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  Malaysian 'WWW1' license plate sells for $165K

  Posted 9:34 AM 5/29/2012 by Associated Press

  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - The World Wide Web has inspired a bidding war in Malaysia - on license plates. When the prefix "WWW" became available on this Southeast Asian country's plates, more than 18,000 people submitted bids. The Road Transport Department said Monday that the most (More)

  
  

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  Naked man shot while chewing on another man's face

  Posted 9:58 AM 5/28/2012 by Associated Press

  MIAMI (AP) - A witness says a naked man chewing on the face of another naked man on a Miami highway ramp kept eating and growled at a police officer who tried to stop him. Larry Vega tells WSVN-TV in Miami (http://bit.ly/L6kwWt) that he was riding his bicycle Saturday afternoon when (More)

  
  

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  Bus driver taking kids to Disneyland arrested

  Posted 4:30 PM 5/25/2012 by Associated Press

  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Authorities in southern Utah say they averted a potential deadly road trip after arresting a bus driver for DUI just before he was to take a group of recent high school graduates to Disneyland.Brandon Gillman was booked into the Iron County Jail Thursday night on (More)

  
  

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  Die hard Zeppelin fan dies

  Posted 7:15 AM 5/25/2012 by Associated Press

  BETHALTO, Ill. (AP) - He was known as George Blackburn for most of his life, but after his divorce last fall he wanted to start life over. So Blackburn changed his name to Led Zeppelin II. Zeppelin's daughter, Mindy Baker, says he saw the iconic British rock band about 20 times in the (More)

  
  

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  Cat naps return to famous New York hotel

  Posted 7:09 AM 5/25/2012 by Associated Press

  NEW YORK (AP) - Matilda the cat is back at work at New York City's Algonquin Hotel. The blue-eyed beauty was feeling the love as the hotel reopened Thursday after a five-month, $18 million renovation. She may not love her new bling, though. Thanks to a November (More)

  
  

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  San Francisco supervisor recants on Ouija board consultation

  Posted 7:47 AM 5/24/2012 by Associated Press

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A San Francisco supervisor who said he consulted a Ouija board before a vote now says he was joking - and the only spirit he was summoning was the spirit of humor. Supervisors on Tuesday approved a non-binding resolution urging the Navy to name a ship after slain (More)

  
  

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  Thieves steal Bible, thinking it's a purse

  Posted 7:30 AM 5/24/2012 by Associated Press

  ARMAGH, Pa. (AP) - Police say two western Pennsylvania men mistook a woman's Bible carrying case for a purse when they tried to snatch it from her, knocking her to the ground. The Indiana Gazette (http://bit.ly/LcfOJ3 ) reports that 26-year-old Christopher Scott Ludwig and 25-year-old (More)

  
  

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  Police Chief defends having officers help his son find phone

  Posted 7:21 AM 5/24/2012 by Associated Press

  BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - The police chief of the California college town of Berkeley is defending using 10 officers - some on overtime - to search for his teenage son's stolen iPhone. Police Chief Michael Meehan told the Oakland Tribune (http://bit.ly/Lcal4Z ) on Wednesday no (More)

  
  

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  Millions of dollars of dope found in the ocean off Southern California

  Posted 12:39 PM 5/21/2012 by Associated Press

  DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say three and a half tons of marijuana have been found floating in the ocean off Southern California. A boater spotted 160 bales of pot around noon Sunday about 15 miles off the coast of Dana Point. Orange County authorities and the Coast Guard (More)

  
  

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  Police in New York seek dart attacker

  Posted 12:37 PM 5/21/2012 by Associated Press

  NEW YORK (AP) - Police in New York City are investigating an odd attack: They say someone unleashed darts that wounded three people on a street. The New York Police Department was searching Monday for a suspect in Sunday's dart attack. Investigators believe the assailant may have used (More)

  
  

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  Custody Battle Over Dog Leads to Website Fundraiser

  Posted 8:19 AM 5/14/2012 by Associated Press

  NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City man has spent more than $60,000 in lawyers' fees trying to win custody of his dog after his ex-girlfriend took the pooch to California. Thirty-four-year-old Craig Dershowitz told the New York Post (http://nyp.st/Kl6K5C ) that he's gone through his life (More)

  
  

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  Wal-Mart Shopper Grabs Rattlesnake in Garden Department

  Posted 8:06 AM 5/14/2012 by Associated Press

  LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) - A man says he reached down to pick up a stick lying in the gardening aisle of a Wal-Mart in Idaho, only to discover that it was a rattlesnake that then bit his hand. Mica Craig says he was shopping in the outdoor garden department of a Lewiston store when he was (More)