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at 12:27 on March 18, 2010, EDT.

Swiss-based private jet company hopes to set new record for round-the-world flight

GENEVA - A Swiss-based private jet company says it will attempt to set a speed record for a round-the-world flight using a small aircraft weighing 9,000 to 12,000 kilograms (19,840 to 26,455 pounds).

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at 17:27 on March 17, 2010, EDT.

US man finds cold intruder in bed with him, holds him at bay with bat for police

PITTSBURGH - Police say a man broke into a Pittsburgh home and climbed into bed with its owner, apparently because he was drunk and cold following a rap concert.

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at 7:46 on March 17, 2010, EDT.

Ode to Becks: Britain's poet laureate laments David Beckham's Achilles tendon

LONDON - O Beckham, where art thou?

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at 5:38 on March 17, 2010, EDT.

Plane makes emergency landing on SC beach, killing jogger who never knew what hit him

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - The kit-built single-engine plane had turned into a glider, almost silently trying to make an emergency landing along a stretch of beach. Pharmaceutical salesman Robert Gary Jones, ear buds in, listening to his iPod while jogging neither saw nor heard it and was struck from behind Monday evening and killed instantly.

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at 4:31 on March 17, 2010, EDT.

Plane lands on US beach, killing jogger who never knew what hit him

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - The kit-built single-engine plane had turned into a glider, almost silently trying to make an emergency landing along a stretch of beach. Pharmaceutical salesman Robert Gary Jones, ear buds in, listening to his iPod while jogging neither saw nor heard it and was struck from behind Monday evening and killed instantly.

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at 18:06 on March 16, 2010, EDT.

When horses fly: Helicopter rescues horse stranded nearly 5 days on US sandbar

PHOENIX - It's not every day you see a horse fly.

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at 8:59 on March 16, 2010, EDT.

World's shortest man, He Pingping of China, dies in Italy; fell ill at TV rehearsal

ROME - The world's shortest man has died in Italy, where he was to take part in a TV show, the program's production company said Tuesday.

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at 8:12 on March 16, 2010, EDT.

Staten Island Ferry worker suspended over shamrock flap; says he just wanted to spread cheer

NEW YORK - A mate on New York's famous Staten Island Ferry has been suspended for marking surfaces of the boat's pilothouse with a shamrock stamp.

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at 15:18 on March 15, 2010, EDT.

Would-be Regina car thieves steal vehicle with owner clinging to hood

REGINA - It turned out to be one wild ride on the streets of Regina.

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at 1:27 on March 15, 2010, EDT.

Lawsuit settlement means no more perfume, aftershave or other scents for Detroit city workers

DETROIT - Change is in the air for Detroit city workers.

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