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Ore. man completes flight of fancy - in lawn chair
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho.
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Man out-spits father, claims pit-spitting title
Brian "Young Gun" Krause has out-spit his father to claim his seventh championship at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship.
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Wis. stun gun thief who posted video gets prison
A Wisconsin man who posted a video online showing him and his father shocking each other with a stolen stun gun has been sent to prison.
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Arrest made after FedEx sends drug to wrong place
FedEx prides itself on reliability. But a mistaken delivery tipped off police to a 200-pound shipment of marijuana that someone tried to send from Pembroke Pines, Florida to Baltimore via the shipping company.
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Police: Man rips off wax Hitler's head
A man tore the head off an Adolf Hitler wax figure at Madame Tussauds' new branch in Berlin in what appeared to be a symbolic protest on the museum's opening day Saturday, police said.
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Man accused of faking heart attacks to avoid bills
A 52-year-old Milwaukee-area man has been accused of faking heart attacks to avoid paying restaurant bills and cab fares.
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Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime
Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the brink.
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UK court: Pringles are potato-light, tax-free
Britain's High Court has ruled that Pringles are not a potato snack, and thus are not subject to value-added tax.
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Crazy cat that frightened neighborhood mends ways
A combative cat named Lewis who frightened the neighbors and got his owner into legal trouble two years ago has done so well under house arrest that the case has now been scratched.
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2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos
Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said.
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Campaign Trail Photos of the WeekView photos from the past week on the campaign trail from AP photographers around the country.
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Gas Prices across the nationSee the cost of gasoline in all 50 states, as reported by the Associated Press.
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Southern Regional Soccer championshipsChampionship games were held Wednesday, June 25, at the Southern Regional soccer tournament in Raleigh and Wilson.
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Warehouse cheaper than grocersMonica Laliberte compares the prices of fourteen common items at warehouse stores and regular grocery stores.
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