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Japan 61-yr-old surrogate mum gives birth
(Reuters)
Reuters - A 61-year-old Japanese woman has given
birth to a surrogate child, an obstetrician in central Japan
said on Wednesday. She is believed to be the oldest surrogate
mother yet recorded in Japan.
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Canadians receive free Ohio dinner, 15 years later
(AP)
AP - A Canadian couple finally took a restaurant up on an offer that arrived 15 years ago by balloon.
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Monkey eludes dragnet at Tokyo train station
(AP)
 AP - Morning train commuters in Tokyo were joined on their way to work by an unusual companion Wednesday: a wild monkey.
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Monkey eludes net-wielding police at Tokyo station
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A rogue monkey holed up at a Tokyo train
station for more than two hours on Wednesday before giving
dozens of net-wielding police officers the slip among crowds of
excited children and passersby.
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New rules make China's Bao world's tallest again
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Guinness World Records has returned
the title of world's tallest man to China's Bao Xishun after
Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under new
guidelines.
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Armed 85-year-old woman makes intruder call cops
(AP)
AP - An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and busted a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said. "I just walked right on past him to the bedroom and got my gun," Leda Smith said.
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Police: Man says he grew pot in a cost-saving move
(AP)
AP - A Tyler man accused of growing marijuana in an alleged cost-saving move is jailed on felony possession charges. Bond is $15,000 for 55-year-old John Daniel Miller III, who remained in the Smith County Jail late Tuesday.
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Corpse kept upright for 3-day wake in Puerto Rico
(AP)
 AP - A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.
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Wisconsin couple each win $350,000 in lottery
(AP)
AP - This couple won't have to argue about how to spend their lottery winnings. That's because the Mount Horeb husband and wife each won their own $350,000 jackpots in this weekend's SuperCash state lottery.
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Boy wanders into Mexico after school bus mix-up
(AP)
AP - School officials in San Luis, Ariz., are investigating a busing mix-up that ended with a 6-year-old boy wandering alone in Mexico.
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Cell phone photo foils man in Pizza Hut plot
(AP)
AP - A man accused of trying to extort $500 from a Pizza Hut in Elko was foiled by his own cell phone camera. Police said a former employee of the restaurant allegedly called the manager on Friday and told him he had five Pizza Hut signs that are used on the roofs of vehicles and wouldn't return them unless he was paid $500.
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Irish PM's voicemail: call my predecessor
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Ever wished your predecessor was there
to take the flak for the problems you inherited?
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