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Armed 85-year-old woman makes intruder call cops
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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.
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Police: Man says he grew pot in a cost-saving move
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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.
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Corpse kept upright for 3-day wake in Puerto Rico
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:48:34 GMT
 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.
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Wisconsin couple each win $350,000 in lottery
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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.
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Cell phone photo foils man in Pizza Hut plot
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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.
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No sandcastles please, you're in Italy
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Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:59:30 GMT
 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.
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Coke, Pepsi slug it out at Thai boxer's home
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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.
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