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Weird news: Museum finds Galileo's missing fingers and tooth; they will be put on display

Mouse builds nest egg in Oregon ATM with shredded $20 bills

2 articles: "Palin links resignation to 'higher calling'" and "Did threat of scandal cause Sarah Palin's shock departure as Alaska's governor?"

Leave God a message at his Dutch answering service

Jeopardy's Alex Trebek, along with three former prime ministers, will host a new reality competition series: "Canada's Next Prime Minister"

Photo: a curator holds up a mummified cat in Sydney in preparation for an exhibition of ancient Egyptian artefacts. An Australian man's been arrested in Egypt after trying to leave the country with a 2,000-year-old preserved cat in his suitcase

Retired California couple, sweethearts since high school, have been dressing exactly alike for the last 5 years. Honey Smith offered to shave her head to be bald like her husband Ray. Both say it shows others how happy they are

Bee blamed for causing minor helicopter crash in Oklahoma

From Russia: Woman kills husband with folding couch; says she thought he was sleeping

British student gets credit for expletive on exam; question: "Describe the room you are sitting in." Answer, "f--k off." The examiner said he would have received higher marks if he had used punctuation

Romanian village re-elects dead mayor. "I know he died, but I don't want change," said one villager

German parents post ad to sell their baby on eBay for 1 euro ($1.57)

From Japan: Lost parrot Yosuke ignores police, tells veterinarian his address

U.S. graphologists study handwriting samples of the three presidential candidates

Mexican donkey jailed for ornery behavior

From Wales: 'Darth Vader' spared jail in Jedi church attacks. In 2001 UK census, 390,000 listed "Jedi" as their religion

Woman pays off 1976 parking ticket issued in Mich. with a note saying "Please don't try and track me down. I am a respectable lady"

Photo: porkfish and sergeant major fish swim near Neptune Memorial Reef near Key Biscayne, Florida.

Illinois man orders custom beer-can coffin, then holds party with his coffin filled with Pabst Blue Ribbon beer

Trio allegedly try to break dog out of pound for funeral of its owner

Fed up with politics, Italian man eats voting ballot

After stealing a rare collection of coins, a thief in Germany took them to the bank for safe keeping... and delivered them into the hands of the man he had robbed

Serbian farmer cuts property in two to give to ex-wife

German black swan Petra to be reunited with lost love, the swan paddleboat

Australian Brian Harrington holds duck fashion show

Fleeing Dutch shoplifter forgets 12-year-old son, leaves him behind

German Swan Petra has met real-life love; can part ways with her former love, a swan-shaped boat

An 83-year-old New Mexico great-grandmother thwarted a would-be purse snatcher with a gas nozzle and an iron grip

Man finally calls police after his girlfriend spends two years seated on toilet; charges may be filed

Woman tries to bring skeleton on plane

Firefighter saves dog by performing CPR

Kitten survives trip in shipping crate, from Singapore to Ohio

Cemetery full, mayor tells locals not to die. "Offenders will be severely punished."

Moms brawl at Chuck E. Cheese birthday party over arcade game

Alleged store robber leaves his W-2 form at the crime scene

Funny story from Pennsylvania: Dogs trap mail carrier, flatten tires (everyone gets out ok)

Yummy water: Los Angeles wins taste test

A New York man fighting with his girlfriend clung to a car roof and punched her through the window as she drove more than a mile on a busy road

Meatloaf the cat heads home to Florida after trek to Arizona in a storage container

Cat flees fire, ends up 240 miles away

A Very Silent Night, a song audible only to dogs, has topped New Zealand record charts

Firefighters from the South Florida city of Weston spent five hours being outwitted by escaped kitten; he was finally rescued

Now that's the Pioneer Spirit: Colorado woman, locked out of home, uses ax to get back in. And she turns 90 this weekend!

Lloyd's of London insures Tom Jones' chest hair for $7 million

German medical student saves baby tiger choking on a piece of meat with mouth-to-muzzle CPR

Photo: Brazil ... woman goes for plastic surgery world record

From Spain: A speeding motorist who killed a teenage cyclist is suing the boy's parents over damage to his luxury car

Son of Kansas Governor and a judge creates a prison-themed boardgame called "Don't Drop the Soap" with things like: "avoid being cornered by the Aryans in the Shower Room, fight off Latin Kings in Gang War"

Library gets a book back after being checked out for 57 years!

Russian woman returns from vacation to find nothing left of her home; construction company mistakenly tore down her house

British human "pet" girl is kicked off a bus for wearing a leash

Teens in Winnipeg steal a car to get to their court-mandated counseling program that is aimed to stop them from stealing cars

Maryland man calls governor's office and finds out mistaken phone listing is for escort service; in 2 years, he is the first person to report the mistake

Officer unwittingly falls for thief's claims that his passenger is pregnant; escorts stolen car to hospital where suspects get away

Harsh lessons in Germany; don't spit gasoline while you smoke, and don't throw yourself out a window with a Christmas tree

Drunk Australian falls asleep on train tracks, is run over, and lives (with a bump on his head)

Motorist banned after driving 10 mph on motorway

Man using GPS drives in front of train

Russian President Putin wishes to use GPS GLONASS for his black Labrador

Prank calls evolve: Teenager convinces White House he is the president of Iceland

Glow in the dark kitties cloned in South Korea

Yeah, the carry-on rules suck, but don't literally drown your sorrows!