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Burglar Caught Napping during Florida Home Robbery

A burglar planning to rob a Florida home stole a little nap instead and ended up in handcuffs, officials said on Wednesday.

The man -- apparently overcome with exhaustion -- laid down on a bed at the home during a burglary on Monday, and fell into a deep sleep, the local sheriff's department told Agence France Presse.

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Black Hawks Down in Polish Village

Polish villagers got a surprise when half a dozen U.S. military helicopters emerged from heavy fog to make an emergency landing in a rapeseed field.

Onlookers responded "first with worry and bewilderment, then curiosity," Stanislaw Raginiak from the office of the rural county of Gruta said Wednesday.

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Before Papal Visit, Manila Can Take Papal Selfies

In Asia's bastion of Roman Catholic faith, images of Pope Francis are getting the pop star treatment.

A church-run radio station in the Philippines is distributing life-size cardboard cutouts of the pope to generate "papal fever" among selfie-loving Filipinos before the pope's visit in January.

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New Owner Says Pistorius House 'Good Buy'

Where others might see a house of horror, Louwtjie Louwrens -- the man who bought Oscar Pistorius's home -- thinks he got the deal of a lifetime and a secure residence, even if his wife isn't so sure.

Louwrens bought the Paralympic Gold medalist’s villa where Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead in the bathroom for a bargain $420,000 (4.5 million rand).

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Latest NYC Condo Amenity: $1 Million Parking Spot

A condo development in New York City's pricy SoHo neighborhood is charging for a parking spot as much as it would cost to buy a nice house in Dallas or Seattle — $1 million.

The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/ZfYihP ) reports the 10 underground spots at 42 Crosby St. will cost more per square foot than the apartments upstairs. The parking spots will run between $5,000 and $6,666 a square foot.

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Long Tongues and Leaping Cats in 60th World Records Book

From super-long tongues to leaping cats, a host of weird and wacky landmarks have made the cut for 60th anniversary edition of the Guinness World Records book out on Thursday.

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New York Gig Sends up Fashion Priestess Anna Wintour

It's Fashion Week and Anna Wintour is front row at all the best shows, immaculate in her trademark bob and shades. But come midnight she's in drag in a nightclub.

The high priestess of fashion, the English editor in chief of Vogue who has sat atop a $300 billion industry for 26 years, is infamous to millions for her style and steely persona.

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'Chess' Man Star Attraction at Tattoo Convention in Peru

Tattooed from shaved head to pinkie toe in checkers and other designs, the man who calls himself "Chess" was a star attraction at the first ever International Tattoo Convention in Peru.

The man, whose real name is Matt Gone, has, with the help of 80 different U.S. tattoo artists, turned his entire body into a canvas -- including his eyes which he injects with red dye.

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Al Pacino Makes a Splash at Toronto Film Festival

Al Pacino was so excited to be promoting his latest film "Manglehorn" at the Toronto film festival Sunday that he knocked over glass after glass of water at a press conference.

He appeared along with director David Gordon Green ("Pineapple Express") and co-stars Holly Hunter ("The Piano," "Saving Grace") and writer-director and occasional actor Harmony Korine ("Spring Breakers").

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Italian Navy Lands... a Baby Girl

Italy's efforts to cope with the flow of migrants risking their lives to cross the Mediterranean in perilous conditions rarely give reason to warm the heart.

This weekend was the exception, however, as the crew of a navy frigate, the Euro, delivered a baby girl whose heavily pregnant mother was among a group of would-be immigrants rescued after their vessel got into difficulty off the southwest coast of Sicily.

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