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Posted on: Sunday, February 17, 2013 - 3:46am
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- A British teenage backpacker drank contact lens fluid and his own urine to survive three days lost in Australian Outback scrubland in oppressive summer heat, his... READ MORE »

Posted on: Saturday, February 16, 2013 - 11:12pm
BERLIN (AP) -- Adorable in life, still attracting admirers in death: Knut the polar bear's hide has been mounted on a polyurethane body and is going on display in a Berlin museum. The... READ MORE »

Posted on: Saturday, February 16, 2013 - 4:02am
HOUSTON (AP) -- Call it benevolence through beer, donating via daiquiri or generosity by gin and tonic. A new Houston bar is offering its customers not just a relaxed atmosphere with good... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, February 15, 2013 - 6:32pm
MONROEVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- A woman has returned a pair of $2,000 eyeglasses she stole from a Pittsburgh-area shop after she made a spectacle of herself when surveillance video of the heist... READ MORE »

Posted on: Friday, February 15, 2013 - 4:00am
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Some days, relief is hard to find. Police in Knoxville say a man handed a pharmacist a note on Wednesday, claiming he had a weapon demanding a specific narcotic.... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 11:58pm
GEORGETOWN, Colo. (AP) -- There was a ski helmet with sequins and a veil, plus suit jackets worn over snow vests. Loveland Ski Area's Valentine's Day mountaintop wedding ceremony drew even... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 2:09pm
ANNA, Ill. (AP) -- A southern Illinois family is finding their homemade maple syrup operation anything but sweet after investigators swarmed their property, mistaking their sap collection... READ MORE »

Posted on: Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 9:37am
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 1:21pm
EASTON, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania graduate student Megan Thode wasn't happy about the C-plus she received for her internship, saying the mediocre grade kept her from getting her desired... READ MORE »

Posted on: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 4:06am
NEW YORK (AP) -- Lovers of the unusual are getting another chance to impress their Valentines this year in New York City. The Department of Environmental Protection is again offering... READ MORE »

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