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Man killed by train after car crash in Butte Co.

Brady — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:43:41 +0000

NELSON, Calif. — A man apparently managed to survive a car crash, only to be killed by a train as he walked away from the wreckage.
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Fire station burns after cooking mishap

Brady — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:52:04 +0000

TOKYO (Reuters) – A blaze broke out at a fire station in Japan this week after a firefighter left a cooking stove burning as crew members left the station to respond to emergency calls.
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German thief deposits loot with victim

Brady — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:41:39 +0000

Three days after stealing a rare collection of coins, a thief in Germany took them to the bank for safe keeping — and delivered them into the hands of the man he had robbed.
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Assessor Complains About His Assessment

Brady — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:53:49 +0000

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Harvey Levinson might be the last person his neighbors would expect to complain about the assessment on his condominium. After all, he’s the county assessor.
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Anti-Shark Device Eaten by Irony-Loving Great White

Brady — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:45:57 +0000

This is awkward…during the testing phase for the Shark Shield, an electronic device that is designed to go on the back of surfboards to keep sharks away, one of the devices was actually eaten by a shark.
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Mafia boss arrested while watching Mafia TV show

Brady — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:37:54 +0000

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) – Italian police burst into the room of a suspected Mafia mobster in Sicily and arrested him as he watched a television show about the arrest of a Mafia boss, investigators said Friday.
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Couple from Hell win $115,001 prize on Halloween

Brady — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:29:47 +0000

HELL, Mich. – Life in Hell just got a little easier for John and Sue Wilson.

The couple, who live in the unincorporated town 45 miles west of Detroit, were blessed with a $115,001 windfall from the Michigan Lottery.
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Pepsi man punches out Coke man during delivery

Brady — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:10:13 +0000

Pepsi has been trying to best Coke for years in the world-wide cola war, but Pepsi seems to have landed a blow in a hinterlands skirmish recently at a Wal-Mart in Indiana County.
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Dog saves family from fire blamed on cat

Brady — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:27:06 +0000

GREENVILLE, Maine – Thumper, a black Labrador retriever, is getting credit for saving a Greenville man when a fire swept through his home.

Roland Cote said his wife and their 7-year-old grandson were away when the blaze started early Sunday in a converted two-story garage. He said Thumper grabbed him by the arm to wake him, leaving just enough time for him to dial 911 before fleeing the fast-moving fire.
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Thief steals cut-out cop

Brady — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:29:38 +0000

A thief has stolen a life-size cardboard cut-out of a policeman that was intended to deter shoplifters at a supermarket.

Police say the cardboard cut-out replica of PC Bob Molloy had been doing a great job of deterring shoplifters in Long Eaton, Derbyshire.
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