Articles filed under Curious
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Driver caught using mannequin to drive in carpool laneSep 23, 2016 7:00 am - BREA, Calif. (AP) - A California driver has been cited for using a mannequin - not the required human being - to drive in the carpool lane. The Orange County Register re...
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Sold: New York mansion of 'Keeping up with the Joneses' fameSep 22, 2016 7:00 am - RHINEBECK, N.Y. (AP) - A dilapidated New York mansion believed to have inspired the phrase "Keeping up with the Joneses" has sold at auction for $120,000. Long Island-ba...
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God's got mail: Letters arrive at Jerusalem's Western WallSep 21, 2016 7:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's postal service is delivering letters to a unique address that hasn't changed in thousands of years. Ahead of the Jewish high holidays, it took ...
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Call from Barnstaple, UK, stumps police in Barnstable, Mass.Sep 20, 2016 7:00 am - BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - Police in Barnstable, Massachusetts, were stumped when a woman from a nearly identically named town in the United Kingdom called to report a car...
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Cemetery walk to bring beauty queen, war heroes back to lifeSep 19, 2016 11:00 pm - For 29 years people like Steve and Laura Stroud have been bringing the dead back to life at Elgin's Bluff City Cemetery. Historical figures including first settlers, a ...
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Inn that inspired Longfellow: Guests, give us our stuff backSep 19, 2016 7:00 am - SUDBURY, Mass. (AP) - A historic Massachusetts inn that inspired poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and was once owned by automotive pioneer Henry Ford wants its stuff back...
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'Lucky' to be alive: Calf with 2 faces born at Kentucky farmSep 19, 2016 7:00 am - CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Visitors to a central Kentucky farm may do a double-take when they see the newest addition: a two-faced calf. Stan McCubbin of Campbellsville ...
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Force Awakened: Man in Darth Vader garb slays galaxy garbageSep 16, 2016 7:00 am - BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - A Virginia man troubled by litter along the highway has decided it's time for the empire to strike back. WSLS-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2d081Ff) H...
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Philadelphia transit agency to test urine-repelling paintSep 16, 2016 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The city's main transit agency plans to try urine-repelling paint to combat smells and complaints about cleanliness. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Tr...
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Binary bandit? Someone stealing of ones, zeros from homesSep 16, 2016 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia police are "addressing" an unusual crime spree: Someone is stealing the ones and zeroes from addresses mounted on people's homes. WTXF-T...