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<title>No more bare bums? Hospitals test more modest gown</title>
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<title>TV show fined for killing, eating rat</title>
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<title>Cattle battle: NZealand has more cows than kiwis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[New Zealanders who for decades have endured jokes about being outnumbered 20-to-1 by sheep have a new farm animal majority to worry about: cows.]]></description>
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<title>Strip club hosts 'Lap dances for Haiti'</title>
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<title>Teenage Spanish matador kills 6 bulls </title>
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<description><![CDATA[A 16-year-old Spanish matador killed six bulls in one afternoon Saturday, pulling off a feat normally attempted only by seasoned veterans and winning trophies for his skill - ears from animals he had just slain.]]></description>
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<title>Wyoming suspect flees into police station </title>
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<title>Famous orangutan predicts winner of Super Bowl</title>
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<description><![CDATA[If you trust a rodent to predict when winter will end, how about an ape to guide your Super Bowl winner selection?]]></description>
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<title>New Orleans student says he was sent home for wearing Colts jersey</title>
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<title>Banker caught ogling on TV will keep job</title>
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<title>Boy nearly suspended for 2-inch Lego gun at school</title>
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<title>Cheers (with gusto)!! Brits toast new shatterproof pint glass</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The shatterproof pint glass was proudly unveiled by the government Thursday. Officials swore the country would save billions in health care costs by coming up with a glass that doesn't double as a lethal weapon.]]></description>
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<title>Meatball marijuana? Ex-cop claims wife secretly fed him pot</title>
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<title>Shady sunglasses lead cops to driver's HOV-lane mannequin</title>
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<title>Soldiers find time for hockey in Afghanistan</title>
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<title>Dog rescued from icy Baltic Sea gets new master</title>
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<title>Trooper: Deputy locked in dog cage after DUI stop </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A Tennessee sheriff's deputy arrested on a drunken driving charge wound up in a dog house before he was taken to the big house.]]></description>
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<title>Virgin auctions herself for tuition money</title>
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<title>Principal suspended over sarcastic letter</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An Arizona school principal who penned a sarcastic letter that chided parents for children who were either "too lazy or too stupid" to complete their assignments in class was suspended after the missive was mistakenly sent home.]]></description>
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<title>Wanted: Chinese language tutor -- for a panda</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The language lessons, a special diet and even blind dates are also part of the red-carpet welcome being rolled out for 3-year-old Mei Lan, or Beautiful Orchid, by Chinese caretakers ahead of her arrival Friday on a special FedEx flight from the U.S.]]></description>
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<title>Melon full of tobacco, drugs intercepted at jail</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The donated cantaloupe that arrived at the Chelan County Regional Justice Center looked more like a pumpkin.]]></description>
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<title>Jilted lovers avoid jail in gluing revenge</title>
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<title>Cops: Thieves swipe Twinkies, leave tracks in snow</title>
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<title>Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter</title>
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<title>Trial set for woman who pierced 'gothic kittens'</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:27:21 -0800</pubDate>
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