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• Colorado book borrower must spend time in prison

• 'Beer Pong' game's teen-friendly rating criticized

• Judge tells verbose lawyer to make it snappy

• Fake bouts showing men kissing draw suspicion

• Truck rams Concorde, knocks off its nose in NYC

• Ala. police nab Mercedes-climbing goat

• Headless Hitler to get new wax head

• Arrest made after FedEx sends drug to wrong place

• Ore. man completes flight of fancy - in lawn chair

• Man out-spits father, claims pit-spitting title

• Man accused of faking heart attacks to avoid bills

• Oregon lawn-chair pilot plans 300-mile flight

• Wayward dolphins following food inland, not to sea

• New Zealand man puts up his soul for auction

• Woman accused of stealing cat to get back her dog

• Courthouse with dead opossum almost free of fleas

• Woman seeks $30K after her home mistakenly razed

• Man accused of hitting mom with Polish sausage

• Australians making odd choices for funeral songs

• More than 2,000 guitarists appear to set record

• Runway tractor carrying potatoes mashes car

• Nowthen, Minn., I think our city has a name

• Woman crashes into store then tries to buy beer

• Police wnt u to fight crime w/txt msgs

• Arkansas thieves take bank ATM -- but not its cash

• British student gets credit for expletive on exam

• Giraffe helps camels, zebras escape from circus

• Pair caught skinny dipping in Portland reservoir

• Man auctions life, but disappointed at bid price

• Stilt-walker completes 830 miles across Michigan

• Swedish school confiscates boy's party invitations

• Woman gets back ring she lost in lake in '54

• Wash. dentist's staff saddles up to beat gas costs

• Woman's 'Wing House' takes flight in Malibu

• Driver arrested after speeding 22 times in 45 days

• Chicago-style pizzas headed to troops in Iraq

• Sports bra saves hiker in German Alps

• Famed Elvis casket photo at heart of Boca lawsuit

• Marines getting a few good triplets from Cadillac

• Ugliest dog: 3 legs, 1 eye, no hair, all winner

• It's no croc: Alligator found in Chicago River

• 'Gladiators' stars' twins born to grandma, 52

• NC 'Big twins' tip scales at a combined 23 pounds

• Incredibly, Hulk gets abducted from Mass. theater

• Ex-cook pleads guilty to putting hair in steak

• Outdoors in Chicago? Watch out for the blackbirds

• New York man accused of hiding in woman's couch

• Ohio station advertises gas for $9.09 a gallon

• Toilet paper wedding dress wins national contest