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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Ohio Man Bulldozes $350K Home To Avoid Foreclosure

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HEADLINE: Ohio Man Bulldozes $350K Home To Avoid Foreclosure
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/22/ap/strange/main6232815.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.13
CLIP:
An Ohio man says he bulldozed his $350,000 home to keep a bank from foreclosing on it. Terry Hoskins says he has struggled with the RiverHills Bank over his home in Moscow for years and had problems with the Internal Revenue Service.

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HEADLINE: : Man Asks For Ride, Allegedly Steals Police Cruiser
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/22/ap/strange/main6232301.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.13
CLIP:
said 32-year-old Jacob Segura walked into the Madison Police Department on Jan. 30 and asked for a ride to Columbus. An officer told Segura that police couldn't provide rides but later tried to arrange a ride for the man through the Madison County and Platte County sheriff's offices. Meanwhile, Segura went outside to smoke. Police said that's when Segura hopped into a cruiser and took off.

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HEADLINE: Man didn't know knife was in neck
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/man-found-with-knife-blade-in-neck-after-fight/story-e6frfku0-1225833297401
CLIP:
A 40-YEAR-old man will undergo surgery to remove a knife blade found lodged in his neck after a fight.
The man from Wodonga, in northern Victoria, had arrived home early this morning and was getting into bed when his wife apparently found blood spurting from his neck...

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HEADLINE: Marijuana Use Booming Among Seniors
SOURCE LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587139,00.html
CLIP:
In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her lips and smokes marijuana.

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HEADLINE: First Superman comic fetches $1M
SOURCE LINK: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/first_superman_comic_fetches_jjw94Jt8J0K8lW1pTzn1KL
CLIP:
A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for $1 million, smashing a record set just last year.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/first_superman_comic_fetches_jjw94Jt8J0K8lW1pTzn1KL#ixzz0gIWZNUFk

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HEADLINE: Man in hiding betrayed by pet dog
SOURCE LINK: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8528965.stm
CLIP:
The excited pet dog of a German man on the run from the law led police to his master's hiding place in a cupboard, police in the west of the country say.

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HEADLINE: The law is an ass, so to speak
SOURCE LINK: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nude-sunbathers-say-the-law-is-an-ass/story-e6freuy9-1225833193104
CLIP:
EVEN Tony Abbott would be overdressed at Little Congwong Beach at La Perouse. ... Little Congwong has been an unofficial haven for naturists for 50 years. However, complaints from locals saw police raid the beach on Sunday and threaten nude bathers with fines. Yesterday, the sun lovers were defiant, returning to the beach despite warning signs and the police raid.

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HEADLINE: 'Lucky' hunter shot through arms by mate
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/national/lucky-hunter-shot-through-both-arms/story-e6frfkvr-1225833240645
CLIP:
A MAN is lucky to be alive after he was accidentally shot with a high-powered rifle by a mate. The man, aged 40, was shooting at targets in the Mount Robinson State Forest at Kinglake Central, 70km north-east of Melbourne, at about 7pm (AEDT) when his friend accidentally pulled his trigger as he slipped over...

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HEADLINE: Boy yobbo, 11, flees outing, robs house
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/world/serial-offender-11-flees-outing-to-rob/story-e6frfkyi-1225833233381
CLIP:
A SERIAL offender in the UK aged 11 has fled a good behavior outing to the Tower of London in order to rob a house. The Sun reported the youngster, arrested more than 60 times, tricked care home staff during a trip, which was organised as a reward for being well-behaved.

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HEADLINE: Stressed-Out Pooches Pop a Prozac
SOURCE LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587124,00.html
CLIP:
If your dog is barking mad, help is at hand. You can give it some Prozac.
A dog version of the anti-depressant drug has been launched in America and will soon be available in Britain.

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HEADLINE: US returns stolen 3000-year-old coffin
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/us-returns-mummys-3000-year-old-coffin/story-e6frfku0-1225833224241
CLIP:
US authorities will return to Egypt an ornately painted pharaonic coffin smuggled out of the country more than 125 years ago, Egyptian culture minister Faruq Hosni said.

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HEADLINE: Man Arrested For Arson After Bragging About Blaze
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/21/ap/strange/main6228771.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.13
CLIP:
Salem police said one of the two men accused of setting a fire to an old training center bragged about the blaze to his hairdresser.

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HEADLINE: PleaseRobMe.com: The Problem with Twitter and Facebook
SOURCE LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/02/19/pleaserobmecom-shows-risk-twitter-facebook/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+foxnews%252Fscitech+%2528Text+-+SciTech%2529
CLIP:
House thieves have been given a leg-up by a new Web site that allows people to see whether or not you are at home -- thanks to information you're probably already posting online.

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HEADLINE: Man arrested after bragging about crime
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/man-to-be-extradited-for-allegedly-stabbing-girl-16/story-e6frfku9-1225832945351
CLIP:
A MAN wanted in NSW over the stabbing of a 16-year-old girl has been arrested after allegedly talking about his crime in a Northern Territory pub.

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HEADLINE: 'Cannabis easier to buy than pizza'
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/cannabis-easier-to-buy-than-pizza-drug-expert-dr-alex-wodak-says/story-e6frfku0-1225831844834
CLIP:
CANNABIS is easier to buy than a pizza, says a drug expert, so why not legalise and tax it to benefit everyone?
Dr Alex Wodak, the director of the Alcohol and Drug Service at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital, says cannabis will soon be Australia's smoke of choice.

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HEADLINE: Union fights over toilet paper
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/cfmeu-to-fight-the-government-over-toilet-paper/story-e6frfku9-1225832818500
CLIP:
THE CFMEU has written to the Federal Government threatening to launch a full-scale campaign over toilet paper.
The union says a cheap batch of rolls from Indonesia and China soon to arrive in Australia poses a serious threat to jobs and the local manufacturing industry.

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HEADLINE: Sleepless nights 'shrink your brain'
SOURCE LINK: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7286570/Sleepless-nights-shrink-your-brain.html
CLIP:
For the first time, brain imaging has linked insomnia to a reduction in vital grey matter.
The tests showed that those with chronic sleep problems had lower grey matter density in brain areas used to make decisions.

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HEADLINE: Airline passengers land at wrong island
SOURCE LINK: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/travel/ryanair-abandons-passengers-on-wrong-canary-island-after-thunderstorm/story-e6frezhr-1225832742735
CLIP:
More than 100 tourists on a Ryanair flight to Lanzarote were stunned when they were abandoned on the wrong Canary Island.

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HEADLINE: Actress vomited on by transsexual
SOURCE LINK: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/oscar-winner-susan-sarandon-vomited-on-by-transsexual-rose-wood-at-burlesque-club/story-e6frewyr-1225832757505
CLIP:
Oscar winner Susan Sarandon vomited on by transsexual Rose Wood at burlesque club - Sarandon, who recently separated from husband Tim Robbins, got an unpleasant party favour when transsexual performer Rose Wood vomited on stage directly onto the Oscar winner.

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