• Virginia's beach blobs likely sponges

  September 14, 2011
  A Virginia biologist said the smelly blobs that have washed up on the state's beaches are likely potato sponges killed by Hurricane Irene.

• Road closed for chicken parts cleanup

  May 5, 2011
  Authorities in Missouri said a highway was closed for more than 2 hours after a truck spilled several hundred pounds of chicken parts onto the road.

• Student gets $637 fine for swearing

  January 31, 2011
  A Texas high school student said she took on a job waiting tables to pay $637 in fines stemming from using a profanity in a classroom.

• School says girls' dresses too revealing

  September 28, 2010
  Administrators at a Texas high school said about a dozen girls were turned away from a homecoming dance for failure to comply with the dress code.

• Couple wed aboard historic clipper

  August 2, 2010
  A Minnesota couple who won a contest to have their wedding on the wooden clipper Pride of Baltimore II said the ceremony was a dream come true.

• Dog who lost master gets trip to Montreal

  January 1, 2010
  Two Montreal-area women said they would head to British Columbia to retrieve a dog that spent three days by his master's body in a lonely trailer.
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  Brittany Markert the ninth girl cut from 'America's Next Top Model'

  October 29, 2009
  Brittany Markert's photos were becoming too formulaic and safe, causing her American's Next Top Model journey to come to an end.

• Severed thumb matched to wounded robber

  October 22, 2008
  Washington police say a severed thumb found at a robbery scene was a perfect fit with a nine-fingered suspect who showed up at a hospital.
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  'The Bachelor: London Calling' star Matt Grant cuts three more suitors

  April 1, 2008
  Matt Grant got physical with his suitors -- in more ways than one -- during last night's The Bachelor: London Calling broadcast, and when it was over, he sent three more bachelorettes packing in his journey to find true love via the ABC reality dating series' twelfth installment.
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  'The Bachelor: London Calling' star Matt Grant cuts three more suitors

  March 25, 2008
  There were first dates, first kisses and intentions questioned during last night's The Bachelor: London Calling broadcast -- and when it was over, Londoner Matt Grant sent three more bachelorettes packing in his journey to find true love via the ABC reality dating series' twelfth installment.

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