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Man grows pea plant inside lung
A Massachusetts man who was rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung came home with an unusual diagnosis: a pea plant was growing in his lung.
Police rescue marinating cat from trunk
Asked why he was planning to eat his cat, Navarro, Gary Korkuc reportedly told police it was because his pet had been �mean� to him.
Buffalo Police found Navarro inside Korkuc�s trunk during a traffic stop on Sunday night. They were drawn by the animal
Many U.S. kids confused by equal sign
U.S. students are being taught to memorize math formulas, instead of understanding them, which has led to confusion about what the equal sign means, a new study says.
Four men feared drowned in Idaho reservoir after joke gone awry
BOISE -- Anxious family members watched today from a nearby hill as dive teams searched an Idaho reservoir for four missing men who may have gone overboard during a prank gone awry. The men were feared drowned during a boating trip, leaving five young ch
Angry attendant deploys jet's slide during meltdown
A flight attendant became so angry at a rude passenger upon landing Monday that he cursed out 100 travellers on the plane's PA system and then escaped by activating -- then using -- the jet's emergency slide, police said.
Bridegroom Firing AK-47 Kills Own Father
A Turkish man has been arrested after firing an AK-47 to celebrate his wedding and accidentally killing his father and two aunts. Celebratory gunshots are a tradition the Turkish government has tried and failed to stamp out, notes the BBC. The bridegroom
Man jailed for eggs-in-rectum drug scam
A man charged with smuggling more than 80 grams of pot into an Ottawa detention centre last October by cramming Kinder eggs up his rectum was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday.
8-year-old's behaviour stuns town
In the isolated town of Stoneville, N.L., population less than 500, residents are starting to wonder what to do about an eight-year-old boy whose behaviour has long concerned them, but has now grown violent.
Woman throws urine at cops
A Pasadena, Calif. woman was arrested after she allegedly tried to run over a man with her car and then threw a bag of urine at police officers.
Yellowstone bison attack caught on camera
"They say stay 100 feet away," Hayes said. "We were about 30, 35 feet. I zoomed in on him ... but that's not far enough because they're fast and they can turn on a dime."
Albatross found in eastern Ontario
An emaciated yellow-nosed albatross, typically found in the Southern Hemisphere, was found in eastern Ontario over the weekend. The seabird, which makes its home on a string of islands in the mid-Atlantic, had collapsed on a Wolfe Island beach off of King
Suit claims widow of Wharton firefighter was born a man
The family of a Wharton firefighter who died battling a massive egg farm blaze is fighting to keep his widow from receiving death benefits, arguing that the 37-year-old had found out his bride of two years was born a man.
US senators look for BP-Lockerbie link
Just as BP stopped oil from flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, the company faces unwelcome attention from the U.S. Congress on another issue: whether it sought the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi to help get a $900 million explo

MONTREAL�Pamela Anderson's risqu� advertisement promoting vegetarianism is a tad too sexy � even for the famously sultry City of Montreal.
Deer attacks B.C. man in city street
A newspaper carrier in Cranbrook, B.C., is front-page news in the same paper he delivers after he was attacked by a deer while doing his rounds.
Base jumper dangling on The Chief
A man with a parachute who jumped from the top of a popular B.C. tourist spot north of Vancouver Wednesday afternoon was blown back into the face of the mountain and left dangling after his parachute caught on the rock face
Mom jailed over sex with 14-year-old son
"When she saw this boy, something just touched off in her � and it wasn't a mother-son relationship, it was a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship," the newspaper quoted attorney Mitchell Ribitwer
Maggots ground flight in U.S.
A U.S. Airways flight from Atlanta bound for New York City was forced to return to the gate after maggots began spilling out of an overhead luggage compartment as the plane was taxiing down the runway.
Bison anthrax outbreak in N.W.T. lowlands
Government wildlife teams in the Northwest Territories are working to control an anthrax outbreak about 80 kilometres southeast of Fort Resolution, south of Yellowknife.
Move over fruit, for meat and fish-flavoured vodkas
WASILLA, Alaska � Prepare your palate for carnivorous cocktails. The Alaska Distillery in Wasilla just recently launched its Smoked Salmon Flavored Vodka, about a year after the Seattle-based Black Rock Spirits introduced a bacon-flavoured vodka.
Bolero on the vuvuzela
Have a look at these three Germans. They are members of the Berliner Orkesterhaus. They are here explaining how to do Ravel�s Bolero on the vuvuzela.
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