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July 31, 2011, 5:15 p.m. Reporting from Indianapolis— As the fortunate son of a billionaire retailer, Paul Menard parlayed his father’s support to drive in NASCAR‘s premier Sprint Cup Series. But success came slowly. In four full seasons, the low-key Menard had no wins and only two top-five finishes, and that led to whispers about [...]

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7/13/2011 3:28:13 PM ET An exotic-animal owner who made headlines last summer when one of his bears mauled a woman to death has died after apparently choking on a sex toy, authorities said. Sam Mazzola, 49, was found dead in his Columbia Station home on Sunday, face down on a water bed. He was bound [...]

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Jul 31, 2011 11:59 AM ET Yani Tseng successfully defended her British Open championship on Sunday, posting a four-stroke victory. The Taiwanese golfer was two shots back in second heading into the final round, but a final round of 69 was good enough for the win at Carnoustie, Scotland, for a total 16-under 272. Brittany [...]

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July 19, 2011 10:15 AM Usually we’re all for those free samples being handed out at the grocery store, but after hearing about the offering of one employee, things might change. Anthony Garcia was indicted last week on federal charges for allegedly giving a female shopper a yogurt sample that contained his semen. Aaaaand cue [...]

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7/25/2011 9:46:43 AM ET A Ceres man dropped his wallet inside a manhole and got stuck trying to fetch it, police said. Jared Medeiros, 21, was in head first when Ceres police discovered two legs flailing in the air Friday. When police tried to pull him out, his waist wouldn’t budge from the tunnel. The [...]

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Fri Jul 29 01:20pm EDT Something tells me there are going to be a lot of people in a lot of places talking about Lily Anderson this weekend. Watch as the brave 10-year-old sings the national anthem before Thursday’s Atlanta Braves game at Turner Field — and then receive what Braves reliever Peter Moylan(notes) describes [...]

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Bed-Wetting Rage Theory Steve Thomas Theory. The most infamous and detailed of these is former lead detective Steve Thomas’s “bed-wetting rage” theory, elaborated in his book. This is the theory used to support Chris Wolf’s libel suit against the Ramseys in which he argued that they knowingly libeled him by naming him as a suspect [...]

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7:47 AM on 26th July 2011 It was recently revealed that Pippa Middleton’s envious figure was down to weekly pilates sessions at her local studio. Now Pippa’s teacher is set to pass on the secrets of her exercise routine in a new book. Margot Campbell was approached by several publishing houses after the Duchess of [...]

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Thursday, July 28th, 2011 Ever since she stepped out in that white Sarah Burton-designed bridesmaid dress at her sister’s wedding in April, the world has been completely head over heels for Pippa Middleton. Royal superfans always want to know what she’s wearing and who she’s hanging out with. Her famous bum got its own Facebook [...]

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July 28, 2011    5:29 pm Matt Buyten set an X Games record by jumping over a 37-foot-high bar on his dirt bike in the Moto X step up final Thursday at Staples Center, a jump that earned him the gold medal, his second in a row in the event.  Moto X step up, which [...]

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July 28, 2011, 4:50 p.m. People began asking for Mitchie Brusco’s autograph when he was 3½ years old.But he couldn’t write yet, so he asked his older sister Jessica for help. One night, they created his mark: the letter M with a skateboard drawn beneath it. He called it his “M.” “Why do they want [...]

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July 28, 2011 7:34 p.m. EDT The commander of Libya’s rebel army was assassinated in Benghazi along with two senior officers on Thursday, rebel leaders announced just hours after claiming big successes on the battlefield. The death of Gen. Abdul Fattah Younis came after the rebels’ Transitional National Council sought Younis for questioning about military [...]

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July 28, 2011   2:45 pm Hideki Irabu, a star Japanese baseball player who struggled to achieve comparable success in the United States, was found dead Wednesday in his Rancho Palos Verdes home. Authorities are investigating his death “as an apparent suicide and hanging,” said Lt. Fred Corral of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s investigations division. [...]

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12:21 pm, July 28th, 2011 Meet Oakland Raiders cheerleader Susie Sanchez. She’s a 37-year-old mother of three…and a grandmother of one. Sanchez has officially been a Raiderette since May, but news that the Raiders will have a grandma shaking her pom-poms this fall is just now hitting the blogosphere. Sanchez told Pinnacle News back in [...]

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011 2:41 PM MDT He laid low for 32 years – 17 of them in Montrose County – but murder convict Frederick Barrett’s run came to an end this morning. Barrett had been living here since 1994, under the name Neil Richard Meltzer, after having escaped from Union Correctional Facility in Raiford, [...]

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Thursday, Jul. 28 2011 12:16 PM Federal charges are expected to be filed against an AWOL Fort Campbell soldier today in connection with possession of bomb-making material following his arrest in Killeen Wednesday. Pfc. Nassar Jason Abdo, 21, was apprehended by the Killeen Police Department, according to federal investigators, who became involved after his arrest. [...]

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January 21st, 2010 Laura Vikmanis: Meet the NFL’s Oldest Cheerleader Despite the fact that they are ever in the public eye, NFL cheerleaders don’t get much press. But on this Friday night, this is hardly the case for Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader Laura Vikmanis, who has been unearthed as the NFL’s oldest cheerleader at 42 years [...]

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July 27, 2011   2:59 pm An 87-year-old San Gabriel Valley man was convicted Wednesday of murdering his wife with an ax and attempting to kill her son. After 1 1/2 days of deliberation, a Los Angeles jury found James Che Ming Lu guilty of the July 2009 murder of his 55-year-old wife, Michelle. The jury [...]

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July 27, 2011 A New York pilot has miraculously been rescued after his small plane crashed in Lake Huron, leaving him to swim and drift in the water without a life jacket for over 17 hours. Officials say Michael Trapp, 42, was buoyed by an unsinkable sense of humor. “He never lost his sense of [...]

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July 27, 2011 12:27 p.m. EDT Scenic, South Dakota, might not have much — a dance hall, a jail and a handful of out-buildings. But it’s a town. And most of it could be yours for $799,000. “They’ve decided to sell and move on,” said Dave Olsen, a realtor with Coldwell Banker, who is hoping [...]

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