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December 3, 2006
Topics police, egg, body, sport, eggs, teenagers, single, teenager, teens, teen, boys, cars, driver, boy and car
An eighth grade boy who was standing next to another teenager who threw an egg at a passing car was chased and then gunned down by someone in a sport utility vehicle, police say. Danny Crawford, 14, died from a single gunshot wound to the upper body, according to Franklin County Coroner Brad Lewis.
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October 24, 2006
An overly-obedient motorist obeyed the "Turn right now!" command from his satellite navigation system and ended up crashing his car into a small toilet hut by the side of the road. The incident happened when Freiburg, 53, took the turn about 30 meters before the crossing he was actually meant to take. Following the beforehand command from the navigation system, Freiburg drove his sport utility vehicle off the road onto into a building site, up a stairway and into the small toilet shack, police in the eastern town of Rudolstadt said Sunday.
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October 18, 2006
Topics baseball, yankees, tigers, colors, boston, sport, stuff, philadelphia, pretty, chicago, angeles, hot, life and spring
Devoted baseball fans will have the ability to have their cremated ashes placed in urns that sport the logo of their favorite franchise as soon as next season, sources report. Major League Baseball and a leading maker of funeral products are to begin working together to promote a new line of MLB urns, promising to take the seventh-inning stretch into eternity for those interested in the product. Next season, fans of the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Dodgers, will be able to purchase urns bearing their teams colors and insignia.
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September 6, 2006
An Israeli man was stuck in the middle of a minefield near the Syrian border Saturday after his parachute apparently crashed. The man was severely injured in the accident. According to rescue services, the unidentified man took off from a peak in the Golan Heights and drifted east toward the Syrian and Jordanian borders before crashing in the minefield, injuring his legs and breaking several bones.
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August 29, 2006
Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic on Saturday crashed his sports car in a test drive overnight at the country's top race track, but walked away uninjured, his spokesman said. The 65-year-old leaderhas been racing for about 30 years and refused to give up the sport even after he was elected president two years ago. Gasparovic's specially adapted and reinforced car slammed into a safety barrier as the politician sped down the track at around 40 to 50 miles per hour, his spokesman Marek Trubac said.
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