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89-year-old arrested for keeping ball sues family (AP)

No response, Jan 03, 2009

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AP - An 89-year-old Cincinnati-area woman arrested for confiscating the neighbor kid’s football is now suing the boy’s parents.

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Detroit lawyer gets 5-cent IRS bill, 4-cent refund (AP)

No response, Jan 03, 2009

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AP - James Howarth is a little confused by two letters he has received from the Internal Revenue Service.

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“Flying Doctor” needs bigger planes for obese Aussies (Reuters)

No response, Jan 02, 2009

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Reuters - Increasing obesity has prompted an Australian state to seek larger planes for the country’s famous “Flying Doctor” service, ambulance and government officials said Saturday.

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Fla. couple back home after unexpected Cuba trip (AP)

No response, Jan 02, 2009

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AP - A Florida couple who said they wound up in a Cuban jail after their boat was badly damaged in a storm is back home. Robert Vassallo on Friday said he and his girlfriend, Angellette Smith, flew into Miami New Year’s Eve. The couple said they had been sailing around the Caribbean when they encountered rough waves, and their boat washed ashore and sustained damages.

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Who is this? Calif. residents getting Ala. calls (AP)

No response, Jan 02, 2009

AP wrote an interesting post today on
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AP - There used to be a time when people who called Linda Jahraus’ home in Laguna Beach, Ca., were actually wanting to speak to her or her husband.

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Porcupine plague causes $100K in damage in Colo. (AP)

No response, Jan 02, 2009

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AP - Porcupines are becoming a prickly pest for Telluride-area residents. Residents said the rodents are chomping on the bark of spruce trees, yard trees, and have killed 50-foot-high native trees. The damage is estimated at more than $100,000 in the Mountain Village above Telluride.

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‘Hello 911? I’m driving drunk’ (AP)

No response, Jan 02, 2009

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AP - Police get calls about drunken drivers all the time, but rarely do they come from the alleged offender. A 17-year-old girl in Bismarck called 911 on New Year’s Eve “to report herself driving under the influence,” police Lt. Randy Ziegler said. “I’ve never heard of such a thing happening, and neither has anyone here.”

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Elephants give up treats and lose 11,314 pounds (AP)

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AP wrote an interesting post today on
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AP - They could be the next stars of “The Biggest Loser.” Seven elephants at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park have lost a combined total of 11,314 pounds ever since zookeepers enforced a nutrition and exercise regiment for them in 2000.

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Mich. twins born on different days, months, years (AP)

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AP - They’re twins, all right, despite what their spanking new birth certificates say. Tariq Griffin entered the world at 12:17 a.m. on New Year’s Day at Crittenton Hospital in Rochester, Mich. Twin brother Tarrance was born a bit earlier — 26 minutes to be exact.

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Man arrested after grave decorations found at home (AP)

No response, Jan 02, 2009

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AP - Authorities in northeast Tennessee have arrested a man and charged him with possession of stolen property after grave decorations were found at his home, next to a cemetery. The Johnson City Press quoted Unicoi County Sheriff Kent Harris saying the man told investigators the decorations were blown onto his property by the wind.

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