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Couple claim mysterious noise plagues their house
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AP - Bob and Leona Ehrfurth say the noise that's been plaguing them for two years sounds something like a rumbling motor, with a subtle vibration that won't quit. Then it stops — especially when they try to show city officials or acoustic experts what they're hearing.
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Pet rabbit credited with saving couple from fire
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AP - A pet rabbit is credited with saving a couple from a fire that swept through their home in the southern city of Melbourne.
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Fish pedicures: Carp rid human feet of scaly skin
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 AP - Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away.
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117 cats, raccoon, and rabbit found at Omaha home
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AP - Humane society workers have found 117 cats, a raccoon and a rabbit in a north Omaha house. The discovery came Wednesday after Council Bluffs, Iowa, police caught the 54-year-old woman who lives at the house reportedly stealing cat food. Officials say she smelled like cat urine.
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R.I. police say man had 0.491 blood alcohol level
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AP - State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent — the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead.
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Underwear chicken dare puts man in hospital
(Reuters)
Reuters - An Australian man's dare went horribly
wrong when he tried to play chicken with cars on a freeway
wearing only his underwear. The 18 year old was critically
injured after being hit by a four-wheel drive on a freeway in
the southern city of Melbourne in the early hours of Wednesday,
police said in a statement.
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In Portland, Ore., parking laws include police
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AP - Portland police are not above the parking laws, even if they're hungry.
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US dollar no longer accepted at Taj Mahal and other Indian historical sites |
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Saturday, 02 February 2008 |
Due to the declining value of the United States dollar, tourism officials in India have decided to no longer accept the American currency at the site of the Taj Mahal and 120 other Indian historical sites.
The monument has refused to take dollars since November, as such, any American tourist wishing to visit the white domed marble mausoleum of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal will pay over 500 Indian rupees (US$12.80 at the current exchange rate) to be allowed in and additionally receive a free bottle of water.
The decision came as a result as part of the continuing decline of the American dollar, falling 11 percent in 2007 and now valued around 39 rupees.
Tourism Minister Ambika Soni told CNN-IBN that it seemed more practical and will save tourists money because "the dollar was weaker against the rupee," Soni added "Before the dollar lost its value, there was a demand to have (admission tickets) just in rupees." Information from: Wikinews http://www.wikinews.org
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