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Pakistani Grooms Face Terror Charges over Wedding Fireworks

Two newly-wed brothers in Pakistan could be facing long prison sentences after police arrested them on terrorism charges for letting off firecrackers during their joint wedding ceremony.

It is a longstanding, if dangerous, custom at Pakistani weddings to set off fireworks and fire weapons in the air in celebration, but police in Karachi said this time the happy couples went too far.

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Mexican Cop Charged for Shooting Protected Crocodile

As colleagues cheered him on, a Mexican policeman pumped ten gunshots into a protected species of crocodile crawling out of a lagoon, sparking outrage on social media, officials said Monday.

The officer now faces charges over the killing in the town of Ahome in the northwestern state of Sinaloa.

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Would-be Robber Breaks Leg, Calls Ambulance in Japan

A hapless armed robber in his 60s broke his leg while holding up a convenience store in Japan -- and then used the shop's payphone to call an ambulance, according to a report and police.

The inept thief tussled with a 35-year-old store clerk after threatening him with a knife in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sunday.

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Alaska Police Officers Corral Grazing Miniature Horses

Police officers in Alaska's biggest city became wranglers early Friday morning, rounding up a couple of miniature horses that escaped from their corral.

A photo tweeted from the Anchorage police department showed three officers with the two horses they apprehended. The tweet read: "Some interesting runaways patrol came across this morning!"

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Grandma is a Centerfold: Rest Home Bares all for Calendar

The stars of a charity calendar are in their 80s and 90s, but that didn't stop the men and women from an assisted living facility in Ohio from showing a little skin.

Miss March, who's 88, wears a green top hat and not much else in the calendar from Pleasant Pointe Assisted Living, and the centerfolds are two women in their 90s who seem to be playing poker with strategically placed oversize cards.

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Veteran's Prosthetic Eye Stolen from his Car in New York

Police say a veteran's prosthetic eye has been stolen from his car in New York.

The Oneida County Sheriff's office says the eye was stolen Saturday in the village of Boonville in the central part of the state.

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Mystery of California Hilltop Piano Solved

For a couple of days this week, a Southern California hilltop was alive with the sound of — mystery.

Hikers venturing to Topanga Lookout in the Santa Monica Mountains found a battered upright piano, sitting on a graffiti-scrawled concrete slab with a panoramic view over the mountains between Calabasas and the Pacific Ocean.

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Haitian Sentenced to Pay More than $7,000 over Plane Seat Row

A Haitian man who forced a flight to be diverted after reacting angrily to a seat being reclined in front of him was ordered to pay more than $7,000 by a U.S. court on Friday.

The case was part of a series of three incidents dubbed the legroom wars, which unfolded over a nine-day period in August and September when passengers lost their temper over reclining seats, forcing U.S. passenger planes to divert.

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Oregon's Pink Chicken Mystery Solved; Owner Explains

The mystery of Portland's pink chickens is solved.

Multnomah County Animal Services says the birds' owner told the agency he used food coloring, beet juice and Kool-Aid to dye the two birds, then released them to "make people smile."

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Sex Talk Stumps Aussie Cricket Captain Clarke

Australia captain Michael Clarke was momentarily stumped by a bungled question which appeared to be about his sex life as he celebrated Thursday's World Cup semi-final win over India.

Clarke, who had just led the co-hosts to a crushing 95-run win against the defending champions, was facing the media at the post-match press conference at the Sydney Cricket Ground, when he was asked to comment on "the tremendous sex" he had enjoyed since taking over as captain.

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