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Dozens of fly swatters bearing logos of collegiate and professional sports teams have been washing up on the beaches of an Alaska island.
Modified: 05/15/12 07:31:27 PMA man charged in an undercover sting operation in Northern California that ended in gunfire has been ordered released on bond on the condition that he read and write book reports.
Modified: 05/15/12 10:17:14 AMA tractor-trailer crash in upstate New York has sent 18 tons of Greek yogurt spilling alongside a highway.
Modified: 05/15/12 08:27:09 AMA mysterious benefactor in Paris is spreading love, cash and hair appliances along a rugged stretch of New Zealand.
Modified: 05/14/12 11:22:07 PM
In case you were wondering, the Vermont-New Hampshire border hasn't changed.
Modified: 05/14/12 02:53:23 PMIn case you were wondering, the Vermont-New Hampshire border hasn't changed.
Modified: 05/14/12 12:23:20 PM
A Richmond County farmer sues to recoup losses in moving landmark to make way for progress.
Modified: 05/14/12 05:29:29 AMTwo residents of a Tennessee assisted living center plan to marry on Sunday, more than 60 years after they first met.
Modified: 05/12/12 07:54:59 PMOfficials say a fire alarm that went off at a Connecticut high school was activated by a student's "overabundance" of body spray in a locker room.
Modified: 05/11/12 09:38:42 AM
You could call it a cautionary tale about what can go wrong when high school students exert too much "pier pressure."
Modified: 05/10/12 06:48:57 PMPolice say a man arrested in a Southeast Texas city for riding his unicycle in the nude was distracting drivers and creating a hazard.
Modified: 05/10/12 08:47:10 AM
Two female giraffes at a zoo in central Poland died after vandals broke into the facility, and officials are trying to find a companion for their last remaining giraffe - a male.
Modified: 05/15/12 02:17:08 PMAuthorities say a northern New York man had his friend shoot him in the leg with a rifle because he wanted to know what it feels like to be shot.
Modified: 05/15/12 08:42:15 AMFederal authorities say a Mexican man tried to smuggle more than 7 pounds of cocaine into Arizona by hiding it in his wheelchair's seat cushion.
Modified: 05/14/12 06:29:42 PMAn 18-year-old Utah man was arrested on suspicion of burglary after police say he left his homework at the crime scene.
Modified: 05/14/12 12:53:09 PM
The Diaz family awoke to find a Lexus at the bottom of their swimming pool.
Modified: 05/14/12 05:03:54 PMNo matter how much digging investigators did, the crime remained open until a thief turned himself in and returned the fruits of his theft.
Modified: 05/13/12 11:21:38 AMThe author of a book called "Shades of Gray" says her work is being confused with that of a chart-topping erotic fiction writer.
Modified: 05/12/12 12:29:42 PMA suburban Phoenix man made a lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky guess in a recent multistate lottery game.
Modified: 05/10/12 08:28:53 PM
So you think blue lobsters are rare? The New England Aquarium is holding a lobster that's way rarer than that.
Modified: 05/10/12 12:42:03 PM
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