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It was a quick heist done in by "quick sand." A Florida man was arrested for stealing sand from a public beach after loading so much into his Ford F-150...
Brits finally taking off
Well, it's about bloody time! Airspace over Britain was reopened for the first time in five days yesterday, giving hope to the tens of thousands of passengers trying to get...
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The real question is: What happened to the rest of him? Crews cleaning up the banks of Pennsylvania's Shenango River discovered a prosthetic leg, with a shoe still attached, among...
Volcanic cloud spreading on Day 3
This is starting to become a serious pain in the ash. The Icelandic volcano that has brought European travel to a standstill continued to erupt yesterday, spewing abrasive ash ever...
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And the beer was probably flat anyway. Two employees of a New Hampshire town are facing disciplinary action for grabbing 50 cases of expired beer out of the municipal landfill...
Iceland volcano blast could ground planes for weeks
This blows! A massive plume of ash from a remote Icelandic volcano yesterday caused the biggest aviation disruption since 9/11, grounding thousands of flights around the world and leaving hordes...
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Talk about throwing a hissy fit. A dispute between two motel guests in Rock Hill, SC, ended when one hit the other with a python. Jeffrey Culp told cops he...
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They may as well have held up a sign. Two men were busted for four burglaries in Maine after cops placed them in the targeted homes with the help of...
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Tickle me, weed-o! A Pennsylvania father was busted after going to his son's elementary school to retrieve four ounces of pot from the kid's Elmo backpack. Teachers called cops, who...
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A delicious steak dinner is the sweetest revenge. A Maine teen gored by a bull had the last laugh after his family slaughtered the animal for his supper. "We were...
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Here's another reminder of how smoking is bad for you. An inmate who broke out of a Georgia jail, and then returned after stealing 14 packs of smokes, has been...
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It's a doggone shame. A Pennsylvania court has ruled that a disabled man cannot get extra food stamps to buy chow for his service dog. James Douris, 55, a wheelchair-bound...
The Tut 'mummy' returns
King Tut just never gets old. Exquisite artifacts from the boy king's tomb are on their way back to New York City for an encore engagement of the historic late-1970s...
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It was the one that got away. Employees at a South Carolina bank were shocked to find a fishing hook and a broken length of line dangling from a sack...
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He really stepped in it. A Norfolk, Va., man filed a $1 million lawsuit against a pet-store chain, claiming he slipped on dog feces in one of their stores and...
Heather's the boob: ex-nanny
Heather Mills' explanation of her falling out with her ex-nanny is phonier than her false leg, the lawyer for the former domestic claimed in court yesterday. Mills said that her...
Ivanka's stalker ordeal featured crazed talk, threats and bloody pix
Ivanka Trump endured months of relentless stalking by a nutty Nevada man who vacillated between professing his love for the brainy blonde and spewing vitriolic threats against her and her...
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He just wasn't ready to come out into the world. An Ohio couple has had a set of twins who were born a week apart. Jennifer Renz gave birth 12...
Bravery of Arab TV 'Idol'
A burqa-clad contestant on the Arabic version of "American Idol" landed in the finals after bravely blasting hard-line Muslim clerics on live television, sparking outrage among religious conservatives in the...
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If only hordes of angry Germans were always this polite. Vandals in Oldenburg trashed a vehicle snapping pictures for Google Street View, but kindly left a note warning the driver...