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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Musical at Iowa college acts out scary Bible tales

This photo, supplied by Northwestern College, shows Ben Bees from Yucca Valley, Calif., who has a part in ‘Terror Texts,’ a musical at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. DES MOINES, Iowa - Don’t expect to hear these Bible stories at church. Cannibalism, rape, a bear that mauls...

Nude pics in phone lost at McDonald’s get online

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Here’s some food for thought: If you have nude photos of your wife on your cell phone, hang onto it. Phillip Sherman of Arkansas...
Friday, November 21, 2008

Man says cell phone saved him from stray bullet

COVINGTON, La. - R.J. Richard says he doesn’t normally put his cell phone in his chest pocket. But he says it saved his life the one time he did. The...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Police: Dog drives van into NY coffee house

ST. JAMES, N.Y. - A dog left inside a running van put the vehicle in drive, causing it to crash into a Long Island coffee...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Airline takes woman to Puerto Rico instead of Fla.

TAMPA, Fla. - Employees at US Airways are looking into how an 83-year-old woman in a wheelchair flying from New York to Tampa, Fla., instead found herself at...

Driver loses control after sneeze, end up in river

BOSTON - An untimely sneeze nearly cost Andrew Hanson his life. The 42-year-old Weymouth man told authorities that a sneeze caused him to lose control of...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

Have you got change for a Juicy Fruit?

After his credit card was declined, a heavily intoxicated man in Lawton, Okla., attempted to pay his bar tab with gun wrappers....

Tasmanian devils whirling toward extinction

FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL: The real-life Tasmanian devil faces possible extinction. In happier days, he achieved cartoon infamy as an obnoxious whirling foil to Bugs Bunny, but the real-life Tasmanian...
Saturday, November 15, 2008

Close, but no cigar

Boston City Hall is one of only two U.S. locations to make the world’s ugliest edifices list, compiled by VirtualTourist.com. Here are the other nine...
Friday, November 14, 2008

Salvation Army testing plastic at red kettles

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - It’s a true season of change: The Salvation Army is experimenting with a plastic alternative for folks who don’t have...
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Cat came back ... 13 years later

SANTA ROSA, Calif. - A California couple recently had an unexpected reunion with an old housemate: their pet cat who went missing more than 13 years ago. ...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Homeless man’s nap damages church organ pipes

NORTHAMPTON - The restoration of a 130-year-old Massachusetts church organ was dealt a setback when a homeless man took a nap on four of its pipes. Officials...

Missing cat back in California home after 13 years

SANTA ROSA, Calif. - A California couple recently had an unexpected reunion with an old housemate: their pet cat who went missing more than 13 years ago. The...

Princess, the pigskin pickin’ camel, says Pats will top Jets

LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Despite Brett Favre and a three-game winning streak, the New York Jets don’t have what it takes...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Husband’s coffin kills woman in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Police say a woman has died on the way to a cemetery when a traffic accident hurled her husband’s coffin against the back of her...

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