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Rugby-Earthquake forced globetrotting Crusaders into deficit

publisher — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:12:03 +0000

A massive earthquake that destroyed much of the central part of New Zealand’s second-largest city and forced the Canterbury Crusaders to spend the entire Super rugby season on the road, also caused them a loss of almost NZ$700,000 ($546,000) for the last financial year, the team told Reuters on Thursday.

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Man found dead in Middletown road

publisher — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:55:52 +0000

Police said they are investigating after a 57-year-old man was found dead in the road in Middletown early Tuesday.

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Five found dead in rural Indiana: police

creative — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:52:41 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) – Five people were found dead on Sunday afternoon in two rural Franklin County, Indiana, homes after police were called to check on a small child wandering near the road.

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‘Zebra crossing’ turns heads on S.African highway (AFP)

publisher — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:28:32 +0000

AFP – An escaped zebra turned motorists’ heads on a busy Johannesburg highway as it strolled down the road at rush hour, The Star newspaper reported Friday.

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‘Zebra crossing’ turns heads on S.African highway
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Police: Bicyclist ignores siren, hits squad car (AP)

publisher — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:17:46 +0000

AP – The Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office said a bicyclist inching down the center of the road ignored lights and siren and ran into a police car. The Minden Press-Herald reported that 47-year-old Robert Earl Batton of Minden was booked with second-offense DWI and possessing marijuana. Calls to Batton’s home were not answered Friday.

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Suspicious stuffed pony blown up outside school (AP)

publisher — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:10:40 +0000

AP – Authorities blew up a stuffed pony — determined to be a “suspicious device” — after it was found outside a central Florida school. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office reported that the toy was found near the Waterbridge Elementary School Tuesday morning.

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Minnesota asks drivers to brake for turtles (AP)

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:55:40 +0000

AP – Why did the turtle cross the road?

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Minnesota asks drivers to brake for turtles
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Ohioan on 800-mile bike ride to attend reunion (AP)

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:16:49 +0000

AP – An Ohio man is on an 800-mile bike ride to attend his 50th high school class reunion in Massachusetts. Peter Noonan hit the road May 20 and is expected to arrive Thursday at Deerfield Academy, his old prep school in Deerfield, Mass.

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Cops: Suspect at court tried to sell GPS to owner (AP)

publisher — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:12:02 +0000

AP – Police said a Connecticut man who appeared at a courthouse to answer a larceny charge broke into several cars in front of the building, took a GPS unit and inadvertently tried to sell it to its owner. Police said the arrest of 50-year-old Thomas Peno on Wednesday was his 40th.

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