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Truck's flying tailgate kills 2

Strange | 143 hits | 10:54 AM on Sunday | posted by WDHIII

KING CITY -- A man and woman were killed after a massive tailgate from a dump truck flew through the windshield of their pickup travelling in the opposite direction on Hwy. 400 yesterday.

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Foul Smell Encircles London

Strange | 188 hits | 2:38 PM on Saturday | posted by commanderkai

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saskatchewan snow storm

Strange | 171 hits | 9:48 AM on Saturday | posted by mixedfarmer

Here where i live is expecting 40 to 80 cm of wet snow. Last time we had rain or snow was in early june of 07

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Cops: Teen arrested in drug sting set up by principal

Strange | 126 hits | 8:27 AM on Friday | posted by WDHIII

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A high school senior who was charged in a drug sting set up by a rival school’s principal is suing district officials over his lengthy suspension.

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Couple wrongly told their home was grow-op

Strange | 104 hits | 8:18 AM on Friday | posted by WDHIII

MISSISSAUGA -- A couple say they've been living in fear since city officials wrongly alerted them their longtime home was a former marijuana grow-op that will be subjected to safety checks in two weeks.

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Alleged drunk driver kills wife in head-on crash

Strange | 156 hits | 8:45 AM on Thursday | posted by WDHIII

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MONTREAL - The head-on crash that killed Renee Bourbeau was much like many other drunk-driving accidents on Canadian roads - except for one horrible coincidence.

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Is divorce by YouTube the new frontier in family law?

Strange | 130 hits | 8:46 AM on Wednesday | posted by WDHIII

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NEW YORK -- We're the YouTube Generation, living in the YouTube Era, in a YouTube World. And now we apparently have a YouTube Divorce.

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Church of Scientology's 'Operating Thetan' documents leaked online

Strange | 218 hits | 6:44 PM on Tuesday | posted by Loader

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A 26-year-old secret could free inmate

Strange | 103 hits | 7:36 AM on Monday | posted by WDHIII

CHICAGO -- For nearly 26 years, the affidavit was sealed in an envelope and stored in a locked box, tucked away with the lawyer's passport and will. Sometimes he stashed the box in his bedroom closet, other times under his bed.

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Wheelchair team's wheels stolen

Strange | 82 hits | 8:58 AM on Saturday | posted by WDHIII

Members of a local wheelchair rugby team say their ability to compete in an upcoming national championship is in jeopardy following the theft of their equipment - and they are appealing for help

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Tree crushes car, traps man inside

Strange | 100 hits | 8:53 AM on Saturday | posted by WDHIII

An Etobicoke man is lucky to be alive after a massive tree branch came crashing down on his car as he was parking it yesterday morning, crushing his vehicle and very nearly him along with it.

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Man accused of trying to use fake money for bail

Strange | 116 hits | 8:53 AM on Friday | posted by WDHIII

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MELVILLE, N.Y. - Police say it was no surprise a bogus $50 bill got a Long Island man arrested: He was trying to use it to pay his bail on a traffic charge.

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Gas jockey robbed 20 times

Strange | 124 hits | 8:46 AM on Friday | posted by WDHIII

He's been robbed 20 times in five years, but it wasn't until Lacey Gislason chased him with a knife that he feared for his life.

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Call for rental car, get a rescue helicopter

Strange | 97 hits | 8:29 AM on Friday | posted by WDHIII

Stickers will have to be pasted into 300,000 phone books that mistakenly send anyone looking to rent a car to the search-and-rescue centre in Halifax.

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Under attack.... by aliens?

Strange | 143 hits | 7:05 PM on Thursday | posted by lily

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A Bosnian man whose home has been hit an incredible five times by meteorites believes he is being targeted by aliens.

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Decomposing body found in dead woman's closet

Strange | 154 hits | 6:10 PM on Thursday | posted by lily

CHARLES TOWN, West Virginia (AP) -- The daughter of a woman made a gruesome discovery while going through her bedroom closet after she'd died -- the decomposing body of another woman wrapped in plastic, blankets and a sleeping bag.

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Body bumped from flight to make way for luggage: family

Strange | 170 hits | 8:45 AM on Tuesday | posted by WDHIII

A central Newfoundland family was forced to delay a funeral last week because Air Canada failed to deliver the remains of the deceased.

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OPP seeks relatives of officer who died in 1927

Strange | 121 hits | 8:44 AM on Monday | posted by WDHIII

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TORONTO -- Ontario provincial police are seeking relatives of an officer who died while on duty more than 80 years ago at the age of 26.

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Duck gets order of protection

Strange | 94 hits | 9:30 AM on Saturday | posted by WDHIII

A pet duck named Circles, shot and wounded by a neighbour with a pellet gun, has received an order of protection to keep it safe, the first duck in New York state's Suffolk County to benefit from such an order.

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Black hole machine could destroy planet: lawsuit

Strange | 295 hits | 8:58 AM on Saturday | posted by WDHIII

An American and a Spaniard have launched a lawsuit to stop scientists from firing up a machine they fear could destroy not just life on Earth but the planet itself.

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Mail carrier robbed of keys in daylight attack

Strange | 74 hits | 7:57 AM on Friday | posted by WDHIII

A postal carrier in Richmond was pepper sprayed and robbed of his mailbox keys by two thieves in a brazen daylight attack on Wednesday morning.

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Fish with fangs generates big response

Strange | 156 hits | 5:02 AM on Friday | posted by stemmer

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Loon's haunting call could trigger fight to the death

Strange | 106 hits | 4:09 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

OTTAWA -- Loons, those serene emblems of peaceful wilderness lakes, are emerging in modern research as bloodthirsty attackers that drive out or kill their neighbours and take over the rivals' families.

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Corpse in air duct

Strange | 137 hits | 5:32 AM on Thursday | posted by Alta_redneck

A male whose body was found yesterday in a ventilation shaft at an Osborne Village pool hall died after he became trapped during a break-in earlier this year, a source said.

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Board votes to take down Stanley Park's Hollow Tree

Strange | 114 hits | 8:42 AM on Tuesday | posted by WDHIII

It has been dead for awhile but Vancouver conservationists have fought hard to keep an iconic part of Stanley Park alive.

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'Frank, it's a polar bear!'

Strange | 178 hits | 6:13 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack

When Ivy Harnett's husband told her to rush to her cabin window Sunday to see a polar bear, she assumed he was simply teasing.

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Jewish groups condemn FIA boss over 'Nazi' sex claims

Strange | 118 hits | 10:37 AM on Monday | posted by newfette

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LONDO (AFP) - Jewish groups in Britain Monday condemned the head of motor racing's Formula One after he was pictured in a tabloid newspaper allegedly participating in an orgy with prostitutes dressed as Nazi guards

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Ohio man facing charges for having sex with a picnic table

Strange | 171 hits | 9:51 AM on Monday | posted by Ruxpercnd

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MP to introduce bill to eliminate the penny

Strange | 110 hits | 8:47 AM on Monday | posted by WDHIII

A Winnipeg MP who thinks the penny is a nuisance and too expensive to ship around the country is expected to introduce a private member's bill on Monday to take it out of circulation.

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Two-year-old crashes car into Regina hotel

Strange | 111 hits | 11:21 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

REGINA -- Two-year-old Shaylyn Lejoure had a memorable driving experience on Wednesday morning. At about 11 a.m., the toddler drove the family vehicle into a room at the Victoria Park Inn, at 2050 Victoria Ave. East. No one was injured in the accident

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Wash. kid's message in a bottle ends up in Alaska 21 years later

Strange | 148 hits | 2:33 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

SEATTLE (AP) — Merle Brandell and his black lab Slapsey were beachcombing along the Bering Sea when he spied a plastic bottle among the Japanese glass floats he often finds along the shore of his tiny Alaskan fishing village.

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German swan, swan-shaped boat to be reunited

Strange | 125 hits | 2:29 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

BERLIN - Petra the swan has a new home and so does her beloved swan-shaped paddleboat

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Transgendered male claims to be pregnant

Strange | 232 hits | 9:38 AM on Tuesday | posted by proudcanukchick

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Boyfriend charged in Kansas toilet case

Strange | 144 hits | 5:55 PM on Thursday | posted by WDHIII

NESS CITY, Kan. -- A man whose girlfriend authorities say spent nearly two years in a bathroom in their house, sitting on the toilet so long that the seat adhered to her body, has been charged with mistreatment of a dependent adult.

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Stingray jumps ship, kills sunbathing woman

Strange | 156 hits | 5:45 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — A 75-pound stingray killed a Michigan woman Thursday when it flew out of the water and struck her in the face as she rode in a boat in the Florida Keys, officials said.

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