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Couple accused of keeping kids in cage (WOTV)
A Vancouver couple accused of keeping two young children caged in a room have been arrested.

Crocodile Dundee wannabe loses his knife (abc.au)
A man who waved a knife in public and pretended to be Crocodile Dundee has been convicted by an Adelaide court.

Man arrested in fake US Army unit scam (abc.au)
A Chinese man has been arrested in the US for creating a fake army unit and telling immigrants they could become American citizens by joining the squad.

Cleaning van thieves throw vacuums at police (abc.au)
Northern Territory Police Northern Territory police involved in a pursuit overnight say they had to swerve when the people they were chasing started throwing vacuum cleaners, ladders and buckets at them.

Parents: TSA frisked our 6-year-old (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)
A Kentucky couple said Wednesday that they want the Transportation Security Administration to change how it screens children after their 6-year-old daughter was frisked at the New Orleans airport.

Roz Savage has rowed over 11,000 miles at sea in a 23-foot rowboat,...
Roz Savage has rowed over 11,000 miles at sea in a 23-foot rowboat,... (WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg)
A British woman who survived fierce storms and a near-drowning on her journeys across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans set off from Australia on Wednesday for a rowing adventure across the Indian Ocean with a new worry on her mind: pirates.

Former Miss Russia accused of stealing drugs (The West Australian)
A former Miss Russia faced drug charges in the United States for a second time on Tuesday, allegedly using stolen prescription pads to obtain painkillers and other drugs from pharmacies in New York.

5-year-old dials 911, saves mom (WLUK-TV Green Bay)
A 5-year-old little boy from Fairfield, Ohio managed to keep his cool during an emergency.

Mom blacks out, child steers car (WLUK-TV Green Bay)
An 11-year-old girl near Pittsburgh is being celebrated as a hero after her mother had a seizure while she was driving.

YouTube video of six-year-old girl being frisked causes furor (examiner)
YouTube was flooded with videos and commentary on Wednesday, after a six-year-old girl was frisked at a the New Orleans airport by a TSA agent.

Creator of WWW says Internet should be a human right (examiner)
Should access to the Internet be considered a human right? No less than Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who has been credited with creating the World Wide Web, while speaking at an MIT symposium this week, said that humans have become so dependent on the Internet that access to it should now be considered a basic right.

Woman Raped in Deserted Denver International Airport Concourse as Employees Walk By (huliq)
Authorities arrested a man early Tuesday morning after Denver International Airport employees saw him raping a woman through a window and called for help.

Hypnotist puts elderly in trance, swindles them out of life savings (weirdwebtoday)
Police are searching for a Russian hypnotist who swindled money from elderly bank customers by putting them in a trance.

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