PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi (tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee) conquered Philadelphia's annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX....
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Sheep herding Swedish bunny becomes online hit

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Champis the bunny doesn't only hop - he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skill after watching trained dogs do the job....
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Wrong-number call helps Ohio woman having stroke

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio (AP) -- A woman who called the wrong number when she suffered a stroke still found help a couple of time zones away....
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Pet elk denied re-entry to Pennsylvania from W.Va.

ALEPPO, Pa. (AP) -- A runaway elk can't go home to Pennsylvania, even if it wanted to....
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Man admits to jumping on backs of student athletes

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A 250-pound man with a history of jumping on the backs of student athletes in the Pacific Northwest has pleaded guilty to assault....
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Mont. man starts police chase as part of wishlist

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) -- A 55-year-old Montana man who says he "always wanted" to be part of a police chase can check that off his bucket list....
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Officers cleared for using pepper spray on dancers

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Two police officers were cleared of wrongdoing Thursday for using pepper spray and a baton on a dozen spectators performing a traditional Polynesian war dance after a Utah high school's losing football game....
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Inmate adds pig image to Vt. police cruiser decals

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- A prison inmate who makes stationery and license plates pulled a fast one on state police by adding the image of a pig to the state decal on their cruisers....
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Lions apparently not enough to keep intruders out

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- With 120 lions, tigers and other big cats on the grounds, the owner of a Colorado refuge didn't think he needed a security system....
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Trump offers golden graves for silver-spoon set

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- They say you can't take it with you when you die, but that's not necessarily true for the wealthiest Americans - like Donald Trump....
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Kobayashi downs record 337 wings at Pa. Wing Bowl