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at 8:46 on March 19, 2010, EDT.

Next stop, marriage: Man proposes on New Jersey Transit bus, knowing she�d never suspect it

TEANECK, N.J. - Commuters might start calling this one the Love Bus.

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at 7:45 on March 19, 2010, EDT.

Canine DNA used to convict British man who used dog as 'weapon' against teenager

LONDON - A man who used his dog to attack a teenager whom he then stabbed to death is facing sentencing in a London court.

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at 6:25 on March 19, 2010, EDT.

Coughing horses cause cancellations at Austria's renowned Spanish Riding School

VIENNA, Austria - Austria's renowned Spanish Riding School has cancelled performances because some of its elegant white Lipizzaner stallions have caught a cold.

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at 12:27 on March 18, 2010, EDT.

Swiss-based private jet company hopes to set new record for round-the-world flight

GENEVA - A Swiss-based private jet company says it will attempt to set a speed record for a round-the-world flight using a small aircraft weighing 9,000 to 12,000 kilograms (19,840 to 26,455 pounds).

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at 17:27 on March 17, 2010, EDT.

US man finds cold intruder in bed with him, holds him at bay with bat for police

PITTSBURGH - Police say a man broke into a Pittsburgh home and climbed into bed with its owner, apparently because he was drunk and cold following a rap concert.

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at 7:46 on March 17, 2010, EDT.

Ode to Becks: Britain's poet laureate laments David Beckham's Achilles tendon

LONDON - O Beckham, where art thou?

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at 5:38 on March 17, 2010, EDT.

Plane makes emergency landing on SC beach, killing jogger who never knew what hit him

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - The kit-built single-engine plane had turned into a glider, almost silently trying to make an emergency landing along a stretch of beach. Pharmaceutical salesman Robert Gary Jones, ear buds in, listening to his iPod while jogging neither saw nor heard it and was struck from behind Monday evening and killed instantly.

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at 4:31 on March 17, 2010, EDT.

Plane lands on US beach, killing jogger who never knew what hit him

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - The kit-built single-engine plane had turned into a glider, almost silently trying to make an emergency landing along a stretch of beach. Pharmaceutical salesman Robert Gary Jones, ear buds in, listening to his iPod while jogging neither saw nor heard it and was struck from behind Monday evening and killed instantly.

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at 18:06 on March 16, 2010, EDT.

When horses fly: Helicopter rescues horse stranded nearly 5 days on US sandbar

PHOENIX - It's not every day you see a horse fly.

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at 8:59 on March 16, 2010, EDT.

World's shortest man, He Pingping of China, dies in Italy; fell ill at TV rehearsal

ROME - The world's shortest man has died in Italy, where he was to take part in a TV show, the program's production company said Tuesday.

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