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Man flies Barbara Eden mannequin to show

A lot of people have fond memories of the sitcom “I Dream of Jeannie.” For 50-year-old Greg Cochrane, his love of the show and its star, Barbara Eden, has become an obsession. Enough so that he was...

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Tongue-eating louse found in supermarket fish freaks out unsuspecting customer

One Belfast man wasn’t pleased to find that something extra had come with his recent fish purchase. We can see why: Upon preparing the sea bass for dinner, Rick Beattie discovered a large parasitic...

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‘X Factor’ hopeful allegedly steals car to get to audition

Police in Louisiana say a chase after a stolen Pontiac Grand Prix ended with a forced spin-out and the arrest of a man who said he took the car because he had to get home and to a second audition for...

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Carnival worker accused of slapping juvenile’s buttocks

A carnival worker may get more than a slap on the wrist after being accused of slapping the buttocks of a juvenile female. Nicholas Berg, 28, was charged with simple battery after allegedly slapping...

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Dead groundhog, grouse tossed into bar

Police in one western Pennsylvania town are investigating a case of bar kill: a groundhog and a grouse, both dead, tossed into a tavern by unsatisfied customers. The (Dubois) Courier-Express reports...

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Mother-daughter porn duo seek partners

A mother and daughter duo who make porn films together are looking for a father-son team willing to join them on camera. Jessica Sexxxton, 56, and her daughter, Monica, 22, have been shooting sex...

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Captain orders 100 unruly students off plane

The captain of an American aeroplane grew so infuriated with the behaviour of 100 unruly schoolchildren that he ordered them to leave the plane. The 100 students, all aged 17 or 18, were reportedly...

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Elvis tree in Herefordshire has British all shook up

In his classic song, “All Shook Up,” Elvis Presley sang about itching like a man on a fuzzy tree. Now, Elvis is really branching out. His kingly image has been spotted in an elm tree, according to the...

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9/11 mastermind designed vacuum cleaner in CIA jail

The mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks may have been given an unusual mission while confined to a CIA secret prison … to redesign the humble vacuum cleaner. A former secret service official has...

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Pope tells priests to buy “humble” cars

Pope Francis speaks as he leads a meeting celebrating the ‘’Year of the faith’’ in Paul VI’s hall at the Vatican July 6, 2013. Pope Francis said on Saturday it pained him to see priests driving flashy...

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French woman offers breast-feeding service to gay parents

A woman has posted an offer on a French website to breast-feed babies of homosexual male couples for 100 Euros ($130) a day, stirring up media interest just weeks after a divisive same-sex marriage law...

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Dead shark found on New York subway train

Commuters on board a New York subway noticed something fishy on their early morning train journey – a dead shark. The one-and-a-half-foot long stowaway was spotted on the floor under a row of seats on...

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Man accused of paying for sex with roll of quarters

A man in Greenwood, S.C., was arrested for buying a roll in the hay with a roll of quarters, police say Larry Collum, 63, was arrested Wednesday evening after police pulled him over because he was...

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Woman swallows tapeworm she bought on the internet to lose weight

If you think juice cleanses are extreme, check out this misguided diet. An Iowa woman recently told her doctor that she bought a tapeworm on the Internet and ingested it in an attempt to lose weight....

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British woman, dislocated jaw eating triple-patty hamburger

Talk about biting off more than you can chew. Nicola Peate, 25, suffered a dislocated jaw while attempting to eat a triple-patty burger at a Liverpool, U.K., restaurant. According to the Guardian, she...

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Drunken woman’s tirade causes plane to divert

A first-class passenger became so disruptive after drinking five glasses of wine that a flight from New York to Shanghai had to be diverted to Anchorage, according to charging documents. Stephanie...

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Mom calls 911 because son put live alligator in her bathtub

There’s nothing wrong with saying, “See you later, alligator,” unless it’s a real alligator that you left in your mom’s bathtub. Authorities in Volusia County, Fla., have charged Sean Lewis, 45, with...

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Cat ‘burglar’ steals Bras from neighbors

This cat is feline guilty these days. Norris, a longhaired resident of Bristol, Eng., has such rampant kleptomania that his owners have had to write an apology note to their neighbors. Richard and...

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Students find man secretly living in basement behind locked door

This guy’s such a good roommate, you’d never even know he was there. A group of students at Ohio State University were living in an off-campus home near the school for about a month before they...

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Louisiana town’s anti-twerking law a hoax

When a satirical website reported the small city of DeQuincy, La., had banned twerking, some local residents thought it might be true. Mayor Lawrence Henagen told The Associated Press that City Hall...

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