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Superintendent fires gun during history class

The superintendent of a rural Montana school district says he was showing students his black powder muzzleloader when he accidentally fired the weapon during a history lesson.

Montana - School district - Gunpowder - United States - Recreation
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Woman: Bank wrongly took house, parrot

A Pittsburgh-area woman is suing Bank of America, claiming it wrongfully repossessed her home and saying that a bank contractor trashed the house and took her parrot.

United States - Pittsburgh - Business - Financial Services - Banking Services
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Chef dishes up cheese made from breast milk

Oh, mama! Restaurateur Daniel Angerer had a surplus of his wife’s breast milk, so he whipped up a cheese made from it and put it on his menu. “Being a chef, you’re curious about anything in terms of flavor,” he explained. But some are saying: “Eww.”

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Man stabbed with meat thermometer at movie in CA

Authorities say a man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone during a screening of the film “Shutter Island” at a Southern California movie theater.

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Lohan sues E*Trade over ‘milkaholic’ baby

The actress Lindsay Lohan has sued E*Trade Financial Corp for $100 million, saying a “milkaholic” baby girl who appeared in a recent commercial was modeled after her.

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New Zealand woman sells souls to highest bidder

The rare spirits that went under the gavel at a recent online auction in New Zealand weren’t aged brandies or hard-to-find liqueurs.

Auction - New Zealand - Online auction business model - Oceania - Business and Economy
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Oscar is the world’s oldest pig

When Oscar was crowned the Guinness Book of World Records’ oldest living pig, he had a party and celebrated with friends. The 20-year-old potbellied pig made the rounds and grunted hellos at family, neighbors and old babysitters, who shared their memories of the ferocious animal.

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Granny camps out 43 hours for grandson’s ice cream

Here’s one Wisconsin grandmother who makes time for her grandson. Michelle Cuestas of Green Bay used two vacation days and camped out for 43 hours to make sure her grandson would be first in line for the 2010 opening of a Stevens Point ice-cream landmark.

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Woman allegedly stabs ex after looking at phone

Las Cruces police said a woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her ex-husband. Police said a 27-year-old woman was charged with three counts of aggravated battery against a household member and one count of battery. She was being held on $15,000 bond at the Dona Ana County Detention Center. The woman’s ex-husband was taken [...]

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Police: Woman again tries using cabs to steal TVs

Police said a North Pole woman accused in December of stealing televisions and hiring a cabbie as her getaway driver is now accused of trying it again. The Fairbanks Dail News-Miner reported that a 27-year-old woman was charged with second-degree felony robbery and misdemeanor theft in the Friday incident, which occurred just one week after [...]

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