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    at 22:05 on March 10, 2010, EDT.

    Midnight knitter spinning nocturnal yarn over US shore town, putting sweaters in trees

    WEST CAPE MAY, N.J. - Someone is spinning quite a yarn over one New Jersey shore town.

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    at 12:16 on March 10, 2010, EDT.

    Strange fruit: Dutch police discover half-ton of cocaine stashed in plastic pineapples

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands - First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands, authorities said Wednesday.

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    at 12:06 on March 10, 2010, EDT.

    Crime doesn't pay much: Police say robber scored $6 from holding up 11 people at US market

    THERMAL, Calif. - They say crime doesn't pay. For one robber in California, it did - but not much.

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    at 6:31 on March 10, 2010, EDT.

    Calgary Zoo's newest male tiger shows signs of bonding with female tiger

    CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo's new male tiger appears to like his new roommate.

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    at 20:00 on March 9, 2010, EDT.

    Purloined parrot recovered; Alberta birdnapper, bird safely behind bars

    LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An alleged birdnapper and a purloined parrot are now both safely behind bars after an incident in Lethbridge, Alta.

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    at 12:22 on March 9, 2010, EDT.

    Odd odour leads police to 200 marijuana plants in California warehouse

    LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles police say all they needed to find marijuana growing in a Van Nuys warehouse was a sense of smell.

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