Articles filed under Curious
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Austrian collects 10 million beer bottle capsJun 09, 2016 7:00 am - VIENNA (AP) - It takes a lot of beers to collect 10 million bottle caps. But Austria's Hans Heiland didn't drink them alone. Heiland says that most of them have come fro...
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Pennsylvania city offers parking scofflaws half-off amnestyJun 09, 2016 7:00 am - EASTON, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania city is owed so much money in unpaid parking fines that it plans to offer a half-off amnesty plan. WFMZ-TV (http://bit.ly/1VOpT42 ) rep...
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Southern California highway covered in onions after wreckJun 07, 2016 7:00 am - YUCAIPA, Calif. (AP) - A multivehicle crash left a Southern California highway covered in onions. The Riverside Press-Enterprise (http://bit.ly/1UDUZJd) reports a truckl...
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Romania: Vasile Cepoi wins, loses and loses in mayor's raceJun 07, 2016 7:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - In a Romanian town, Vasile Cepoi defeated Vasile Cepoi and Vasile Cepoi in a mayoral election. The middle name made all the difference. The vic...
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Ukraine border guards discover bootleg alcohol pipelineJun 07, 2016 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Authorities in Ukraine say they have foiled plans to ship bootleg alcohol from Moldova to Ukraine via a pipeline. The SBU security service said on Tuesday ...
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Gravediggers compete in race judged on speed _ and styleJun 03, 2016 7:00 am - DEBRECEN, Hungary (AP) - Digging their way to the top, 18 two-man teams of Hungarian gravediggers displayed their skills Friday for a place in a regional championship to...
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UK soccer fans tweet US politician who shares manager's nameJun 03, 2016 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Philadelphia politician and the manager of an English soccer team might seem impossible to confuse, except that they're both named Darrell Clarke. ...
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Romanian town has 3 candidates for mayor, all with same nameJun 03, 2016 7:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - In a Romanian town, residents have a choice of three candidates for mayor in an election this weekend - but only one name. Vasile Cepoi is runn...
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What's in a name? European Court rules against noble titleJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - A German man who added nobility titles to his name after obtaining dual citizenship in Britain will have to settle with being plain-old Nabiel Peter Bogend...
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Extinct otter species named after Grateful Dead guitaristJun 02, 2016 7:00 am - BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A U.S. National Park Service paleontologist and Grateful Dead fan credited with identifying an extinct species of otter found in south-central Idaho ...