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Police in Wisconsin say ‘Thong Cape Scooter Man’ not breaking law, free to ride on
MADISON, Wis. – A man who wears thong underwear and a cape while riding his scooter through Wisconsin’s capital city may be a strange sight. But police say he isn’t breaking any laws. Earlier this month, staff at John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Madison called authorities after the man rode by in his unmentionables
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Bruce Dern a leading man again in Alexander Payne’s Cannes entry ‘Nebraska’
CANNES, France – For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip “Nebraska,” Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson. Bruce Dern calls them “the obvious guys.” “He said to me, ‘I got an idea. Let’s surprise them with you,’” Dern
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Canadian trucking co. says it had Wash. permit to cross I-5 bridge that collapsed
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major route between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the interstate into the river below as the driver watched the structure collapse in his rearview mirror. Two other vehicles plunged into the Skagit River,
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Canadian man charged with stalking Jennifer Lawrence’s brother, insisting he could protect her
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Canadian man is facing charges that he stalked the brother of Jennifer Lawrence after authorities say he repeatedly insisted that the man put him in touch with the Oscar-winning actress so he could protect her, according to court documents. Zhao Han Cong, 23, of Vancouver, British Columbia, was ordered Friday to
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Chile blocks Pascua-Lama, fines Barrick US$16M for environmental violations.
VALLENAR, Chile – Chile’s environmental regulator has stopped construction and imposed sanctions on Barrick Gold Corp.’s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project, citing “serious violations” of its environmental permit. The $16 million fine is the maximum allowable under Chilean law. It was applied Friday because the world’s largest gold mining company (TSX:ABX) acknowledged that it failed to
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2 men arrested on suspicion of endangering aircraft after UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted
LONDON – Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain, officials said, rattling the U.K. just days after a British soldier was killed on a London street in a suspected terror attack.
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Steely Marion Cotillard shines alongside Joaquin Phoenix in gripping tale ‘The Immigrant’
CANNES, France – Actress Marion Cotillard has given her all and even learned another language to play a Polish woman struggling with the realities of 1920s New York in James Gray’s terse movie, “The Immigrant.” The drama, premiering Friday at the Cannes Film Festival, was filmed at Ellis Island where millions of immigrants arrived from
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Fun but no sun as Jersey shore opens for 1st post-Sandy summer with help from gov., MTV cast
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. – New Jersey proclaimed that its famous shore is back following the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, using its popular governor and the cast of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” to tell the world that the state is ready for summer fun. In fact, they even hired fun. — the rock band whose anthem “We
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Washington state bridge disappeared in a pile of dust, says survivor
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – A section of the Interstate 5 bridge over a river collapsed north of Seattle Thursday evening, dumping two vehicles into the water and sparking a rescue effort by boats and divers as three injured people were pulled from the chilly waterway. Authorities said it appeared nobody was killed in the bridge
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Explosion in Afghan capital sends smoke rising over downtown Kabul
KABUL – An explosion has sent smoke rising over the heart of Afghanistan’s capital. The strong blast was felt several kilometres (miles) away. An Associated Press cameraman who witnessed Friday’s blast said it was near a hospital for the National Security Directorate, the state intelligence service. He said the blast collapsed a building wall, but
