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Pelicans Held On Suspicion of Being Drunk
Four pelicans suspected of being drunk on sea algae were being tested at a Southern California wildlife center Saturday after one of them crashed headlong into a car.
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Family Kicked Out Of Buffet
Wendy Dershem may think twice before leaving that egg roll on her plate at her next Chinese buffet. The Des Moines woman, her boyfriend and her two children were kicked out of a restaurant last week after management accused her of leaving too much food on her plate.
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Tatooed Toes Trip Up Thief
Richard Costello was tripped up by his own toes, police say.
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Costello, 29, was trying to sell stolen motorcycle parts on eBay, so he laid the items on a linoleum floor and took photographs for the Web site, said Clearwater police Sgt. Greg Stewart.
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Lawyer Follows His Client To Jail
Lawyer Peter Correnti climbed into his Ford Taurus and left the courthouse minutes after his client was hauled off to jail, convicted of driving without a license. Before Correnti got a mile down the road, though, deputies pulled him over and arrested him on the same charge.
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Would-Be Empire State Jumper Caught
The host of a cable television show and professional BASE jumper - who passed through security at the Empire State Building wearing a rubber mask and foam fat suit that made him appear to be an overweight, elderly man - was arrested Thursday when he tried to parachute from the skyscraper, authorities said.
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The Making of Mental Patients
In October, 2004, after taking TeenScreen, a 10-minute computer test developed in the psychiatric department of Columbia University, 16-year-old Chelsea Rhoades of Indiana was told she had two mental health problems, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and social anxiety disorder. The diagnoses were based upon Chelsea's responses that she liked to help clean the house and didn't "party" much...
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