WEIRD IS THE WORLD: Indy 500 winner Unser nabbed for DWI drag racing

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Indy 500 winner Unser nabbed for DWI drag racing

Retired American race car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr. has been arrested on drunken driving and reckless driving charges in New Mexico.
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South Texas Police Chief ‘Accidentally’ Texts Transgender Porn to Constable
A police chief in South Texas admitted to sending transgender porn to a constable after he was reported to police and accused of harassment.
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Cat attacks owner, gets stabbed
Ann-Britt Granström, 57, of Södertälje, south of Stockholm, had just curled up in bed next to her cat, her beloved bedfellow for the last 13 years, when the cuddly companion suddenly jumped down from the bed and started attacking her.
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Tony Bennett tops US chart at 85
Legendary singer Tony Bennett has become the oldest living performer to score a US number one album, hitting the top spot at the age of 85.
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Woman rescued at Niagara Falls
Two curious tourists wondering why someone left a purse unattended led to the rescue of a woman from the Niagara River about 400 metres from the brink of the Horseshoe Falls Wednesday afternoon.
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300 paintings worth millions discovered in Polish outhouse
A collection of 300 paintings worth millions of euros have been discovered in a Polish outhouse belonging to a 92-year-old former bricklayer, with police baffled as to how they got there.
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Mystery as beached whale found in field in Yorkshire
A young whale which died after it beached in the Humber Estuary is probably of a species rarely found stranded on the British coast, conservationists have said.
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Traveller attempts to smuggle hummingbirds in his underpants
A Dutch traveller with his pants full of hummingbirds was caught at customs when his ill-advised smuggling attempt was uncovered.
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Dead Washington Man to Appeal Murder Conviction
A man who committed suicide days after being convicted of murder will appeal the conviction from the grave -- with a little help from his sister.
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ITV Admits IRA Documentary Footage Was From Video Game
The network has confirmed that pictures of an Irish terrorist group shooting down a helicopter were actually a sequence from computer game "Arma 2."
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New iPhone app could delay need for reading glasses
A smart phone app could delay the need for reading glasses in older people by teaching the brain to process blurred images.
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Man ‘murdered neighbour with a chair leg for making fun of his man-boobs'
A man murdered his neighbour with a chair leg for making fun of his man-boobs, a court heard.
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Is this Britain's most daring sunbather? (and we don't mean the lingerie)
This woman took it to the extreme as she stripped to her underwear in yesterday’s sunshine and sunbathed on a narrow fourth storey ledge.
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South African newsreader sacked after dropping F-bomb 13 times on air
A South African radio newsreader has committed career suicide by swearing 13 times during a news bulletin while working the graveyard shift.
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Balding Jason Alexander Debuts Full Head of Hair
Famously bald Seinfeld star Jason Alexander, 52, showed up to the 27th Annual C.S.A. Artios Awards in Beverly Hills Monday with a full head of hair.
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Condom sabotage leads to sex assault conviction
A Nova Scotia man was convicted of sexual assault Wednesday after he poked holes in his girlfriend's condoms to try and save their rocky relationship with a pregnancy.
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Kiddie gyms for tubby toddlers
Child-sized gyms with weight benches, treadmills and rowers for those as young as three are being set up in family homes and childcare centres.
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