Chavez says decree powers may last 18 months (Reuters)
Reuters – President Hugo Chavez sought to outflank Venezuela’s rejuvenated opposition on Monday by vowing to assume decree powers for up to 18 months in a move bound to heighten criticism he is stifling democracy.
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Ill. woman charged in dog poop-infused meltdown (AP)
AP – Dog owners, beware: If you live in suburban Chicago and don’t pick up after your pet, you might get tossed an unpleasant reminder. Police in Naperville said a woman who stepped in dog feces outside her apartment appears to have retaliated by heaving it at the door of her neighbor who owns a dog.
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Bear turns Goldilocks tale on its head in NH home (AP)
AP – A black bear walked into a New Hampshire house through an open door, ate two pears and a bunch of grapes, took a drink from the family fishbowl and grabbed a stuffed bear on its way out the door.
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Romantic comedies affecting off-screen love lives (Reuters)
Reuters – Romantic comedies might provide 90 minutes of light-hearted fun but the happy-ever-after movies are also impacting people’s real love lives, according to an Australian survey.
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Colorado man delivers pizza and saves heart attack victim (Reuters)
Reuters – A laid off paramedic who turned to delivering pizzas to make ends meet is credited with saving the life of a man who went into cardiac arrest just as a pizza was delivered to his door.
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Heart-attack victim saved by pizza deliveryman (AP)
AP – Ordering a pizza may have saved George Linn’s life. Linn’s wife said he had just gone into cardiac arrest Friday when the pizza deliveryman knocked on the door of their Colorado home to bring their order. Kami Linn said she opened the door to “some burly-looking dude” and immediately asked for help.
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Priest suspended for World Cup Orange Mass (Reuters)
Reuters – A Dutch priest has been suspended for dedicating a Mass to the Dutch national soccer team — while wearing an orange cloak — ahead of the World Cup final against Spain.
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Police: Video game spat becomes Father’s Day fight (AP)
AP – Connecticut authorities said a 54-year-old man and his girlfriend were arrested after a dispute over a noisy video game erupted into a Father’s Day struggle with police officers. Vernon police say the man, George Stein, was playing video games Sunday night when a child annoyed by the noise shut the door to the room Stein was in.
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