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  • Nine students in one western Pennsylvania school district may miss their high school prom because they were found not to have the chickenpox vaccine.
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pennsylvania, school, students, bizarre bazaar
  • Some California weddings won't be quite as bright.
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california, weddings, bizarre bazaar
  • It's one tough cash machine.
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maryland, bank robbery, dumb criminals, money, bizarre bazaar
  • High school pole vaulter Aria Ottmueller is flying blind.
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arizona, bizarre bazaar
  • It sounds like a remodeling job done by the Three Stooges.
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oregon, fire, bizarre bazaar
  • City bears!
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alaska, animals, wildlife preservation, bizarre bazaar
  • Health workers are trying to hook suburban New Yorkers on a new method of mosquito control.
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  • An unwanted modern addition has flown into the arms of a Lady Justice statue that sits atop a county courthouse in north-central Ohio.
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  • In a sun-deprived part of Washington state, the promise of nice spring weather prompted a small private school to give students a day off.
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  • A Northern California couple might be able to blame this one on the dog.
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  • Police have released surveillance video from a Pittsburgh-area pet store where they believe a couple stole a tiny Pomeranian puppy worth $700 by concealing it in the woman's purse.
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  • Everyone got stood up at one Southern California high school's prom. The dance itself was a no-show.
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  • Police say a western Pennsylvania man tried to blame his drunken driving on his grandmother. The only problem is, she wasn't there.
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pennsylvania, alcohol, DUI, dumb criminals, bizarre bazaar
  • A western Pennsylvania man who allegedly shot a deer from a busy Wal-Mart parking lot on the first day of rifle season last year has been ordered to stand trial on reckless endangerment and state game charges.
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pennsylvania, animals, guns, walmart, bizarre bazaar
  • A man is accused of pretending to be a member of rock band Pink Floyd at a Minnesota hospital - and racking up as much as $100,000 in unpaid medical bills.
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minnesota, health care, music, money, bizarre bazaar
  • Police searching for a moose found something else -- a pot-growing growing operation.
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vermont, animals, marijuana, bizarre bazaar
  • The force wasn't too strong with a homemade lightsaber.
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seattle, washington, star wars, bomb scare, bizarre bazaar
  • It looks like Spider-Man does have sticky fingers.
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california, los angeles, theft, money, spider-man, bizarre bazaar
  • It's the type of apple William Shakespeare might have eaten.
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virginia, food, bizarre bazaar
  • What's a couple of seconds worth?
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maryland, money, bizarre bazaar
  • The mushrooms weren't magic -- but the GPS might have seemed like it.
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  • Federal officials say a suspected drug trafficker affiliated with the deadly Sinaloa Cartel couldn't dance his troubles away.
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  • The Astoria Police Department's concrete pig is back in the pink and ready for another 20 years of duty.
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  • Authorities in Colorado are looking for a well-groomed man suspected of stealing more than $2,600 worth of teeth-whitening strips, weight-loss pills, probiotics, condoms, Rogaine and other hair-growth products from several Walgreens stores.
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colorado, bizarre bazaar
  • At Montana State University, final exams stress is going to the dogs.
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montana, animals, dogs, students, bizarre bazaar
  • A school bus stolen from a Pittsburgh company's lot has been found, but police still don't know who stole it or why.
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pennsylvania, pittsburgh, school, school bus, bizarre bazaar
  • You can learn a lot from a zombie.
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michigan, bizarre bazaar
  • If at first you don't succeed, wipe the slobber off and try again.
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iowa, animals, dogs, pets, bizarre bazaar
  • A Great Falls man who lost his macaw in a divorce more than five years ago has been reunited with the bird, thanks to an observant friend.
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montana, animals, pets, divorce, bizarre bazaar
  • A school bus stolen from a Pittsburgh company's lot has been found, but police still don't know who stole it or why.
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  • Patrick Dawn couldn't go to his high school prom.
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south dakota, hospitals, students, bizarre bazaar
  • It's a baby shower -- but these little ones have feathers and fur.
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florida, animals, wildlife preservation, bizarre bazaar
  • You can walk but you can't run at three national wildlife refuges in Oregon.
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oregon, animals, wildlife preservation, bizarre bazaar
  • There's a good reason why circus-goers couldn't -- go.
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kansas, animals, wildlife preservation, bizarre bazaar
  • It turns out coasting an SUV with no brakes downhill to a scrap yard isn't a good idea after all.
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new york, accident, automobiles, bizarre bazaar
  • Pat Talbott would never wear a fur coat.
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washington, bizarre bazaar
  • Packy the pachyderm is celebrating his 51st birthday.
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oregon, animals, wildlife preservation, bizarre bazaar
  • Police say they've got the $3,200 engagement ring a New Hampshire allegedly swallowed during an attempted jewelry store theft.
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new hampshire, jewelry, dumb criminals, bizarre bazaar
  • A Michigan judge whose smartphone disrupted a hearing in his own courtroom has held himself in contempt and paid $25 for the infraction.
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  • Police have cited a 42-year-old Pennsylvania woman for disorderly conduct after she called 911 requesting a divorce and police assistance to make her husband leave.
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  • With a friend like this, who needs enemies?
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  • A Chicago woman is trying to get out of paying a parking fine that has snowballed to more than $100,000.
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  • Security screeners at a Honolulu courthouse noticed something moving inside a defendant's bag as it passed through an X-ray machine earlier this week.
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hawaii, animals, pets, bizarre bazaar
  • A boy who briefly escaped from a western Pennsylvania juvenile detention facility apparently had the munchies.
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pennsylvania, food, bizarre bazaar
  • Instead of a five-minute trip home, a wrong turn led to an all-night drive for a pair of Germans that ended when police stopped their car in far-away Austria for heading the wrong way on a six-lane bridge.
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austria, bizarre bazaar
  • Authorities in southwest Oregon say two burglars took silver ingots, collectible coins, electronics and jewelry in a break-in last fall. They also took a carton of orange juice from the refrigerator, shared it and left the carton on the garage floor. Uh, oh.
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oregon, burglary, bizarre bazaar
  • Authorities say a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephant was hit by a bullet in a drive-by shooting in Tupelo, Miss.
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mississippi, animals, guns, shooting, wildlife preservation, bizarre bazaar
  • A Montana man whose 12-year-old golden retriever ate five $100 bills hopes to be reimbursed by the federal government.
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montana, animals, dogs, dumb criminals, money, bizarre bazaar
  • A northern Indiana man who called 911 and told dispatchers he was driving drunk and needed to be taken off the road got his wish when a sheriff's deputy arrived.
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indiana, alcohol, DUI, dumb criminals, bizarre bazaar
  • Elvis has left -- the patrol car.
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kentucky, police, elvis presley, music, bizarre bazaar