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Monday, August 05, 2013

Two children killed by boa constrictor in Campbellton, N.B.

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2 kids killed by boa constrictor in Campbellton, N.B.
Two children died when a boa constrictor got into their apartment in Campbellton, N.B.
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Students told to cut themselves with blades as part of an art history lesson
Pupils were told to cut themselves with blades as part of an art history lesson at £7,500-a-year private school
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China heat foils man's plan to fake own death
A Chinese vendor's plan to fake his own death at the hands of social enforcers failed when he could not play dead long enough in scorching heat.
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Tennessee Man Allegedly Got Drunk, Stole Bobcat To Hide His Nudity
Joseph Michael Hall, a 19-year-old Tennessee man, was arrested Sunday and charged with felony theft and a short list of misdemeanors after he allegedly got drunk and stole a Bobcat front-loading utility vehicle from a Knoxville-area nursery.
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Man Calls 911 to Report False Kidnapping After Girlfriend Moves Out
A man was arrested after he reported his girlfriend had been kidnapped by two men driving a U-Haul truck.
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Village trying birth control to trim deer herd
HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — This suburban village overlooking the Hudson River is a mere 2 square miles, home to a hip downtown, neighborhoods of neatly kept homes and an ever-growing population of deer that overrun woods, chew through gardens and cause more than a dozen car crashes a year.
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Burger King employee fired for lying on hamburger buns
A Burger King employee has been fired after tweeting a photo of himself lying on a mountain of hamburger buns.
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Cannabis found among Newport street pot plants
Council officials in Newport are trying to discover who planted cannabis in flower pots put out to brighten up the city.
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4-year-old boy is re-elected mayor of tiny town in northern Minnesota
Robert "Bobby" Tufts hasn't made it to preschool yet, but he's already been elected twice as mayor of a tiny tourist town in northern Minnesota.
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Russian man accused of stealing an entire road
A Russian man faces up to two years in prison for stealing an entire road.
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It Now Appears Possible to Hack a Toilet
The information security company Trustwave Holdings published an advisory regarding Satis-brand toilets.
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Baboons at Dutch zoo who have been turning their backs on visitors
Mystery over bizarre behaviour of baboons at Dutch zoo who have been turning their backs on visitors
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Stop teaching children how to spell, smartphones can do it for them says academic
A Newcastle University professor says spelling lessons were relevant 100 years ago
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