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Probation, not A for effort, for Pa. grade hacker

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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- One Pennsylvania college student's attempt to boost his failing grades didn't get him an A for effort. It got him probation.... 



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China bans toddler palm-reading assessments

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China has banned kindergartens in a northern province from offering palm-reading tests that the schools had claimed could predict toddlers' intelligence level and potential, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.  



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Man's 'nearly skeletonized body' found in home 4 years after his suicide

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A Wisconsin man everyone thought moved away in 2007 had actually killed himself, leaving his body to rot in his home for more than four years.  




Officers cleared for using pepper spray on dancers

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah prosecutors have cleared police officers of any wrongdoing after they used pepper spray and batons on a group of Polynesian spectators performing a traditional war dance at a high school football game.... 



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Inmate adds pig image to Vt. police cruiser decals

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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont prison inmate who makes stationery and license plates has gotten the best of the state police by adding the image of a pig to the state decal on their cruisers.... 



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Toddlers subjected to palm-reading assessments in China

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Reuters - Several kindergartens in a province in northern China are charging parents 1,200 yuan ($190) for a palm-reading test that they claim can predict their toddlers' intelligence and potential, state news agency Xinhua said. 



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Frozen sauerkraut causes German motorway chaos

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Piles of sauerkraut tumbled out of a truck on a busy German motorway and quickly froze to the autobahn surface, causing a massive traffic jam near Frankfurt during Tuesday's morning rush hour, police said.  



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Family racks up $11K bill for streaming movies

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A vacationing family streaming movies online in the car was shocked to get a $11,000 phone bill for roaming charges.  



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South African man escapes zombies but not police

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police have arrested a suspected fraudster for impersonating the award-winning traditional singer Khulekani Kwakhe "Mgqumeni" Khumalo, who died in 2009.  



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Indonesia pilot grounded in pre-takeoff crystal meth check

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Reuters - Lion Air's slogan "We make you fly" came a bit too close to home this weekend when one of the Indonesian airline's pilots tested positive for crystal meth after being arrested just hours before he was due to take off. 



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Aww, man! Bart Simpson joins Barbie in Iran ban

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Reuters - The Simpsons are corroding the morals of Iranian youth, an official said on Monday, as dolls based on Bart, Homer and the rest of the American cartoon family joined the shapely Barbie among Western toys targeted by a new crackdown in Tehran. 



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Hole lotta fun as Japanese dig for Golden Shovel

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Over a thousand people gathered on the outskirts of Tokyo, shovels and ladders in hand. Their goal: to dig their way to victory in the Japan All-National Hole Digging Competition, and claim the coveted Golden Shovel.  



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