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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.

Saturday - 08/11/2012, 12:15pm EDT

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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.

Friday - 08/10/2012, 10:33am EDT

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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.

Friday - 08/10/2012, 03:26am EDT

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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.

Thursday - 08/09/2012, 08:53pm EDT

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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.

Thursday - 08/09/2012, 05:37pm EDT

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Man orders flat-screen TV, gets gun instead

Musician Seth Horvitz is used to tickling the ivories, not squeezing a trigger.

Thursday - 08/09/2012, 04:39pm EDT

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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.

Thursday - 08/09/2012, 11:04am EDT

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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.

Thursday - 08/09/2012, 10:47am EDT

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Sailing 'commentator' knows nothing about sailing (VIDEO)

Particularly with the nuances of a complicated sport like sailing, what's the point of background research?

Thursday - 08/09/2012, 09:20am EDT

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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.

Thursday - 08/09/2012, 07:17am EDT

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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.

Wednesday - 08/08/2012, 11:58pm EDT

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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."

Wednesday - 08/08/2012, 03:16pm EDT

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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.

Wednesday - 08/08/2012, 12:16pm EDT

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Clinton gets groove on in Johannesburg (VIDEO)

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton put on her dancing shoes in Johannesburg Tuesday night.

Wednesday - 08/08/2012, 07:10am EDT

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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.

Tuesday - 08/07/2012, 03:17pm EDT

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LMFAO parody is 'pregnant' with new meaning (VIDEO)

A popular song by LMFAO has borne some unexpected offspring.

Tuesday - 08/07/2012, 06:06am EDT

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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."

Monday - 08/06/2012, 11:57pm EDT

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