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- Chefs in Bangkok prepare $25,000 meal (AP)
- Woman breaks tooth, wants town to pay (AP)
- Deputies find alligator during drug bust (AP)
- Truck spills 40 tons of cow intestines (AP)
- Postmaster shows lot of love in Fidelity (AP)
- Ky. man accused of stealing lingerie (AP)
- Philippine couples pucker up for world record (Reuters)
- Hang out with monkeys, win cash
- Luxury loo a 'bathroom dream'
- US worker fired for Iraq troop criticism
- Family forces couple to divorce
- Pillow fighting goes professional
- 6,124 couples kiss, break world record (AP)
- Truck spills 165,000 eggs on Va. highway (AP)
- Students charged in online snow-day hoax (AP)
- Cat survives being frozen in trough (AP)
- Man frees grandson from anaconda death grip (Reuters)
- Ugly side of work revealed
- Card makers capitalize on 'anti-V Day' (AP)
- Wayward donkey proves to be elusive (AP)
- Exotic pet startles Calif. investigators (AP)
- Dog that fooled airport security caught (AP)
- Foot found at Va. landfill is apelike (AP)
- Mirror considered for sunless village (AP)
- Jail me, chocolate-eater urges (Reuters)
- "Restaurant" for vultures serves health food (Reuters)
- Restaurant offers skinny models free meals (Reuters)
- One "bad apple" spoils the whole office (Reuters)
- Man-made shape explains how turtles self-right (Reuters)
- New literary twist added to laundry cycle (Reuters)
- Backyard bear gives N.J. woman a scare (AP)
- Farmer exasperated with wayward donkey (AP)
- Bathe in chocolate this Valentine's Day (Reuters)
- NZ parachutist releases video of near-death fall (Reuters)
- 'Bullwinkle is going to stomp somebody' (AP)
- Wisconsin man spears a 6-foot sturgeon (AP)
- Man allegedly fakes kidnap to hide crash (AP)
- Zoo pays feng shui expert to aid monkeys (AP)
- Connecticut man busted twice for drugs (AP)
- Chimps may have had their own Stone Age (Reuters)
- Teens turn out to be underarmed and dangerous... (Reuters)
- Scientists to save 5,000-year-old embrace (Reuters)
- EU legislators disobey own smoking ban (Reuters)
- "For sale" ad skirts hotel's chequered past (Reuters)
- Castro signing cigar humidors for big Habanos fest (Reuters)
- Man charged after shooting his foot (AP)
- Fat Oregon feline gets celebrity status (AP)
- Ore. students raise pigs for school trip (AP)
- Wisconsin man spears a 6-foot sturgeon (AP)
- Japan Valentine chocs send bitter messages (Reuters)
- Happiness is a bald puppy (Reuters)
- Toons to make wisecrack ringtones (Reuters)
- China villagers see red over green-painted quarry (Reuters)
- Mexican man finds forty dinosaur prints in desert (Reuters)
- Mother cat adopts pup rejected by mother (AP)
- Alligator attacks golf course worker (AP)
- Some advice to take to heart -- take a nap (Reuters)
- Chinese workers paint mountain green (AP)
- Heartbroken donkey still on the lam (AP)
- Fla. teen hiccuping for over 3 weeks (AP)
- Newborn ends up in Pa. woman's pant leg (AP)
- Cow: $571. DNA Test: $914. Results: Good (AP)
- Maltese Falcon stolen from restaurant (Reuters)
- Turtle eaten by golden retriever lives (AP)
- Vodka-fuelled fisherman wrestles with shark (Reuters)
- Cat travels from Arkansas to Florida (AP)
- British soldier's postcard 92 years late (AP)
- Man wins $25,000 lottery two days in row (AP)
- J.F.K. window sells for $3m
- Eek!: Men flee after seeing 'giant rat' (AP)
- Click here: Strange but True- Newborn Ends Up in Mother's Pant Leg -
- Britney Spears Goes Bald
- Thousands aim to break snow angel record (AP)
- Tiny duckling has rare mutation: 4 legs (AP)
- Mauresmo wins diamond studded racket (Reuters)
- Couple says please don't invite us to your wedding (Reuters)
- Twelve-step programme for e-mail addicts (Reuters)
- Florida baby as small as pen set to go home (Reuters)
- New Zealand fishermen land massive squid (Reuters)
- Police warn men about 'Hugging Bandit' (AP)
- Rats run wild in KFC-Taco Bell in N.Y. (AP)
- 1st Beaver spotted in NYC in 200 years (AP)
- Child finds $1,300 in thrift store book (AP)
- Declaration of Independence for $2.48 (AP)
- Bus driver leaps off bus to save girl (AP)
- N.J. town to set time limit on barking (AP)
- Beer bounty for cane toads
- Summer hailstorm blankets Australian capital (Reuters)
- Record amount paid for rare baseball card (Reuters)
- Tiger, orangutan babies playmates at zoo (AP)
- Home gets hit with suspected meteorite (AP)
- Wassup! Princes Pull Phone Prank on Queen Elizabeth II
- Starbucks steams at 'Starstrucks' coffee chain (Reuters)
- Model citizen Naomi left to mop up mistakes
- Missing words on $1 coins mystify U.S. Mint (Reuters)
- Aristocrat offers dog as best man at gay weddings (Reuters)
- Mo. man shares golf cart with bobcat (AP)
- Springfields vie for 'Simpsons' premiere (AP)
- Priests to purify site after Bush visit (AP)
- German settles divorce with chainsaw
- Man saves dog with mouth-to-snout action (AP)
- Americans increasingly medicating pets (AP)
- Building boom blamed for skunk sightings (AP)
- Car crash shakes NY teacher, pets (AP)
- Bet on for fate of Heather Mills' leg (Reuters)
- MP tries to Klingon to power
- German police rescue 91-year-old man glued to roof (Reuters)
- Trucker wants name to be Ynot Bubba (AP)
- Lawyer: Man said unicorn caused crash (AP)
- Alligator found in Tennessee lake (AP)
- Coach at game hours after giving birth (AP)
- Woman slips, swallows toothbrush
- Stolen camera found with pictures intact (AP)
- New Zealand schoolgirls find there's no C in Ribena (Reuters)
- Anna Nicole Smith diaries sell for over $500,000 (Reuters)
- Croc smuggler gets it off her chest
- Wanted in Ohio: two pizzas and a deadbeat parent (Reuters)
- Spanish man held after rescue from Niagara Falls (Reuters)
- Monster cane toad found in Australia (Reuters)
- Woman nabbed for teddy bear theft (AP)
- Darth Vader, Chewbacca star on new U.S. stamps (Reuters)
- Wash. shelter finds homes for 110 birds (AP)
- Maine couple to mark 80th anniversary (AP)
- Minn. lawmaker lobbies for Tilt-A-Whirl (AP)
- Mom allegedly tells girls to steal dog (AP)
- Star Trek's Scotty plots last course for the stars (Reuters)
- Crayola stickers plaster Pa. town (AP)
- Police: Man arrives at DUI hearing drunk (AP)
- Ala. woman on horseback charged with DUI (AP)
- Couple fights to name baby 'Metallica' (AP)
- Search comes up with snake in Google office (Reuters)
- Coyote visits Chicago sandwich shop (AP)
- Woman saved by pile of poo
- Metallica 'no name for a girl'
- Wolf grabs small dog and runs off (AP)
- NYC couple hail cab for 2,400-mile ride (AP)
- Cat catches bus to fish 'n chip shop
- Toronto's scoop on too much dog poop (Reuters)
- Nailgun injuries soar among U.S. weekend warriors (Reuters)
- Canadian documentary says "Let's hate Toronto" (Reuters)
- Pieces of Titanic transformed into luxury watches (Reuters)
- Hurley's father-in-law weighs in on wedding (Reuters)
- German dog plagues neighbours with loud music (Reuters)
- Rock song for Aussie miners who survived rock fall (Reuters)
- Graf needs stitches after Andre's miscue (AP)
- Friday the 13th is lucky for woman (AP)
- Men to be spanked in new town
- Man accused of drunken lawnmower driving (AP)
- Cat catches bus to fish 'n chip shop
- Canada mum freezes eggs so daughter can have child (Reuters)
- Woman gives birth to seven babies (Reuters)
- Mom, daughter give birth within minutes (AP)
- Shower lattes for late risers
- Riggs named most 'Beautiful Bulldog' (AP)
- Man diversifies by making pet caskets (AP)
- Give me a piece of the high life
- Drunk man parks horse in German bank (AP)
- It's Nugget or the mail in Utah suburb (AP)
- Dog-sheep swap scam or sham?
- Tiny terrier dies after saving 5 kids (AP)
- Stowaway cat beats security
- Wandering dog spray-painted 'Go Home' (AP)
- Fisherman hook live deer off coast
- Calf born with 6 legs on Nebraska farm (AP)
- Doctor finds spiders in boy's ear (AP)
- Man gets wallet back from 1946 Hudson (AP)
- Most-wanted part of $2M estate: the dog (AP)
- Man survives garbage truck crushing (AP)
- Dog helps rescuers find elderly owner (AP)
- Rescue team saves woman, dog and stew (AP)
- Blue-throated hummingbird discovered (Reuters)
- Survival chances improve for rare koala twins (Reuters)
- Mourinho's dog returns to Portugal (Reuters)
- Ashes of "Star Trek's" Scotty found after space ride (Reuters)
- Girl calls for police help over messy room (Reuters)
- Indonesian fisherman nets ancient fish (Reuters)
- Man sleeps through gunshot to the head (AP)
- Sleuth hired to find missing dachshund (AP)
- Man wrestles leopard hunting pet cat in bedroom (Reuters)
- Woman unwittingly rescues injured bobcat (AP)
- Staring at doggie in window no crime (AP)
- Illinois boy discovers blue-eyed cicada (AP)
- Dog bite forces Borg out of grasscourt return (Reuters)
- Aussie town reclaims pub crawl title
- Weapon fragment from 1800s found in whale (Reuters)
- Stolen Homer Simpson statue found (AP)
- Man carves cheese into Mount Rushmore (AP)
- Internet surfers save more than 800 cats (Reuters)
- Mud pit draws crowds at Redneck games (AP)
- Dog finally off Wash. state voter rolls (AP)
- Brothers recovering from double-goring (AP)
- Couple name baby Superman after '4Real' rejected
- Croc target spent week up tree
- The CIA is accused of editing Wikipedia
- 'Nightmare' tarantula rescued in N.Y. (AP)
- Dogs to take over NY swimming pools (AP)
- Helmsley's dog gets $12 million in will (AP)
- Snatched sniffer dog found in park (Reuters)
- Surfer rescues dog swept off Mich. pier (AP)
- Bar gossip leads to nasty surprise for couple (Reuters)
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