| Man nabbed after hitting girlfriend with sandwich
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| AP - A man faces a domestic battery charge after allegedly hitting his girlfriend with a sandwich as she was driving on Interstate 95 on Friday. Police said the 19-year-old man became angry and hit the woman in the arm and face with a sandwich, knocking her glasses off. |
| Driver loses control after sneeze, hits river
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| AP - An untimely sneeze nearly cost Andrew Hanson his life. The 42-year-old Weymouth man told authorities that a sneeze caused him to lose control of his pickup on Soldiers Field Road and plunge into Boston's Charles River on Tuesday. |
| New constable allows friend to fire gun into air
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| AP - A newly elected constable was questioned by sheriff's deputies after allowing a friend to fire his county-issued handgun into the air at a party. |
| Ky. inmate who escaped jail returns on own
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| AP - Chad Toy's escape from jail wasn't what shocked his jailers; it was his plea to be let back in. 'When I rang the bell at the jail and told them who I was, they were surprised,' Toy told The Paducah (Ky.) Sun newspaper. 'I guess they haven't seen that before.' |
| Austrian city imposes tracksuit ban for cabbies
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| AP - Cabs in the Austrian city of Salzburg just got classier: Drivers can no longer wear tracksuits. The new regulation took effect earlier this month in an attempt to improve the image of cabbies in a place known for its upmarket clientele. |
| Climber plumps for portable toilets for Everest
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 Reuters - A young Nepali climber is seeking to popularize a toilet fashioned from a plastic bucket with a lid to promote eco-friendly climbing on Mount Everest.
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| Ancient Greeks pre-empted Dead Parrot sketch
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 Reuters - 'I'll tell you what's wrong with it. It's dead, that's what's wrong with it.'
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| Boy makes rare recovery from rabies
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| Reuters - A 15-year-old boy in Brazil recovered from a normally deadly rabies infection, becoming one of a handful of survivors of the virus worldwide and the first in the country, the health ministry said on Friday. |
| Preacher with 86 wives gets court reprieve
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| Reuters - A Nigerian court said an 84-year-old Islamic preacher with 86 wives should be released from jail after he was held for failing to heed a call by local leaders to divorce all but four of the women, his lawyer said. |
| Resort plans nude 'anything goes' party
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 Reuters - An Australian holiday resort will hold a month-long, nude 'anything goes' party to combat an expected economic downturn, media reports said on Thursday.
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