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February 5, 2007
Mexican wave campaigner Matthew Newton says his $25 ticket to the Australia-New Zealand cricket match was worth the national publicity to bring back the Aussie crowd tradition. Newton was ejected from the MCG after instigating a stadium wide Mexican wave, which has been banned by Cricket Australia.
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January 11, 2007
A high school teacher, who zoomed in for close-up shots of the girls' crotches, was charged under Texas' "peeping Tom" law for filming girls' wrestling matches for his sexual gratification. David Ware, 28, the first-year speech and drama teacher has been charged by police this week on charges of improper visual recording, which carries up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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January 4, 2007
When two shoplifters dashed out of an auto parts store the store manager ran after them and jumped onto the getaway car in an effort to stop the thieves. It actually wasn't intentional. The Milwaukee Checker Auto Parts store manager, Darrin Malsack, only intended to get the thieves' license plate number. The men had stolen a portable DVD system.
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December 27, 2006
Authorities on Tuesday were trying to investigate how several pieces of luggage, belonging to air travelers, were reportedly found in a trash bin behind a Houston pet store. According to Houston television station KRIV, the store's owners discovered 60 to 70 pieces of luggage, which belonged to passengers of Continental Airlines, Lufthansa, British Airways and U. S. Airways.
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December 5, 2006
An American Airlines flight was grounded Monday after the passengers smelled sulfur burning. Investigators found that a woman lit the matches to mask bodily gas. Airport spokeswoman Lynne Lowrance said, "About 6:30 this morning, an American Airlines pilot called the FAA tower reporting that passengers were smelling fumes like matches being struck within the cabin. "
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