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Mom on anti-bacteria crusade banned from 8 McDonald's sites

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An Arizona mother has been banned from eight McDonald's restaurants where she repeatedly swabbed play areas for bacteria.

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'Weed man' of Times Square sues for right to beg

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The "Weed Man" of Times Square is going to court to claim what he says is his constitutional right to beg.

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Man implicated in 'D.B. Cooper' skyjacking had worked at Boeing

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One of two brothers implicated by a niece in the 40-year-old "D.B.

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Phil, rivals differ on Groundhog Day

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We all know Punxsutawney Phil, but there are multiple weather-predicting groundhogs around the USA with differing forecasts.

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Car chase ends with SUV atop a man in his bed

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An SUV being chased by police plowed into a home in New Haven early today, landing on top of a man sleeping in his bed.

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Fetal twin removed from boy's stomach

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Doctors in Peru planned today to remove the remains of a partially formed twin fetus from the stomach of a 3-year-old boy.

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UAE teen sentenced for kissing 2 girls

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A teenage boy in the United Arab Emirates has been sentenced to up to three years in detention for kissing two 13-year-old girls.

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N.J. petting zoo camel predicts Giants will win Super Bowl

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Princess, a Bactrian camel and star of New Jersey's Popcorn Park Zoo, has correctly picked the winner of five of the last six Super Bowls.

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Seniors stranded by golf-cart battery thieves

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Thieves at a giant, gated community for seniors have left 22 residents stranded by stealing golf cart batteries.

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Neanderthal lives led to languages?

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Neanderthals, our vanished prehistoric cousins, likely had languages and tribes, concludes an archeology study.

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