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Reuters - Actors filming a late-night hostage scene sparked a full scale police emergency in Australia's southern city of Melbourne, police said on Thursday.

AP - An airline crew used duct tape to keep a passenger in her seat because they say she became unruly, fighting flight attendants and grabbing other passengers, forcing the flight to land in North Carolina.

AP - A motorist confronted by a state trooper said he was stunned when the officer told him the car had been stolen.

AP - Barack Obama may have a "funny name," as he once said ? but it might just catch on among the nation's newborns.

AP - A North Pole man was surprised when police accused him of stealing a car from a gentlemen's club in Fairbanks.

AP - Authorities in Arizona say a jogger attacked by a rabid fox ran a mile with the animal's jaws clamped on her arm and then drove herself to a hospital. The Yavapai County sheriff's office said the woman told deputies she was on a trail near Prescott on Monday when the fox attacked and bit her foot.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Two thieves were caught in southern Hungary with 12 pigs stuffed in their small van during a routine traffic check, Hungarian police said on Thursday.

TOKYO (Reuters) - A 9-year-old boy was caught driving his parents' car alone after police received a report about an unmanned vehicle moving down the street.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland has rated the DVD release of the much-loved children's television series "Little House on the Prairie" suitable for adult viewing only.

There was a tasty race for Colorado senate when voters got to choose between Bacon and Fries. In the end, Bacon won. Democrat incumbent Bob Bacon defeated Republican challenger Matt Fries on Tuesday 63 percent to 37 percent to represent the district that...