Monkey eludes net-wielding police at Tokyo station (Reuters)

Aug 20 2008

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Police officers are seen holding nets after seeking to catch a monkey at Tokyo's busy Shibuya station, August 20, 2008. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - A rogue monkey holed up at a Tokyo train
station for more than two hours on Wednesday before giving
dozens of net-wielding police officers the slip among crowds of
excited children and passersby.

New rules make China's Bao world's tallest again (Reuters)

Aug 20 2008

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China's Bao Xishun (R) poses during a presentation for the Guinness World Records in Beijing in this January 28, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - Guinness World Records has returned
the title of world’s tallest man to China’s Bao Xishun after
Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under new
guidelines.

Armed 85-year-old woman makes intruder call cops (AP)

Aug 20 2008

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AP - An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and busted a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said. “I just walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun,” Leda Smith said.

New rules make China's Bao world's tallest again (Reuters)

Aug 20 2008

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China's Bao Xishun (R) poses during a presentation for the Guinness World Records in Beijing in this January 28, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - Guinness World Records has returned
the title of world’s tallest man to China’s Bao Xishun after
Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under new
guidelines.

Armed 85-year-old woman makes intruder call cops (AP)

Aug 20 2008

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AP - An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and busted a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said. “I just walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun,” Leda Smith said.

Police: Man says he grew pot in a cost-saving move (AP)

Aug 20 2008

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AP - A Tyler man accused of growing marijuana in an alleged cost-saving move is jailed on felony possession charges. Bond is $15,000 for 55-year-old John Daniel Miller III, who remained in the Smith County Jail late Tuesday.

New rules make China's Bao world's tallest again (Reuters)

Aug 20 2008

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China's Bao Xishun (R) poses during a presentation for the Guinness World Records in Beijing in this January 28, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - Guinness World Records has returned
the title of world’s tallest man to China’s Bao Xishun after
Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under new
guidelines.

Armed 85-year-old woman makes intruder call cops (AP)

Aug 20 2008

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AP - An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and busted a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said. “I just walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun,” Leda Smith said.

Police: Man says he grew pot in a cost-saving move (AP)

Aug 20 2008

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AP - A Tyler man accused of growing marijuana in an alleged cost-saving move is jailed on felony possession charges. Bond is $15,000 for 55-year-old John Daniel Miller III, who remained in the Smith County Jail late Tuesday.

Corpse kept upright for 3-day wake in Puerto Rico (AP)

Aug 20 2008

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The body of deceased Angel Pantoja Medina, left, stands leaning against a wall during his wake as unidentified people attend his wake in his mother's home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008.  The last wish of Medina, 24, who was found dead on Aug. 15, 2008 underneath a bridge in the capital, was to be  standing at his own wake, and was embalmed for the occasion. (AP Photo/Juan Alicea Marcado, El Nuevo Dia)AP - A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing ? even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.