1. 'Bra Bandit' strikes again in southwest Florida

    There's a bra bandit on the loose in southwest Florida. The Lee County Sheriff's Office was searching for an individual they say stole 160 bras valued at nearly $6,000 on Thursday from a Victoria Secret store, the latest in a string of bra burglaries in the area.

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  2. Extremely drunk R.I. driver pleads no contest

    A man who state police said had a blood alcohol level more than six times the legal limit when he was arrested in July has pleaded no contest to drunken driving.

    1. Posted at 4:19 p.m.
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  3. 86 cats rescued from 2-bedroom condo in Colorado

    A Glenwood Springs animal shelter was trying to find homes for 86 cats rescued from a two-bedroom condominium. The Colorado Animal Rescue Shelter received the cats on Wednesday. Since then, workers have been scrambling to accommodate the animals at area shelters and homes.

    1. Posted at 4:21 p.m.
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  4. Farmer carves out Calif. record with huge pumpkin

    That's a lot of pumpkin seeds. A Canadian farmer has won a contest in California with a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds.

    1. Oct. 4, 2008
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  5. 'Smoot' measurement reaches new heights at MIT

    The father of a measurement known as the "Smoot" returned Saturday to be honored at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school where he and his fraternity brothers invented it 50 years ago.

    1. Oct. 4, 2008
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  6. GOP, Democrats battle in Pa. over voter dress code

    Sue Nace thought election volunteers were joking when they told her she would have to remove her T-shirt to vote in the presidential primary last spring.

    1. Oct. 4, 2008
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  7. Chinese wins tightrope contest across Seoul river

    A professional tightrope walker from China zipped along a wire strung across the Han River in just under 11 minutes to win Seoul's second international high-wire championship, which concluded Saturday.

    1. Oct. 4, 2008
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  8. Big fossil found in Ike-ravaged home's front yard

    A homeowner whose beachfront property in Texas was destroyed during Hurricane Ike has found a football-size fossil tooth in the debris.

    1. Oct. 3, 2008
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  9. 9 from Roswell, NM, claim $200M Powerball jackpot

    Roswell, N.M., is usually more associated with little green men than with greenbacks.

    1. Oct. 3, 2008
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