Ohio's 'cleaning fairy' gets 1 year of probation

An Ohio woman dubbed the "cleaning fairy" after she broke into a home, cleaned it and left a $75 bill has been put on probation for one year.

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Christmas tree shipment dumped in Austrian garden

An early seasonal delivery went badly wrong in Austria when a truck was involved in a crash and dumped 14 tons of Christmas trees in a resident's garden.

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Restaurant settles over 'carcass removal' listing

A phone book company has settled a lawsuit over its placement of a Montana restaurant in the "Animal Carcass Removal" section of its yellow pages, a listing the restaurant owner says cost him customers and made him the butt of a Jay Leno joke.

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Postcard mailed during WWII arrives at NY home

A postcard mailed nearly 70 years ago has finally arrived at the former upstate New York home of the couple who sent it.

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Cops: Conn. real estate agent stole for sale signs

A Connecticut real estate agent has been charged with stealing a competitor's for sale signs from the front lawns of area homes.

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2 tons of pigeon droppings in Swedish church tower

A hatch on a Swedish church tower inadvertently left open for some three decades resulted in 2 tons of pigeon droppings amassing in the tower.

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Jack Taylor scores 138 points for Grinnell

Jack Taylor's performance left even Kobe Bryant impressed.

The Division III guard shattered the NCAA scoring record with 138 points, hoisting a mind-boggling 108 attempts, or one shot every 20 seconds, in eclipsing the previous record by 25 points.

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Australians find drugs worth $246M in steamroller

Australian police seized 237 million Australian dollars ($246 million) worth of cocaine and methamphetamine found inside a steamroller shipped from China.

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Eat your way to smelling great

Would a rose flavored candy secreted through your pores smell just as sweet?

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Artist campaigns for a Thanksgiving Day eel

It's slimy, fatty and at least one person thinks it should be coming to a Thanksgiving table near you.

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Russian woman keeps hold of dead husband's body

Russian authorities say a woman with five children kept her husband's body in their apartment for almost three years after his death.

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3 deer use automatic doors to enter Iowa store

Shoppers in Iowa got an unusual glimpse of wildlife Monday morning when a doe and two fawns wandered into a department store.

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Google navigates '100k' stars in our galaxy (PHOTOS)

Think Google Maps, in galactic proportions.

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Christie smells setup, won't answer Twinkie query

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he wasn't about to take the bait: a question dealing with that quintessential junk food, Twinkies.

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WTOP reporter catches a surprise proposal on video

Marriage proposals involve planning, buying a ring and, sometimes, running into a radio reporter.

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Ecuador officials reject donkey as candidate

The demand of dozens of citizens has been denied in the Ecuadorean city of Guayaquil: There will be no jackass running for the legislature.

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Do skydiving cats always land on their paws? (VIDEO)

Few things on the Internet make people happier than cat videos. There are thousands of feline antics on YouTube, but a new Swedish ad is stealing their thunder.

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German police stop man with mobile office in car

Forget texting while driving. German police say they nabbed a driver who had wired his Ford station wagon with an entire mobile office.

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Honor among thieves: Robber gives ex-con a pass

A 51-year-old Wichita man has his wallet back after a would-be robber recognized him as a former fellow inmate.

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Swimmer's belly button ring gets caught on drain

Firefighters in Colorado say a woman's belly button ring became entangled with a drain cover in a shallow splash pool but that she was freed without injury.

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