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3 hrs ago | Denver Post

Minn. mother, son accused of stealing gopher feet

A Minnesota mother and her 18-year-old son are accused of stealing nearly $5,000 in frozen gopher feet and selling them for a bounty.

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7 hrs ago | The Kansas City Star

Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire

A Kansas City man supported a “nascent” plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, an FBI official said Tuesday at a Washington D.C. hearing.

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Related Topix: Kansas City, MO, Science / Technology, Programming Languages

11 hrs ago | Majic 95.9 WYNT-FM

Couple finds 400-year-old skeleton, gets $5,000 bill

A Canadian couple who recently stumbled upon a 400-year-old skeleton is now saddled with a $5,000 bill, Two weeks ago, Ken Campbell of Sarnia, Ontario, came upon some bones while digging postholes in his backyard.

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Related Topix: Canada,

16 hrs ago | ABC News

Embarrassing Typo on Koch Tombstone

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch meticulously planned his own funeral, but his tombstone has the wrong birth date.

4 comments

Related Topix: Washington Heights, NY, Heart Failure, Health

20 hrs ago | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Meteorologists meet to mull weird British weather

Come rain, wind or sunshine, the weather has long been one of Britain's main topics of conversation.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

The Kansas City Star

Obamaa s poll numbers take big hit

Bill Atkinson was found, abandoned, in a Kansas City, Kan., phone booth, less than a day old and covered in nothing but a blanket.

16 comments

Related Topix: More Sports, Golf, PGA Golf, Sports, Swimming

WERC-AM Birmingham

'Tipsy' Guy Survives 15th-Floor Fall

A man who fell while trying to climb down from a 15th-floor balcony is somehow not only still alive, but is expected to be on his feet again in around a week.

5 comments

Related Topix: New Zealand, World News

WGIN-AM Portsmouth

Miss Utah's awkward answer during Miss USA Pageant is one of the worst you'll ever see

"I think we can relate this back to education, and how we are continuing to try to strive to [pause] figure out how to create jobs right now, that is the biggest problem," she began.

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WYLD-FM

Amazingly, he's expected to be on his feet again in around a week

A man who fell while trying to climb down from a 15th-floor balcony is somehow not only still alive, but is expected to be on his feet again in around a week.

1 comment

Related Topix: New Zealand, World News

Mirror.co.uk

Jet-setting Buddhist monks in lifestyle probe after YouTube video...

Jet-setting Buddhist monks sporting stylish aviator sunglasses are being investigated for not sticking to a lifestyle of "simplicity and self-restraint".

2 comments

Related Topix: Thailand, World News

WMBF

Teen ticketed for trash talking and other weird weekend arrests

One teen paid the price for foul language, while a handful of others ended up in handcuffs for unusual arrests.

23 comments

Related Topix: Winston-Salem, NC, Salem, NC

Sun Jun 16, 2013

AdelaideNow...

Stefani bags weird ace at US Open

Shawn Stefani celebrates after making a hole-in-one on the 17th hole during the final round of the 113th US Open at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.

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Related Topix: Golfers, Shawn Stefani, Golf

The Kansas City Star

Broad immigration reform will make our communities safer

More than 5,000 abandoned houses present Kansas City with a pricey problem every summer.

63 comments

Related Topix: Sports, Wade Davis, Baseball Players, Elliot Johnson, More Sports, Golf, PGA Golf

The Campbell Reporter

Pope blesses hundreds of Harley-Davidsons

Biker culture came to the Vatican on Sunday as Pope Francis blessed thousands of Harley-Davidsons and their riders celebrating the manufacturer's 110th anniversary with a loud parade and plenty of leather.

40 comments

Related Topix: Milwaukee, WI

Mirror.co.uk

Escaped baboon shot dead at safari park

The animal was forced out of its enclosure by a group of other males as it tried to protect its mate.

5 comments

The Smoking Gun

BUSTER: Kansas City Cops Arrest Lovey R. Love On Underage Sex Charge, Records Show

A man named Lovey R. Love has been arrested for statutory rape after the mother of a 16-year-old Kansas City girl discovered the 23-year-old suspect having sex with her daughter.

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Patch.com

Weird News: Robbers Steal Meat, Teens Take Photos of Their Own Crime

Teens Find Lost Credit Card, Use it to Buy Movie Tickets and Take Photos Four teens found a lost credit card at a movie theater and used it to buy tickets.

5 comments

Related Topix: Potomac, MD, Silver Spring, MD, Gambrills, MD, Odenton, MD, Crofton, MD, Montgomery County, MD

Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Kansas City Star

Paranormal investigators look into Kansas town's tawdry past

Contrary to popular rhetoric esposed by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and others, the majority of Kansans support immigration reform, speakers told hundreds gathered at a town hall meeting in Kansas City, Kan., on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Alex Cobb, Baseball Players, Eric Hosmer, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball

WKYC-TV Cleveland

Police say Pa. man threatened horse, demanded sex

Pennsylvania police say a man threatened to kill a woman's horse if she didn't have sex with him.

12 comments

Related Topix: Henryville, PA

El Paso Times

Bear with head stuck in jar is rescued in Pa.

Four central Pennsylvania residents said they used only a rope and a flashlight during a wild chase to rescue a young bear whose head had been stuck in a plastic jar for at least 11 days.

13 comments

Related Topix: Bloomsburg, PA, Jamison City, PA

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