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Archive for June, 2007

This cheese carving is monumental (AP)

AP - It’s George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and Abe Lincoln — carved out of a giant block of cheese.

Reuters - Russia capped its journey from communism
to capitalism on Sunday with the opening of a $1,000-a-night
(500-pounds-a-night) luxury hotel on the site of an old Soviet
hostelry best known for its surly service and bugged
telephones.

Court: No nudes in Daytona (AP)

AP - Erotic dancers in adult bars in most parts of this Spring Break city are going to have to wear as much clothing as most people on the beach.

Man born in 1901 becomes U.S. citizen (AP)

AP - A 105-year-old Cuban-born man who had at least one pending wish finally had it fulfilled — he became a U.S. citizen.

Man creates monumental cheese carving (AP)

AP - A cheese carver has accomplished a task that’s a real “Muenster” — or make that a “monster” — in size. Troy Landwehr used his carving tools to turn a 700-pound block of Land O’ Lakes cheddar into a replica of Mount Rushmore.

Man punches 'rude' drive-thru clerk (AP)

AP - A man who thought the clerk at a fast-food drive-through was rude for not saying “please” and “thank you” punched her in the face, police said. Duane L. Williams, angered by what he felt was the clerk’s rudeness, walked into the store to complain just before 8 p.m. Wednesday, Penn Hills police Chief […]

Woman wrangles gator into guinea pig pen (AP)

AP - She had seen it on TV plenty of times, so for Erin Kemp, wrangling a stray alligator that wandered into her yard was no big deal.

Rotten oranges in bag, not a human fetus (AP)

AP - A black bag found in a middle school girls’ locker room contained rotten oranges and not a human fetus, the Dallas County medical examiner reported Friday.

Colombian finds cocaine in dentures (AP)

AP - A sharp-eyed airport inspector foiled a plot to ship 20 pounds of cocaine to Panama when he discovered the drugs stuffed inside sets of false teeth.

Rider banned over birth-control advice (AP)

AP - A 76-year-old woman has been barred from the bus station after giving unwanted birth-control advice to mothers with large families. “I think it’s wrong. It’s a violation of my First Amendment rights,” Laura Stevens said.

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