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I used to think there was nothing worse than a bored 4-year-old. I stand corrected. Bored teenagers are just as fretful. I was standing in the garage with my husband yesterday, having just gotten home...
Posted on 7/9/10 at 10:00 AM
OH LOOK, A SHINY THING! Strange Places: Lake Nyos, Cameroon
People have already begun to resettle the area around Lake Nyos, a deep crater lake next to an inactive volcano in the small country of Cameroon, but they may look to the lake with cautious eyes. Over...
Posted on 12/16/09 at 12:00 AM
Failed Cuba-to-Florida swimmer won't try again
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — The Australian who gave up her quest to swim from Cuba to Florida because of painful jellyfish stings said Thursday that she will not make another attempt.
By TERRY SPENCER,Associated Press TONY WINTON,Associated Press , June 13, 2013
New York woman helps track suspect in dad's 1986 killing
NEW YORK (AP) — An aspiring actress has helped police track down a suspect in her father's 1986 slaying.
By JAKE PEARSON,Associated Press , June 12, 2013
A cheeky problem: New Jersey town to restrict baggy pants
WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Mayor Ernest Troiano Jr. thinks he's found a way to put one of this Jersey shore resort town's problems behind it. Wildwood is ready to ban overly saggy pants, no ifs, ands or butts.
By WAYNE PARRY,Associated Press , June 11, 2013
Alabama fan freed in Auburn tree poisoning case
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama fan who poisoned Auburn University's landmark oak trees at Toomer's Corner has been released from jail and cleared to leave the state.
By JOHN ZENOR,AP Sports Writer , June 10, 2013
New Zealand driver, 105: 'I don't think I'm old'
NGATAKI, New Zealand (AP) — Bob Edwards was born before the first Model T rolled out of Henry Ford's factory in Detroit. He learned to drive in a French car that had a lever instead of a steering wheel. And he's still on the road, only now in a red four-wheel-drive Mitsubishi.
By NICK PERRY,Associated Press , June 05, 2013
Gator taken from Ohio home, video showed taunts
CINCINNATI (AP) — A 7-foot alligator found in an Ohio man's basement is malnourished, has bone disease from a lack of sun for 15 years and was being taunted by teenagers on a regular basis, authorities said Tuesday.
By AMANDA LEE MYERS,Associated Press , June 04, 2013
Now at Little League Museum: Rare Babe Ruth jersey
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — One of the centerpieces of Little League Baseball's newly-renovated museum arrived Tuesday via armored truck before being carried in through a side door by a guard in a bulletproof vest, with police officers watching nearby.
By GENARO C. ARMAS,Associated Press , June 04, 2013
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