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Family axes wedding plans, Egyptian cuts off organ (AP)

Posted on: Sunday, May 31st, 2009 in: Uncategorized

AP - A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower class family, police reported Sunday.

Chavez' Venezuela marathon TV show cut short (Reuters)

Posted on: Sunday, May 31st, 2009 in: Uncategorized

Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had promised a four-day marathon edition of his widely watched weekly television talkshow, but unspecified technical problems threw the plans awry this weekend.

Japan's Kobayashi beats Chestnut in eating rematch (AP)

Posted on: Sunday, May 31st, 2009 in: Uncategorized

AP - In a chewy chow-lenge, Takeru Kobayashi outlasted Joey Chestnut when the eating titans faced off to see who could devour the most pizzas.

Squirrel at Mich. cemetery wraps nest in Old Glory (AP)

Posted on: Sunday, May 31st, 2009 in: Uncategorized

AP - Squirrel. Thief. Patriot.

Brazen NZ parrot steals passport, heads into bush (AP)

Posted on: Sunday, May 31st, 2009 in: Uncategorized

AP - Polly wants a passport ? and isn’t above stealing one.

Wild turkey crashes through window of Wis. home (AP)

Posted on: Sunday, May 31st, 2009 in: Uncategorized

AP - A Wisconsin woman and her 5-year-old daughter got a fowl visitor when an unwelcome wild turkey crashed through a bedroom window.

Pilot lesson No. 1: Check gas before taking off (AP)

Posted on: Sunday, May 31st, 2009 in: Uncategorized

AP - A retired Air Force colonel with decades of experience as a flight instructor gave one of his students a hands-on lesson in a key principle of flying: Don’t run out of gas. Al Uhalt of Colorado Springs made a bumpy but safe landing in a field Thursday when the single-engine Aviat Husky he […]

Paper says mistakenly ran ad urging Obama killing (Reuters)

Posted on: Sunday, May 31st, 2009 in: Uncategorized

Reuters - A local newspaper in northwest Pennsylvania apologized on Friday for running a classified advertisement that called implicitly for the assassination of U.S. President Barack Obama.

Rescued black labrador retriever pays it forward (AP)

Posted on: Sunday, May 31st, 2009 in: Uncategorized

AP - Blewett the black Labrador retriever knows what it’s like to need a little help. For nearly a week last March, the lost dog barked for attention on Washington’s Blewett Pass, capturing the hearts of dozens of travelers who fed him and tried unsuccessfully to catch him. After he was finally captured, Jay and […]

Ohio man arrested for mowing unkempt grass at park (AP)

Posted on: Sunday, May 31st, 2009 in: Uncategorized

AP - An Ohio man arrested for mowing unkempt grass at a public park said he just wanted to make his city look nice. John Hamilton said he took control of the situation because the grass in Sandusky’s Central Park was about a foot high. According to a police report, a witness said Hamilton was […]