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at 18:12 on November 21, 2008, EDT.

Would-be Japanese space tourist wants his $21-million fee returned

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Japanese millionaire Daisuke Enomoto had planned to dress up as his favourite cartoon character in outer space and spent $21 million to make it happen.

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at 17:34 on November 21, 2008, EDT.

Woman charged with careless driving after crashing while eating bowl of cereal

WOODSTOCK, Ont. - Drivers have heard it's dangerous to drive while using a cellphone.

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at 14:30 on November 21, 2008, EDT.

Japanese man makes Mexico City airport home

MEXICO CITY - Hiroshi Nohara is on a layover at the Mexico City airport.

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at 20:13 on November 20, 2008, EDT.

New York couple and trucker help injured butterfly migrate south

LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. - A monarch butterfly has a chance at completing its species' famed migration to central Mexico, thanks to some tiny cardboard splints, a bit of contact cement and a trucker from Alabama.

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at 17:13 on November 20, 2008, EDT.

N.L. school board's warning over 'Kick a Ginger Day' causes stir

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland teachers were told to be on "heightened alert" Thursday after the province's largest school board warned them about an unusual prank targeting red-headed students that may have been inspired by the popular animated TV show "South Park."

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at 16:20 on November 20, 2008, EDT.

Sky-high birth on Finnair flight at 11,000 metres

HELSINKI, Finland - Finnair says a Swedish woman gave birth to a girl 11,000 metres over Kazakhstan on a flight from Bangkok to Helsinki.

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at 21:47 on November 19, 2008, EDT.

New Jersey inmates battle Princeton students in a unique chess match

TRENTON, N.J. - David Wang is a young man who's clearly going places. The Princeton University sophomore is gifted with a brilliant mind, a movie-star smile and an understated self-confidence.

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at 23:11 on November 18, 2008, EDT.

Iowa zoo manages to recapture a flamingo that flew the coop

DES MOINES, Iowa - An Iowa zoo has recaptured a flamingo that flew over a Des Moines neighbourhood, a golf course and the entire zoo during a seven-hour freedom flight.

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at 23:07 on November 18, 2008, EDT.

Retired librarian gives $1 million each to the two colleges she attended

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - A retired Virginia school teacher and librarian who died two years ago left more than $2 million to split between the universities she attended.

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at 20:07 on November 18, 2008, EDT.

A look at some items that have been lost in space over the years

HOUSTON - It's not easy holding on to a small bag some 300 kilometres above Earth.

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