Woman donates kidney to her former English teacher
Twenty-two years after graduating from high school, Angie Collins is now her former English teacher's favorite student.
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'Funeral Day Burglar' found guilty of 10 counts in Mo.
A burglar who authorities say used the obituary pages to select his targets was convicted of 10 counts Friday.
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Utah men say they drove to 48 states, more than 7,000 miles
Three men say they drove to 48 states in less than five days, ending their journey in the Four Corners area of southeastern Utah. The Four Corners destination allowed them to quickly hit four states - Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
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Judge bans 4 shoplifters from Pa. malls, calls them locusts
Likening them to a "plague of locusts," a judge has banned four women from Pennsylvania malls after they pleaded guilty to stealing.
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Driver gets in wreck, sees his home catch fire, gets ticket
One moment, Justin Hill was turning into his driveway. Minutes later he was being flown to a hospital as his home went up in flames. Then he got a traffic ticket.
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Legally blind man, 78, bowls perfect game
A 78-year-old legally blind man nicknamed "The Hammer" has bowled a perfect game. Dale Davis of Alta, Iowa, nailed 12 consecutive strikes and reached 300 on Saturday night during league play.
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Omaha man says this was his second self-tracheotomy
The 55-year-old Omaha man who performed a tracheotomy on himself with a steak knife says he did the same thing to himself two years ago.
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Man finds Ill. woman's wallet that had been stolen in 1973
Sandy Baumberger says she never expected to see her wallet again when it was stolen 35 years ago.
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Packaged pythons cause scare at German post office
A trio of packaged pythons has caused a scare at a German post office. Police in Darmstadt say the snakes were stuffed into a parcel that was handed in for mailing to eastern Germany. It contained two tiger pythons and an albino tiger python of more than 3 feet in length.
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Iguana causes power outage for 20,000 in Florida
Power has been restored to 20,000 people in north Broward County, after an iguana caused a short circuit. The critter came in contact with some high-voltage equipment, which triggered Thursday's outage.
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Police: Victims' own photo helped cops nail robbery suspect
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Police say they had no trouble tracking down a robbery suspect, because the victims had taken his picture while chatting with him at a bar a short time before the theft.
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Minn. driver kills dog, then sues owners for damage
The driver of a 1997 Honda Civic that struck and killed a dog near Cloquet is suing the dog's owners for damage done to his vehicle. Jeffery Ely was driving on the night of Jan. 4 when Fester, a miniature pinscher, squeezed past owner Nikki Munthe as she was letting in her other dog and ran out onto the road. Ely's car struck Fester, killing the 13-pound dog instantly.
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Suspect surrenders after cop yells 'Taser, Taser, Taser'
Just the threat of a jolt stopped a man in his tracks. A Salt Lake City police officer couldn't catch up to a 32-year-old man until he yelled, "Taser, Taser, Taser."
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Gorilla celebrates her 55th birthday with frozen cake
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Jenny, recognized as the world's oldest living gorilla in captivity, celebrated her 55th birthday Thursday with a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats at her wooded home in the Dallas Zoo.
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Woman files claim, saying dog feces ruined family outing
A New York woman has filed a $100 claim against Norwalk saying a family outing to the Maritime Aquarium was ruined by dog feces. The woman claims her child's shoes, along with the entire outing, were ruined when her 1-year-old stepped in dog feces outside the Maritime Garage.
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Man finds check from 1971 after Arkansas tornadoes
Tornadoes that tore through Arkansas last week picked up homes, cars and everything in between - including a check from 1971.
