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AP - A big red sign that says “Stop” sometimes isn’t enough to get everyone to stop. Maybe a laugh will get their attention.

AP - Someone is either too cheap to buy his own toilet paper or planning a big prank.

AP - A 250-pound bear stranded under a bridge near Lake Tahoe was saved by an army of rescuers, a tranquilizer dart and a nylon net bought at an Army surplus store.

AP - A cancer patient says she was left alone in a CT scanner for hours after a technician apparently forget about her, and she finally crawled out of the device, only to find herself locked in the closed clinic.

AP - The flag-painted fire hydrant that was removed because critics thought dogs would disrespectfully urinate on it is being reinstalled, but with a fence to keep the pooches away.

Reuters - A German factory worker stole over a
million screws from his employer and skewed the market with his
cheap stolen goods, police said on Friday.

Reuters - A German man who had been drinking
heavily at Munich's Oktoberfest beer festival got stuck in a
chimney for 12 hours while trying to climb into a friend's
apartment, police said on Friday.

Reuters - So many candidates are running in
Bulgaria's local elections next month that ballots stretch to 2
metres (6-1/2 ft) and won't fit into the country's largest
envelopes.

Reuters - Tonga's senior players will take the
field against England on Friday with their hair dyed green to
highlight the money problems the island nation had in making it
to the World Cup, centre Epeli Taione said on Thursday.

Reuters - "Yokozuna" Hakuho was given more than 100
horses and sheep in his native Mongolia to celebrate his latest
major sumo tournament victory.