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North Dakota city skips a day on new calendar
North Dakota residents and others relying on a new calendar issued by the city of Grand Forks will get a jump-start on February.
The recently issued City of Grand Forks 2010 Calendar is missing Sunday, Jan. 31.
City spokesman John Bernstrom says the error was noticed when boxes of the calendar printed by Fine Print of Grand Forks were opened before Christmas.
Bernstrom says if Jan. 31 had been a weekday in which there was garbage or recycling collection, the city would have issued a correction or public statement. Feb. 1 appears on the calendar as a Monday so the rest of the year is correct.
Fine Print President Kevin Kuntz says January is the coldest month of the year and having one day less works for him.
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Boy's science project prompts school evacuation
Fire officials said a San Diego middle school was evacuated when a student's science project was mistaken for a bomb. Fire-Rescue spokesman Maurice Luque said a vice principal's concerns prompted the evacuation of Millennial Tech Magnet Middle School Friday afternoon. Luque said an arson team took photos and x-rays of the empty plastic bottle with wires and determined it was harmless.
Luque says the 11-year-old boy was trying to build a motion detector from instructions he found on the Internet and parts he bought online with help from his father. His parents did not realize that the object looked threatening.
He said the student was "a genius-type kid" who undertook the project on his own, had no intentions of hurting anyone or causing any disruptions.
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Are you ready to watch some football?

The average actual playing time of a 3 hour football game is a little over 10 minutes.

More replay action is shown than real football action.

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Desperate Maru strives to open sink plug

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The playground isn't just a place for kids.

This pig enjoys a trip down the slide!

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Parrot with a cast

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Sandra Bullock Gives $1 Million to Haiti Relief

Sandra Bullock said Friday she donated $1 million toward Haitian earthquake relief, and Madonna announced she gave $250,000 toward the effort as celebrity aid continued to pour into the devastated country
Sandra Bullock said Friday she donated $1 million toward Haitian earthquake relief, and Madonna announced she gave $250,000 toward the effort as celebrity aid continued to pour into the devastated country.
Bullock's contribution went to Doctors Without Borders' emergency operations in Port-Au-Prince, where three of the organization's existing facilities were damaged by the magnitude 7.0 quake.
"I wanted to ensure that my donation would be used immediately to meet the needs of the Haitian people affected by this catastrophic event," said Bullock in a statement.
Madonna's gift was to Partners In Health, a longtime medical provider in Haiti.
"I urge all of my friends and fans around the world to join me collectively to match my contribution or give in any way you can," she said. "We must act now."
Earlier Friday, Not On Our Watch, an advocacy and grant making group founded by George Clooney, Brad Pitt and others, donated $1 million to Partners in Health.
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The world's smallest man vs. the world's tallest man

The world's tallest man, 8 ft 1 in (246.5 cm) Sultan Kosen, welcomes the shortest man in the world, 2 ft 5.37 in (74.61 cm) He Pingping, to his native Turkey.
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Playing around with gravity

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Dog saves amputee owner from icy death

A New Whiteland, Indiana man confined to a wheelchair says he owes his life to the same dog he once rescued.
Don Fisher rescued Auggie, a golden retriever mix, from a local shelter nearly a year-and-a-half ago.
Auggie and his litter had been abandoned.
"Threw him in a dumpster. Him and his brothers and sisters," explained Fisher.
Last week Auggie returned the favor when Fisher says the dog saved his life.
Fisher is confined to a wheelchair after his legs were amputated for diabetes.
The 75-year-old went outside in his wheelchair early Friday morning to get the paper.
Auggie, as he usually does, followed.
When Fisher tried to turn around, he realized his wheelchair was stuck in the snow.
Fisher was stuck outside in freezing cold temperatures with no protection other than a sweatshirt and sweat pants.
"I was stuck. I was hopelessly stuck," Fisher said. "Anybody wonders where the end's going to come and I thought that would be it. I was in total despair."
Fisher said he knew he had only one shot at help: Auggie.
"He looked at the chair and he looked at me and I said, 'Go get Mark'," Fisher recalled. "I saw that was my only chance and I said, 'Go' and he went. He's never done anything like that in his life."
Fisher's son Mark was asleep inside, but Auggie woke him up.
"He barked at me a couple times, which is something Auggie doesn't do," Mark Fisher said. "For him to bark at me was an indication that something was wrong."
Then Auggie ran to the door and came back to Mark, still barking.
"He was very agitated, very antsy, that I needed to get up," said Mark.
Auggie never stopped until Mark finally followed him outside and found his dad stuck in the snow.
"Without a doubt he saved my life. There's no question at all and I think he'd do it again," said Fisher.
It didn't take long for Auggie's rescue story to get around the neighborhood.
Someone even sent him this tag that says "Hero."
"You're eating this up, aren't you big boy?" Fisher asked Auggie.
As for eating, these days, Auggie gets whatever he wants.
"As soon as we can find one, he's getting a big ham with a bone in it. That's for sure," said Fisher.
He says it's the least he can do for a dog that's more than earned the title "Man's Best Friend."

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