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<title>Woman recovering from car nightmare</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A 91-year-old woman in Greendale, Wis., is recuperating after spending nearly two days trapped underneath a car, her niece says.Greendale Police Chief Rob Dams said Betty Borowski apparently became stuck under the vehicle after attempting to reach some keys that had fallen in her garage, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported Friday.She was pretty well wedged in there, Dams said of last Sunday's accident. It looks like she crawled under head-first.After a mail-carrier noticed Tuesday that the elderly woman had not retrieved her Monday mail, he contacted the police and a responding officer heard Borowski calling for help from her garage.Firefighters were called to the scene and freed the woman from the vehicle, the Journal-Sentinel said.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Millennials torn over generation labels</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Some Americans in their 20s and early 30s say they feel torn between generalized labels, such as  millennials or generation Y, put on their age group.Some people categorized as millennials or generation Y say they are confused by labels created in the country's pop culture because they aren't drawn to a particular category, The Washington Post reported Sunday.I don't know where I am in this generational timeline, said Doan Nguyen, 26, a photo editor for a nonprofit group, Conservation International.Some people believe those in the post-X generation are uncertain about their identities because the Internet and increased academic pressures have caused their lives to be more fragmented than past generations, the Post said.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Balloon man floats 235 miles in lawn chair</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An Oregon man landed safely in Idaho after floating 235 miles at 10,000 feet above the ground in a chair attached to a cluster of balloons, onlookers say.Kent Couch, 48, of Bend landed near Cambridge, Idaho, Saturday after floating about 235 miles in a lawn chair suspended by 160 large helium-filled balloons, The (Portland) Oregonian reported.A customer said, 'Oh, it's the balloon man, it's the balloon man.' So we ran outside, said Laurene Houghton, owner of the Cambridge City Market.This was the third time the adventurous gas station owner tried floating from Bend to Idaho in a chair tied to balloons, the newspaper said.Couch said his flights aren't that dangerous but he took a parachute and satellite phone just to be safe.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Thief makes off with $40,000 in bananas</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Delaware police officer said a whole lot of potassium is missing after someone stole two trailers carrying $40,000 worth of bananas.The trailers were found in the Bronx borough of New York Saturday, but the bananas were mysteriously absent, The New York Post reported.Someone's got a whole lot of potassium, Delaware State Police Cpl. Jeffrey Whitmarsh said.Whitmarsh said the banana trailers went missing Thursday and a New York police officer discovered them unattended along the road.Officials said an investigation of registration plates indicated someone stole the fruit-filled trailers.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Your Daily Horoscope</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Today is Sunday, July 6, 2008TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLEPositions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (8 a.m. EDT):Sun............... 15th degree CancerMoon..............  1st degree VirgoMercury........... 24th degree GeminiVenus............. 23rd degree CancerMars..............  3rd degree VirgoCeres............. 11th degree CancerJupiter........... 18th degree Capricorn, retrogradeSaturn............  6th degree VirgoUranus............ 23rd degree Pisces, retrogradeNeptune........... 24th degree Aquarius, retrogradePluto............. 30th degree Sagittarius, retrogradeEris.............. 22nd degree AriesLunar Node........]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>The almanac</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Today is Sunday, July 6, the 188th day of 2008 with 178 to follow.The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Neptune, Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus. The evening stars are Venus, Mars and Saturn.Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include John Paul Jones, founder of the U.S. Navy, in 1747; singer Laverne Andrews, of the Andrews Sisters, in 1915; former U.S. first lady Nancy Reagan in 1921 (age 87); TV entertainer, producer Merv Griffin and rock 'n' roll pioneer Bill Haley (Rock Around The Clock), both in 1925; actress Janet Leigh in 1927; singer/actress Della Reese in 1931 (age 77); actors Ned Beatty in 1937 (age 71), Burt Ward in 1945 (age 63) and Sylvester Stallone in 1946 (age 62); U.S. President George W.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Security camera roils remote village</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Residents of a remote village on the Scottish island of Skye are angry about a reminder of modern life -- a closed circuit TV camera on the pier.Most of the residents of Elgol, which has a population of about 100, have signed a petition demanding the camera's removal, The Scotsman reports. They say the Highland Council installed it without talking to the locals.Melanie McKinnon said local children should be able to play on the beach without being under surveillance. She said tourists have concluded crime must be high in Elgol.On the first day the camera went up 10 people went into the shop to ask about crime levels in Elgol, she said. It's embarrassing. People are asking whether it's safe to leave their cars.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Frozen 'hands' prove to be animal gonads</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The new owner of a Texas apartment called police when he found what appeared to be human hands in the freezer -- only to learn they were animal testicles.Patrick McCusker of Fort Worth stumbled across the items Friday while he was cleaning out the freezer, The Dallas Morning News reported.Roger Metcalf of the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office said the objects did indeed look like hands, especially since they had been placed inside a plastic surgeon's glove.You couldn't tell what they were until you got the things open, he said.Metcalf said the objects are now outside the Medical Examiner's jurisdiction. The office will not determine what type of animal the testicles belonged to.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Atlanta gets first WNBA victory</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ivory Latta and Jennifer Lacy scored 18 points each Saturday to lead the Atlanta Dream to their first WNBA victory, 91-84, over the Chicago Sky.The Dream lost the first 17 games of their inaugural WNBA season -- a league record season-opening losing streak.Jia Perkins had a game-high 24 points and Candice Dupree chipped in 19 for the Sky, who lost their second straight game.The Sky had a 31-18 third-quarter edge to lead, but Atlanta won by going 7-of-8 from the free throw line in the final minute.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Three dolphins found in Thai mangrove</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Three dolphins were found trapped in a Thailand mangrove Saturday morning, officials said.The dolphins, two females and one male, were more than 20 years old, said a marine expert who rushed to the scene in the Muang district in Phuket province, The Bangkok Post reported.The sea mammals were found by fishermen early Saturday. Local villagers helped dig holes for the dolphins to keep their heads and skins wet.Veterinarian Kongkiat Kiatwattanawong said the dolphins were members of rare breed, the newspaper reported.It was still unknown why they were found in the mangrove.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:07:00 -0400</pubDate>
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