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Authorities: Man tied lizards to chest at airport

LOS ANGELES -- Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport. [Full Story]

Person in chicken suit ruffles feathers in Colo.
DURANGO, Colo. -- A person in a chicken costume ruffled the feathers of Durango's city council as its members discussed rules for backyard fowl. [full story]
Lizzie Borden acquitted in mock retrial
TAUNTON, Mass. -- Lizzie Borden has been found innocent of using an ax to hack her father and stepmother to death -- again. [full story]
Dunkin' Donuts: 58 percent plan Turkey Day naps
CANTON, Mass. -- Falling asleep has apparently become as much a Thanksgiving Day tradition in America as carving the turkey or watching football. [full story]
NY town decides to re-Christmas its holiday parade
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. -- A town on New York's Long Island is hoping for better attendance at its 16th annual holiday boat parade this year by restoring "Christmas" to the event's name. [full story]
Pa. judge sentences juror for swine flu hoax
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- A suburban Philadelphia man who falsely told a court employee that he had to leave jury duty because he had swine flu has been ordered to spend three days in court observing jury trials. [full story]
Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show
LOS ANGELES -- California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show. [full story]
Jury sides with NYC police in clown's lawsuit
NEW YORK -- A federal jury has ruled that New York City police didn't use excessive force when they arrested a professional clown who left a suspicious device that turned out to be a balloon inflator inside a coffee shop. [full story]
Unfriend is US dictionary's 2009 word of the year
NEW YORK -- What word sums up 2009? How about unfriend? [full story]
Rotting deer carcasses in Pa. yard raise stink
KITTANNING, Pa. -- Hundreds of rotting deer carcasses in a southwestern Pennsylvania yard are causing a stink among the neighbors. [full story]