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Ind. inmates sneak through ceiling to have sex (AP)
AP - Three male and three female inmates at a southern Indiana jail face charges that they devised a way to sneak between cell blocks to help pass their time behind bars by having sex.
Rapper gets 20 years after writing shooting song (AP)
AP - He shot a man twice and felt so good about it, police said, a rapper wrote a song describing the shooting and calling out the victim by name. A judge sentenced 25-year-old Rico Todriquez Wright Monday to spend the next 20 years in prison after his victim mentioned the hip hop confession to police.
Undercover officers use Taser on pallbearer (AP)
AP - A North Carolina sheriff's official has apologized for plunging a funeral into chaos when undercover agents tried to arrest the dead man's son — and used a Taser on him in the process.
Mass. woman's 1 cent debt paid in full (AP)
AP - A 74-year-old blind woman's 1 cent debt to a Massachusetts city has been settled. People from across the country called Attleboro City Hall on Tuesday offering to pay the 1 cent balance owed by Eileen Wilbur for an overdue water and sewer bill.
Irate man wields bat to liberate his lost cat (AP)
AP - Police are looking for an irate pet lover so intent on liberating his lost cat that he wielded a bat to fend off animal shelter employees. Dallas Animal Shelter manager Kent Robertson said the man found his missing gray and blue short-haired cat at the shelter, where it had been brought by someone who thought it was a stray.
Parliament picks bomb hoaxer as speaker (Reuters)
Reuters - Lithuania's newly elected parliament has chosen as its new speaker a popular television talent show host once convicted of placing a prank call about a bomb in a hotel.
Couple pays $200 for "special" samosas (Reuters)

A pakistani man prepares samosas on the first day of Ramadan, in Islamabad July 11, 2002. (Mian Kursheed/Reuters)Reuters - A Dutch couple on a visit to the eastern Indian state of Bihar paid 10,000 rupees ($204) for four samosas, a spicy deep-fried snack that usually doesn't cost more than a few rupees, a newspaper reported on Monday.
Pudgiest pets compete in slimming contest (Reuters)

PDSA veterinary nurse Jennie Keen with Tinks, a 13-year-old cat from Gillingham. His current weight of 9.8kg makes him around 96 percent overweight. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Eight of Britain's fattest pets are to embark on a 100-day diet and fitness regime in a bid to crowned this year's pet fit club champion.
Climber plumps for portable toilets for Everest (Reuters)

Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, with an altitude of 8,848 meters (29,028 feet), is seen in this aerial view taken from a passenger aircraft flying over Nepal at a height of 9,144 meters (30,000 feet), November 9, 2008. (Desmond Boylan/Reuters)Reuters - A young Nepali climber is seeking to popularize a toilet fashioned from a plastic bucket with a lid to promote eco-friendly climbing on Mount Everest.
Ancient Greeks pre-empted Dead Parrot sketch (Reuters)

A woman walks in front of the Acropolis ruins at the sunset in Athens, August 9, 2004. (Jorge Silva/Reuters)Reuters - "I'll tell you what's wrong with it. It's dead, that's what's wrong with it."
Sumo-Happy hunter Asashoryu plots New Year ring return (Reuters)
Reuters - Volatile grand champion Asashoryu will not return to the ring until the New Year despite being fit enough to hunt and cook wild animals in the Mongolian mountains.
Gaffe-prone Japan PM apologises over doctor remark (Reuters)
Reuters - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso apologised Wednesday for appearing to insult doctors, an important political interest group, by saying many of them lack common sense.
Kangaroo genes close to humans (Reuters)

Kangaroos are seen on the Department of Defence property in Belconnen, Canberra, in this May 17, 2008 file photo. Australia's kangaroos are genetically similar to humans and may have first evolved in China, Australian researchers said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stefan Postles/FilesReuters - Australia's kangaroos are genetically similar to humans and may have first evolved in China, Australian researchers said Tuesday.
China farmer avoids jail in fake tiger photo trial (Reuters)
Reuters - A farmer in northern China found guilty of doctoring photos of an endangered tiger after collecting a cash reward from wildlife authorities, has been handed a lighter sentence on appeal, local media said on Tuesday.
World's oldest polar bear dies at Canadian zoo (Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian zoo officials on Tuesday were mourning the death of what is believed to be the world's oldest polar bear.
Man nabbed after hitting girlfriend with sandwich (AP)
AP - A man faces a domestic battery charge after allegedly hitting his girlfriend with a sandwich as she was driving on Interstate 95 on Friday. Police said the 19-year-old man became angry and hit the woman in the arm and face with a sandwich, knocking her glasses off.
German lawmaker apologises for blocking Wikipedia (Reuters)
Reuters - A member of parliament who got a court order blocking online encyclopaedia Wikipedia in Germany for two days because of entries linking him to communist-era security police apologised Tuesday for overreacting.
Driver loses control after sneeze, hits river (AP)
AP - An untimely sneeze nearly cost Andrew Hanson his life. The 42-year-old Weymouth man told authorities that a sneeze caused him to lose control of his pickup on Soldiers Field Road and plunge into Boston's Charles River on Tuesday.
Top Japan anti-drink cop caught drunk driving (Reuters)
Reuters - A senior Tokyo police official tasked with keeping the city's roads clear of drunk drivers has been arrested for driving under the influence, police said on Tuesday.
New constable allows friend to fire gun into air (AP)
AP - A newly elected constable was questioned by sheriff's deputies after allowing a friend to fire his county-issued handgun into the air at a party.
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