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3 hrs ago | WIOD-AM Miramar

Repentant thief leaves money and apology note for years of stolen beers

An anonymous thief has attempted to make up for years of beer theft by leaving a stack of $20 bills and an apology letter.

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7 hrs ago | NewsRadio540.com

63-Percent Of Women Would Rather Lose $1000 Than Gain 20 Pounds

Sixty-three-percent of American women would rather lose one-thousand dollars than put on 20 pounds overnight, according to a new survey from the International Food Information Council.

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11 hrs ago | The Kansas City Star

a Fast & Furious 6a : Dumb fun in the summer time | 2 stars

The former president's yacht, the USS Williamsburg, has had one tow line in the grave for 20 years, about as long as it has been deteriorating at a shipyard in northern Italy.

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15 hrs ago | WANE-TV Fort Wayne

Brown hounded for callinga

Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Dan Brown, Authors, Books, Vocal

Thu May 23, 2013

The Kansas City Star

New federal judge from Lawrence is on a soaring career path

Finding a suitable low-note encore for losing a series at Houston is no easy task, but the Royals pulled it off Thursday night by becoming the first club to roll over for Angels right-hander Joe Blanton.

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Related Topix: Sports, Sports Etc.

SavannahNow

Evan the 'legend': Braves' Gattis takes strange road to the majors

A s Evan Gattis was rounding the bases, soaking up the cheers from his first grand slam, he noticed the song blaring triumphantly from the speakers at Turner Field.

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Related Topix: Sports, Kris Medlen, Freddie Freeman, Baseball Players, Evan Gattis, Atlanta Braves, Major League Baseball, National League

El Paso Times

Fugitive in LA attempted-murder case held in Colo.

A man wanted for 13 years on attempted murder charges in Los Angeles was captured in Colorado after someone called police to report he was urinating on a wall outside a KFC restaurant.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

WANE-TV Fort Wayne

Alaska man runs onto frozena

Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.

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WIVB-TV Buffalo

Council members abstain froma

Three members of a Michigan city council have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future votes.

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WBIR-TV Knoxville

Surgeons remove tiger's basketball-sized hairball

It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons in Florida when he couldn't hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself.

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Related Topix: Florida

WANE-TV Fort Wayne

Coin tossing breaks tie ina

What do you do when two candidates running for mayor in the Philippines get exactly the same number of votes? You get them to toss a coin.

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Wed May 22, 2013

WFTV Orlando

Club lets you peek into ladies room for $1,200

Operators at the Shimmy Club got the idea and then carried it out by putting in a two way mirror.

24 comments

KFIV-AM Modesto

Jumpers usually do not survive the 220-foot plunge

A California sailing crew is being celebrated for rescuing a man who jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Related Topix: Sausalito, CA

The Kansas City Star

Jose Canseco accused of sexual assault, and then tweets about it

Kansas Sens. Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts on Wednesday cheered the Air Force’s decision to pick McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita as the home for new refueling tankers.

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Related Topix: Sports, Kansas City Chiefs, NFL Football, Tamba Hali, NFL Players, Justin Houston

Bradenton.com

Phillips' strange double lifts Reds over Mets 7-4

Joey Votto homered and Zack Cozart had a career-high four hits, all off Matt Harvey, in a game that featured a little bit of everything - including a testy exchange in the dugout between Cincinnati starter Mat Latos and teammate Jay Bruce.

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Related Topix: Sports, Brandon Phillips, National League, Zack Cozart, Baseball Players, Major League Baseball, National League East, Cincinnati Reds, Joey Votto, Matt Harvey

CBS Local

New Charge Against Ex-Cop Accused Of Sex With Underage Girls

A 32-year-old former Minneapolis police officer charged with sexually assaulting underage girls he met on social media sites now faces an additional charge.

1 comment

Related Topix: Andover, MN, Anoka County, MN, Startups, Facebook, Brooklyn Center, MN

NBC Miami

Man Arrested for Murder After Pocket-Dialing 9-1-1

A Pompano Beach man was arrested on homicide charges after he pocket-dialed 9-1-1 while talking to someone about his murder plans, police said.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Pompano Beach, FL

100.3 The Buzzard

NASA Wants to 3D-Print Pizza in Space

Still no jetpacks, but your inner 9-year-old has to be excited about this: NASA is developing a 3D printer that can print "nutritious and flavorful" food during space travel.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Space

The Arizona Republic

Quick goat apparently dodges death

A goat believed to have escaped en route to a slaughterhouse snarled the morning commute along one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey Tuesday, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase.

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Related Topix: New Jersey

Weird Asia News

Woman's Large Figure Causes Failed Suicide Attempt

Being obese is never seen as being advantageous. Aside from putting one at risk for many illnesses, another disadvantage of being big-bodied is, wellexperiencing a failed suicide attempt.

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Related Topix: China, World News

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