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Blind dates can be bad. Blind dates with your cousin are worse.

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The post-game peak decreased the 30-foot-deep water level in the Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers by two inches.

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This time the teacher got a time out.

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Marvin Potter, 60, allegedly shot a young couple to death after they defriended his daughter on a social networking site.

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The stars of SeaWorld will also be the main attraction in federal court Monday.

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A veteran court clerk in London caught surfing porn sites during a rape trial said he did so “because he was bored.”

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The "technically vegetarian" beverage isn't listed on the menu.

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The ruling stipulates flowers, bowling, and Red Lobster.

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PETA is suing SeaWorld for enslaving killer whales.

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A pilot with the Indonesia’s largest domestic airline reportedly tested positive for crystal meth within hours before he was due for takeoff.

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A 6-year-old boy is recovering after a mountain lion “clamped” on to his face at Big Bend National Park in Texas.

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McDonald’s has apologized after landing in the doghouse for a radio ad that said eating its line of Chicken McBites was less risky than petting a stray pit bull.

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Lipstick on the collar has given way to DNA on the panties.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/weird/NATL-Man-Lost-in-Fog-Drives-300-Miles-from-Home-138773064.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:39:32 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/road2.jpg
An 82-year-old rural South Dakota man said to have been lost in the fog was discovered more than 300 miles from his home.

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Bart Simpson has joined Barbie on Iran’s do not play list. Spider-Man and Superman are okay.

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It was his dream.

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It’s like freeze tag but more disturbing.

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Tourists and Southland natives alike were treated to a show starring Catwoman in the leading role Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles.

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Tourists and Southland natives alike were treated to show starring Cat Woman, a Pirate and an Alien Thursday afternoon.

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Talk about a bat-brained idea.

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Ich kann get no satisfaktion.

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They won't get far - the tax preparer has all their info.

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Occupy Seattle Protester Fights One Percent in Unique Way

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It’s a test for tots as young as three months.

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Banking on a growing upper middle class.

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A 19-year-old University of Utah student died Sunday after plunging from a ski lift on a beginner’s slope at a Park City resort.

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Park officials plan bans bottled water due to recycling costs, soda and juice still available.

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A homeless New Mexico man rescued after being stuck in the mud for three days near the Rio Grande won’t be free for long.

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A woman dressed in nothing but her panties brought traffic to a halt in the southwest Pennsylvania city of Monongahela, as gawking motorists snapped photos.

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Two suitcases stuffed with 1,495 pig-nosed turtles were intercepted an Indonesian airport Wednesday.

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Whales were taken to deep water earlier, but many swam back to shore.

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The Queen Bee must have caught the Gulf Stream, says expert.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/weird/Man-Held-in-Solitary-Confinement-2-Years-After-DWI-Gets-22M-138053288.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:31:38 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/civil-suit-man.jpg
Denied access to doctor and judge, man found to have suffered inhumane treatment.

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Nation's real estate bust has been devastating.

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Final arrangements were to be announced Monday.

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Rocks from the red planet have been hurtling through solar system for millions of years.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/weird/Woman-Gives-Birth-to-Identical-Quadruplets-137081473.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:24:20 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/edt_AB11990.jpg
Babies were born without artificial insemination.

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High school senior says photo "captures her true personality."

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Fortunately, her effort to pee on the painting failed.

]]> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/weird/Man-Gouged-Out-Uncles-Eyes-in-Fight-Over-Remote-Cops-136675763.html Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:36:46 -0600 http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/213*120/remote.jpg
Will need surgery to save one good eye.

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