From The DailyPress.Com:
A small pin did lots of harm
A report says damage to a Raptor engine during training totaled more than $6.7 million.
BY JIM HODGES
HAMPTON — A metal pin about 6 inches long and an inch thick was sucked into the engine of an F-22A Raptor, causing $6,754,275.36 in damage, an Air Force report said.
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From MSNBC News:
Student ends spring break $1 million richer
New poker millionaire, 22, wins tournament during Caribbean cruise
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Newly minted poker millionaire Mike Schneider has one regret about how he spent his spring break: He didn’t get to see much of the Caribbean.
But Schneider has a million other reasons to be happy. The […]

From MSNBC.COM:
Slow going! Tortoise dies after 250 years
Addwaitya, believed to be oldest tortoise in the world, lived in Indian zoo
KOLKATA, India - A giant aldabra tortoise thought to be around 250 years old has died in the Kolkata zoo of liver failure, Indian authorities said on Thursday.
The tortoise had been the pet of Robert Clive, […]

From MNSBC.COM:
Chef gets big send-off on ‘South Park’
An untimely death for a dear character after Isaac Hayes leaves show
NEW YORK - Isaac Hayes’ Chef character got a true “South Park” send-off Wednesday night — seemingly killed off but mourned as a jolly old guy whose brains were scrambled by the “Super Adventure Club.”
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Something gives […]

 
From CNN: 
Millionaire holds ex-wife in contempt
Man, 68, spends a decade in jail rather than disclose assets
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) — A millionaire jailed for more than a decade for contempt in his divorce case continues to block efforts to trace his missing assets and should remain jailed, a three-judge panel ruled.
H. Beatty Chadwick, 68, is believed […]

From The Birmingham News:
Booster seats until age 8 or 12? Maybe
By GINNY MacDONALD
Two bills, each requiring vehicle booster seats for children under age 12 or 8 who fall under certain physical requirements, are alive and well in the Alabama Legislature.
One bill, introduced by Sen. Quinton Ross of Montgomery, passed the Senate on Feb. 28. Ross’ […]

 
From Daytona Beach News Journal Online:
Cracker Day celebration reflects Florida heritage
By PAT CODY
BUNNELL — The smell of barbecue in the air — combined with leather, dust and farm animals — can mean only one thing. Cracker Day is coming.
The Flagler County Cattlemen’s Association will celebrate the 51st annual Cracker Day on Saturday at the Flagler […]

From BBC News:
Rare violin returned to orchestra
A rare Stradivarius violin, worth an estimated £570,000, is to be returned to a US orchestra 21 years after it went missing, presumed stolen.
The instrument, which dates from 1725, had disappeared from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 1985.
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I know what its like to have your Violin Stolen.  When […]

 
From Reuters UK:
Death toll from Indian killer brew rises to 40
HYDERABAD (Reuters) - Forty people have died from drinking home-made alcohol in southern India over the past five days, including 17 attending the funeral of a man who was also poisoned by toxic brew, officials said on Wednesday.
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You would think someone would have noticed? 

 
From The AP and TBO.COM:
Man’s Toddler Son Wanders Into Strip Club
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Kansas man was arrested at a Tulsa strip club after police say his toddler son wandered from an unlocked car into the club over the weekend.
Christopher Greg Killion, 31, was arrested Saturday on a complaint of “encouraging a minor child […]

 
From The Guardian Unlimited: 
£1m claim puts wind up school
By Sam Jones
A deputy headteacher is suing Bristol city council for £1m because it refused to replace a chair which emitted a “farting” noise every time she sat down, regularly making her the subject of jokes.
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Hey at least it saved the little rugrats the trouble of […]

From WFTV.COM: 
Woman’s Hair Bursts Into Flames, Causes House Fire
PORT ST. JOHN, Fla. — A freak accident led to a devastating fire in Brevard County. The fire was sparked by a candle and then accidentally spread by a woman’s hair.
The woman set her hair on fire and, in the process of trying to put it out, […]

 
From CNN: 
Man dies stuck in mud after running from deputies
Exhaustion, exposure thought to blame; toxicology tests pending
DALLAS, Texas (AP) — A man running from a routine traffic stop early Tuesday sank waist-deep in mud and apparently died of exhaustion and cold while authorities tried to pull him out.
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I had something like this happen to […]

 
From CNN:
Crocodile kills humanitarian professor
Renowned med school teacher went to Africa to help fight AIDS
SEATTLE, Washington (AP) — A professor at the University of Washington Medical School who moved to Botswana to help alleviate a shortage of doctors there, was killed when a crocodile dragged him from a dugout canoe, his family and colleagues said.
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