WEIRD IS THE WORLD: 101-year-old woman scares off thief with stick

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101-year-old woman scares off thief with stick
A 101-year-old woman fought back when a thief intruded into her home in northern Sweden, beating him over the head with a stick and frightening him from the house.
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Texting while walking banned in N.J. town
Texting while walking will now land you an $85 ticket in Fort Lee, N.J.
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Mick Jagger to host Saturday Night Live
Though Mick Jagger has been a musical guest on Saturday Night Live twice before, the show's creator said the timing "felt right" to invite the Rolling Stones frontman to host.
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Man throws bricks at police, gets stuck in chimney: Cops
A man who threw cinder blocks at police from a Moose Jaw, Sask., apartment roof Saturday was eventually found stuck in a four-storey chimney, cops said.
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Man ‘decapitated ex-lover’s pet hamster with machete'
A jealous boyfriend decapitated his ex-lover’s pet hamster with a machete in an “uncontrollable rage”, a court heard today.
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Man bitten by rattlesnake at Idaho Wal-Mart
A man said he reached down to pick up a stick lying in the gardening aisle of a Wal-Mart in Idaho, only to discover that it was a rattlesnake that then bit his hand.
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'Queen's knickers' for sale on eBay
A pair of silk knickers allegedly owned by the Queen have been put up for sale.
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Dog Custody Battle Costs NYC Man More Than $60,000
A New York City man has spent more than $60,000 in lawyers' fees trying to win custody of his dog after his ex-girlfriend took the pooch to California.
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Vile granny tagged after rubbing grandson's face in his own wee
A granny has been electronically tagged after rubbing her grandson’s face in his own wee when he wet himself.
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Randy thieves steal £11,000 worth of sex toys
Saucy thieves are currently on the run after stealing £11,000 worth of sex toys.
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Man eats heroin in front of police, dies
A man arrested at a Moscow railway station died after eating a pack of cigarettes stuffed with heroin, police said.
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Na heckled at Players, slides down leaderboard
Golfer heckled for slow pace at PGA event
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The bungalow that's built around a 130-year-old railway carriage
The property in Ashton, Cornwall, is a fully functioning house but bizarrely has the fully restored 130-year-old Great Western Railway car within its walls.
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Shades come off for the last time for CSI: Miami
It’s all over. CBS has ended CSI: Miami after 10 seasons.
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Parents in shock after kids given X-rated sweets at school shaped like penises, breasts and buttocks at function
Shocked families yesterday told of their disgust after children were handed explicit novelty chocolates at a school Mother's Day function.
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Flap over Venice's over-population of birds
Katharine Hepburn marveled at the birds in the 1955 movie "Summertime." Sir Laurence Olivier fed them while touring Europe. And even an 1875 watercolor showed pigeons have seemingly always had a place here.
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