YOUR DAILY FIX OF BIZARRE, UNUSUAL AND UNEXPLAINED EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A man on his way to anger management class became angry and struck a woman, authorities said.

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DES MOINES, Iowa — The robber of a convenience store left behind an unusual clue - a W-2 form. The man robbed a Git-N-Go store in Des Moines early Friday after telling a clerk he had a gun. He left the store with about $115 but at some point took off his hat and jacket.

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AKRON, Ohio — Akron police say a robbery attempt had more than a whiff of failure. They accuse a man of trying to stick two people up outside a video store with a bottle of cologne that had been colored black with a marking pen and resembled a gun.

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WEST BEND, Wis. — A restaurant cook is out of a job and facing a felony charge after being accused of hiding hairs in a ribeye because a customer complained the first steak served to him was overcooked.

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MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Birthday candles may be in short supply in Middletown, where two, unrelated women have turned 104 just three days apart. Marjorie Hunt celebrated her big birthday Monday in the southwest Ohio city, at the retirement community where she lives.

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READINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Sometimes a penny for your thoughts isn’t a good thing. Readington Township school officials gave 29 students detention after they used pennies to pay for their $2 lunches.

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FORT BENNING, Ga. — Maj. Bobby Toon is known as the Pig Czar at the huge army post on Georgia’s western edge.

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CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. — Tillie Iverson is observing her 24th birthday Friday - at the age of 96.

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SPOKANE, Wash. — A 26-year-old Iraq war veteran bought four scratch-off lottery tickets at a convenience store after an evening workout and wound up winning $1 million.

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Longtime KEZI anchor Rick Dancer led off the 11 o’clock news with word that a Republican had announced his candidacy for Oregon secretary of state. The candidate: Rick Dancer.

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