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  1. VIDEO Klepto Kitty to lead pet parade

    A cat nicknamed Klepto Kitty because of his tendency to swipe items from gardens he scours in his neighbourhood is to lead Redwood City's annual pet parade in May. Dusty the cat will be the guest of honour at the fundraising event for the Peninsula Humane Society. By day, Dusty lazes...
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  2. Cops: Would-Be Jack in the Box Robber Arrested When He Returns to Eatery

    A would-be robber who made a failed attempt to hold up a Jack in the Box restaurant was arrested when he returned to the same restaurant the next day, San Diego police said. The man walked in to the Jack in the Box on Wednesday and demanded cash from an employee, saying he had a gun. He had...
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  3. Former president of MADD arrested on DUI charge

    Link Removed A former president of the defunct local chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving was arrested recently by the Gainesville Police Department on a DUI charge. Debra Oberlin, 48, was arrested after she had difficulty on a field sobriety test. She registered a .234 and .239 on...
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  4. Suspect in Walmart shoplifting says he lost bet

    MILLVILLE, N.J. — Police say a man picked up for shoplifting at a southern New Jersey Walmart had an unusual motive: Paying off a bet. To the book of faces! C'mon — what's not to like? Hoof it over to Facebook to join the weird news herd. Fifty-eight-year-old Irwin Krakow of...
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  5. Can't get ZIP to stick?

    Hi When my wife logs into her Comcast home page the local news and weather are set to Philadelphia Pen, unfortunately we live in Ada Michigan. No matter how often we change it to the local zip it always changes back when Chrome is restarted. It doesn't do this on my computer in Chrome...
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  6. UK pensioners drive into German church

    Link Removed due to 404 Error BERLIN (Reuters) – Two British pensioners landed in hospital in southern Germany after their car's global positioning system directed them to drive into a church. While driving their Renault in the evening on a back road near the Austrian border, the...
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  7. Man forced to choose between wives

    Link Removed Link Removed A Chinese man is being forced to choose between his two wives after his first wife was found 13 years after going missing. Ren Shushao, 52, a barber in Qijiang, Chongqing, will face bigamy charges unless he divorces either Xiong Jinzhen or Cai Chengrong...
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  8. Man arrested for hitting door with hoe

    ST. LUCIE, Fla., March 18 (UPI) -- Florida authorities said an 80-year-old man was arrested for attacking his neighbors' door with a garden hoe because he thought they stole his cookies. The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office said the St. Lucie residents called 911 Sunday and reported they were...
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