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NBC "TODAY" Show Highlights Trucking NBC Today Show - Medical Fitness of Truck Drivers (video link)Last surviving 'Brown v. Board' plaintiff dies at 88 Stranded Divers Fend Off Komodo Dragon Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms before darkness AUSTRALIA N IN WHEELCHAIR GETS DRUNK DRIVING CHARGE BRAZIL INMATE HAD $170K, GUNS, TV, FRIDGE IN CELL Camera phone ban for peeping toilet teen Cigarettes whisked out of sight Don't abandon car in motion, says Cyprus motor code Fireman drives trucks 20 years without license Fireman drives trucks 20 years without license GOD ACCUSED OF SELLING COCAINE NEAR TAMPA CHURCH HALF-TON OF PREMIUM COFFEE BEANS STOLEN IN HAWAII IOWA MAN SAYS HE PLANNED TO COMPOST POT, NOT SMOKE MAN LEAVES GA. JAIL NAKED, GETS ARRESTED AGAIN MEN FILLET OREGON TOWN'S CHARLIE THE TUNA STATUE MONTANA SCHOOL SEARCHES FOR MISSING BISON MOW YOUR LAWN...OR RISK JAIL TIME IN CANTON, OHIO PA. MAN WALKS 25 MILES TO COURT FOR DUI SENTENCING Players up half the night watching replays Russia and Ukraine clash over 350-year-old battle Stranded Divers Fend Off Komodo Dragon Thief buries 1.5 million euros in park THIEF BURIES 1.5 MILLION EUROS IN PARK Widow throws party to find place in heaven "Self-important and irritating" Mexican jail releases disruptive donkey who was doing time in southern Mexico for assault and battery. 1986 Message In Bottle Drifts 1,735 Mi. Message In Bottle Drifts 21 Years, 1,736 Miles From Washington State Until Alaska Man Finds It 300 POUND INMATE COMPLAINS ARK. JAIL DOESN'T FEED HIM WELL 911 dispatcher falls asleep during call Anglers let big cash bonanza get away
Babies tossed off 50-foot tower for luck Beer-sipping clients have taxes done in a bar
Bigger small car for tallest man Book lifts lid on star of eerie first Dracula film Boy, 11, Steered Bus To Aviod Semi Building boom drives dump truck thefts BURGLAR PLAYS DEAD AT FUNERAL HOME (Associated Press) - A burglar who broke into a funeral home tried to fool police by playing dead, but two things gave him away. First, he breathed. Plus, he wore grungy clothes rather than the Sunday best of those settling in for eternal rest. Candy Wrappers Help Police Nab Suspects Chef wants to outlaw out-of-season vegetables China drivers fined for slow-drive on scenic bridge China's Roads Are Deadliest In The World Dinosaur Dung Sells At NYC Auction For Nearly $1,000 DOG CHASES DEER INTO WIS. LIVING COMPLEX (Associated Press) - Some residents in an assisted living complex had quite a surprise when a deer jumped through the window. A witness told police a black dog was chasing six to seven deer when a deer jumped through a resident's closed window at St. Paul Home Friday afternoon. Drivers fined for slow-drive on scenic bridge Enticing elderly to give up driving Firm in trouble for slum tour with a twist Fleeing shoplifter forgets son Free speech center makes annual "muzzle" awards Getting paid to drink Gophers notch a win in man-rodent battle Granny chases down robber A grandmother of 12 describes how she chased down a 22-year-old robbery suspect. KATU reports. Guy tears hair out over hairdresser's phone HARVARD LAMPOON SENDS UP GEOGRAPHIC 'I'm lucky to pay $85 for gas' iReporters share footage of flooding, tornado aftermath MAN GETS 30 DAYS' JAIL FOR TACO THEFT MAN NABBED FOR POT-SMELLING CASH DEPOSIT MAN REPORTS MARIJUANA THEFT, GETS BUSTED Man Who Walked Naked Along Pa. Highway Charged Men charged after skull dug up, used as bong MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY PLAYER CHARGED AFTER CAUGHT STREAKING MISSING N.Y. REV. FOUND AT OHIO STRIP CLUB Mom-to-be charged with another DUI Nearly 2,000 strip for Austrian photo shoot Non-stick chewing gum firm raises $20 million Obama Related To Pitt, Clinton To Jolie Odd Box: The week's weirder videos Oreo Defense Used In Conn. Speeding Case Driver Charged With Speeding Blames Poorly Dunked Oreo, Connecticut State Police Say POLICE: CARJACKER STOPS TO ASK TV NEWS CREW FOR DIRECTIONS Prized police catch escapes again
Registering potentially dangerous knives Robbers nabbed by cops driving getaway taxi Royal jewels, rare watches to test auction market Rugby strip show caught on video Safety in numbers for speeding drivers Seattle Man In Treehouse Gets A New Home Sexy orchids do more than embarrass wasps? Shipwreck loaded with treasure found SISTERS: EBAY PULLED CORN FLAKE AUCTION So, you don't like the color, right?
Starbucks Ordered To Pay Back Tips (find this case) Students make fuel instead of buying it The future of oil CNN's Charles Hodson talks with Shell CEO Jeroen Van der Veer about the future of oil. Traffickers on the run after flagging down cops Tree office Microsoft is taking working from home to a new level with a tree office. CNN's Alphonso Van Marsh explains. Truck with "extras" confiscated from gang
Vikings acquitted in 100-year-old murder mystery
Woman fired for giving 16-cent treat to toddler You want fries with that? YES!!!! Bushnell v. Mott, No. 06-1044 An owner of a dog not known to be vicious owes a duty to attempt to stop the dog from attacking a person after the attack has begun. FLORIDA LAWMAKERS CONSIDER BILL BANNING ORNAMENTAL TESTICLES (Associated Press) - They're proudly displayed by any self-respecting bull, but dangling big metal ones on the back end of a truck could be banned in Florida. FOWL PLAY PROMPTS UNUSUAL COURT ORDER (Associated Press) - A court has issued what could be at least a local first: an order of protection for a duck. HR 578: National Watermelon Month. IOWA COUNTY BOARD OKS GHOST HUNTERS (Associated Press) - County officials have given their informal OK for ghost hunters to check out a one-time insane asylum to see if any spirits are lurking about. JUDGE SENTENCES MAN 10 DAYS PER WORD (Associated Press) - A man has talked himself into nearly two years in jail after threatening to kill a Shelby County criminal court judge. Joshua Beadle has been held in contempt and sentenced to 10 days per word after a judge ordered him to stop the threatening comments. MAN ASKS COURT TO CHANGE HIS NAME TO 'IN GOD WE TRUST' MAN FILES SUIT, CLAIMS LAP DANCE INJURY MUTLU V. JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP. (N.Y. Supreme Court, N.Y. County - May 12, 2008) - A passenger on a cross-country JetBlue flight from California to New York filed suit against the airline, pilots, and flight attendants for requiring him to sit on the plane's toilet for more than three hours. NO FORTISSIMO? SYMPHONY TOLD TO KEEP IT DOWN Putting the brakes on speedy motorway driving RANCHER ARRESTED FOR SELLING SNAKE VODKA 1 Dead In School Bus-Dump Truck Collision 20 hurt in Alabama school bus crash Bridge Disasters From the New York Times a page relating to the disasters caused by bridge failure Old Photographs Show Bent Plates on Bridge China train crash kills 70, injures hundreds
Crane Accident In Miami Kills 2, Hurts 5 Crash Survivor In ID Mix-up Writes Book Fiery Tanker Crash Closes I-91 In Mass. Fiery Tanker Crash Shuts Mass. Interstate Ill. Man Nabbed In Stolen Doughnut Van Iowa Police Chase Ill. Doughnut Shop's Stolen Delivery Van At 100 Mph; Suspect Held MILLIONS OF BEES LOOSE ON CALIF. HIGHWAY Officers hit fleeing suspects with car South Carolina Highway Patrol officers have been caught on dash-cam video hitting African-American suspects with patrol cars, and using a racial epithet during at least one pursuit, a U.S. attorney said. Plane slams into runway, bounces around Ship's Pilot In Bay Spill Had DUI SUV crashes into GA home The driver of an SUV has been charged after his vehicle slammed into an Atlanta home. Toll From NYC Crane Collapse Hits 5 Inspector Arrested In Fatal Crane Collapse Train crushes truck after suspect flees Van makes donut hole Investigators are trying to determine why a van crashed through a Dunkin' Donuts storefront on Chicago's north side.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Three Hong Kong anglers thought they had hit the big time when they sold their rare giant fish for HK$20,000 ($2,560) -- but they missed out on a HK$1 million bonanza, a newspaper reported on Friday. 
HOBOKEN, New Jersey (Reuters) - The sounds of the Rolling Stones pour from the speakers while beer glasses are filled and a jovial game of darts takes place 10 feet away. 
LONDON (Reuters) - Found: drinking companions to join elderly gentleman for a friendly beer at his local pub. 
MANILA (Reuters) - The leader of a notorious gang of armed robbers in the Philippines, re-arrested by police after months on the run, escaped again on Friday in a scene straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster. 
BEIJING (Reuters) - A 2 million yuan ($286,000) sculpture in northeastern China that took two years to build was dismantled days before its unveiling because a senior government official disliked the color, local media said on Tuesday.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers battling a violent drug gang and corrupt local police confiscated a sport utility vehicle decked out with extras worthy of a James Bond movie. 
OSLO (Reuters) - Tests of the bones of two Viking women found in a buried longboat have dispelled 100-year-old suspicions that one was a maid sacrificed to accompany her queen into the afterlife, experts said on Friday. 
BERLIN (Reuters) - The northern city of Bremen became the first state in Germany to introduce a speed limit on its motorways on Wednesday, breaking a taboo in a country proud of its fast cars. 
BEIJING (Reuters) - Two passenger trains collided in eastern China on Monday, killing at least 70 people and injuring hundreds as carriages jumped the tracks and toppled into a ditch, state media said.