Maine lobsterman pulls up rare lobster (AP)
AP - An eastern Maine lobsterman caught a lobster this week that looks like it's half-cooked.
Source: news.yahoo.comNude sunbather: Cheekies helps disorder (AP) AP - A nude sunbather is suing for the right to bask "au naturel" with his rat terrier, Cheekies, at his side. The plaintiff, former bodybuilder Mark DelCore, says he needs Cheekies with him because he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Source: news.yahoo.comSuspected thief robs judge at own trial (Reuters) Reuters - A 61-year-old German on trial for theft got himself into more trouble when he stole from the judge during his court hearing, police said Thursday.
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Woman's 10-cent bet pays $21,584 at track (AP)
AP - A woman placed a 10-cent bet at a Michigan horse track and won $21,584, a track official says. The Michigan woman, whose name was not released, made the bet Friday at Sports Creek Raceway in Swartz Creek, about 55 miles northwest of Detroit.
Source: news.yahoo.comCareless burglars take taxi home (Reuters) 
Reuters - Two Albanian men carrying stolen computers and flat-screen televisions worth $13,000 (7,000 pounds) flagged down a Berlin taxi to transport their loot home but were later arrested after the cab driver called the police.
Source: news.yahoo.comMom has quadruplets 3 years after triplets (AP) 
AP - After delivering triplets three years ago, Angela Magdaleno thought she was done having babies. She was wrong four times over. Magdaleno gave birth to quadruplets on July 6 by Caesarean section. She now has 10 children.
Source: news.yahoo.comWestern incentives for Iran released (AP) 
AP - The world powers are prepared to provide Iran with advanced technology and possibly even nuclear research reactors if it agrees to suspend uranium enrichment under a package of incentives revealed in full for the first time Thursday.
Source: news.yahoo.comRoast pig guest-stars on Bush visit to Germany (Reuters) 
Reuters - President Bush had more on his mind than Iran's nuclear program, Middle East tensions and Russian press freedoms during a visit to Germany Thursday.
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N.M. power outage blamed on snake, bird (AP)
AP - A power outage that blacked out about 2,000 customers in Las Cruces is being blamed on the combination of a snake and a bird.
Source: news.yahoo.comAustralian charged in parking rage case (AP) AP - A man appeared in court Wednesday charged with beating up a 79-year-old great-grandmother during a row over a parking space in an east Australian city.
Source: news.yahoo.comDarryl Peebles meet ... Daryl Peebles (Reuters) Reuters - When an American minister, Darryl R. Peebles, typed his name into an Internet search engine he was surprised to find another Daryl R. Peebles living in the Australian island state of Tasmania. But the surprises kept coming.
Source: news.yahoo.comZidane's head-butt inspires summer song (Reuters) 
Reuters - France has a case of summer blues over its World Cup soccer defeat but captain Zinedine Zidane's head-butt on Italy defender Marco Materazzi in Sunday's final is already the subject of a song that aims to be a holiday hit.
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La. garden yields yard-long ... cuculoupe? (AP)
AP - They're a yard long and a good few inches across. The skin is waxy, sort of like a cucumber, but yellow and ridged like a canteloupe. A half dozen of them grew between the cucumbers and cantaloupes in a Houma home garden.
Source: news.yahoo.comWorld Cup rant reborn as ring tone (Reuters) 
Reuters - An over-zealous TV announcer's headline-making rant has become music to the ears of Chinese cellphone users, combining their love for mobile chatter and World Cup soccer into a single new accessory.
Source: news.yahoo.comMouse potatoes, himbos and googling go mainstream (Reuters) Reuters - Mouse potatoes joined couch potatoes, google officially became a verb and drama queens finally found the limelight on Thursday when they crossed over from popular culture to mainstream English language.
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