Odds and Sods

Odds and Sods

Book-balancing girl dazzles the Web

This student balances 15 books on her head and solves a Rubik's Cube while reciting pi.

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Errant text to police leads to 3 NY drug arrests

An errant text message is costing three New York drug-dealing suspects dearly. Police say the suspects made a mistake when trying to text a potential buyer and instead reached a task force agent in Dutchess County, about 50 miles north of New York City.

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