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SA man found dead by road was bashed

creative — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:57:06 +0000

A MAN found dead in the Adelaide Hills had been attacked by a group of men on Monday, with his body lying undiscovered on the side of a road for a day and a half, police say.

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Man found dead in home with 60,000 bees

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:31:53 +0000

A Miami man was found dead in his house with his body surrounded by about 60,000 swarming bees, authorities said Sunday.

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Calif. woman survives 35-mile ride on minivan hood (AP)

publisher — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:47:02 +0000

AP – The woman desperately gripped a windshield wiper blade, her body splayed across the hood of the minivan as it raced down a Northern California freeway in the middle of the night, reaching 100 mph, witnesses said.

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Authorities: ‘Twilight’ fan lied about bite marks (AP)

admin — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:16:21 +0000

AP – Authorities say a Florida teen has told police that bite marks on her body came from “Twilight”-inspired vampire role playing — not from someone who attacked her while she was out jogging.

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Surf and turf: Dead cow washes up on Seattle shore (AP)

admin — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:32:32 +0000

AP – Authorities in Seattle say bovine met the shoreline when beachfront residents found the body of a 400-pound cow washed up by the surf.

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Parrots tend to be "left handed," study finds (Reuters)

publisher — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:44:50 +0000

Reuters – Parrots, like humans, choose to use one side of their body more than the other, with more of them left handed — or, more precisely, left footed than anything else.

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Purported JFK ambulance sold for $120,000 at auction (Reuters)

admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:48:43 +0000

Reuters – A car collector who wanted a “piece of history” paid $120,000 at an auction in Arizona for a 1963 ambulance that purportedly carried the body of President John F. Kennedy after he was assassinated, auction officials said.

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Popularity of vampires spawns subculture, scholar says (Reuters)

admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:48:12 +0000

Reuters – They work as doctors and lawyers by day but lurk as vampires by night. While they may not wish to suck your blood, there are plenty of willing victims on tap, according to a top U.S. scholar on a subculture that emulates the undead.

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Snail mucus, potheads add to strange Fla. news (AP)

admin — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:15:36 +0000

AP – This year, Floridians learned that burials at sea don’t work if the body doesn’t sink, giant snail mucus can make you sick and that an underwire bra can stop a lawyer from visiting her client in prison.

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Cops: Woman drove around with body for months (AP)

admin — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:02:50 +0000

AP – A California woman who befriended a homeless woman and let her sleep in her car told police she didn’t know where to turn when the woman unexpectedly died — so she drove the body around for months along with a box of baking soda to hide the smell, authorities said Thursday.

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