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August 6, 2006
Some very lucky penguins are getting a military escort back home. The Brazilian air force and navy are teaming up to take the birds back to their Antarctic home after they got stuck on a beach in Brazil. Every year, penguins typically wash up on Brazil's shores after they catch a ride from the Antarctic Circle on ice floes. The floes melt off the Brazilian shore and the penguins wash ashore. Most are taken to area zoos.
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June 27, 2006
Robbers dress up as policemen and successfully steal 220 lbs of cocaine from a medical laboratory in Milan, Italy. Italian police tell Reuters that four thieves got away with about $12. 5 million worth of drugs.
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March 6, 2006
West Mifflin, PA (AHN)-Police say they have captured an elderly woman who tried to rob a bank with a gun, while wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers ski mask.
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February 27, 2006
In Florida, a former head of an escort ring is now suing the very clients he previously served. Arthur "Big Pimpin' Pappy" Vanmoor, 46, has filed a lawsuit against six former customers, saying that they broke the law by using his services "illegally," and as such, led to his arrest and deportation.
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November 30, 2005
A stowaway cat will be sent home in style after ending up in France a month ago. Continental Airlines says Wednesday that the cat, named Emily, will fly business class to Newark, New Jersey.
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