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Police: Naked man stole socks from Pa. Walmart (kare11)
EXTON, Pa. - A hefty southeastern Pennsylvania man is behind bars after police say he walked naked into a Walmart and stole a pair of socks.

The World's Most Dangerous Golf Course (golfsliced)
"Danger! Do not retrieve balls from the rough live mine fields" is what the sign says when you enter Camp Bonifas' golf course in Panmunjom.

Test-Tube Burger Is 'Petri Dish' Of The Day (news.sky)
The meal will be the first beef patty ever created in the laboratory thanks to the efforts of Dutch stem cell scientist Dr Mark Post, from the University of Maastricht .

Man Found Alive After 2-Months in Snow-Buried Car (NBC Connecticut)
A Swedish man was found alive inside a snow-covered car where he spent two months without any food, according to reports.

Lab-Grown Hamburger Makes It to the Menu (NBC Connecticut)
A research team that's growing beef in a petri dish instead of a cow is planning to serve the first ever lab-grown hamburger to a celebrity taster this fall .

Rose Cliver, 1906 SF quake survivor, dies at 109
Rose Cliver, 1906 SF quake survivor, dies at 109 (SFGate)
Those who keep alive memories of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco will gather today to honor one of the last people known to have been alive when the great city was brought to its trembling knees.

Police identify hit-and-run driver killed in downtown KC crash (The Kansas City Star)
Police this afternoon identified a suspected hit-and-run driver who was killed when he ran a red light and crashed into a BMW in downtown Kansas City.The man was identified as 21-year-old Leon D. Grant.

Florida police look for real hamburglar (wivb)
ORLANDO, FL - Police in Florida are looking for a real-life hamburglar. Investigators in Orlando say surveillance video of a 'beef burglar" who struck a supermarket last week.

NM woman heads to trial for stealing $2 pumpkin (The Kansas City Star)
A 23-year-old college student from New Mexico is scheduled to go to trial for allegedly stealing a small pumpkin worth two dollars.KOAT-TV in Albuquerque, N.M., reports that Lauren Medina will go before a jury and Moriarity Magistrate Judge Steve Jones on Tuesday.

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