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Montana man fined $1K for instigating police chase

4 hours 28 min ago
A Butte man who told officers he instigated a police chase because he always wanted to try it, found out it'll cost him a $1,000 fine to go with his tire damage.


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Chopper makes emergency landing at CA playground

Sun, 2012-02-05 22:39
Authorities say a helicopter encountered mechanical problems before making an emergency landing at an elementary school playground in a Modesto, Calif., neighborhood.


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Chicago college offers class on Occupy movement

Sun, 2012-02-05 14:29
A Chicago college is offering a class on the Occupy movement. Thirty-two undergraduate students are enrolled at Roosevelt University's "Occupy Everywhere" class. It's a three-credit political science course that looks at the movement that started last summer near New York City's Wall Street and spread nationwide.


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Kobayashi downs record 337 wings at Pa. Wing Bowl

Sat, 2012-02-04 01:29
Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi (tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee) conquered Philadelphia's annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX.


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Kobayashi downs record 337 wings at Pa. Wing Bowl

Fri, 2012-02-03 11:40
Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi (tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee) conquered Philadelphia's annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX.


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Sheep herding Swedish bunny becomes online hit

Fri, 2012-02-03 08:19
Champis the bunny doesn't only hop -- he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skill after watching trained dogs do the job.


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Fri, 2012-02-03 08:19
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Pet elk denied re-entry to Pennsylvania from W.Va.

Fri, 2012-02-03 07:49
A runaway elk can't go home to Pennsylvania, even if it wanted to. More than a year after the 3-year-old elk escaped from his paddock, he's being denied re-entry to the state from West Virginia.


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Wrong-number call helps Ohio woman having stroke

Fri, 2012-02-03 07:30
A woman who called the wrong number when she suffered a stroke still found help a couple of time zones away.


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Man admits to jumping on backs of student athletes

Thu, 2012-02-02 23:01
A 250-pound man with a history of jumping on the backs of student athletes in the Pacific Northwest has pleaded guilty to assault.


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Mont. man starts police chase as part of wishlist

Thu, 2012-02-02 22:50
A 55-year-old Montana man who says he "always wanted" to be part of a police chase can check that off his bucket list.


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Inmate adds pig image to Vt. police cruiser decals

Thu, 2012-02-02 17:40
A prison inmate who makes stationery and license plates pulled a fast one on state police by adding the image of a pig to the state decal on their cruisers.


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Lions apparently not enough to keep intruders out

Thu, 2012-02-02 01:59
With 120 lions, tigers and other big cats on the grounds, the owner of a Colorado refuge didn't think he needed a security system.


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After traffic stop, Ohio woman gives birth in car

Wed, 2012-02-01 12:19
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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Toothless Pa. bank robber says she needed dentures

Wed, 2012-02-01 10:09
A woman who appeared to not have any teeth in surveillance photos from a 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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Albatross found in LA freed to fly home to Hawaii

Wed, 2012-02-01 00:50
A large seabird found in the back of a pickup truck in Los Angeles has been released to begin its long flight home across the Pacific.


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Forest Service to Jesus: You can stay -- for now

Tue, 2012-01-31 16:10
The mountaintop Jesus can stay at a northwest Montana ski resort -- for now. The religious statue, which has been on federal land since 1955, was allowed to remain in place for at least 10 more years after the U.S. Forest Service reversed its eviction order Tuesday. The initial decision came amid heated debate over the separation of church and ...


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Man rescued after being stuck in NM mud for 3 days

Sun, 2012-01-29 01:39
A homeless man who was stuck in thick mud near the Rio Grande river in Albuquerque for three days was rescued Saturday after some high school students on a field trip heard him yelling for help, authorities said.


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NY inmate guilty of seeking $890M in tax refunds

Fri, 2012-01-27 20:19
A jury has convicted a New York prison inmate of falsely filing tax returns seeking $890 million in refunds.


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