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  The Associated Press
(AP Photo/Air New Zealand, HO)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—New Zealand's national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint.   Full Story
 
PORTLAND, Ore.—An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more than a dozen rabbits.   Full Story
 
ELGIN, Ill.—Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant.   Full Story
 
ELK GROVE, Calif.—A Northern California elementary school teacher sent her students home for the summer with a video of class memories, only the DVD included six seconds of her having sex on a couch.   Full Story
 
(AP Photo/New York Police Dept.)
NEW YORK—A New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started. One of the NYPD's newest officers made his first arrest Thursday just minutes after graduating from the Police Academy in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden.   Full Story
 
WINCHESTER, Va.—Workers at the Frederick County Landfill were surprised by what they found in a large trash bin trucked in from a Goodwill Industries store: a woman who had apparently gotten trapped.   Full Story
 
CEDAR CITY, Utah—The Iron County sheriff's office said an inmate tried to escape from a correctional facility by fashioning a fake bomb.   Full Story
 
FAIRFIELD, Conn.—A Connecticut woman's close encounter with the mythical beast, Sasquatch or Big Foot, turned out to be nothing more than a boy in a costume.   Full Story
 
VERNON, N.J.—A northwestern New Jersey man said he was mugged in his driveway by a sandwich-craving bear.   Full Story
 
ZURICH—It must rank among the easiest fires ever to put out. Zurich authorities say police and firefighters were called to the house of an elderly woman early Thursday after she reported her television set was burning.   Full Story