Oddities

at 18:01 on February 8, 2010, EDT.

N.B. man says he's banned from Tim Hortons because of complaints about coffee

ST. ANDREWS, N.B. - A tempest in a Tim Hortons decaf cup is brewing in New Brunswick.

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at 21:52 on February 4, 2010, EDT.

3 cheetahs swim moat to escape New Zealand park enclosure, but cause no harm before recapture

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Three cheetahs swam a moat and crawled through a hole in a rusty fence to escape their enclosure and then briefly roamed inside a wildlife park in New Zealand.

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at 23:41 on January 30, 2010, EDT.

Malaysian court orders lovers to pay fine of 4 buffaloes, 1 pig for illicit affair

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A news report says a Malaysian court has ordered two lovers to pay a fine of four buffaloes and a pig after they were found guilty of having an illicit affair.

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at 11:34 on January 27, 2010, EDT.

Boulder crashes through Tennessee home, barely misses 75-year-old woman asleep in bed

ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. - Emergency officials say a boulder about the size of a compact car crashed into an apartment building, barely missing a woman sleeping in her bedroom.

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at 15:38 on February 8, 2010, EDT.

Pregnant TO woman gets Oprah's help after water breaks during talk show taping

CHICAGO - A pregnant Toronto woman received some help from Oprah Winfrey this week after her water broke during a taping of the talk show queen's program.

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at 21:47 on February 4, 2010, EDT.

Police say man stuffed 75 bottles of lotion in his pants, but couldn't slip away

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Police say a man who stuffed 75 bottles of body lotion in his pants couldn't slip away from authorities, hampered by slacks that were nearly bursting at the seams.

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at 20:18 on January 29, 2010, EDT.

N.L. woman who claims she saw missiles says area not used by model hobbyists

HARBOUR MILLE, N.L. - A woman who claims she saw three missiles whiz over Newfoundland's south coast dismisses suggestions the mysterious objects could have been model rockets and claims instead the truth is being covered up.

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at 10:28 on January 27, 2010, EDT.

PETA proposes robotic groundhog for US festival; handlers say 'Phil' receives year-round TLC

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. - An animal rights group wants organizers of Pennsylvania's Groundhog Day festival to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a robotic stand-in.

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at 19:52 on February 7, 2010, EDT.

Alaska dentist uses crown, poster putty and yellow highlighter to fix bald eagle's broken beak

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Alaska dentist has given a bald eagle a unique beak - using a temporary crown, sticky poster putty and yellow highlighter.

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at 8:23 on February 4, 2010, EDT.

Holy Cow! Britain mulls a ban on Chinese lanterns over fears they may maim livestock

LONDON - Legislators are calling on Britain's government to ban Chinese paper lanterns, because of a risk to cows, sheep and other livestock.

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