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Armed 85-year-old woman makes intruder call cops (AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:25:39 GMT
AP - An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and busted a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said. "I just walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun," Leda Smith said.

Police: Man says he grew pot in a cost-saving move (AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:55:52 GMT
AP - A Tyler man accused of growing marijuana in an alleged cost-saving move is jailed on felony possession charges. Bond is $15,000 for 55-year-old John Daniel Miller III, who remained in the Smith County Jail late Tuesday.

Corpse kept upright for 3-day wake in Puerto Rico (AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:48:34 GMT

The body of deceased Angel Pantoja Medina, left, stands leaning against a wall during his wake as unidentified people attend his wake in his mother's home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. The last wish of Medina, 24, who was found dead on Aug. 15, 2008 underneath a bridge in the capital, was to be standing at his own wake, and was embalmed for the occasion. (AP Photo/Juan Alicea Marcado, El Nuevo Dia)AP - A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing — even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.




Wisconsin couple each win $350,000 in lottery (AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:45:09 GMT
AP - This couple won't have to argue about how to spend their lottery winnings. That's because the Mount Horeb husband and wife each won their own $350,000 jackpots in this weekend's SuperCash state lottery.

Cell phone photo foils man in Pizza Hut plot (AP)
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:00:07 GMT
AP - A man accused of trying to extort $500 from a Pizza Hut in Elko was foiled by his own cell phone camera. Police said a former employee of the restaurant allegedly called the manager on Friday and told him he had five Pizza Hut signs that are used on the roofs of vehicles and wouldn't return them unless he was paid $500.

No sandcastles please, you're in Italy (Reuters)
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:59:30 GMT

Two sand sculptors carve a creation during the Sandcastle Festival in Zeebrugge, northern Belgium, June 23, 2002. (Thierry Roge/Reuters)Reuters - When in Capri, don't wander off the beach in a bikini. If you go to the sea in Eraclea, near Venice, remember that building sandcastles is forbidden. And don't even think about mowing your lawn at the weekend in Forte dei Marmi.




New porn channel lets Canadians strut their stuff (Reuters)
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:57:49 GMT
Reuters - Canadians who may have become tired of being passed over as porn stars will have a new, home-grown outlet to showcase their erotic talents.

Cupcake makers at war over dot-in-circle trademark (Reuters)
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:57:08 GMT
Reuters - Sprinkles Cupcakes, a California purveyor of mini-cakes beloved by Hollywood stars, has accused rival Famous Cupcakes of stealing its trademarked "Modern Dot" cupcake design to lure away clientele.

Coke, Pepsi slug it out at Thai boxer's home (Reuters)
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:54:45 GMT
Reuters - Soft drinks giants Coke and Pepsi are slugging it out for supremacy outside the home of Thai Olympic boxing hopeful Worapoj Phetkum, who faces his first fight of the Beijing Games Friday, the Bangkok Post said.

Chinese learn to party at Olympics beach volleyball (Reuters)
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:55:27 GMT

A shadow of a member of the Australian volleyball team smashes the ball over the net during a practice session at Bondi beach in Sydney September 13, 2000. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)Reuters - While the beach volleyballers tough it out in the sand, Tom Blaumauer and Chris McGee have faced an Olympic challenge of their own: how to encourage the Chinese to throw a Californian beach party.




Monkey eludes net-wielding police at Tokyo station (Reuters)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:20:22 GMT

Police officers are seen holding nets after seeking to catch a monkey at Tokyo's busy Shibuya station, August 20, 2008. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - A rogue monkey holed up at a Tokyo train station for more than two hours on Wednesday before giving dozens of net-wielding police officers the slip among crowds of excited children and passersby.




New rules make China's Bao world's tallest again (Reuters)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:18:07 GMT

China's Bao Xishun (R) poses during a presentation for the Guinness World Records in Beijing in this January 28, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - Guinness World Records has returned the title of world's tallest man to China's Bao Xishun after Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under new guidelines.




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