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Man delivers decomposing body to ER (WNDY-TV Indianapolis)
Police in the northern New Mexico city of Espanola say a man tried to get help at a hospital emergency room for a woman who had been dead as long as a day and a half.

A kangaroo tail for humans?
A kangaroo tail for humans? (WTHI-TV Terre Haute)
Inventors from 45 countries are laying out their weird and wacky wares at the world's biggest inventions fair in Geneva this week.

Vacuum An Accomplice In Coin Theft (MyFoxPhilly)
Police in Lincoln, Neb., say they believe they have nabbed the vacuum bandit. The Lincoln Journal Star reports police on Tuesday ticketed a man they say used a vacuum to suck quarters out of several apartment laundry machines.

Cops: Ohio man charged after barking at police dog (Inside Bay Area)
Police say an Ohio man has been charged with a misdemeanor for barking at a police dog.

Search may be over for Mona Lisa woman
Search may be over for Mona Lisa woman (WOODTV)
Italian researchers said Tuesday they will dig up bones in a Florence convent to try to identify the remains of a Renaissance woman long believed to be the model for the "Mona Lisa." If successful, the research might help ascertain the identity of the woman depicted in Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece - a mystery that has puzzled scholars and art ...

Michigan Couple to Walk +2,000 Miles for Wedding (First Coast News)
A Michigan couple is planning a truly long wedding march. Joseph Crist and Laura Brunett are going to walk some 2,500 miles to get to their wedding in Las Vegas this fall.

Pa. judge's cases transferred following charges (El Paso Times)
A Pennsylvania judge is having cases taken off his hands after he was charged with trying to enter a female judge's hotel room wearing only a bedsheet.

Couple survives 6 natural disasters on honeymoon
Couple survives 6 natural disasters on honeymoon (KBCI CBS 2)
When Stefan and Erika Svanstrom of Stockholm set out on their 4-month-long honeymoon with their baby girl on Dec.

Look out for toads on the road (WTNH)
Toads heeding the call of the wild are migrating and a group of Philadelphians is again shutting down a road to help them on their way.

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