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at 19:40 on July 29, 2010, EDT.

The prodigal gun: 21 years after being stolen, deputies find, return Texas man's favourite gun

TERRELL, Texas - A Texas man has been reunited with his long-lost gun more than two decades after it was stolen.

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at 09:24 on July 29, 2010, EDT.

NYC judge rules that wearing low-slug trousers may look foolish but is not a crime

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Wearing saggy pants is not a crime, just foolish.

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at 12:50 on July 28, 2010, EDT.

Black bear gets in US house, eats fruit, drinks water from fishbowl, takes stuffed bear to go

LACONIA, N.H. - A black bear walked into a house through an open door, ate two pears and a bunch of grapes, took a drink from the family fishbowl and grabbed a stuffed bear on its way out the door.

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at 08:56 on July 28, 2010, EDT.

US teenage mail carriers take flying leap delivering mail on lake to avoid missing the boat

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. - The main worry for some young mail carriers in southern Wisconsin is neither dogs nor extreme weather. It's plunging into a lake.

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at 12:13 on July 26, 2010, EDT.

Pigeon infestation - and droppings - force premature halt to Kings of Leon show

ST. LOUIS - Musicians have performed through violent storms and scorching temperatures at an outdoor arena in suburban St. Louis.

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at 07:29 on July 26, 2010, EDT.

Police: US man wearing wig, fake breasts and clown pants arrested after bank robbery

SWISSVALE, Pa. - Authorities say a man robbed a bank wearing a woman's blond wig, fake breasts under a sweater and clown pants.

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at 17:01 on July 23, 2010, EDT.

Grand Theft Bear: Colorado critter gets into car, honks horn, then sends it rolling downhill

DENVER - A bear got into an empty car, honked the horn and then sent it rolling 125 feet (38 metres) into a thicket, with the bear still inside, a Colorado family said.

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at 07:47 on July 23, 2010, EDT.

Man donning Darth Vader mask and toting gun uses 'Force' to rob bank in US

SETAUKET, N.Y. - A man donning a Darth Vader mask at a bank has entered the dark side.

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at 15:52 on July 22, 2010, EDT.

Box comes with a bang: war grenade found in keepsakes from relative

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - A grenade found in a box of keepsakes has caused a bit of a stir in a northwestern Alberta city.

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at 10:11 on July 19, 2010, EDT.

Liberian elephant rampages against logging company; residents say elephant possessed by humans

MONROVIA, Liberia - The unlikeliest of activists — a rampaging elephant that locals claimed was supernaturally possessed — has aired rural Liberians' frustrations with the country's profitable timber industry.

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