing it.
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Actor Steven Seagal sued over dog killed in filming
An Arizona man is planning to sue action star Steven Seagal, claiming his dog was killed in a raid on his home that was videotaped for the reality series Steven Seagal: Lawman.
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Stanley Cup takes a tumble
It appears Lord Stanley has suffered a dent on a rare trip to The Rock.
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Dalhousie prof quits over parking spot
A professor at Dalhousie University says a severe shortage of parking spaces at the Halifax school has forced him to quit.
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Journalist gets soaked by wave during report - Video
A Chinese journalist, keen to get the best position possible for her piece-to-camera, ends up getting drenched as the waves she was reporting on crashed down on top of her.
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Atheists say they get kudos for church billboard
An Ohio atheist group says it has been commended by some people for a billboard put up by a church's pastor.
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Daryl Hannah arrested in White House oil protest
Actress Daryl Hannah has been arrested in front of the White House along with other environmental protesters who oppose a planned oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
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New body 'liquefaction' unit unveiled in Florida funeral home
A Glasgow-based company has installed its first commercial "alkaline hydrolysis" unit at a Florida funeral home.
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'Sex tax meters' introduced for German prostitutes
Prostitutes in the German city of Bonn must carry a ticket purchased from a new parking meter-like machine while working the streets or face hefty fines from tax authorities.
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Emergency haircut for sheepdog Floyd sees him lose two stone of matted hair
A rescued dog can finally see again after he was so severely neglected he became trapped in a filthy ball of his own matted hair - weighing two stone.
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Fifth annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships
IT'S usually poured over meat and two veg - but it was all gravy for these wrestlers as they grappled for the top prize.
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-Video: 2010 World Gravy Wrestling Championships HERE

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Man avenges bee-stung friend, sets hive on fire
A Washington state fire chief says a man dumped gasoline on a beehive in a tree in retaliation for a bee sting, then ignited the hive, causing an explosion heard throughout his suburban neighborhood just a few miles south of the Canadian border.
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Daughter mourned her mother at the wrong grave for two decades after cemetery blunder
A grieving daughter has spoken of her distress after discovering that she had been mourning at the wrong grave for 17 years.
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Fans Contribute Nearly $45,000 for USB Vibrator
The Duet USB drive is sleek, waterproof, comes in a range of different colors ... and vibrates.
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Couple threatened with fine over noisy four-year-old son
A couple have been threatened with a £5,000 fine following a complaint their little boy is too noisy playing in the garden.
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Cop car thief filmed in smash
THIS crazed driver started a fight with a cop before stealing a POLICE CAR and smashing into a truck during a high-speed pursuit.
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Cyber-prankster iLCreation gets all of Justin Bieber's clips yanked from YouTube

Bieber found himself the victim of a mysterious cyber-prankster yesterday who managed to have every one of the pint-sized teen sensation’s videos yanked from YouTube.
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2 pajama-clad girls take stolen goat for walk
Everything went according to plan for two pajama-clad stepsisters who took a goat they'd freed from a Minnesota zoo for a late-night walk. Until ...
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Mummies' newest secret: Gelled hair
Ancient Egyptians might have been just as vain as humans today. They seem to have styled their hair with fat-based products to enhance their appearance.
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Rare fortune teller discovered in ghost town prompts big offers from Copperfield, collectors
The Gypsy sat for decades in a restaurant amid the Old West kitsch that fills this former gold rush town, her unblinking gaze greeting the tourists who shuffled in from the creaking wooden sidewalk outside.
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