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Court again considers fate of seized gold coins worth $80M

Thursday, 15 October 2015, 09:24 Last update: about 11 years ago

A federal appeals court is again weighing the fate of 10 rare gold coins possibly worth $80 million or more that the government says were illegally taken from a Philadelphia mint and wound up in a...

Customs agents: Traveler hid cocaine in oil, vinegar bottles

Thursday, 15 October 2015, 09:20 Last update: about 11 years ago

Law enforcement officials say a passenger arriving at New York's Kennedy Airport had 11 pounds of liquid cocaine packed into oil and vinegar bottles. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the...

Lawyers can keep bras on while entering Maine jail - sheriff

Saturday, 26 September 2015, 14:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Jail workers went too far in telling female lawyers they'd have to remove their underwire bras if they wanted to meet with clients, a sheriff said. At least two attorneys say they were told...

Lost Australian sheep yields 30 sweaters worth of fleece

Thursday, 3 September 2015, 08:05 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A lost, overgrown sheep found in Australian scrubland was shorn for perhaps the first time on Thursday, yielding 40 kilograms (89 pounds) of wool - the equivalent of 30 sweaters - and...

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