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  1. Japanese nuclear crisis on par with 3 Mile Island

    Tokyo (CNN) -- Japan's nuclear safety agency on Friday worsened its assessment of problems at the Fukushima nuclear power plant as soldiers and utility workers continued a frantic effort to hose down overheating nuclear fuel with water cannons. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency raised...
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  2. ♂ ♀ ✆ 911 Call: Overdosing on Viagra ✆ ♀ ♂

    Police hope a man in Florida will think long and hard before he prank calls 911 again. Investigators in Broward County say 28-year-old Matthew Wade Douglas Jr. is responsible for two obscene 911 calls in which a man graphically described symptoms -- and raunchy home remedies -- following an...
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  3. Man speeds with wife on hood of minivan?

    A U.S. man high on methamphetamine drove with his wife on the hood of their minivan for more than 40 miles, hitting speeds of 100 mph, according to police. The woman climbed onto the hood early on Saturday morning, outside the couple's home in Manteca, California, because she wanted to keep...
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  4. Donated liver survives U.K. plane crash

    Link Removed LONDON — A small plane carrying an organ for transplant crashed and burst into flames at England's Birmingham Airport Friday, injuring two people and disrupting dozens of flights, police and airport authorities said. The organ, a liver, was rescued from the wreck and rushed...
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  5. Naked Man Runs From Apartment Fire

    SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. -- An argument over sex may have caused a Seminole County man to burn down his home. Deputies think the flames were set by an angry, naked man seen running from the scene AT THE SCENE: Images Of Flames, Fire Crews Link Removed due to 404 Error Investigators believe...
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