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    New Orleans hurricane victim hits the jackpot (Reuters)

Reuters - A New Orleans storm victim shelled out $4.25 in quarters and
 won a $1.6 million jackpot at a Louisiana casino where she had stopped
 to play the slot machines on her way to shop at a Wal-Mart discount
 store.

    Official comes clean on tummy-tuck (Reuters)

Reuters - A Nigerian state governor, fighting money-laundering charges
 in Britain, has another weighty matter on his mind: he wants people to
 know the truth about his recent "tummy-tuck" operation.

    There's nothing funny about money.. (Reuters)

Reuters - The Cypriot central bank, alarmed at the number of defaced
 banknotes in circulation, appealed to doodlers Wednesday to resist the
 temptation to scrawl on the country's currency.

    Robot vehicles gather to race in desert again (Reuters)

Reuters - Will anyone manage to get close to the finish line this time?

    Big pizza trouble again for official (Reuters)

Reuters - Another day, another extremely expensive dinner at a Toronto
 pizza parlor.

    He should have taken a gander upwards.. (Reuters)

Reuters - A Swedish hunter was knocked unconscious after his son shot a
 flying Canada goose which then fell onto his head, news agency TT
 reported Wednesday.

    Python Bursts After Trying to Eat Gator (AP)

AP - The alligator has some foreign competition at the top of the
 Everglades food chain, and the results of the struggle are horror-movie
 messy.

    Santa Claus gets code of conduct (Reuters)

Reuters - It's the Santa Clause and its aim is to root out substandard
 Santas.

    Skipping 'Oprah' May Have Saved Woman (AP)

AP - Angelique Fiorillo says the boulder that crashed through one wall
 of her second-story apartment and out another might have struck her if
 she'd been in her usual spot watching "Oprah."

    J.K. Rowling rival labels Harry Potter "gay" (Reuters)

Reuters - A cleric turned top-selling author of supernatural children's
 novels was thrown out of a school where he was delivering a talk after
 he told pupils that Harry Potter was "gay".

    Language Trends in 2005 Are 'Crunked-Up' (AP)

AP - "Crunk" is good? Among the hot new words, it's
"ova-wicked," even
 "uberbuff." They're just some of the entries in a book published
 Thursday that lists newly coined words as well as jargon used in
 technology, politics and the media.

    Police: Man in Wheelchair Steals Squad Car (AP)

AP - A disabled man in a wheelchair, arrested for allegedly trying to
 steal a power saw at Home Depot, managed to slip out of his handcuffs
 and steal the squad car he was placed in.

    New Orleans hurricane victim hits the jackpot (Reuters)

Reuters - A New Orleans storm victim shelled out $4.25 in quarters and
 won a $1.6 million (902,000 pound) jackpot at a Louisiana casino where
 she had stopped to play the slot machines on her way to shop at a
 Wal-Mart discount store.

    Cops Handle Kids' Fist Fight Over Pacifier (AP)

AP - Normally, a fight between two children over a pacifier might be
 resolved by their mothers. But in Pawtucket, the police had to step in.
 It all started Monday afternoon, when a 6-year-old boy dropped a
 pacifier.

    S.Korea releases Phuket Air plane grounded for bills (Reuters)

Reuters - Two months after it was grounded for non-payment of bills, a
 Phuket Airlines jumbo jet took off for Bangkok from Inchon airport near
 Seoul on Thursday.

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