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Mr. Potato Head welcomes visitors to Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island -- Rhode Island has launched a new state tourism campaign headed by Mr. Potato Head himself.
Approximately 40 6-foot-high Mr. Potato Heads will be sprinkled across the state, promoting the new theme, "Rhode Island -- The Birthplace of Fun." Why potatoes in Rhode Island? The company who makes the toy, Hasbro, calls the state home.
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Late for work, angry commuters set train on fire
SAO PAULO, Brazil -- A train carrying nearly 2000 passengers was set ablaze by some of the commuters after it broke down outside of South America's largest city.
Reportedly some of the passengers were angry that they would be late to work. So they set fire to three of the six cars of the train, causing $1.14 million in damage. No one was injured or arrested.
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Man falls five stories, walks away
WALNUT CREEK, California -- Ken Larsen was laying cable on top of a five story building when he stepped backwards over the edge of the roof. During the head-first fall Larsen realized the cable he was still clutching was slowing his descent. After crashing through tree branches he landed feet-first on the ground -- with only bruises and scrapes.
"They told me to go buy a lottery ticket," Larsen said. "And I'm going to."
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Flight crew says Kournikova disruptive on recent flight
KEY BISCAYNE, Florida -- Police are investigating reports that Anna Kournikova and her mother raised a racket aboard a recent flight after attendants told the
tennis player to put her dog in its carrying case.
The crew told officers that Kournikova, 18, refused to put her miniature Doberman pinscher in its carrying case, as Federal Aviation Administration rules require.
Kournikova and her mother deny refusing to cooperate.
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MOVIE OF THE WEEK: monster record
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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Florida -- The CEO of Monster.com has just set a monster record. On Wednesday Jeff Taylor spent 11 minutes on water skis being pulled along by a blimp.
Taylor, who said it was only his third or fourth time on water skis, will go up against Virgin chariman-adventurer Richard Branson in a similar competition on June 9 outside Las Vegas.
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