Archive for August, 2006

Pool Toys Pose Impalement Risk

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

About 273,000 pool toys, manufactured by Wild Planet Toys Inc., are being recalled because they pose a risk of impalement injury to children.
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‘For Sale’ Sign Up On Gilligan’s Boat

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

For $99,000 Canadian (US$89,400), you can buy the boat famous for setting aground on an uncharted desert isle to set the stage for the 1960s television classic “Gilligan’s Island.”
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The Great Wall of Arabia

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

No, you won’t be able to see it from space, but Saudi Arabia, unnerved by the violence next door in Iraq, plans to spend up to $7 billion on a partly virtual fence along its 500-mile border with Iraq.
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Topless Kissing Booth Raises Money For Cancer

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

The Caliente nudist resort hosts the American Cancer Society’s first-ever nude Relay For Life. Event T-shirts were optional for participants.
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Witnesses Say Man Jumped to His Death

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

Partiers enjoying the nightlife in Downtown El Paso Friday tell ABC 7 they saw a shocking sight – they witnessed a man take his own life by jumping from a building at least four-stories high.
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Sheriff Says Teen Saved Family By Killing Intruder

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

Parents in danger: The boy breaks free of duct tape, plunges knife five times into the man’s back
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Rite Aid Agrees to Buy Eckerd and Brooks

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Rite Aid Corp., the nation’s third largest drugstore chain, said Thursday it will purchase the U.S. Eckerd and Brooks operations of Canada’s Jean Coutu Group Inc. for about $2.55 billion in cash and stock.
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Man In Goggles Brings Powder To Firefighter In Middle Of Night

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

A man shows up to fire station in the middle of the night wearing a raincoat, goggles and surgical gloves, then tries to hand a firefighter a bag of white powder
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Wig Maker To Stars Now Makes Doggie Wigs

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

Ruth Regina likes to say her business is going to the dogs, but it’s actually just going to their heads.
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Bees Build Nest in Starving Dog

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

ast Pennsboro Police Chief Dennis McMaster has seen a lot of horrible things in his long career as a police officer.
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