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01/24/12--08:36: NYC officials dodge blame for 'SHCOOL X-NG' sign in front of Manhattan high school (chan 1807882)

NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone who's ever gone to school should know how to spell "school."


01/25/12--03:54: 'SHCOOL' is 'SCHOOL' again in street sign outside a NYC school building (chan 1807882)

NEW YORK (AP) — An embarrassing misspelling of "school" is gone from the street outside a New York City school building.


01/25/12--13:04: Ohio zoo's orangutan 1st in US with birth control device; doc gave vets tips on how to implant (chan 1807882)

CLEVELAND (AP) — An orangutan at a Cleveland zoo has become the first such animal in North America to receive an implanted birth control device.


01/25/12--13:08: Ohio zoo's orangutan 1st in US with birth control device; doc gave vets tips on how to implant (chan 1807882)

CLEVELAND (AP) — An orangutan at a Cleveland zoo has become the first such animal in North America to receive an implanted birth control device.


01/25/12--20:35: Pricey pastry: Wyoming student accused of stealing 79-cent doughnut agrees to pay $200 fine (chan 1807882)

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — A 19-year-old college student accused of swiping a doughnut in Wyoming is going to be paying a pretty penny for that pastry.


01/26/12--05:12: Thieves go to the bathroom to steal flushers from Ohio restrooms, possibly for scrap metal (chan 1807882)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A restroom rip-off in central Ohio has automatic flushers disappearing from the bathrooms at restaurants and other businesses.


01/26/12--05:59: California artist plans to bury 727 jetliner in Mojave Desert and give tourists tunnel access (chan 1807882)

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A Swiss artist plans to bury an intact Boeing 727 jetliner in California's Mojave Desert and build a tourist tunnel to give visitors a chance to view the underground project.


01/26/12--06:09: London museum says rare coin found near River Thames may be Roman brothel token (chan 1807882)

LONDON (AP) — The Museum of London is displaying a coin found by the River Thames that may have been used nearly 2,000 years ago as a "brothel token" in Roman London.


01/27/12--16:15: NY man convicted of trying to claim $890M in tax refunds while he was in prison, got $327,000 (chan 1807882)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A jury has convicted a New York prison inmate of falsely filing tax returns seeking $890 million in refunds.


01/28/12--21:29: Homeless man rescued after being stuck in mud in NM for 3 days; students heard him yelling (chan 1807882)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A homeless man who was stuck in thick mud near the Rio Grande river in Albuquerque for three days was rescued Saturday after some high school students on a field trip heard him yelling for help, authorities said.