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Workers are battling to stave off a possible nuclear meltdown at a plant in north-eastern Japan as the country...
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LINCOLN, Neb. — Authorities said a man faces charges after a sheriff's deputy stopped a truck and found all the passengers completely naked.
Officials said a sheriff's deputy responded to a report of a suspicious pickup truck east of Lincoln. The deputy said he stopped the truck to question...
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Police: Teens Snorted Ashes of Man, 2 Dogs Mistaken for Cocaine
Police in Florida say teenagers they arrested as suspected burglars admitted to snorting the stolen cremated remains of a man and two dogs because they mistakenly thought it was cocaine.
"It is definitely very odd to have...
Australian Teens Rescued After Using Sex Doll as Raft
A couple in Australia was rescued after attempting to float down a river near Melbourne on an inflatable sex doll.
The man and woman, both 19 years old, were drifting down the Yarra River in Victoria -- a state recently afflicted by...
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Wisconsin Woman Finds $280K of Drugs in Vacuum
GREEN BAY, Wis. - A Green Bay, Wis., woman opened a Christmas present from her children to find a refurbished vacuum - and a load of drugs.
Authorities say the woman found 2 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and 2.2 pounds of cocaine...
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Lucky Dog: A dog plays in the snow on the Great St. Bernard Pass between Switzerland and Italy
GENEVA - A Swiss village has found a drastic way to compel dog holders to pay their pet's annual tax: cough up, or the dog gets it.
Reconvilier - population 2,245 humans, 280...
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An elderly woman has survived being trapped in her bathroom in Paris for 20 days, after the door lock jammed.
The room had no window or phone so the 69-year-old was unable to tell anyone but she tapped on pipes during the night, hoping to alert her neighbours.
They thought the noise was DIY...