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  • Woman drawbridge
  • A woman dangling high in the air from a drawbridge in Florida was rescued Saturday.
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  • Fed up with the government shutdown? You're not alone -- apparently lots of Americans want to give Congress a piece of their mind.
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  • A Florida homeowner got an unpleasant surprise when she discovered her in-ground pool popped out of the ground.
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  • Salvaging roadkill for the dinner table is not only legal starting this month in Montana, but state officials plan to let drivers who accidentally kill big game to simply print out permits at home that allow them to harvest the meat.
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  • Chloe Grace Moretz appears at the Los Angeles, California premiere of Carrie on Oct. 7, 2013.
  • A trip to the coffee shop can bring out your inner demon. Patrons at 'Snice Cafe in New York City's West Village learned that scary truth as part of an elaborate prank.
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  • An Oregon bartender just got the tip of a lifetime.
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  • In east Texas, Reggie Theus checked his bank account as he always does, except this time there were quite a few more zeros than usual.
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  • Travelers stand in line at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday, April 23, 2013.
  • Some people make fun of people who line up to wait for the latest gadgets or sales.
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  • A group of Bigfoot enthusiasts showed never-before-seen video that they say proves Bigfoot is real.
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  • 14 pandas in a crib
  • A group of artificially bred panda cubs in Chengdu, China, got some play time together for the first time since their births between July and September.
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  • Underwater photographer Mauricio Handler snapped this picture because it bears a striking resemblance to Cookie Monster from Sesame Street.
  • The sponge has what look like bulging "eyes" a wide mouth and a blue appearance.
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  • A crocodile was under the bed at a cabin in an African hunting lodge, and apparently spent the entire night there.
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  • A group of students at Ohio State University thought they had a ghost in their house. It was actually a man they didn't know living in their basement.
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  • Juan Ramon Maldonado
  • A man said he broke into a Texas church because he wanted pray, police said.
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  • Jimmy Greer, Dalco Turner, John Ratcliff and Jennifer Ratcliff pose with a 741-pound alligator they caught in Mississippi, setting a new state record, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013.
  • A 741-pound alligator was pulled from the Mississippi River near Port Gibson, Mississippi, setting a new state record for Mississippi.
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  • Six-clawed lobster
  • A six-clawed lobster named Lola is now at home at the Maine State Aquarium.
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  • The 4th Annual National Beard and Mustache Championship was held in New Orleans over the weekend.
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  • Afroduck speed driver arrested
  • Afroduck was arrested by New York police after the alleged speed driver posted a video on youtube in which his BMW averages 66 mph while racing around Manhattan.
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  • A Texas fisherman is lucky to be alive after nearly becoming shark bait.
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  • It is probably the most shocking video released of the situation in Assumption Parish, where a sinkhole has been swallowing land.
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  • A new discovery of a 1912 eighth grade exam is both fascinating and potentially embarrassing.
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  • Dramatic truck crash caught on tape
  • A Boston Globe newspaper delivery truck driver survives a dramatic crash and it's caught on video.
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  • Dramatic truck crash caught on tape
  • The crash impact launched the truck over the guard-rail sending it some 20 feet down onto the exit ramp where it rolled to a stop.
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  • Employees at the Edmonton Tim Hortons restaurant say an anonymous donor slapped down nearly CA$ 900 to pay for customers orders behind him.
  • Employees at the Edmonton Tim Horton's restaurant say an anonymous donor slapped down nearly CA$ 900 to pay for customers' orders behind him.
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  •   The baby croc will remain in an aquarium in Australia, in hopes of one day luring William and Kate to bring their son for a visit.
  • The baby croc named George will remain in an aquarium in Australia, in hopes of one day luring William and Kate to bring their son for a visit.
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  • Here's something that may have you reaching for a drink today. It's National Tequila Day!
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  • A Milwaukee area animal shelter that turned a cat's near-record 26 toes into a fundraising windfall is closing.
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  • An Indonesian flower famous for its foul odor is expected to unfurl its putrid blossom within the next week at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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  • A Florida woman has been banned from swimming in her community's pool because she wants to wear a mermaid tail.
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  • $92 quadrillion
  • A Pennsylvania man was briefly the richest man on the planet - with $92 quadrillion.
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  • Natasha Samuel in a trash the dress photography session.
  • It's all for an extreme version of wedding photography called "trashing the dress."
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  • Bacon Bacon SF logo
  • Bacon Bacon closed in May because neighbors complained of the pungent smell of sizzling pork.
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  • The Austin-Healey Sprite Sorella Stoute bought
  • It was a lovely gift, a daughter who bought her father a car. Only it was an accident -- and that daughter is a 1-year-old.
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  • wooly mammoth tooth
  • In San Francisco, a construction dig revealed something pretty exciting, and it's drawing the attention of paleontologists.
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  • joey chestnut
  • Joey Chestnut downed 69 franks to win his seventh straight Coney Island hot dog eating contest, while Sonya Thomas, known as the "Black Widow", won the women's competition.
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  • A Michigan family gets to keep its housebroken pet deer after months of negotiations with the state.
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  • Walle poses for a portrait while competing in the 25th annual Worlds Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair
  • Walle, a 4-year-old Beagle-boxer-basset, won the title at the ugly dog contest in northern California. See pictures of the contestants.
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