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- Paul McCartney kicks off "Out There" tour in US
- Venturi had precious friendship with Byron Nelson
- Hot off the press: Seen and heard in Cannes
- Cannes helps actors Bejo and Rahim cross borders
- Largest Spoleto season to unfold next week in SC
- Documentary is an ode to NYC playground basketball
- Denmark favorite to win Eurovision Song Contest
- OJ's ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns
- Lawyer for accused singer: steroids had ill effect
- 'Sonic' video games coming to Nintendo
The 66th Cannes Film Festival
Actors Claire Julien, Israel Broussard and Emma Watson look back as they walk up the steps for a screening.
Chimp escapes Las Vegas backyard - again
Police say a chimpanzee who rampaged through a Las Vegas neighborhood last month made a second escape from her backyard enclosure.
Nudist park holds bash to attract younger crowd
Nudist resorts have a reputation for attracting older adults, but one Florida park is trying to change that.
Belarus KGB summons Swedish teddy bear stunt team
Belarus' top security agency _ the KGB _ has summoned a Swedish advertising team for questioning after the group air-dropped hundreds of parachute-wearing teddy bears that carried pro-human rights messages onto the soil of the authoritarian ex-Soviet state. The agency threatens the Swedes with fines or even jail time if they don't show up in 10 days.
Can you spot the cuteness? Dalmatian dog adopts lamb (VIDEO)
A Dalmatian dog in Australia isn't exactly spot- on with its mothering instincts ... but who cares? This is way too cute.
Suspect caught in Va. drive-thru robbery
Bedford County police say a man suspected of crawling through a drive-thru window in an unsuccessful attempt to rob a fast-food restaurant has been arrested in South Carolina.
Pa. road crew paints yellow line over dead raccoon
The "squirrelly" configuration of a western Pennsylvania road helped cause a state road crew to paint a double-yellow line over a dead raccoon.
Pittsburgh-area man to put ashes in bowling ball
A Pittsburgh-area bowling fanatic has gotten a Utah company to fashion a bowling ball urn for his ashes.
Man orders flat-screen TV, gets gun instead
Musician Seth Horvitz is used to tickling the ivories, not squeezing a trigger.
Badger dodges dart, then caged inside Nevada store
A badger that wandered into a retail store in northern Nevada dodged a tranquilizer dart and held authorities at bay for about an hour before the teeth-baring critter was lured into a cage with cat food.
Suck a what? The 10 worst town names in the country
A global poll has ranked some of the strangest names, but they don't belong to people: They're towns.
Sailing 'commentator' knows nothing about sailing (VIDEO)
Particularly with the nuances of a complicated sport like sailing, what's the point of background research?
Careful bear raids Colorado candy shop
A bear in a candy store is nothing like a bull in a china shop. At least not this one.
Utah deputy frees moose stuck in chains of swing
A moose was freed from a strange backyard entanglement thanks to a brave Utah deputy and a pair of cutters.
Billboard with dummy on noose shocks Vegas drivers
Even by Las Vegas standards, it was a shocking billboard: A mannequin dangling on a hangman's noose below a black sign with the ominous words "Dying for Work."
Glasses look to keep Israeli women out of sight
It's the latest prescription for extreme ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who shun contact with the opposite sex: Glasses that blur their vision, so they don't have to see women they consider to be immodestly dressed.
Clinton gets groove on in Johannesburg (VIDEO)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton put on her dancing shoes in Johannesburg Tuesday night.
New words added to the Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford Dictionary is adding a slew of new words to the English language, many of which have been used in everyday language for a while.
LMFAO parody is 'pregnant' with new meaning (VIDEO)
A popular song by LMFAO has borne some unexpected offspring.
2 men charged with staging Pa. reality TV robbery
Police have charged two out-of-state men with robbing two other men in western Pennsylvania by claiming they were recording a video for a reality TV show called "You Just Got Robbed."
Police: 911 caller seeking ride for beer arrested
When you're out of beer and need a ride to get some, who you gonna' call?
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