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- 'Get Money' haircut identifies robbery suspect
SEATTLE - A woman who was robbed of $310 while sitting at a Seattle traffic light gave police a detailed description of the man who stuck a gun in her open window.
- Xbox blocks gamer over town's name: Fort Gay
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by publicly declaring he's from Fort Gay - a name the company considered offensive.
- Farmer claims some corn popped on the stalk
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. A Hardin County farmer said that some ears among his feed corn rows popped on the stalk in a phenomenon that agricultural experts believe is associated with irregular rainfall and high heat.
- Campaign targets men with saggy pants
BATON ROUGE, La. A Baton Rouge Metro Council member wants the parish to support a public awareness campaign against men who wear their pants so low that their boxer shorts show.
- Bobcat climbing power pole starts 5-acre fire
PIRU, Calif. - A bobcat climbing a power pole got electrocuted and sparked a five-acre brush fire in California's Ventura County.
- A class to die for: Zombies 101
BALTIMORE - The University of Baltimore is offering a new class on the undead.
- Colombian is world's shortest man at 27 inches
BOGOTA, Colombia - Edward Nino Hernandez is in many ways a typical 24-year-old Colombian male. He loves to dance reggaeton, dreams of owning a car - preferably a Mercedes- and wants to see the world.
- Man scales 58-story skyscraper
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco authorities arrested a man who scaled the exterior of a 58-story downtown skyscraper.
- Teacher accused of holding teens at gunpoint
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Police have accused a high school teacher of holding teenagers at gunpoint after he found them ghost-hunting in a Tennessee graveyard.
- Cyclists go naked to promote cleaner air
PHILADELPHIA - Hundreds of naked and partially nude cyclists have pedaled their way through Philadelphia to promote bicycling awareness and cleaner air.
