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Wis. man won't buy gas for 31 days, maybe longer
(AP)
AP - Brian LaFave couldn't care less how high gasoline prices climb these days he's parked his pickup truck and is refusing to buy gas for a month, possibly longer.
DNA tests exonerate 'Lizard Man' in van attack
(AP)
AP - DNA testing has shown an attack on a family van some blamed on the legendary Lizard Man appears to have been actually done by a domestic dog. Something chewed up the front fender of Bob and Dixie Rawson's van in February. Bite marks were left on the wheel wells and blood was found on the vehicle.
Baby subpoenaed for unpaid chiropractor bill
(AP)
AP - A Harrisonburg court has dismissed a case against a baby boy summoned to appear in court for an unpaid bill. Richard White said he was shocked when he got a subpoena in the mail requiring his 1-year-old son, Jacy, to appear in Rockingham County General District Court next Tuesday over a $391 chiropractor bill.
Pair say they attacked each other with frying pan
(AP)
AP - Out of the frying pan and into the fire. That's pretty much what happened to a Cumberland County couple arrested and charged with whacking each other with a frying pan.
Police say men trying to steal power lines shocked
(AP)
AP - Two Somerset County men are charged with trying to steal live power lines that were still attached to a transformer and utility poles.
Green aliens, UFOs said to visit
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Aliens from outer space have been
visiting Britain for years and UFO sightings doubled after the
film Close Encounters was released in 1977, according to secret
files collating reports by members of the public.
Watchdog raps Skins over "orgy" poster
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The advertising watchdog has banned a
poster for a teenage TV drama series that featured a
dishevelled, semi-naked young woman sitting on a bed,
surrounded by couples apparently taking part in an orgy.
Solar bra brings conservation closer to the heart
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Ladies, take your battle for the
environment a little closer to your heart with a solar-powered
bra that can generate enough electric energy to charge a mobile
phone or an iPod.
Von Trapp's "Sound of Music" villa to become hotel
(Reuters)
 Reuters - "The Sound of Music," one of
Hollywood's greatest money-spinners, will scale new heights
when the original von Trapp family villa near Salzburg opens as
a hotel in July.
Man sues airline over flight spent in toilet
(Reuters)
Reuters - A New York man who says he was denied
a seat on a five-hour JetBlue flight and was instead told to
"hang out" in the plane's bathroom has sued the airline for $2
million, saying he suffered "extreme humiliation."
Oh deer! Man cops wrath of amorous stag
(Reuters)
Reuters - An Australian man was gored in the thigh
on Friday by an amorous stag after entering a deer paddock in
the middle of the breeding season.
Game of cat and mouse blacks out Albania's capital
(Reuters)
Reuters - A cat chasing a mouse in Tirana's main
power station caused a 72-hour blackout across parts of the
Albanian capital, the electricity company said on Friday.
Icelandic museum offers long and short of male organ
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Sigurdur Hjartarson is missing
a human penis. But he's not worried: four men have promised to
donate theirs to him when they die.
Green aliens and UFOs said to visit UK
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Aliens from outer space have been
visiting Britain for years and UFO sightings doubled after the
film Close Encounters was released in 1977, according to secret
files collating reports by members of the public.
"Snake man" slithers out of Austrian prison cell
(Reuters)
Reuters - A man has escaped from his Austrian jail
cell by squeezing through a food hatch in the door, police said
on Wednesday.
Hungry bear, cub take refuge on building's roof
(AP)
AP - A mother bear and her young cub stopped traffic and caused panic Thursday in central Romania after they roamed through gardens in search of food and finally climbed the stairs of a 4-story building and broke onto the roof. A rescue team tranquilized the mother after failing to steer her toward a nearby forest, officials said.
Vatican scientist says belief in God and aliens is OK
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The Vatican's chief astronomer
says there is no conflict between believing in God and in the
possibility of "extraterrestrial brothers" perhaps more evolved
than humans.
9-year-old girl's twin is found inside her stomach
(AP)
AP - A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday.
Wedding day fireworks land Ethiopian groom in jail
(Reuters)
Reuters - Bridegroom Kedir Mohamed wanted his
wedding day to go with a bang and decided to celebrate by
letting off firecrackers after the ceremony.
Campaign mailing in Ark. race screams 'Judas!'
(AP)
AP - A race for a seat in the Arkansas House has taken on biblical proportions as a contender's campaign mailing offers a one-word description of the incumbent: "Judas!"
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