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  • 2 gamblers take US casino for more than $11M

    2011-06-10 09:02

    Lightning has struck twice at the Tropicana Casino and Resort, which has lost more than $11 million to just two high-stakes gamblers since April.

  • Flying bear kills 2 in freak accident

    2011-06-10 08:21

    Two Canadians died instantly in a freak accident when a car hit a 440-pound (200-kg) black bear and sent the animal flying straight through the windshield of an oncoming vehicle, local media said Wednesday.

  • Homeowners use car to chase off burglars

    2011-06-09 15:41

    In what sheriff's deputies are calling an act of self-defense, two Tennessee homeowners ran their vehicle into one of three burglars they startled when they returned home early this morning.

  • Americans rated most hilarious

    2011-06-09 15:30

    The Germans have been voted the world's "least funny nationality" in a global poll, which names Americans the funniest overall and the Spanish the most amusing Europeans, ahead of the Italians and French.

  • People using new fountain as toilet

    2011-06-08 15:18

    Officials in New London, Connecticut, turned off the water at the city's new waterfront fountain over the weekend, because people have been using it as a toilet.

  • Indians with asthma line up to swallow live fish

    2011-06-08 13:21

    Thousands seeking relief from asthma are lining up in southern India to swallow an unconventional treatment: live sardines smeared with secret herbs.

  • Texas 'mass grave' claim is a hoax

    2011-06-08 10:51

    A false tip from a psychic prompted Texas authorities to swarm a rural home searching for a nonexistent mass grave and up to 30 bodies, including those of dismembered children.

  • Australia's military loses its UFO X-Files

    2011-06-07 14:25

    Australia's military has lost its X-Files, detailing sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, or UFOs, across the country, a newspaper report said on Tuesday.

  • Cat curfew? A purrfect remedy for wildlife attack

    2011-06-08 13:32

    Cats in several suburbs ofthe Australian capital will be ordered to curl up inside from dusk to dawn under a curfew that hopes to curb overnight attacks on native wildlife.

  • Twin friars die on same day at age 92

    2011-06-06 10:12

    Identical twins Julian and Adrian Riester were born seconds apart 92 years ago. They died hours apart this week.

  • Foul odor leads rhino remains, other carcasses

    2011-06-03 15:58

    New Mexico authorities are making a stink after an odor wafting from a New Mexico property lead them to a foul discovery - dozens of dead animals.

  • Customs seize 451 turtles in suitcases

    2011-06-03 15:54

    Thai customs has found 451 turtles worth 1 million baht ($33,000) stashed in suitcases offloaded from a passenger flight from Bangladesh, the latest seizure of live creatures at Bangkok's bustling Suvarnabhumi airport.

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