Store gets early start on Easter products

December 31, 2008

Posted on: Wednesday, 31 December 2008, 19:23 CST A Tesco supermarket in Ilkeston, England, is already selling Easter products more than four months before the holiday, shoppers said. Customers sa...

American gator found at Aussie campsite

December 31, 2008

Posted on: Wednesday, 31 December 2008, 18:53 CST Australian wildlife officials said an American alligator found at a campsite in Pambula was likely a former pet. The National Parks and Wildlife S...

Guide dog ate charity money

December 31, 2008

Posted on: Wednesday, 31 December 2008, 18:43 CST A British man said his wife's guide dog ripped up more than $350 worth of banknotes that had been collected for charity. Gordon Webb said Lewis, a...

Extra second added to 2008

December 31, 2008

Posted on: Wednesday, 31 December 2008, 17:54 CST A British research scientist said a leap second would be tacked on to the end of 2008 to correct for eccentricities in the Earth's rotation. Peter...

Escaped beaver fells trees 20 miles away

December 31, 2008

Posted on: Wednesday, 31 December 2008, 17:41 CST The British owner of an escaped 84-pound beaver said trees believed to have been felled by the animal have been found 20 miles away from its former...

School lists words to be

December 31, 2008

Posted on: Wednesday, 31 December 2008, 16:55 CST A Michigan university has released its 34th annual list of words and phrases ripe for banishment from the English language, including

Couple has twins of a different color

December 31, 2008

Posted on: Wednesday, 31 December 2008, 16:28 CST A mixed-race couple in Britain for the second time find themselves parents of twin girls -- one born with light skin and one with dark skin. Miya ...

Wis. man accused of stealing $625 in lobster, beef

December 31, 2008

RACINE, Wis. -- A suspected grocery thief still has a taste for finer cuisine, even in the struggling economy.Police in Racine, Wis., say 43-year-old Brian A. Rubenstein tried to steal $625 in grocer...

Alleged beef, lobster thief says

December 31, 2008

Kenosha man was arrested Dec. 23 after store employees caught him walking out with a loaded cart.Workers told police they saw Rubenstein fill his cart with lobster tails and beef cuts, as well as a sm...

Ga. restaurant marks 2009 with chicken nugget drop

December 31, 2008

McDonough, Georgia , where thousands gathered Wednesday to watch a giant chicken nugget drop into a vat of dipping sauce.The 6-foot-tall, 800-pound nugget is actually plaster and vat is filled with sy...

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