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NYC sewage plant to offer Valentine's Day tours
NEW YORK (AP) -- It may not smell like a rose but a New York City sewage plant is offering tours for lovers on Valentine's Day....
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Miss. lawmaker: 'Gulf of America' bill was a joke
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- All the people outraged about the Mississippi bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" have missed its satirical intent, the sponsor said Thursday....
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Necklace flushed down toilet returned months later
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) -- A California woman has her gold necklace back months after she accidentally flushed it down her toilet....
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Pakistani man fights police over 40-foot shark
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- Qasim Khan waged the unlikeliest of battles with Pakistani authorities Thursday over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors 20 rupees (22 cents) each to see a roughly 40-foot (12-meter) whale shark he bought from a fisherman....
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Student tries to throw glitter at Romney in Denver
DENVER (AP) -- A 20-year-old college student tried to throw glitter on Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney as he greeted supporters in Denver following Colorado's caucuses....
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Delfino scores 25 as Bucks beat Raptors
TORONTO (AP) -- Carlos Delfino scored a season-high 25 points against his former team, Drew Gooden had 20 points and 14 rebounds and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a three-game losing streak, beating the Toronto Raptors 105-99 on Wednesday night....
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Ex-CA mayor admits stealing mixer to make pizza
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The former mayor of a Los Angeles suburb has pleaded guilty to stealing a commercial food mixer from the local school district so he could make dough for his home pizza oven....
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Mom in central China gives birth to 15 pound baby
BEIJING (AP) -- A mother in central China has given birth to a 15.52 pound (7.04 kilogram) baby, possibly the largest newborn on record since the country's founding in 1949....
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Wright brothers' Ohio bike shop may be demolished
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio building constructed around the first Wright brothers' bicycle shop has been declared a public nuisance and may eventually be demolished, despite a resident's effort to preserve the site....
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Soldiers sweep ice for Dutch skating race
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Dutch troops joined a race against time Wednesday to prepare ice for a legendary 125-mile (200 kilometer) race across frozen waterways in the northern Netherlands that could be staged for the first time in 15 years....
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Judge: Buy wife flowers, then take her to dinner
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- A spat over forgetting to wish his wife a happy birthday landed a South Florida man in jail on domestic violence charges....
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Probation, not A for effort, for Pa. grade hacker
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- One Pennsylvania college student's attempt to boost his failing grades didn't get him an A for effort. It got him probation....
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Piece of Martha Washington's dress on sale in Pa.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A piece of one of Martha Washington's dresses is for sale....
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Alaska man accused of trying to extort gov't
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Authorities in Alaska say a man threatened to teach "crackheads" how to make "electromagnetic distortion devices" unless the state paid him $85,000....
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Butterfingers stunt tweaks Patriots' dropped pass
BOSTON (AP) -- People aren't quite done piling on New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker for a dropped fourth-quarter pass that helped the New York Giants win the Super Bowl....
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Montana man fined $1K for instigating police chase
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) -- A Butte man who told officers he instigated a police chase because he always wanted to try it, found out it'll cost him a $1,000 fine to go with his tire damage....
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Chopper makes emergency landing at CA playground
MODESTO, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say a helicopter encountered mechanical problems before making an emergency landing at an elementary school playground in a Modesto, Calif., neighborhood....
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Chicago college offers class on Occupy movement
CHICAGO (AP) -- A Chicago college is offering a class on the Occupy movement....
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Kobayashi downs record 337 wings at Pa. Wing Bowl
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi (tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee) conquered Philadelphia's annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX....
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Sheep herding Swedish bunny becomes online hit
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Champis the bunny doesn't only hop - he also knows how to herd a flock of sheep, possibly having picked up on the skill after watching trained dogs do the job....
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Pet elk denied re-entry to Pennsylvania from W.Va.
ALEPPO, Pa. (AP) -- A runaway elk can't go home to Pennsylvania, even if it wanted to....
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Wrong-number Call Helps Ohio Woman In Emergency
CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio woman called the wrong number when she was experiencing a medical attack but still found help a couple of time zones away....
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Man admits to jumping on backs of student athletes
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A 250-pound Montana man with a history of jumping on the backs of student athletes in the Pacific Northwest has pleaded guilty to assault....
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Mont. man starts police chase as part of wishlist
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) -- A 55-year-old Montana man who says he "always wanted" to be part of a police chase can check that off his bucket list....
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Officers cleared for using pepper spray on dancers
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah prosecutors have cleared police officers of any wrongdoing after they used pepper spray and batons on a group of Polynesian spectators performing a traditional war dance at a high school football game....
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Inmate adds pig image to Vt. police cruiser decals
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont prison inmate who makes stationery and license plates has gotten the best of the state police by adding the image of a pig to the state decal on their cruisers....
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Trump's NJ cemetery likely wouldn't be costliest
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A final resting place at Donald Trump's golf course in New Jersey will surely cost a lot, but will be a bargain compared to some of the country's other swanky cemeteries....
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Lions apparently not enough to keep intruders out
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- With 120 lions, tigers and other big cats on the grounds, the owner of a Colorado refuge didn't think he needed a security system....
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After traffic stop, Ohio woman gives birth in car
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A woman's speeding got her a warning from an Ohio state trooper but wasn't enough to keep her grandchild from being born in her car....
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NJ city turns down 'Jersey Shore' spinoff
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) -- The city of Frank Sinatra's birth has denied a request for a spinoff of MTV's "Jersey Shore" reality show to film in the city....
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Judge Delays Trial Of Suspect In NC Hiker Deaths
Gary Michael Hilton heads to trial in April.
Robber Sought In Greenville County Store Holdups
Greenville County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a pair of armed robberies at two convenience stores less than two miles apart Thursday night.
Cyclist Dies After Being Struck By Car In Anderson
A man is dead after the bicycle was riding was struck by a car in the city of Anderson.
Court To Rule On Frankfurt Killing Of U.S. Airmen
Verdict expected in German courtroom.
Spartanburg Co. Woman Arrested For Putting Living Dog In The Trash
Officials say a garbage man found a black and white shih tzu in her trash can Thursday morning.
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Wofford, Furman Fall, PC Wins
Wofford dropped a third straight game Thursday night while PC won its third straight
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Greenville Convenience Stores Robbed
Two Greenville convenience stores were robbed by the same suspect Thursday night.
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Greenville Convenience Stores Robbed
Two Greenville convenience stores were robbed by the same suspect Thursday night.
