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AP - An Indian woman gave birth to a healthy boy aboard a jet airliner while flying to Australia to reunite with her husband.
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_fe_st/odd_scarecrow_stampede"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.d479ba20f5144ff8961e2f720bbc8584.scarecrow_stampede_gaja102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VvT4OeTrxfezmXEc122wGw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Katie Clack of Brasselton, talks to Mary Walker, left, while taking a lunch break from making scarecrows Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, in Hoschton, Ga. To coincide with the town's upcoming fall festival dubbed 'scarecow stanpede', residents are trying to break the Guinness World Record for most scarecrows in one location with a goal of 4000. (AP Photo/John Amis)" border="0" /></a>AP - This small northeastern Georgia town's population boom is frightening. In a bid to break a world record for scarecrows and scare up some fun for the fall season, thousands of straw-stuffed newcomers are creeping across town.</p><br clear="all"/>
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_fe_st/odd_spain_food_fight"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.141ab1bd2f194b7a916e105288b39667.spain_fiesta_tomatina_fb803.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=PWKAQnKjd3v4Aoo9P4171Q--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Revelers throw tomatoes during the annual food fight, the Tomatina, in the town of Bunol, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. Each year thousands of people gather to hurl truckloads of tomatoes at each other. Local lore says it began in the mid-1940s with a food battle that broke out between youngsters near a vegetable stand on the town square in Bunol. (AP Photo/Fernando Bustamante)" border="0" /></a>AP - Spanish revelers have pelted each with 113 tons of ripe tomatoes in an annual food fight. Town hall says an estimated 40,000 people took part in the hour of messy fun in the village of Bunol near Valencia. The ritual dates back to the 1940s.</p><br clear="all"/>
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AP - A judge has decided that a suburban Seattle woman who registered her Australian shepherd-terrier mix to vote has spent enough time in the legal doghouse.
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AP - This one-horse town is looking like becoming a no-horse town.
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_chargers_merriman"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080828/capt.nyol56908280433.chargers_merriman_football_nyol569.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=aGXwHl9bvLUBJl_jI16Rqw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="In this Aug. 30, 2007 file photo, San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman yells as he is introduced before an NFL preseason football game against the San Francisco 49ers in San Diego. A day after visiting a fourth doctor, the Chargers' star outside linebacker decided Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008 to play this season rather than have surgery to repair two torn ligaments in his left knee. (AP Photo/Chris Park, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - The surgeon's knife can wait. Shawne Merriman is going to play football, two torn knee ligaments and all. A day after visiting a fourth doctor, the San Diego Chargers' star outside linebacker decided Wednesday to play this season rather than have surgery on his damaged left knee.</p><br clear="all"/>
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_mets_phillies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080828/capt.1b278177d4034e869dae4ddd4f68869f.mets_phillies_baseball_patm105.jpg?x=130&y=108&q=85&sig=K.PnTtyFuxkcwOsQ_EuGqg--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="New York Mets' Carlos Delgado connects for a solo home run off Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Rudy Seanez in the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, in Philadelphia. The Mets won 6-3. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)" border="0" /></a>AP - Daniel Murphy hit a tiebreaking double after Carlos Delgado's second solo homer had tied the game in the eighth and the New York Mets beat Philadelphia 6-3 on Wednesday night to reclaim first place in the NL East.</p><br clear="all"/>
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_sp_bo_ne/box_de_la_hoya_pacquiao"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.nyol56708272202.de_la_hoya_pacquiao_boxing_nyol567.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=3uOkst4gPeq7bticHpsFQA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="In this May 3, 2008 file photo, Oscar De La Hoya celebrates after defeating Steve Forbes in their junior middleweight boxing match in Carson, Calif. De La Hoya has nearly wrapped up a deal to finish his boxing career Dec. 6 against Filipino star Manny Pacquiao, two people with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oscar De La Hoya has nearly wrapped up a deal to finish his boxing career Dec. 6 against Filipino star Manny Pacquiao, two people with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_nascar_busch_edwards_probation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080824/capt.e3b4fa19b2d9436cb32823488573671d.nascar_bristol_auto_racing_tnsh119.jpg?x=130&y=65&q=85&sig=HkwpbTeKChjpwTbkYRs6Nw--" align="left" height="65" width="130" alt="Carl Edwards (99) passes Kyle Busch (18) during the final few laps of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sharpie 500 auto race at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn., Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)" border="0" /></a>AP - NASCAR placed Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards on probation Wednesday for the next six Sprint Cup Series races, the result of their on-track incident last weekend at the end of the race at Bristol Motor Speedway.</p><br clear="all"/>
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_jaguars_harvey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.fea405baf6cc4f04aed4b83c941b78d1.fbn_jaguars_harvey_ny150.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=2ZlqJplYrz0WI2Q90my95w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Florida defensive end Derrick Harvey (91), tackles Ohio State's Brian Hartline (9) in the first half at the BCS national championship football game in Glendale, Ariz., in a Monday, Jan. 8, 2007 file photo. Harvey ended a 33-day holdout Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008 by signing a five-year, $23.8 million contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Defensive end Derrick Harvey ended a 33-day holdout Wednesday by signing a five-year, $23.8 million contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars.</p><br clear="all"/>
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