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Spider-Man comic celebrates Obama (Reuters)
Reuters - Barack Obama will be "nerd-in-chief" when he takes office as U.S. president this month, according to Marvel Comics, which is putting him on the cover of its next "Spider-Man" comic.
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Man accused of building meth lab in funeral home (AP)
AP - A funeral home might be a place for eternal rest, but police say an Arkansas man saw an opportunity to build a methamphetamine lab undisturbed by the living. There was just one problem ? the funeral home was across the street from the sheriff's office.
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Man flees courtroom before verdict, gets 6 months (AP)
AP - A Wise County man who would have been on probation for his drug conviction will now have to spend six months in jail ? all because he fled before hearing the verdict and was captured after a high-speech chase through three counties.
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Man allegedly caused flats with nails in driveways (AP)
AP - A 60-year-old man has been causing flat tires for two years by tossing roofing nails onto the driveways of people he didn't like, police said Thursday. Michael Delisio, of West Haverstraw, has been charged with harassment, criminal tampering and mischief, said Stony Point police Lt. Peter Quinn …
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RI boys accused of stealing car to get to school (AP)
AP - Two Woonsocket High School boys did the right thing by trying to get to school on time. It was the way they got there that police had a problem with. Police told The Call of Woonsocket the boys ages 15 and 16 stole a car Tuesday morning in order to make it to school on time.
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Man accused of throwing roofing nails in driveways (AP)
AP - A New York suburban man is accused of lining the end of four residents' driveways with roofing nails. Police have received 40 complaints since 2006 that Michael C. Delisio, 60, has been throwing handfuls of nails into victims' driveways in Stony Point and Haverstraw.
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Pooch can't wait for opening day at Mets' ballpark (AP)
AP - Jackie the wily pooch is one New Yorker who just couldn't wait until opening day to see the Mets' new stadium. The stray dog was spotted sniffing around Citi Field for several days before animal control officers were sent Wednesday to rescue her. She led them on a run through the stadium, which …
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School bus liquor-store run gets cops' attention (AP)
AP - A school bus driver made an unscheduled stop at a liquor store, then allegedly asked a student to help hide her purchases when police stopped her, the district superintendent said.
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Cat laps up new role on TV weather forecast (Reuters)
Reuters - A cat wandered onto the set of a live weather forecast by Germany's leading meteorologist Joerg Kachelmann and waved its tail in front of the camera as it rubbed up against his leg.
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Bikers wear fruit shells to avoid helmet law (Reuters)
Reuters - Police in Nigeria have arrested scores of motorcycle taxi riders with dried fruit shells, paint pots or pieces of rubber tire tied to their heads with string to avoid a new law requiring them to wear helmets.
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Policeman attacked using own patrol car (Reuters)
Reuters - An Australian outback policeman was pelted with rocks and beer bottles and his stolen patrol car was used to try and run him down, police said Wednesday.
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Anti-graft squad nabs fake policeman (Reuters)
Reuters - Nigeria's anti-corruption police said on Tuesday it had arrested a man who posed as one of its own officials to extort money from members of the public when they tried to report cases of graft.
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Holier than thou? Christ statue has rival (Reuters)
Reuters - A little-known Brazilian farming town with sugar cane wealth is set to upstage Rio de Janeiro by erecting a statue of Christ that will eclipse its famous equivalent atop Rio's Corcovado mountain.
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Yachtsman has to be rescued again (Reuters)
Reuters - Less than 36 hours after a dramatic rescue after capsizing in treacherous waters off Cape Horn, French round-the-world yachtsman Jean Le Cam had to be rescued again.
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Cause of wind turbine damage unknown (Reuters)
Reuters - Green energy company Ecotricity is investigating what mangled a wind turbine in England over the weekend, a spokeswoman for the company said.
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Capsized yachtsman has to be rescued again (Reuters)
Reuters - Less than 36 hours after a dramatic rescue after capsizing in treacherous waters off Cape Horn, French round-the-world yachtsman Jean Le Cam had to be rescued again.
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Man guilty in chain saw attack on neighbor's door (AP)
AP - A Pennsylvania man faces up to 37 years in prison now that he's been convicted of tearing open a neighbor's door with a chain saw in a fit of anger over parking.
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South Korea detains financial "prophet of doom" (Reuters)
Reuters - South Korean prosecutors have detained a self-styled financial market prophet who had a large following on the Internet but whose gloomy predictions upset the government battling an economic slump, they said on Thursday.
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Panda with attitude bites zoo trespasser (Reuters)
Reuters - A panda with a record of aggressive behaviour attacked a man who jumped into its enclosure at a Beijing zoo to pick up a toy, local media said on Thursday.
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U.S. scientists learn how to levitate tiny objects (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. scientists have found a way to levitate the very smallest objects using the strange forces of quantum mechanics, and said on Wednesday they might use it to help make tiny nanotechnology machines.
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