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Ohio woman avoids prison when strangers repay debt CINCINNATI -- An Ohio woman with a $3,000 legal debt from nearly 30 years ago has avoided prison, thanks to strangers who paid it off.
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Is Dora the Explorer an illegal immigrant? CHICAGO -- Since Arizona passed a controversial immigration law, one of the most recognizable cartoons in the world, and her immigration status, ave been under scrutiny.
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Targeted for death, Vt. moose gets a reprieve IRASBURG, Vt. -- Pete the Moose, who became a cause celebre after the state of Vermont ordered him removed from a game preserve or euthanized, is getting a reprieve.
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1794 Silver Dollar Sells for Record $7.85 million LOS ANGELES (AP) -- What may be America's oldest silver dollar has become the world's most expensive coin, with its owner saying it changed hands in a private transaction between coin collectors for nearly $8 million. Link
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Video: The Art of an Art Heist Several famous works, including paintings by Rembrandt and Picasso, were stolen overnight at the Paris Museum of Modern Art. As Mark Phillips reports, art theft remains a lucrative business.
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Cops: Conn. high school coach gave students vodka SOUTHBURY, Conn. -- A Connecticut girls basketball coach was charged with giving alcohol to students before a school dance. Jennifer Jackson, 32, a coach and teacher at Pomperaug High School was charged Wednesday with delivering alcohol to minors and reckless endangerment. Link
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Paintings Worth Millions Stolen in Paris PARIS (AP) -- A lone thief stole five paintings possibly worth hundreds of millions of euros, including major works by Picasso and Matisse, in a brazen overnight heist at a Paris modern art museum, police and prosecutors said Thursday. Link
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Hundreds of large feral rats found in N.M. home LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- City animal control officers have started removing hundreds of large, feral rats from inside a Las Cruces rental home. Animal shelter director Beth Vesco-Mock said the rats - some sickly and displaying evidence of fighting - are about the size of a four- to five-month-old kitten. Link
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Residents with tone alert radios get weird message HERMISTON, Ore. -- Hermiston, Ore., residents with tone alert radios activated for any emergencies at the Umatilla Chemical Depot may have been puzzled by a message just after 5 p.m. Wednesday. The Tri-City Herald reported that the National Weather Service tried to send a warning on tone alert radios that a severe thunderstorm was approaching. The radios also are used for severe weather warnings. Link
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Man tells cops God told him to stroll in the nude THIBODAUX, La. -- A man who told police that God told him to walk the streets naked to save his soul has been arrested. Thibodaux police responded to an obscenity complaint around 2 a.m. Thursday and found Shafiq Mohamed walking nude down the street. When approached, Mohamed reportedly told officers that "America raped him" and added God told him to walk the streets naked to save his soul. Link
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