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Detroit lawyer gets 5-cent IRS bill, 4-cent refund

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2009-01-05 08:53.

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DETROIT -- James Howarth is a little confused by two letters he has received from the Internal Revenue Service.

Dumb Criminals - Pay Stub Used As Bank Robbery Note

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Wed, 2008-12-31 09:40.

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The robber's threatening note made a Chicago bank job easy to solve: The FBI says the suspect wrote it on his pay stub. An FBI affidavit said the man walked into a Fifth Third Bank on Friday and handed a teller a note that read "Be Quick Be Quit (sic). Give your cash or I'll shoot."

Woman sweeping neighbor's porch charged with trespassing

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Sun, 2008-12-28 11:14.
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More neighbor trouble in a town called Mary Esther.

Blood from mosquito traps Finnish suspect

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Tue, 2008-12-23 10:15.

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HELSINKI (AFP) – Police in Finland believe they have caught a car-thief thanks to a DNA sample taken from a sample of his blood found inside a mosquito.

The First Jobs Of World's Richest People

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Thu, 2008-12-18 11:10.
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Indonesia drinkers face alcohol shortage

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2008-12-15 10:17.

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They call it "the Bitching Session". Once a week, in the hushed cocktail lounge of Jakarta's Dharmawangsa Hotel, Miranti and her girlfriends gather.

They come for a proper gossip, and several glasses of the hotel's legendary chocolate martini.

Actor slashes throat in knife prop drama

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Sat, 2008-12-13 11:21.
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An actor has almost died after slashing his throat on stage with a real knife instead of a blunt prop knife.

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