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UK teen jailed for robbing jewelry stores

British police say a 16-year-old boy who used prosthetics and dreadlocks to conduct armed robberies in disguise has been jailed for five years.

Saturday - 11/10/2012, 01:28pm EST

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Truck hauling chicken burns in town of Chili, NY

Officials say a truck carrying nearly 40,000 pounds of frozen chicken went up in flames on its way to a supermarket in the New York town of Chili (CHEYE'-lye).

Friday - 11/09/2012, 11:22am EST

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Calif. mayoral candidate arrested on Election Day

A Central Coast candidate for mayor lost big this week.

Thursday - 11/08/2012, 07:12pm EST

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Fla. students walk on water for class assignment

Students from Florida International University in Miami walked on water Thursday for a class assignment.

Thursday - 11/08/2012, 04:23pm EST

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Man napping in field run over by combine, survives

A man napping in a Montana cornfield was startled out of his snooze when he was run over by a large harvesting machine _ and Yellowstone County deputies say he's lucky to be alive.

Thursday - 11/08/2012, 02:05pm EST

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Girl, 9, dominates peewee football (VIDEO)

Anyone who thinks girls can't play football might want to think again after watching 9-year-old Sam Gordon.

Thursday - 11/08/2012, 12:27pm EST

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Macedonian minister looking for certified geniuses

Macedonia's health minister is looking for assistants _ but they have to be certified geniuses.

Thursday - 11/08/2012, 12:13pm EST

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Fraud? No, spider delays Mass. town's vote count

It wasn't hanging chads or voter fraud that delayed the vote count in one Massachusetts town _ it was a spider.

Thursday - 11/08/2012, 10:29am EST

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Mammoth skeleton found in France

Archaeologists in France have unearthed a rather hairy fossil _ a nearly complete skeleton of a mammoth.

Wednesday - 11/07/2012, 12:38pm EST

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Deer crashes through Pittsburgh-area carpet store

This deer wasn't caught in the headlights. It was called on the carpet.

Wednesday - 11/07/2012, 09:48am EST

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Parents join in on joke: 'I ate your Halloween candy'

For the second year in a row, fans of late night talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel, joined in on his joke that's eliciting strong reactions from kids nationwide.

Tuesday - 11/06/2012, 12:55pm EST

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Klingons take on 'Gangnam Style' in YouTube parody

There is no shortage of "Gangnam Style" parodies, and now Trekkies are adding their version the mix.

Friday - 11/02/2012, 01:45pm EDT

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Ex-mayor erects statue of himself at Michigan home

The former mayor of Flint, Mich., who resigned in 2009 while facing a recall has erected a bronze statue of himself outside the gated entrance to his home.

Friday - 11/02/2012, 10:34am EDT

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Elephant in South Korean zoo imitates human speech

An elephant in a South Korean zoo is using his trunk to pick up not only food, but also human vocabulary.

Friday - 11/02/2012, 07:02am EDT

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Police called for shot woman find Halloween zombie

Police in Alabama were called to what looked like a woman shot dead in her car but found a Halloween reveler they described as drunk and passed out in a bloody-looking zombie costume.

Thursday - 11/01/2012, 11:53am EDT

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Salmon swim across flooded road in Washington

A flooding river covered a road in Washington, allowing some migrating salmon to swim across the pavement.

Thursday - 11/01/2012, 11:43am EDT

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Smugglers' SUV gets stuck atop Calif. border fence

Suspected smugglers who tried to use ramps to drive an SUV over a 14-foot-tall border fence had to abandon their plan when the Jeep became stuck on top of the barrier, authorities said Wednesday.

Thursday - 11/01/2012, 08:38am EDT

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