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Aussie publisher reprinting cookbook after recipe typo calls for 'freshly ground black people'
SYDNEY, Australia - An Australian publisher is reprinting 7,000 cookbooks over a recipe for pasta with "salt and freshly ground black people."
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Kansas Man Who Flipped Off Cop Gets $4,000
OLATHE, Kan. (CBS) An Overland Park man who flashed an obscene gesture at an Olathe police officer after getting a ticket is getting rewarded for his behavior.
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Couple stranded by volcano take vows online
LONDON (AFP) - A British-Australian couple's wedding guests watched them take their vows over the Internet on Saturday after the volcanic ash cloud disrupting European flights left them stranded in Dubai.
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George Washington racks up late fees at N.Y. library
NEW YORK (AP) - If George Washington were alive today, he might face a hefty overdue library fine.
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US man arrested after police say he hit South Carolina motel guest in face with 1.2 metre python
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Police in South Carolina say an argument between two motel guests ended when one of the men was hit in the head with a snake.
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Web users thought they were downloading porn game, got extortion scam instead
TORONTO - A new Internet scam circulating in Japan is among the latest ploys by cyberthieves to extort cash from unsuspecting web users.
The Kenzero virus originates from a Japanese downloading site and is embedded in a file that's posing as an adult video game, says Internet security company Trend Micro.
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Russia: Pilot asks for directions and crashes
MOSCOW -- A Russian news report says a small plane has crashed when the pilot lost his bearings and decided to ask a tractor driver for directions. No one was hurt.
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Colo. Woman Wins Right To Garden Topless
Husband Reportedly Happy With Decision
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) ― A Colorado woman who likes to garden wearing only a yellow thong and pink gloves has won her fight with her landlords, who wanted her to cover up. Boulder Housing Partners has decided not to outlaw tenants from going topless outside. That will allow 52-year-old Catharine Pierce to keep gardening the way she likes
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Facebook unfriends Osama bin Laden
We've written about the use of social networking by terrorists before. Facebook has apparently just unfriended a high profile extremist: Osama bin Laden.
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