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05/16/2008 03:37 AM
Wis. man won't buy gas for 31 days, maybe longer (AP)
     AP - Brian LaFave couldn't care less how high gasoline prices climb these days — he's parked his pickup truck and is refusing to buy gas for a month, possibly longer.
05/15/2008 08:56 PM
DNA tests exonerate 'Lizard Man' in van attack (AP)
     AP - DNA testing has shown an attack on a family van some blamed on the legendary Lizard Man appears to have been actually done by a domestic dog. Something chewed up the front fender of Bob and Dixie Rawson's van in February. Bite marks were left on the wheel wells and blood was found on the vehicle.
05/15/2008 06:53 PM
Baby subpoenaed for unpaid chiropractor bill (AP)
     AP - A Harrisonburg court has dismissed a case against a baby boy summoned to appear in court for an unpaid bill. Richard White said he was shocked when he got a subpoena in the mail requiring his 1-year-old son, Jacy, to appear in Rockingham County General District Court next Tuesday over a $391 chiropractor bill.
05/15/2008 06:47 PM
Pair say they attacked each other with frying pan (AP)
     AP - Out of the frying pan and into the fire. That's pretty much what happened to a Cumberland County couple arrested and charged with whacking each other with a frying pan.
05/15/2008 06:47 PM
Police say men trying to steal power lines shocked (AP)
     AP - Two Somerset County men are charged with trying to steal live power lines that were still attached to a transformer and utility poles.
05/15/2008 10:23 AM
Wedding day fireworks land groom in jail (Reuters)
     Reuters - Bridegroom Kedir Mohamed wanted his wedding day to go with a bang and decided to celebrate by letting off firecrackers after the ceremony.
05/15/2008 10:25 AM
Inmates showcase designs at prison show (Reuters)
     

A model displays a creation of Giorgio Armani during a fashion show in San Vittore prison in Milan, May 14, 2008. A group of fashion designers have created a local cooperative called 'Sartoria San Vittore' to help prisoners learn job skills. Female inmates have learned tailoring skills from cooperative members and have made costumes for theatre and television. The Armani outfit was given to the prisoners to use in their fashion show. It was not made by the prisoners. (Stefano Rellandini/Reuters)Reuters - The models are strutting past and the celebrities are carefully eyeing the collections, but it's not at every fashion show that you see prison guards by the catwalk.
05/14/2008 10:34 AM
"Snake man" slithers out of prison cell (Reuters)
     Reuters - A man has escaped from his Austrian jail cell by squeezing through a food hatch in the door, police said on Wednesday.
05/14/2008 01:54 PM
Green aliens, UFOs said to visit (Reuters)
     

New Mexico's float, depicting aliens on a spaceship, takes part in the 119th annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, California January 1, 2008. (Mark Avery/Reuters)Reuters - Aliens from outer space have been visiting Britain for years and UFO sightings doubled after the film Close Encounters was released in 1977, according to secret files collating reports by members of the public.
05/14/2008 10:32 AM
Watchdog raps Skins over "orgy" poster (Reuters)
     

People pass the Channel 4 television station emblem outside their headquarters in central London April 23, 2008. (Toby Melville/Reuters)Reuters - The advertising watchdog has banned a poster for a teenage TV drama series that featured a dishevelled, semi-naked young woman sitting on a bed, surrounded by couples apparently taking part in an orgy.
05/16/2008 04:58 AM
Oh deer! Man cops wrath of amorous stag (Reuters)
     

A stag feeds at Bradgate Park in Newtown Linford, central England October 30, 2007. REUTERS/Darren StaplesReuters - An Australian man was gored in the thigh on Friday by an amorous stag after entering a deer paddock in the middle of the breeding season.
05/16/2008 04:57 AM
Game of cat and mouse blacks out Albania's capital (Reuters)
     Reuters - A cat chasing a mouse in Tirana's main power station caused a 72-hour blackout across parts of the Albanian capital, the electricity company said on Friday.
05/15/2008 07:06 AM
Icelandic museum offers long and short of male organ (Reuters)
     

Jars filled with various animal phalli are on display at the Icelandic Phallological Museum in Husavik May 8, 2008. REUTERS/Bob StrongReuters - Sigurdur Hjartarson is missing a human penis. But he's not worried: four men have promised to donate theirs to him when they die.
05/14/2008 05:01 AM
Green aliens and UFOs said to visit UK (Reuters)
     

A spectator holds up inflatable aliens during the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium, London July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Stephen HirdReuters - Aliens from outer space have been visiting Britain for years and UFO sightings doubled after the film Close Encounters was released in 1977, according to secret files collating reports by members of the public.
05/14/2008 09:31 AM
"Snake man" slithers out of Austrian prison cell (Reuters)
     Reuters - A man has escaped from his Austrian jail cell by squeezing through a food hatch in the door, police said on Wednesday.
05/15/2008 03:44 PM
Hungry bear, cub take refuge on building's roof (AP)
     AP - A mother bear and her young cub stopped traffic and caused panic Thursday in central Romania after they roamed through gardens in search of food and finally climbed the stairs of a 4-story building and broke onto the roof. A rescue team tranquilized the mother after failing to steer her toward a nearby forest, officials said.
05/14/2008 05:02 AM
Vatican scientist says belief in God and aliens is OK (Reuters)
     

Father Emmanuel Carreira operates the telescope at the Vatican Observatory in Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, in this June 23, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Tony GentileReuters - The Vatican's chief astronomer says there is no conflict between believing in God and in the possibility of "extraterrestrial brothers" perhaps more evolved than humans.
05/15/2008 03:52 PM
9-year-old girl's twin is found inside her stomach (AP)
     AP - A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday.
05/15/2008 03:54 PM
Campaign mailing in Ark. race screams 'Judas!' (AP)
     AP - A race for a seat in the Arkansas House has taken on biblical proportions as a contender's campaign mailing offers a one-word description of the incumbent: "Judas!"
05/14/2008 06:31 AM
Shrimp can see beyond the rainbow (Reuters)
     

A Mantis shrimp (Gonodactylus smithii) is seen in this undated handout photograph released in London May 14, 2008. REUTERS/Roy Caldwell/HandoutReuters - A giant shrimp living on Australia's Great Barrier Reef can see a world beyond the rainbow that is invisible to other animals, scientists said on Wednesday.