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  • Obama's signature: Real or autopenned?

    2011-06-27 09:38

    It's the open secret that nobody in government wants to talk about: That cherished presidential signature that's tucked away in a scrapbook or framed for all to see might never have passed under the president's hand.

  • Teenage basketball star survives 2nd plane crash

    2011-06-26 11:11

    A 16-year-old high school basketball player with the promise of playing at the University of Michigan is fighting for his life after surviving the second plane crash of his young life.

  • Sagging-pants saga hits at flight racism

    2011-06-23 07:34

    Days before a college football player was arrested on a US Airways flight at San Francisco airport following a dispute over his saggy pants, the airline allowed another man wearing skimpy women's panties and mid-thigh stockings to fly.

  • Ukraine zoo a bad matchmaker for hippopotamus

    2011-06-22 20:07

    The zoo employees were surprised to find out that a 20-year-old hippopotamus they thought was male turned out to be a female. Employees became suspicious after the hippopotamus ignored its new female cohabitant Lucinda, brought from Israel to make a couple, according to local media.

  • Lost way? Antarctic penguin lost in NZ

    2011-06-21 17:59

    A young Emperor penguin took a rare wrong turn from the Antarctic and ended up stranded on a New Zealand beach _ the first time in 44 years the aquatic bird has been sighted in the South Pacific country.

  • I'm furry worried!

    2011-06-21 20:34

    This prairie dog looked the picture of concern when she stepped out of the safety of her burrow. The worrisome creature was almost humanlike as she put her tiny paw to her mouth in what appears to be shock.

  • UK farmer sprays sheep with adverts

    2011-06-20 21:51

    Sheep painted with the logo of a turf company graze in a field at Mill Hill Farn near Richmond, northern England June 20, 2011.

  • NYC airport geese to be cooked for poor

    2011-06-20 21:02

    New York City plans to capture pesky geese that threaten planes departing area airports and send them to Pennsylvania to be cooked for meals for the poor, city officials said.

  • US couple has sextuplets on Father's Day weekend

    2011-06-20 10:26

    It's a big Father's Day for an Alabama man whose wife gave birth to sextuplets.

  • Obama lookalike ushered off stage

    2011-06-19 10:16

    An actor impersonating President Barack Obama was ushered off the stage after he mocked the Republican presidential hopefuls and joked about the real president's biracial roots to a room full of conservative activists Saturday.

  • Somalia jails Westerners for bringing in millions

    2011-06-19 00:21

    Officials in Somalia say three British nationals, an American and two Kenyans have been sentenced to at least 10 years in prison for bringing millions of dollars in cash into the country.

  • School recalls yearbook due to sex act photo

    2011-06-17 15:28

    A Southern California high school has ordered students to return their yearbooks after discovering a picture that showed two students possibly engaged in a sex act in the background of a school dance photo.

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