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Woman fired for giving 16-cent treat to toddler
TORONTO (Reuters) - An attendant at a Canadian restaurant who was sacked for giving a bite-sized doughnut, worth 16 cents, to an agitated toddler was given her job back on Thursday after the case received wide media attention.
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Watercooler Stories
Dali lithograph donated to charity … Diamond ring found floating in bay … Mom sues after teen arrested … Mom sues after kid steps in poo … Watercooler stories from UPI.
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Jockstrip: The world as we know it.
Foul balls go to side-by-side seats … Police: Stolen cameras recorded theft … Police look for witnesses of nude hiker … Man found sleeping in jet at airport … The world as we know it from UPI.
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Woman donates kidney to her former English teacher
AP - Twenty-two years after graduating from high school, Angie Collins is now her former English teacher's favorite student.
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Your Daily Horoscope
By D.DONOVAN KINSOLVINGUPI Features Writer UPI horoscopes for Friday May 9, 2008.
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Texas teens tell police they converted skull into bong
AP - Three teenagers were arrested after two of them told police they dug up a secluded grave north of Houston, removed the skull from the coffin and converted it into a marijuana bong.
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The almanac
By United Press International UPI Almanac for Friday, May 9, 2008.
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Photo from Yahoo! Customers wait hours for 23-cent pizzas in Ohio
AP - Maybe Cleveland Cavaliers fans can hope for cheap gas if an oil company insults All-Star LeBron James.
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[audio] Cheney Adds Rare '64 Kuwait To Oil Cellar
Onion Radio News - with Doyle Redland
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Earliest American Scat Found
The earliest-known fossilized feces was found recently in Oregon, placing humans on the American continents 1000 years earlier than previously...
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