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  1. This handout from the Phnom Penh Post shwos a house sawed cut in half by a Cambodian couple as they were hoping to avoid the country's convoluted divorce process inPrey Veng province near Phnom Penh.(AFP/PHNOM PENH POST-HO)
    Cambodian couple saw house in half in divorce AP - Fri Oct 10, 2:23 PM ET Sent 38 times

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy.

  2. Woman allegedly pours hot water on husband's groin AP - Fri Oct 10, 3:19 PM ET Sent 20 times

    BRADENTON, Fla. - Authorities say a woman has been arrested in west Florida after pouring scalding hot water on her husband's groin. Manatee County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a 52-year-old woman on Wednesday on a charge of aggravated battery with great bodily harm.

  3. Woman accused of serving pot-laced cake to guest AP - Fri Oct 10, 8:21 PM ET Sent 10 times

    WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - West Hartford police said they charged a 51-year-old woman with assault, reckless endangerment and tampering with evidence after she allegedly served a marijuana-tainted ginger cake to her real estate agent.

  4. Woman, 72, moves after finding snakes in apartment AP - Fri Oct 10, 8:21 PM ET Sent 8 times

    MIDDLETOWN, Del. - When 72-year-old Gladys Dressner first saw two snakes last in her new apartment last month, she froze. Days later, when an eight-inch snake crawled across her bed, she screamed. Finally, after stepping on a baby black rat snake, she moved.

  5. Blind Belgian Luc Costermans, 43, poses in front of his Lamborghini Gallardo in Istres, south eastern France. Costermans won a world record Saturday when he hit 308.78 kilometres (192 miles) per hour driving a Lamborghini Gallardo supercar on a French airstrip.(AFP/Gerard Julien)
    Blind Belgian drives at 192 miles per hour AFP - Sat Oct 11, 4:16 PM ET Sent 6 times

    ISTRES, France (AFP) - Blind Belgian daredevil Luc Costermans won a world record Saturday when he hit 308.78 kilometres (192 miles) per hour driving a Lamborghini Gallardo supercar on a French airstrip.

  6. Off duty San Diego sheriffs employee Jill Farris prepares her throw in a 'break room' at Sarah's Smash Shack during an evening session in San Diego, California September 29, 2008. At Sarah's Smash Shack, pent-up patrons can relieve stress by hurling dinnerware and bric-a-brac against a wall, as hard as they can, day and night, seven days a week. Picture taken on September 29. (Mike Blake/Reuters)
    Angry about economy? Smash some plates and move on Reuters - Thu Oct 9, 1:24 PM ET Sent 4 times

    SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - All over sunny San Diego, tough economic times have forced people to cut back on their $4 lattes and sushi dinners.

  7. Burned! Washington state woman shot by stove AP - Thu Oct 9, 2:28 PM ET Sent 3 times

    SEKIU, Wash. - A woman in Washington state says her cast-iron stove shot her in the leg. Cory Davis tells the Peninsula Daily News that she had just stoked the heating stove in her home Sunday when she heard a loud bang and was struck in her left calf.

  8. Man wins $200K in Powerball twice in same year AP - Fri Oct 10, 3:23 PM ET Sent 3 times

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - For a Kansas City man, 2008 has been a great year when it comes to playing the Missouri Lottery. Arthur Watkins, 53, has won slightly more than $400,000 in two Powerball drawings within a four-month period.

  9. Santas coming early to Indiana town to sign oath AP - Sun Oct 12, 10:41 AM ET Sent 3 times

    SANTA CLAUS, Ind. - The grandsons of Santa Claus are coming to town.

  10. Cambodian couple split house in half to avoid divorce court AFP - Thu Oct 9, 12:11 PM ET Sent 2 times

    PHNOM PENH (AFP) - A Cambodian couple hoping to avoid the country's convoluted divorce process have separated by sawing their house in half, local authorities said Thursday.

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  1. Woman, 72, moves after finding snakes in apartment AP - Fri Oct 10, 8:21 PM ET

    MIDDLETOWN, Del. - When 72-year-old Gladys Dressner first saw two snakes last in her new apartment last month, she froze. Days later, when an eight-inch snake crawled across her bed, she screamed. Finally, after stepping on a baby black rat snake, she moved.

  2. Cambodian couple saw house in half in divorce AP - Fri Oct 10, 2:23 PM ET

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy.

  3. Woman accused of serving pot-laced cake to guest AP - Fri Oct 10, 8:21 PM ET

    WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - West Hartford police said they charged a 51-year-old woman with assault, reckless endangerment and tampering with evidence after she allegedly served a marijuana-tainted ginger cake to her real estate agent.

  4. Woman allegedly pours hot water on husband's groin AP - Fri Oct 10, 3:19 PM ET

    BRADENTON, Fla. - Authorities say a woman has been arrested in west Florida after pouring scalding hot water on her husband's groin. Manatee County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a 52-year-old woman on Wednesday on a charge of aggravated battery with great bodily harm.

  5. Santas coming early to Indiana town to sign oath AP - Sun Oct 12, 10:41 AM ET

    SANTA CLAUS, Ind. - The grandsons of Santa Claus are coming to town.

  6. Blind Belgian drives at 192 miles per hour AFP - Sat Oct 11, 4:16 PM ET

    ISTRES, France (AFP) - Blind Belgian daredevil Luc Costermans won a world record Saturday when he hit 308.78 kilometres (192 miles) per hour driving a Lamborghini Gallardo supercar on a French airstrip.

  7. Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin waves supporters during a rally in Cleveland, Ohio October 8, 2008. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
    Tennessee man indicted for hacking Palin e-mail Reuters - Thu Oct 9, 1:27 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Tennessee man has been indicted for hacking into Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.

  8. Two anteaters at Bangkok's main zoo have been given a three-month holiday to recover after violent clashes between police and protesters erupted near their enclosure, according to the zoo director.(AFP/File/Frank Perry)
    Nervous anteaters at Bangkok zoo evacuated after protests AFP - Sun Oct 12, 1:17 AM ET

    BANGKOK (AFP) - Two anteaters at Bangkok's main zoo have been given a three-month holiday to recover after violent clashes between police and protesters erupted near their enclosure, the zoo director said Sunday.

  9. Nicaragua's Ortega says crisis is God punishing U.S. Reuters - Fri Oct 10, 2:10 PM ET

    MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaragua's leftist President Daniel Ortega, a U.S. foe since the Cold War, said God was punishing the United States with the financial crisis for trying to impose its economic principles on poor countries.

  10. A man receives a drug injection on the road side in Mumbai. An Indian man escaped a possible death sentence for drug trafficking after his lawyer told a court it was impossible to walk with a stash of heroin in his underpants, a newspaper reported Friday(AFP/Sajjad Hussain)
    'Drugs underwear' theory fails to wash with Indian court AFP - Fri Oct 10, 1:27 AM ET

    MUMBAI (AFP) - An Indian man escaped a possible death sentence for drug trafficking after his lawyer told a court it was impossible to walk with a stash of heroin in his underpants, a newspaper reported Friday.

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  1. Strong-arm robber in Mich. ends up $30 in the hole AP - Thu Oct 9, 8:33 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    WARREN, Mich. - Police said a strong-arm robber got locked in a chokehold by his intended victim and ended up $30 in the hole. Police in the Detroit suburb of Warren said the robber approached a 36-year-old man and demanded money on Tuesday night.

  2. Dog dies after saving man in Trinidad from fire AP - Fri Oct 10, 8:26 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - A man whose dog rescued him from a house fire in Trinidad said the animal died after running back into the burning building. Trinidad & Tobago Express newspaper quoted Anderson Marcano as saying that he woke up because the dog kept barking and tugging at his pants. Marcano said he smelled the smoke and was shocked to find his house on fire.

  3. Man to hold 'I was stupid' sign outside Wis. plant AP - Thu Oct 9, 8:33 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - A man who caused damage at a waste water treatment plant in Eau Claire has decided to pick public humiliation over jail time to pay for his crime.

  4. Virgin shark got pregnant in Virginia aquarium Reuters - Fri Oct 10, 11:17 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists using DNA testing have confirmed the second-known instance of "virgin birth" in a shark -- a female Atlantic blacktip shark named Tidbit that produced a baby without a male shark.

  5. Ice chunk falls through roof, hits woman in bed AP - Thu Oct 9, 8:33 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    YORK, Pa. - A woman was slightly injured on Wednesday after a six-pound chunk of ice fell from the sky through her roof as she slept. The source of the ice wasn't immediately known, but experts said it might have fallen from an airplane or rocket.

  6. Mich. 'Crucible' instructor accused of witchcraft AP - Wed Oct 8, 6:35 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    FERNDALE, Mich. - A man assigned "The Crucible" in an adult education English class doused his teacher with a nonflammable liquid and threatened to burn her as a witch, police said.

  7. Who-dunnit: Owl found on animal hospital doorstep AP - Thu Oct 9, 3:36 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    TUCKAHOE, N.Y. - Who? Who? Who left an owl outside a suburban New York animal hospital? Technician Joe Marchionni got a surprise when he arrived at the Tuckahoe Animal Hospital: an injured owl was huddled in the doorway.

  8. Woman, 72, moves after finding snakes in apartment AP - Fri Oct 10, 8:21 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    MIDDLETOWN, Del. - When 72-year-old Gladys Dressner first saw two snakes last in her new apartment last month, she froze. Days later, when an eight-inch snake crawled across her bed, she screamed. Finally, after stepping on a baby black rat snake, she moved.

  9. What happens after you flush? RI offers new tour AP - Fri Oct 10, 8:22 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Ever wonder what happens after you yank the chain on the old commode? Rhode Island is offering tours of several wastewater treatment facilities during what its dubbed the first annual "Rhode Island Water Infrastructure Month."

  10. How safe is your city? Put it to the bicycle test Reuters - Wed Oct 8, 8:04 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - How long will an unchained bicycle last on a city street before someone steals it?

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