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Man, 93, and woman, 89, tie the knot in Florida »

Posted by: ap 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — One Florida couple is starting married life with 182 years of experience between them. Ebenezer Rose, 93, wed 89-year-old Monica ...

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Pa. man accused of DUI in police parking lot »

Posted by: ap 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News

ENOLA, Pa. (AP) — Police in south-central Pennsylvania say a drunken driver who was speeding in a police station parking lot and stopped his car between ...

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NY store owner gives would-be thief $40 and bread »

Posted by: ap 5 months, 3 weeks ago in News

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island convenience store owner confronted by a bat-wielding would-be robber said Tuesday he decided to show mercy on ...

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Rescued black labrador retriever pays it forward »

Posted by: ap 5 months, 4 weeks ago in News

WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — Blewett the black Labrador retriever knows what it's like to need a little help. For nearly a week last March, the ...

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Pilot lesson No. 1: Check gas before taking off »

Posted by: ap 5 months, 4 weeks ago in News

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A retired Air Force colonel with decades of experience as a flight instructor gave one of his students a hands-on lesson ...

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Man admits robbing 6 banks _ all on Thursdays »

Posted by: ap 5 months, 3 weeks ago in News

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — If it's Thursday, it's time to rob a bank. That was the schedule followed by a man who admitted ...

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Bronx movement takes root: No trees, please »

Posted by: ap 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News

NEW YORK (AP) — What's not to like about a tree?

Apparently plenty, if you live one New York City neighborhood.

The New York Daily ...

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Brazen NZ parrot steals passport, heads into bush »

Posted by: ap 5 months, 4 weeks ago in News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Polly wants a passport — and isn't above stealing one.

A brazen parrot, which spotted a Scottish man's passport in ...

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Rare 1897 flag found after Milwaukee school fire »

Posted by: ap 5 months, 4 weeks ago in News

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A recent fire in a Milwaukee public school that dates back to 1894 resulted in an unusual find — an American flag left in ...

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Police: Man drives car at friend over $10 bar tab »

Posted by: ap 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News

SALEM, N.H. (AP) — Police said a man drove his car at a friend in Salem, N.H., after the two argued over a $10 ...

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Daughter breaks moms legs while learning to drive »

Posted by: ap 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Police said a 17-year-old girl who was practicing how to drive broke her mother's legs after stepping on the gas pedal ...

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Woman's toilet planters create stink in Ill. town »

Posted by: ap 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News

LAKEMOOR, Ill. (AP) — The planters in Tina Asmus' front yard aren't too pleasing to some of her neighbors, and village officials in Lakemoor have ...

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Gardening nudists claim landlord discrimination »

Posted by: ap 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A couple of nudists claim their landlord is wrongly discriminating by trying to get them to cover up while gardening. Robert and ...

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McDonald's customer gets party _ on 100th birthday »

Posted by: ap 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News

BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan woman has celebrated her 100th birthday at the same eatery she's visited regularly for the past 15 years — McDonald ...

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Horror story printed on toilet paper in Japan »

Posted by: ap 6 months ago in News

TOKYO (AP) — In a country where ghosts are traditionally believed to hide in the loo, a Japanese company is advertising a new literary experience — a ...

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