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Escaped pet alligator captured while floating in Pennsylvania river

Odd News // 3 years ago

Escaped pet alligator captured while floating in Pennsylvania river

An escaped alligator spotted swimming in Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River was captured Friday morning and returned to his owner.

World News // 1 decade ago

Poll: Canadians want to exit Afghanistan

Four of five Canadians say the country's troops should leave Afghanistan next year, a new poll indicates.

Odd News // 1 decade ago

Volunteers matching 100,000 unsorted shoes

Volunteers with a charitable project in Norfolk, Va., say they are tirelessly working to match up 100,000 unsorted shoes donated by a national manufacturer.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Poll: Canadians favor U.S. Democrats

A Canadian-U.S. poll published Tuesday shows more Canadians would feel much safer with a Democratic president compared to their neighbors to the south.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Man accused of Scottish terror

A 45-year-old Manchester, England, man allegedly sent small bottles of vodka filled with poison to British officials in an attempt to run them out of Scotland.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Accountant guilty of stealing from church

A former accountant for the Roman Catholic diocese of Cleveland was convicted Tuesday for helping another official steal $784,000.

Sports News // 2 decades ago

India first test victory ever in Pakistan

India's Irfan Pathan dispatched Yousuf Yohana back to the pavilion in his first over Thursday to give India its first ever test match victory in Pakistan.

Business News // 2 decades ago

Fixing Fiats, again and again, with pride

Like hundreds of thousands of people each year, Shawn Folkerts was planning a leisurely drive across the country this summer. But unlike most people, he was pla

Odd News // 2 decades ago

Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world

Bass player Eugene Wright was born this day in 1923. He signed on with the Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1958, where his solid timekeeping became the base for Brubeck's experiments with polyrhythms and unusual time signatures.

Odd News // 2 decades ago

Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world

Singer Jackie Cain was born this day in 1928 in Milwaukee. She's half of Jackie and Roy, the jazz and cabaret duo noted for witty lyrics and fine vocalese.

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These numbers are very indicative of a public that is now, in their minds, out of Afghanistan. They've made a conscious decision as a nation that we are exiting
Poll: Canadians want to exit Afghanistan Aug 05, 2010

To say that they won't consider protecting those areas, that's wrong
Blue Planet: The wild new yonder May 09, 2003

An all-out sense that 30,000 extra troops are going to defeat the enemy, I don't think people are buying that
Poll: Canadians doubt Afghan surge effect Dec 28, 2009

John "Johnny" Alan Wright (May 19, 1929 – July 12, 2001) was a British amateur boxer who won a silver medal in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He lost in the final to László Papp of Hungary.

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