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• Mass. woman 1 cent debt to city paid by former city councilor she does not know

• Western Ky. inmate who escaped from jail returns hours later, asking to be let back in

• Newly elected constable in Texas questioned after allowing friend to fire his gun at party

• Fla. man faces charge after allegedly hitting his girlfriend with a sandwich in the car

• Nothing to sneeze at: Driver loses control, plunges into Boston river after sneezing

• Iowa zoo recaptures flamingo that flew over golf course, entire zoo during brief escape

• Maine man who shed 140 pounds to join the Marines to begin boot camp

• Man allegedly binds and douses neighbor with gasoline, demanding burglary confession

• Oversize skull with built-in sauna turns heads in Austrian capital

• Iowa woman awaiting ruling on earlier forging case accused of forging her parents checks again

• Man jailed after allegedly throwing a wrench at another vehicle on Washington highway

• Driver sentenced for throwing axe at another motorist in road rage incident

• Goodwill locates man who mistakenly donated $7,500 with old shoes; honest worker offered gift

• Fla. man in wheelchair allegedly robs credit union, hides cash in his prosthetic leg

• Fla. boy accused of hitting mom in head with a saw, then offering her $5 not to call police

• Police in Virginia nab hungry burglar through greasy fingerprints left on orange juice bottle

• Times Square to debut its first eco-friendly billboard, powered only by wind and sun

• Alabama man lying on train tracks miraculously survives after being run over by 8 rail cars

• New ZIP code for small La. community means residents will finally get mail delivery

• 5 years on, W.Va. man wins court fight with health insurer over $40 medical bill

• Man accused of driving drunk and then urinating on the arresting officer in back of squad car

• Travel guide lists NY pet cemetery in world's top 10 places of rest, among Taj Mahal, pyramids

• Montana trooper cites men with drunken driving after one traffic stop

• Woman to spend up to 90 days in jail, pay restitution after using kids in volleyball scheme

• Holy Theft! Russian villagers steal Orthodox church and sell it _ brick by brick

• Ohio man celebrates his 101st birthday with spin in a 1936 Auburn Speedster

• Beer truck driver accused of driving drunk after flipping his rig in Colorado

• Bank robber threatens to file a complaint with management after finding empty cash drawers

• Pigskin pickin' camel says Patriots will beat Jets in 1st place showdown Thursday

• Cambodian Buddhist community in abuzz about Buddha-shaped wasp nest