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Boy Is Fined for Dropping Balloon
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Ocinkovka
- 2 hours ago - hogets.iespana.es
A teenager who was fined for littering when he dropped a deflated balloon in a city centre may fight the case.
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Boy Held Over Teenager Shooting
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Ocinkovka
- 2 hours ago - polemin.iespana.es
Sharmaarke Hassan, 17, was found with a gunshot wound to the head in Gilbeys Yard, Camden, at about 2300 BST on Saturday. The teenager, from Camden, who had drug convictions, died in hospital from his injuries on Wednesday night.
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Little Green Men Rejoice
Offbeat  (tags: 2008, bizarre, culture, humor, off-beat, society, unusual, photos, interesting, UFO`s )

Joanna
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 2 hours ago - news.aol.com
Thousands gathered this weekend in Roswell, N.M., for the annual UFO Festival. A costume contest took place in the city famous for a UFO incident in 1947.
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Man Held in Murder Investigation
Offbeat  (tags: 2008, americans, animals, arts, bizarre, business, cars, children, crime, culture, custom, design, environment, ethics, food, funny, goodnews, government, health, humans, humor, interesting, news, odd, safety, society, technology, unusual, usa, women, wor )

Ocinkovka
- 2 hours ago - sezda.iespana.es
A 49-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who died of neck injuries in Oxfordshire.
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Man, 19, Critical After Stabbing
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Ocinkovka
- 2 hours ago - ztrela.iespana.es
A 19-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed in the stomach in east London.
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Father Remanded Over Baby Killing
Offbeat  (tags: 2008, americans, animals, arts, bizarre, business, cars, children, crime, culture, custom, design, environment, ethics, food, funny, goodnews, government, health, humans, humor, interesting, news, odd, safety, society, technology, unusual, usa, women, wor )

Fortula
- 3 hours ago - bugag.ifrance.com
A man has appeared in court charged with murdering his three-month-old son at their home near Doncaster. Alfie Goddard died at Sheffield Children's Hospital on Monday after being injured in an incident on Friday, South Yorkshire Police said.
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Nevada Brothel's 'Shady' Deal: Come Often, Get Free Gas
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, unusual )

Beatrice
Butterflies
- 3 hours ago - sfgate.com
Around the time gas shot past $4 a gallon, Nevada brothel owner Bobbi Davis decided she had to do something. So, starting this week, visitors to her Shady Lady Ranch in remote eastern Nevada get $50 of free gas for every $300 they spend on, well, you k
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Pub Damaged By Suspicious Fires
Offbeat  (tags: 2008, americans, animals, arts, bizarre, business, cars, children, crime, culture, custom, design, environment, ethics, food, funny, goodnews, government, health, humans, humor, interesting, news, odd, safety, society, technology, unusual, usa, women, wor )

Fortula
- 3 hours ago - komins.iquebec.com
A pub has been damaged by a number of small fires started by an arsonist. Bedfordshire Fire Service was called to the empty pub The Vine in Castle Street, Luton just after 0001 BST on 21 May.
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Ore. Man Completes Flight of Fancy - in Lawn Chair
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, unusual )

Beatrice
Butterflies
- 3 hours ago - sfgate.com
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho. Kent Couch created a sensation
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Oregon Man Flies a Lawn Chair Rigged With Party Balloons 235 Miles to Idaho
Offbeat  (tags: design, interesting, off-beat, unusual )

Informati
StarsGold Notes
- 14 hours ago - mercurynews.com
Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, 48-year-old gas station owner Kent Couch realized his boyhood dream Saturday of flying a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled party balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon high desert to land ...
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Fake Priest Infiltrates St. Peter's
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, ethics, environment, crime, culture, interesting, society, unusual, humans )

Linda
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 14 hours ago - cnn.com
ROME, Italy (AP) -- A fake priest was caught trying to hear confessions in St. Peter's Basilica and was tried by a Vatican tribunal, a Vatican judge said in an interview published Saturday.
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91-Year-Old Pinned Under Car for Two Days
Offbeat  (tags: americans, bizarre, cars, humans, off-beat, police, safety, unusual, women )

Linda
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 14 hours ago - cnn.com
GREENDALE, Wisconsin (AP) -- A 91-year-old woman who had crawled under her car to look for her keys ended up stuck beneath an axle for two days until her mail carrier noticed letters piling up, police said.Betty Borowski, of the Milwaukee suburb of Green
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Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Mystery House Built Just for Spirit
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, bizarre, unusual, paranormal, ghosts )

Maria
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 15 hours ago - mcdowellnews.com
For more than a century, it has cast its large and eerie shadow across the paranormal landscape. Although it's reportedly haunted by many spirits, the house itself is probably weirder than any ghost story
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Spirits Are Willing at Lily Dale
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, unusual, bizarre, supernatural, paranormal )

Maria
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 15 hours ago - thestar.com
Inspiration Stump, located in the woods near Lily Dale, is believed to be a site of psychic energy. Guests and mediums gather here to receive messages from the spirit world.
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Los Alamitos Military Theater Has a Rich History -- and Maybe Ghosts
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, interesting, humans, off-beat, society, bizarre, photos, paranormal )

Maria
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 16 hours ago - latimes.com
The Liberty Theatre at the Joint Forces Training Base, called 'a diamond in the rough' before it was refurbished, is home to at least five musical productions a year.
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Will the World End in 2012?
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, bizarre, culture, unusual, humans, society )

Maria
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 16 hours ago - abcnews.go.com
Thousands Worldwide Prepare for the Apocalypse, Expected in 2012
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So How Dumb Are We?Duh! Younger Americans Stumped in Knowledge Tests in Our Visually Driven Global Info Age
Offbeat  (tags: americans, bizarre, culture, environment, ethics, government, humans, interesting, performance, unusual, technology )

Linda
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 19 hours ago - chicagotribune.com
NEW YORK--Who hasn't snickered at "Jaywalking," a "Tonight Show" segment in which host Jay Leno flummoxes unsuspecting young people on the street with such tricky questions as: In what country is Paris located? Or cringed to see Miss America 2007 humil
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What the Scottish Papers Say
Offbeat  (tags: 2008, americans, animals, arts, bizarre, business, cars, children, crime, culture, custom, design, environment, ethics, food, funny, goodnews, government, health, humans, humor, interesting, news, odd, safety, society, technology, unusual, usa, women, wor )

Koutch
- 20 hours ago - gapret.idoo.com
Glasgow was in shock after two women were found murdered in just 24 hours, says the Daily Record. The Courier says a woman found murdered in a brutal attack at a city park was named by police.
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Two Quizzed Over Restaurant Blast
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Koutch
- 20 hours ago - repka.idoo.com
Armed police have detained two men in an operation linked to an explosion in a restaurant in Exeter.
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Oregon Man Flying Lawn Chair Lifted By Helium Balloons on Daring Flight
Offbeat  (tags: funny, bizarre, interesting, off-beat, unusual )

Marty
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 21 hours ago - edmontonsun.com
Riding a green lawn chair supported by a rainbow array of more than 150 helium-filled party balloons, Kent Couch took off Saturday in a third bid to fly from central Oregon all the way to Idaho.
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Van Explodes Into Fireball
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, humans, crime, culture, bizarre, unusual, odd )

Linda
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - cnn.com
A van filled with gas tanks and welding equipment burst into flames on a Florida road. WPLG's Sasha Andrade reports.
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What Does Your Car Say About You?Vehicles Can Show Need For Control Of Image
Offbeat  (tags: americans, bizarre, business, cars, environment, ethics, funny, interesting, performance, world, unusual, society, humans )

Linda
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - news4jax.com
Larry David, co-creator of the hit TV show "Seinfeld," made millions of dollars from the show before creating his own hit HBO show, "Curb Your Enthusiasm," where he portrays himself."Curb Your Enthusiasm" focuses on how, despite being rich and famous,
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Police Say UFO Was Just the Moon
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, off-beat, interesting, humor, humans, photos, bizarre, world )

Maria
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Police called out to a 999 call about an unexplained object in the night sky solved the mystery straight away for their operator - "it's the Moon, over."
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Cult May Have Made Off With Virgin Mary Statue
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, off-beat, interesting, bizarre, culture, arts, supernatural, religion )

Maria
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - wiscnews.com
BARABOO -- A 400-pound statue of the Virgin Mary was recovered recently in a Baraboo cemetery after it was stolen from a church in Sauk City -- possibly by members of a satanic cult.
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