NYC pet store bans drunken puppy-buying

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NYC pet store bans drunken puppy-buying
A New York City pet store that's surrounded by bars has banned drunken puppy-buying.
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Widow is held hostage by her bank manager screaming in a room for half an hour
A widow was held hostage by her bank manager after seeking help with crippling overdraft charges.
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Jilted husband built electric chair in garage to try and kill wife after she asked for divorce
He rigged a metal chair up to the mains then invited Margaret in 'for a chat'
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Man beheaded by Fourth of July firework
'He lit it and all we saw was a cloud of smoke, a bang. When I walked up to his body, it was nothing but his shoulders down'
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Dutch tourist survives 18 days trapped in hole in mountains in southern Spain
Police say a Dutch tourist has been found alive 18 days after she fell in a hole while walking in mountains in southern Spain.
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Huge dust storm hits US city of Phoenix
The towering cloud - measuring 50 miles wide and 10,000 feet at some points - caused major disruption across the area.
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'Giant wombat' skeleton found in Australia's Queensland
Scientists in Australia have found the skeleton of a "giant wombat" which lived some two million years ago.
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Woman wearing purse on head tries to rob store
A woman wearing a purse on her head who claimed she was armed with a gun attempted to rob the Grill & Grocery store.
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Model wears a year's worth of make-up - all at once
Dutch artist duo Lernert Engelberts & Sander Plug have taken the concept to a new level in their latest project.
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Cut up and boiled to feed street children: Horrific fate of Victorian murder victim found in skull found in David Attenborough's garden
A skull discovered in David Attenborough’s back garden belonged to the victim of a gruesome Victorian murder, a coroner ruled today.
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'Floss for fertility', women advised
Women who want the best chance of having a baby should make sure they floss their teeth regularly.
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Canadian mayor backs Niagara Falls high-wire stunt
The mayor of Niagara Falls, Ontario, has become the first Canadian official to publicly support an attempt by daredevil Nik Wallenda to cross Niagara Falls on a wire.
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Woman's bones found in flat eight years on
Skeletal remains believed to be those of an elderly woman last seen in 2003 have been found in an inner Sydney unit.
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Sore winner: Golfer Thomas Levet breaks shin jumping in lake
Thomas Levet was so ecstatic about winning the French Open on Sunday that he jumped into a lake to celebrate. Turns out the poor guy shattered his shin bone in the process.
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British coroner solves 130-year-old murder mystery, IDs skull found in London garden
A skull dug up in a back garden has solved a 130-year-old mystery surrounding the murder of a wealthy London widow.
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Teachers start school trip sing-along to drown out sounds of stowaway under bus hammering on the floor
Teachers calmed children returning from a school trip to France by conducting a Monty Python sing-along when a suspected stowaway began banging on the underside of their coach.
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Human Belly Button Home to Hundreds of Never-Before-Seen Species
Scientists sampling DNA strains from the navels of volunteer donors have found 662 microbes that are apparently new to science, showing that the human navel is apparently a ripe environment for bacteria.
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World' biggest burger's a whopper at 777lbs
Chefs have created the world's biggest hamburger — weighing an incredible 777lbs.
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Mum to have dead son's baby
A woman is set to fulfil her dream of becoming a grandmother — using her dead son's sperm.
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