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Sept. 23, 2009 / 4:38 PM

Man cited for naked gardening

FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Police in Texas said a 71-year-old man seen gardening nude in his back yard was cited for disorderly conduct.

A police report said a Fort Worth deputy city marshal on bike patrol spotted the man working in his yard Sunday while wearing nothing but his shoes, the Fort Worth Star-Tribune reported Wednesday.

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The report said the man dropped his weed trimmer when he noticed the deputy and ran inside his house. The deputy asked the man to come back outside, and he re-emerged wearing a pair of shorts.

The deputy issued the man a citation for the Class C misdemeanor after checking the man's record to ensure he was not registered as a sex offender.

New Guinness World Records book features dog tricks, giant toothbrush

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New Guinness World Records book features dog tricks, giant toothbrush

Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Guinness World Records released its annual book Tuesday, and along with it a slew of new records including dog tricks, magic tricks, skateboarding feats and the world's largest electric toothbrush.

Grape spill causes traffic 'jam' on California highway

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Grape spill causes traffic 'jam' on California highway

Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Commuters on a California highway were given ample reason to "wine" when a semi crash caused the roadway to become covered in crushed grapes.

Mystery goats rounded up after weeks on the loose in Mo.

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Mystery goats rounded up after weeks on the loose in Mo.

Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Seven goats on the loose in Kansas City, Mo., since early August were finally wrangled by animal services officers and taken to a shelter.

Wayward coyote rescued from San Francisco couple's back yard

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Wayward coyote rescued from San Francisco couple's back yard

Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Animal care and control officers in San Francisco came to the rescue of a coyote that spent several days living in a family's back yard.

Loose pig found wandering in Wisconsin city

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Loose pig found wandering in Wisconsin city

Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Authorities in Wisconsin are trying to find the owner of an unusual escaped pet found wandering the streets -- a large pig.

N.C. woman wins second major Cash 5 lottery prize in under a year

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N.C. woman wins second major Cash 5 lottery prize in under a year

Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A North Carolina woman won $346,088 from a Cash 5 lottery drawing, her second major jackpot after previously winning $100,000 less than a year ago.

Lifeboat crew on rescue call finds another station's lost dummy

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Lifeboat crew on rescue call finds another station's lost dummy

Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A Royal National Lifeboat Institution crew in England responded to a report of a stranded person in the water -- but arrived to discover it was an RNLI training dummy lost by another crew two weeks earlier.

Escaped penguin found two weeks later, over 18 miles away

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Escaped penguin found two weeks later, over 18 miles away

Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A penguin that escaped from an animal encounter event on a Japanese island was found two weeks later after traveling more than 18 miles.

South African farmers grow world's heaviest plum

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South African farmers grow world's heaviest plum

Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A pair of South African farmers harvesting their crops made a startling discovery: a record-breaking plum weighing in at 16.3 ounces.

Indiana medical call turns into monkey rescue

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Indiana medical call turns into monkey rescue

Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Emergency responders in Indiana experienced "a first" when a medical call ended with firefighters rescuing a monkey that got loose and scaled a building.

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