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      <title>Kangaroo tries to drown dog, attacks owner</title>
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      <description>MELBOURNE, Australia     (AP) -- A kangaroo startled by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, pinning the pet underwater and slashing the owner in the abdomen with its hind legs....</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:57:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Christmas kissing: On the cheek to avoid swine flu</title>
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      <description>LONDON     (AP) -- Britain's authority on etiquette says it's more hygienic to exchange kisses on the cheek than to shake hands - so the swine flu pandemic should not make people afraid of kissing under the mistletoe this holiday season....</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:50:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Police: Ohio suspect may have eaten evidence</title>
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      <description>STREETSBORO, Ohio     (AP) -- Police say a bank robbery suspect in Ohio may have eaten evidence when he gobbled a piece of paper while handcuffed and lying across the hood of a police cruiser....</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:22:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Authorities: Man tied lizards to chest at airport</title>
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      <description>LOS ANGELES     (AP) -- Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport....</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:57:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>CA man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face</title>
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      <description>THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.     (AP) -- A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department says Charles Hersel was arrested Wednesday in a sting operation at a mall in Thousand Oaks. He's free from jail pending a court hearing....</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:11:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mich. police nab wrong-way driver twice in 3 days</title>
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      <description>KALAMAZOO, Mich.     (AP) -- Authorities in western Michigan arrested a person twice in three days for driving the wrong way down the highway Kalamazoo County deputies said they were alerted about 1:30 a.m. Friday after several people called 911 when they passed the unidentified driver traveling south on northbound U.S. 131....</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:11:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cops: Woman smuggled drugs to Pa. inmate with kiss</title>
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      <description>MERCER, Pa.     (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him. State police said guards at the State Correctional Institution-Mercer became suspicious when an inmate appeared to swallow something after a prolonged kiss with a visitor on Oct. 19....</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:11:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show</title>
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      <description>LOS ANGELES     (AP) -- California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show....</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:11:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Eye doc may lose license after calling patient fat</title>
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      <description>RALEIGH, N.C.     (AP) -- A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat. The News &amp;amp; Observer of Raleigh reported the North Carolina Medical Board will decide if Dr. Earl Sunderhaus of Asheville overstepped the bounds of professional decency....</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:11:15 GMT</pubDate>
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