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NYC Sewage Plant to Offer Valentine's Day Tours
Last Updated: 3:01 PM 02/10/12 - It may not smell like a rose but a New York City sewage plant is offering tours for lovers on Valentine's Day.
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Erectile Pump for Your Health?
Last Updated: 11:28 AM 02/10/12 - An Illinois man has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for shipping unwanted penis enlargers to diabetes patients in a scheme to bilk Medicare of more than $2.2 million.
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Bus Driver Suing in Firing Over Confederate Flag Display
Last Updated: 5:04 PM 02/09/12 - A school bus company has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by an Oregon driver fired for refusing to take a Confederate battle flag off his pickup truck while parked on school property.
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Car Theft Suspect Held After LA Roof Standoff
Last Updated: 2:15 PM 02/09/12 - A suspect in an auto theft has been arrested after a bizarre five-hour standoff on the rooftops of a Los Angeles neighborhood.
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Sheriff: Facebook Spat Led to 2 Shooting Deaths
Last Updated: 4:46 PM 02/08/12 - Authorities say a father who was upset after a Tennessee couple deleted his adult daughter as a friend on Facebook has been charged with killing the couple.
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Getting Caffeine Fix as Easy as Taking Deep Breath
Last Updated: 10:42 AM 02/08/12 - Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks.
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Slavery Protections for Animals? Judge to Decide
Last Updated: 5:52 PM 02/06/12 - A federal judge for the first time in U.S. history heard arguments Monday in a case that could determine whether animals enjoy the same constitutional protection against slavery as human beings.
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Report: 1/3 Of Office Romances Lead to Marriage
Last Updated: 11:03 PM 02/07/12 - A new survey finds many people are finding romance in an unlikely place-- at work. CareerBuilder's annual office romance survey finds 38 percent of workers say they've dated a co-worker at least once.
McDonalds Pulls Ad After Pit Bull Owner Outrage
Last Updated: 5:16 PM 02/06/12 - McDonald's apologized and pulled an ad that came back to bite them.
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Peeping Tom Sentenced for Spying, Taping Tanning Women
Last Updated: 10:44 AM 02/03/12 - A Pennsylvania man who secretly taped 54 women and girls undressing in a tanning salon while he hid in the ceiling has been ordered to spend at least seven years in prison.
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Duped Father Can Seek Payment from Child's Real Dad for Cost of Raising Child
Last Updated: 4:38 PM 02/02/12 - The Connecticut Supreme Court says a man can proceed with a lawsuit seeking nearly $200,000 from another man who really fathered the girl he raised with his unfaithful wife.
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Woman Allegedly Robs Bank to Pay for Dentures
Last Updated: 1:52 PM 02/01/12 - A woman who appeared to not have any teeth in surveillance photos from a western Pennsylvania bank robbery last month has confessed, apologized and told police she planned the heist because she needed the money for dentures.
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Traffic Stop Leads to Ohio Woman Giving Birth in Car
Last Updated: 10:57 AM 02/01/12 - A woman's speeding got her a warning from an Ohio state trooper but wasn't enough to keep her grandchild from being born in her car.
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Wanna-Be Jedi Attacks Police With Light Sabers
Last Updated: 5:29 PM 01/30/12 - An Oregon judge is using his force to order a 45-day jail sentence and mental health evaluation for a would-be Jedi who attacked toy store customers with light sabers last December.
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NY Inmate Guilty of Seeking $890M in Tax Refunds
Last Updated: 5:16 PM 01/28/12 - A jury has convicted a New York prison inmate of falsely filing tax returns seeking $890 million in refunds.
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Potty-Room Pilfering: Auto Flushers Stolen in Ohio
Last Updated: 2:49 PM 01/27/12 - A restroom rip-off in central Ohio has automatic flushers disappearing from the bathrooms at restaurants and other businesses.
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NJ Camel Predicts Giants Will Win the Super Bowl
Last Updated: 3:06 PM 01/26/12 - A New Jersey camel with an appetite for picking winning NFL teams has signaled the New York Giants will win the Super Bowl.
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Activists Send Hundreds of Tacos to Connecticut Mayor
Last Updated: 6:48 PM 01/26/12 - The office of a Connecticut mayor who made a poorly received quip about his city's Latino community has been blasted with prank phone calls and a delivery of hundreds of tacos.
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FBI: Foiled Slaying Plot Was to be Blamed on Cat
Last Updated: 1:28 PM 01/26/12 - An Illinois man is jailed on federal charges that he planned to kidnap, extort and electrocute a wealthy man in a scheme that sought to blame the killing on the intended victim's cat.
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Man Released from Prison Sent Home, Arrested in Bank Job Minutes Later
Last Updated: 10:50 AM 01/26/12 - Authorities say it was a busy morning for a man released from an Oregon state prison. After a bus ride home to Eugene on a state-paid ticket, they say he held up a bank at 10:02 a.m. Tuesday and was back in custody three minutes later.
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Embarrassing 'SHCOOL' Sign Replaced in NYC
Last Updated: 3:22 PM 01/25/12 - An embarrassing misspelling of "school" is gone from the street outside a New York City school building.
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Senator Wants Ban on Human Fetuses in Food
Last Updated: 8:44 PM 01/25/12 - A Republican state senator from Oklahoma City introduced a bill Tuesday that would ban the use of aborted human fetuses in food, despite conceding that he's unaware of any company using such a practice.
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Police: Passenger Smoked Pot on Flight to NJ
Last Updated: 12:33 PM 01/23/12 - A man faces drug charges after allegedly smoking pot on a JetBlue flight to Newark, N.J.
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No Joke: 3-Inch Nail Removed from Man's Brain
Last Updated: 11:14 AM 01/22/12 - Dante Autullo was sure he'd merely cut himself with a nail gun while building a shed, and thought doctors were joking when they told him what an X-ray revealed: A 3 1/4-inch nail was lodged in the middle of his brain.
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Man Suspected of DUI Takes a Joy Ride in Bay Area Subway Tunnels
Last Updated: 12:06 PM 01/19/12 - Police say a man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after he shut down San Francisco's subway system for more than two hours after driving his SUV onto the underground tracks.
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Give Me All Your Money or I Will Infect You
Last Updated: 11:45 AM 01/18/12 - Police say a man tried to rob a western Pennsylvania gambling parlor by threatening to spread a staph infection.
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Suspect in Stolen Police Car Said He Needed Handcuff Key to Drive Right
Last Updated: 3:17 PM 01/17/12 - Radio transmissions from a northwest Indiana sheriff's department show a handcuffed man who allegedly stole a police car told authorities they should tell him where to find the handcuff keys if they want to help him.
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Police Say Woman Offered Sex for McNuggets
Last Updated: 11:18 AM 01/17/12 - Police say a Southern California woman offered McDonald's restaurant drive-thru customers sex for chicken McNuggets.
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Caught on Camera: Agent Shoots Self, Agent Loses Appeal to Block Video
Last Updated: 10:12 AM 01/17/12 - A federal agent who accidentally shot himself while lecturing children on gun safety has lost his appeal in a lawsuit over release of the video that subjected him to ridicule on the Internet and late-night talk shows.
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Former Captor Sues Captives and Loses
Last Updated: 4:43 PM 01/16/12 - A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Colorado man who held a Kansas couple hostage then sued them for breach of contract for turning him in.
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Sheriff 1 Week and Posing for a Mug Shot; Booked by Own Deputies
Last Updated: 11:09 AM 01/16/12 - Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco's first new sheriff in more than three decades, called his swearing in last Sunday "one of the happiest days of my life." A week later, he had undoubtedly the worst week of his life.
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Oregon Farmer's Stolen Rabbits Returned
Last Updated: 3:30 PM 01/14/12 - Portland police say more than a dozen rabbits reported stolen the night before a rabbit-cooking class have been returned by bunny advocates who had been caring for them.
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Out of Room, Mass. Man Gives up 94 Hamsters
Last Updated: 12:38 PM 01/14/12 - A Massachusetts man has turned over 94 hamsters to a local animal shelter, telling officials he was running out of room in his apartment.
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Wisconsin Man Arrested for Playing too Much Cowbell
Last Updated: 2:44 PM 01/13/12 - Demonstrators calling for the recall of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker learned there really is such a thing as too much cowbell.
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Dad Allegedly Sneaks Drugs in Young Daughters' Backpacks
Last Updated: 1:23 PM 01/13/12 - A Louisville, Kentucky father is behind bars after his three young daughters brought drugs to school allegedly placed by him.
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Dutch Use F-16s to Pursue Criminal Suspect
Last Updated: 11:31 AM 01/13/12 - The Dutch air force says two of its F-16 jet fighters tried to help police chase a criminal suspect.
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Agents Seize Erectile Dysfunction Drug at LAX
Last Updated: 10:15 AM 01/13/12 - Federal customs agents say they've stopped an attempt to smuggle more than 63 pounds of an erectile dysfunction drug through Los Angeles International Airport.
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Drunk Car Theft Suspect Threatens to Eat Police, Dogs
Last Updated: 4:40 PM 01/12/12 - Police say a man in Indiana accused of stealing a car threatened to hunt down and eat his arresting officers, their families and police dogs.
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Handcuffed Man Steals Police Car, Radios About Key
Last Updated: 2:08 PM 01/11/12 - A handcuffed drug suspect who stole and wrecked a police cruiser in northwest Indiana is still on the loose, but he did not take any loaded weapons from the car, authorities said Wednesday.
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Deputies Use Taser on Sacramento Airport Passenger
Last Updated: 9:43 PM 01/10/12 - Sacramento International Airport officials say local law enforcement authorities used Tasers on a man who refused to complete the security screening process Tuesday afternoon.
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Police: Suspect Arrested After Flirting With Cop
Last Updated: 3:30 PM 01/10/12 - San Francisco police say a man wanted on suspicion of rape was arrested after approaching a uniformed female officer on patrol and flirting with her.
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Police Arrest Convicted Felon With Gun in Her Bra
Last Updated: 3:31 PM 01/10/12 - A convicted felon has been arrested by police in a Phoenix suburb after telling officers that she was hiding a handgun in her bra.
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Father Arrested in Facebook Post Case Indicted
Last Updated: 10:53 PM 01/09/12 - A Chicago man accused of posting a photo on Facebook of his young daughter bound to a chair with tape over her mouth has been indicted on several felony charges, a prosecutor's office official said Monday.
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Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop Arrested in Wisconsin
Last Updated: 12:40 PM 01/09/12 - Authorities in southern Wisconsin are facing a tongue twister thanks to the arrest of Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop.
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Police: Woman Disguised to Steal from Neighbors
Last Updated: 3:59 PM 01/06/12 - Police say a Salt Lake City woman wore a fake mustache to disguise herself as a man while stealing from her neighbors.
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Car Lands on Roof of Fresno Apartment
Last Updated: 12:42 PM 01/05/12 - Fresno police say a car ended up on the roof of an apartment after its driver lost control on a curve and was launched over landscaping rocks.
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Illinois Man Gouges Out Uncle's Eyes Over Remote Control
Last Updated: 11:44 AM 01/04/12 - An Illinois man is accused of gouging out his uncle's eyes then pushing him down the stairs in a fight over a remote control, authorities said.
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Woman Sues Honda in Unlikely Place: Small Claims
Last Updated: 6:05 PM 01/03/12 - A Los Angeles woman who expected her hybrid Honda Civic to be a high-mileage machine has taken her case against the automaker to small claims court.
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Illinois Cop Issues Ticket, Asks for Date
Last Updated: 11:57 AM 01/03/12 - A Chicago-area woman is suing a suburban traffic cop for allegedly using a speeding ticket he issued to her to track her down and ask her out on a date.
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Not as Many Dead Blackbirds in Arkansas Town This Year
Last Updated: 1:11 PM 01/02/12 - Authorities in a central Arkansas town say about 100 blackbirds died on New Year's Eve after being spooked by fireworks, far less than the thousands that perished there a year ago
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