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A Seattle, Washington, woman trying to refinance her mortgage got the shock of her life when she learned her credit report listed her as deceased. The news came after she had battled cancer and then learned she needed open-heart surgery. (Nov. 22)

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U.S.Customs officials say they got a surprise when they found 316,000 glass bongs disguised as Christmas decorations at the Los Angeles harbor. The drug pipes were shipped from China and are estimated to be worth is more than $2.6 million. (Nov. 19)

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A person in a chicken suit showed up at a city council meeting in Durango, Colorado, as members discussed rules for keeping backyard chickens. The chicken's identity remains a mystery. (Nov. 19)

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A wild turkey that has been playing chicken along the N.J. Turnpike since August won't be dodging Thanksgiving traffic. The bird was netted Wednesday at the Jersey City interchange after failed attempts over the weekend. (Nov. 18)

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Watch as a patient police officer in Texas puts up with a friendly black cat clinging to him during a recent traffic stop. The ways of the affectionate feline were captured by the patrol car's dashcam. (Nov. 17)

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Police say a low-flying pelican distracted a driver in Texas, causing him to veer off a road and drive his million-dollar Bugatti Veyron sports car into a salt marsh. (Nov. 13)

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A buck tangles with a 640-pound elk, and loses. A homeowner in Wisconsin gets deer meet out of the incident, but has to repair the statue of his elk. (Nov. 13)

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A family of bears climbed up a tree in northwestern Minnesota at least three weeks ago and have yet to come down. (Nov. 12)

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Over 200 Australians swapped business suits for skimpy swimwear in central Sydney on Thursday in a failed attempt to break the record for the world's largest swimwear parade. (Nov. 12)

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A Peruvian man is recovering after eating metal for months, and having almost 2 pounds of it removed from his stomach. (Nov. 11)

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First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on the children's TV show "Sesame Street" on Tuesday, to mark its 40th anniversary, and to promote the benefits of growing and eating your own vegetables. (Nov. 11)

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A Brazilian man has shocked his family by showing up at his own funeral. Family members had incorrectly identified Ademir Jorge Goncalves as a car crash victim Sunday night. (06 November 2009)

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A chihuahua tossed out by its owner, perhaps because of the way she was born, is looking for a new home and extra TLC to help with the unusual obstacles that lay ahead for her. (Nov. 5)

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A Minnesota police chief fears the city will lose a big chunk of revenue after it was forced to repost the sale of an infamous motorized recliner on eBay. The chair was confiscated from a man accused of driving it drunk. (Nov. 4)

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Three female spectacled bears in a zoo in eastern German have suddenly lost nearly all their fur. The senior curator at Leipzig Zoo said the three bears were suffering from some sort of disease, as yet to be identified. (Nov. 4)

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Officials at Lock Haven University in central Pennsylvania made a huge bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich that stretched more than 200 feet and used 225 pounds of bacon, 200 pounds of lettuce and 16 gallons of mayo. (Nov. 4)

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Restaurant customers in one Texas town are praising a new type of door handle that makes a trip to the restroom a bit more sanitary. Rich Matthews has the story. (Nov. 3)

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A high school goalie in Wisconsin netted his team's lone goal when he punted from his end of the field all the way to the other side and over his counterpart's head. (Nov. 3)

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The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper has apologized to readers for mistakenly running an ad congratulating the Philadelphia Phillies on winning back-to-back World Series titles. (Nov. 2)

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The world's fastest man adopted the animal kingdom's fastest sprinter Monday, as Usain Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named 'Lightning Bolt' into his life. (Nov. 2)

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From sculptures to costumes, everything at this New York festival is a tasty treat. That's because it's all made out of chocolate. (Oct. 30)

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A motorized La-Z-Boy that was used in a drunk driving accident in Minnesota has been put up for auction. But the original owner and alleged drunk driver is angry. (Oct. 30)

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Ilya, a wayward manatee facing death in frigid New Jersey waters, made it safely back to his native Miami this afternoon. Ilya was flown to the Miami Seaquarium, where he plunged into 81-degree water. (Oct. 29)

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A Fla. man spent almost five years wrapping and linking and stretching about 730,000 rubber bands of various sizes into this ball. Ripley's Believe it or Not will put it on display at Ripley's museum in Orlando.

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The small town of Manitou Springs, Colorado held it's 15th Annual Coffin Races last weekend. There was a parade of hearses, coffins and costumed characters along the town's Main Street. (Oct. 29)

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A London cemetery is urging strangers to share double-decker graves, to ease a space crisis. But the practice may run up against a British cultural aversion. (29 October 2009)

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Meet "spiderbot," a cable-suspended-robot inspired by the Marvel Comics superhero. Israeli developers hope the robot can be used to handle cargo and maybe in rescue work in the future. (OCt 29)

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An 88-year-old woman has walked 10-thousand miles in memory of her late husband. He died from Alzheimer's disease 11 years ago. (Oct. 28)

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A man was has been arrested in Norway for trying to smuggle two dozen snakes and geckos into the country by hiding them in bags under his clothes. (Oct. 27)

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An Indiana man known as 'Mr. Toothpick' spends years piecing together slivers of wood to create a stagecoach. (Oct. 27)

The Guinness Book of World Records has certified, "Otto" of Shrewsbury, England as the world's oldest dog at nearly 21-years-old. (Oct. 25)