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The Strange

FDA clears first implantable telescope for vision

U.S. health officials have approved a first-of-its-kind technology to counter a leading cause of blindness in older adults -- a tiny telescope implanted inside the eye.

George Washington Documents Headed To Mount Vernon

A collection of about 135,000 documents belonging to George Washington and studied at the University of Virginia for more than four decades will be making its way to the home of the nation's first president as the centerpiece of a new library.

400 million cigarette butts littering Texas roads

A study says smokers are messing with Texas more than most other people these days.

Experimental heart keeps baby boy alive til donor found

Nathan Roberts likes to rest his feet on the little round device at the end of his bed, the thump-thump-thumping of his mechanical heart soothing him through long days spent waiting for the real thing.

1st Red Panda Born at National Zoo in Years

Smithsonian's National Zoo says red panda Shama gave birth to a single cub Wednesday. That cub is the first red panda cub born at the zoo in D.C. In 15 years.

Sen. Bob Bennett asks Utahns to not vote for him

Utah Senator Bob Bennett is urging voters not to write-in his name on the ballot.

Sea lions, dolphin join terror exercises in S.F., other ports in state

A Navy seal — actually a sea lion — took less than a minute to find a fake mine under a pier near AT&T Park.

Iceland volcano grounds flights around world

An ash cloud from Iceland's spewing volcano halted air traffic across a wide swath of Europe on Thursday, grounding planes on a scale unseen since the 2001 terror attacks as authorities stopped all flights over Britain, Ireland and the Nordic countries.

Women with dental problems can pass bacteria to their newborns, experts say

Some dentists avoided treating the women, and prenatal providers often failed to discuss the subject.

Dead man elected mayor of Tracy City

A dead man has been elected mayor in Tracy City, Tenn.

Door to afterworld found in Egypt

Archaeologists have unearthed a 3,500-year-old door to the afterlife from the tomb of a high-ranking Egyptian official near Karnak temple in Luxor, the Egyptian antiquities authority said Monday.

The Stupid

Police: Man Accidentally Shoots Self In Testicles

Police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions says the man was carrying his handgun in his waistband and it accidentally went off about noon Sunday.

Bad Axe teen arrested after driving stolen pickup to meet probation officer

Huron County sheriff’s deputies arrested a 19-year-old Bad Axe man on suspicion that he broke into a garage and stole a pickup after the teen arrived at the Huron Count courthouse in the stolen vehicle, Huron County Sheriff Kelly J. Hanson says.

Man pleads guilty to dragging dog to death at Colorado National Monument

A man accused of dragging a stolen dog to its death in the Colorado National Monument pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to a federal charge of aggravated animal cruelty.

Florida Keys man got stuck in the sand he was stealing, cops say

A Marathon man didn't get far after loading his truck with sand from a public beach. His truck got stuck in the sand, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

Manatee woman, 28, charged with stabbing 16-year-old boyfriend

A 28-year-old woman was arrested after she stabbed her 16-year-old boyfriend during an argument late Sunday, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.

DUII suspect passed out in stolen police car

An 18-year-old Silverton man was arrested for drunk driving after state troopers said they found him passed out in a police car he had just stolen near Mt. Angel Saturday night.

Man ordered to pay appeal costs of protesters at his son's funeral

Lawyers for the father of a Marine who died in Iraq and whose funeral was picketed by anti-gay protesters say a court has ordered him to pay the protesters' appeal costs.

Police: Boy, 16, made racial comment at NJ Walmart

A 16-year-old boy who police said made an announcement at Walmart ordering all black people in a southern New Jersey store to leave was charged with harassment and bias intimidation, authorities said Saturday.