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40 min ago | hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

SKorean firm delivers commercial dog clones

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Booger is back. An American woman received five puppies Tuesday that were cloned from her beloved late pitbull, becoming the inaugural customer of a South Korean company that says it is the world's first ...

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Related Topix: National University, South Korea, World News, Asia,

43 min ago | hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Farmer sends message to neighbors with car fence

HOOPER, Utah (AP) --A farmer has erected a backyard fence made of three old cars sticking up in the air to send a message to new neighbors that he can do whatever he wants on his property.

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46 min ago | hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Fla. man dials 911, complains his sub had no sauce

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- The sauce for a spicy Italian sandwich was apparently a must have for one Florida man.

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48 min ago | hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Alleged pickup thief loses truck to carjacker

SALINAS, Calif. (AP) -- A pickup truck thief lost his purloined Chevy Silverado to an armed carjacker during a 7-Eleven stop.

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50 min ago | hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Pa. man watches helplessly as train squashes truck

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- Nathan Miller learned the hard way that "Road Closed" signs are posted for a reason.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Bellefonte, PA

53 min ago | hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Tourist survives 250-foot slide down Big Sur cliff

BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) -- A tourist is nursing only cuts and bruises after sliding 250 feet down a cliff on California's coast.

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Related Topix: World News, Germany, Big Sur, CA

Mon Aug 04, 2008

snafu-ed.blogspot.com | Iria

Woman Bills State of Michigan $16 for Work Zone Delay

Well, when gas prices are this high, what can you expect? Carol Greenberg, an Ohio woman, has sent Michigan transportation officials a bill for $16. Why? She says she wasted gasoline sitting in construction zone traffic.

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Related Topix: Snafu, Pop/Rock, Newport, MI

www.app.com | HOGstr

Policewomen issued bullet-resistant bras

Bullet-proof vest aren’t the only barrier of defense for German policewomen who now are also being issued bullet-resistant bras.

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www.telegraph.co.uk | HOGstr

Man 'proud' of his 12 fingers and 14 toes

Holding the record for the most recorded number of fingers and toes in a living person might be seen as a blessing to some people.

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hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Rhythmic croaking of frogs heard on new CD

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- An animal expert at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has released a CD of the rhythmic stylings of Nebraska's native frogs.

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Related Topix: University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Rig dumps tons of dirt when nature calls driver

SNOHOMISH, Wash. (AP) -Authorities say a truck driver who spilled tons of dirt along a Seattle highway and backed up traffic for hours just really had to go to the bathroom.

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hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Chef: sorry for suggesting poison plant in salad

LONDON (AP) -- A British celebrity chef says he's sorry for mistakenly recommending a deadly plant as a tasty salad ingredient.

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hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Man presumed dead in 1976 Colo. flood found alive

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -- A man believed to have died in a Colorado flood in 1976 has been found living in Oklahoma.

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Related Topix: Fort Collins, CO

hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Bikers down to bare basics for eco demonstration

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Fewer clothes and lots of skin have made a political point in a public park in St.

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hosted.ap.org | HOGstr

Island says starfish aren't toys for dogs to fetch

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) -- Tourism officials on the Caribbean island of Grenada say they are concerned about dog owners snatching starfish out of the sea and throwing them like flying discs for their dogs to catch.

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Sun Aug 03, 2008

technologyexpert.blogspot.com | Iria

NYPD: Bypass YouTube, Will Ya? Send Those Embarrassing Videos Straight to Us

It hasn't been a great couple of weeks for the NYPD, at least when you talk about embarrassing and incriminating videos about New York's "Finest" posted to YouTube. After all, we had the smash hit Critical Mass Cyclist Assaulted by NYPD (1,344,876 views at the time of this writing) uploaded to YouTube.

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Related Topix: Sports, Cycling, Critical Mass Bike Ride

snafu-ed.blogspot.com | Iria

Police Tape: Canada Bus Killer Ate Victim's Flesh

This murder is horrific enough, but a tape of police radio calls, leaked to the Internet, indicate that not only did Vince Weiguang Li, 40, murder and decapitate 22-year-old Tim McLean - for no apparent reason - after reboarding a Greyhound bus on Friday, he ate some of McLean's flesh.

65 comments

Related Topix: Snafu, Pop/Rock

The Times

Maine island loses trash can mail delivery service

SUTTON ISLAND, Maine - The Postal Service has ended a long tradition in which mail delivered to Maine's small offshore Sutton Island by a private ferry service was left in a specially marked trash can on the ...

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Related Topix: Northeast Harbor, ME, Cranberry-Isles, ME

WPVI-TV Philadelphia

Chic-fil-A founder comes up with kids' punishment

Chick-fil-A restaurant founder S. Truett Cathy has decided two girls accused of causing $30,000 in damage to his home should be punished with a writing assignment instead of charges.

13 comments

Related Topix: Video Games, New Smyrna Beach, FL, Daytona Beach Metro

North County Times

Boys bounce for 24 hours in world record attempt

Bounce Warriors, from left, Jerry Lakos, 10; Dillon Brott, 8; Mason Brott, 10; Dillon MacDonald, 11; Zachary Darville, 10; and Austin McQuiston, 10; all of Rockwood, Mich.

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