(AP) WINSTED, Conn. Bank robbers, terrorists and prowlers have given ski masks a bad name for years, but a Connecticut man is wearing them around town to prove that not everyone who dons one is plotting mayhem.
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OMAHA, Neb. - Lucy was drowning and turning blue, so Randy Gurchin recalled his Air Force training on mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

It didn’t matter that Lucy is a 10-month-old English bulldog, because he and Lucy are “best buddies.”
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Desperate parents have resorted to sleeping at school overnight to protect their children’s classrooms from vandal attacks - while frustrated principals say schools will become fortresses unless the Education Ministry solves the problem.
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AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - An Indian woman, despairing over her lover’s accidental death when he fell down a well soon after their engagement, insisted on ceremonially marrying his corpse just minutes before the cremation.
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NEW YORK - During a class discussion on adolescence, a high school teacher recently asked her students whether they go on dates. We don’t “date,” the 12th graders reported. We “hook up.”
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The fire that burned his Chandler condominium was bright, but authorities couldn’t say as much for the man who caused it by attempting to cook methamphetamine in a toaster oven.
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CHICAGO - Can you put a price on a good night’s rest?

Betting weary-but-wealthy baby boomers are willing to do just that, mattress companies are fluffing up their selections of ultra-luxe beds that retail for more than the cost of cars, college tuition and parcels of land.
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