Pirate's body washes ashore with $153,000

The body of a Somali pirate who drowned just after receiving a huge ransom washed onshore with $153,000 in cash, a resident said Sunday, as the spokesman for another group of pirates promised to soon free a Ukrainian arms ship.

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Gu Gu strikes again! Panda attacks zoo visitor

For the third time,� Gu Gu the panda has attacked someone who climbed into its space, prompting officials at the Beijing Zoo to consider changes to keep visitors away from 240-pound animal.

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Gu Gu strikes again! Panda attacks zoo visitor

For the third time,� Gu Gu the panda has attacked someone who climbed into its space, prompting officials at the Beijing Zoo to consider changes to keep visitors away from 240-pound animal.

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Mothers against Facebook breast-feeding ban

Facebook has sparked a massive online debate - and protests - and after removing photos that expose too much of a mother's breast.

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Alaska pulls plug on Snowzilla the snowman

Snowzilla is no more. Municipal officials in Anchorage have given a cease-and-desist order to builders of the giant snowman that made appearances the last three years in an east Anchorage neighborhood.

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Crazy dog lady? Woman adopts 27 hounds

A California woman went to a dog pound looking to replace her late, loved pooch - and ended up coming home with 27 dogs that were facing euthanasia. But she didn't expect her emotional decision to lead to trouble with the law.

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Police: 1981 killing of Adam Walsh solved

fasdfaAuthorities in South Florida announced Tuesday that they've finally solved the 1981 killing of Adam Walsh, whose father later gained fame as the host of "America's Most Wanted."

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Dog frozen to sidewalk; fat helped it survive

A dog weighing more than 120 pounds survived being frozen to a sidewalk overnight, probably because he was insulated by layers of fat, authorities said.

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O.J. Simpson faces spartan desert prison

O.J. Simpson's future was clear Saturday. His new home will be a prison cell in the Nevada desert, with freedom hinging on an appeal of a trial that his lawyers say was filled with errors.

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Man jailed for not supporting kid who isn't his

A Philadelphia man was forced to pay more than $12,000 in child support for another man's daughter and spent two years in jail for falling behind on payments.

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Tax cows, hogs for passing gas, burping?

For farmers, this stinks: Belching and gaseous cows and hogs could start costing them money if a federal proposal to charge fees for air-polluting animals becomes law.

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O.J. Simpson sentenced to long prison term

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Jury Convicts Dallas Man in Murder of Wife, Sons

A jury convicts a Dallas man of capital murder in the stabbing deaths of his wife and her two sons.

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Women Across Dallas Robbed at Gunpoint

Dallas police warn women about violent purse snatchings across the city.

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McKinney Man Fights to Keep Dog From Death

A McKinney man whose dog was sentenced to death by a Collin County judge says the animal deserves a second chance.

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Lizards, snakes, owls saved from cooking pot

Malaysian authorities have seized $830,000 worth of exotic animals, including porcupines and pythons, that were destined for the cooking pot, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

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World's ugliest dog dies after battle with cancer

A one-eyed, three-legged dog that won the title of world's ugliest pooch this summer has died.

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Woman Who Cut Off Baby's Arms To Be Released

A woman who killed her 10-month-old daughter by cutting off her arms with a kitchen knife is being released from a state mental hospital.

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Elderly Man Beaten With Hammer Dies

Schepps Dairy is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the brutal beating death of an elderly Oak Cliff man.

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Barack Obama's grandmother dies

A day before the presidential election, Barack Obama announced the death Monday of his grandmother, who helped raise him and whom he praised as the cornerstone of his family.

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Dallas Morning News Tossed From Obama One

Reporting staff from The Dallas Morning News and two other newspapers have been thrown off of Sen. Obama's campaign plane after endorsing his rival John McCain in the race for president. An...

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Stabbing at Reno convenience store leaves two hospitalized

A stabbing at a Reno convenience store left two people hospitalized and one in jail Friday morning.

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Runaway poodle delays flights at Boston airport

Choochy the poodle is a "runway runaway." Boston's Logan International Airport officials say Choochy escaped from her kennel as she was being unloaded after a flight from Detroit on Saturday night and scampered across runways and taxiways.

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Army stops Iraq GI from bringing puppy home

More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition urging the Army to let an Iraqi puppy come home with a U.S. soldier, who fears that "Ratchet" could be killed if left behind.

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Killer who claimed he was too fat is executed

Ohio has executed a 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer who argued his obesity made death by lethal injection inhumane.

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