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Video tour of the Bud Light Hotel

2:03 PM, Feb 2, 2012

The former Hampton Inn, renamed the Bud Light Hotel in Downtown Indianapolis, will be site for Saturday's Playboy Party and concert featuring rappers 50 Cent, Lil' Jon and Pitbull as part of Super Bowl 2012 events.

VIDEO: Comfort food in The Huddle for the Big Game

1:59 PM, Feb 2, 2012

Levy Restaurants' Ron Krivosik tells Star reporter T.J. Banes what's on the menu at The Huddle.

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VIDEO: Punsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter

1:52 PM, Feb 2, 2012

Here you can see Punxsutawney Phil's handlers removing him from his cozy home early Thursday morning.

EVENT: The Lodi Home & Garden Show going on this weekend

1:04 PM, Feb 2, 2012

This year the Lodi Home & Garden Show is celebrating its 15th anniversary at the Lodi Grape Festival Fair Grounds, February 3rd-5th.

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Toothless Pa. bank robber says she needed dentures

7:19 PM, Feb 1, 2012

WAYNESBURG - A woman who appeared to not have any teeth in surveillance photos from a bank robbery last month has confessed, apologized and told police she planned the heist because she needed the money for dentures.

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Zoo wants company to stop using chimps in TV ads

2:47 PM, Jan 31, 2012

CHICAGO -- Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo says there's nothing funny about a commercial featuring suit-and-tie wearing chimpanzees scheduled to air Sunday during the Super Bowl.

Superbowl of Rock and Roll VI returns to the Blackwater Cafe

2:18 PM, Jan 31, 2012

Join us in a different tradition, The Superbowl of Rock and Roll.

Handcrafting the Super Bowl football

2:18 PM, Jan 31, 2012

The makers of Wilson footballs are at it again, crafting the perfect Super Bowl game ball, one stitch at a time.

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VIDEO: Scientists engineer black tomatoes

2:02 PM, Jan 31, 2012

Scientists have cross-bred a regular tomato with a wild tomato to create a new species of black tomatoes.

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VIDEO: Gingrich sued over 'Eye of the Tiger' song use

2:00 PM, Jan 31, 2012

A co-author of the song 'Eye of the Tiger' is suing Newt Gingrich to get him to stop playing it at his campaign events.

Jail for man who attacked police with light sabers

6:02 AM, Jan 31, 2012

PORTLAND - An Oregon judge is using his force to order a 45-day jail sentence and mental health evaluation for a would-be Jedi who attacked toy store customers with light sabers last December.

Getting the most out of Facebook Timeline

6:09 PM, Jan 30, 2012

SACRAMENTO - It seems people either love or hate the new Facebook Timeline, but Facebook doesn't care. As of January 31, we're all going to be forced to embrace it.

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Philadelphia middle school bans ugg boots

11:40 AM, Jan 27, 2012

POTTSTOWN - A suburban Philadelphia middle school's ban on a popular type of fur-lined boots isn't about fashion, it's about cellphones.

Potty-room pilfering: Auto flushers stolen in Ohio

6:23 AM, Jan 26, 2012

COLUMBUS - A restroom rip-off in central Ohio has automatic flushers disappearing from the bathrooms at restaurants and other businesses.

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Kentucky couple seek to preserve senior swine's record

1:04 PM, Jan 25, 2012

LOUISVILLE - Ed and Denise Stottmann claim their recently departed potbellied pig was the oldest ever and they want his record to live on.

 

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Mich. campus cop busted over bust bet

12:57 PM, Jan 25, 2012

MOUNT PLEASANT - It's a case of an officer-gone-wild. A former campus cop faces up to five years in prison, after getting two Central Michigan University coeds to flash their breasts.

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S. Dakota library intruder a real turkey

12:50 PM, Jan 25, 2012

DEADWOOD - Authorities in Deadwood, S.D., investigating an apparent break-in at a public library were surprised to discover the culprit: a 20-plus-pound turkey.

Woman stranded in car in Idaho dairy pond for days

3:11 PM, Jan 24, 2012

BURLEY, Idaho - Authorities in Idaho say a Texas woman may have spent up to a week living on M&Ms and water in a rental car stuck in a dairy wastewater pond after taking a wrong turn.

Hearse used after JFK slain in Dallas fetches $160,000

12:34 PM, Jan 24, 2012

DALLAS - A white hearse used to transport President John F. Kennedy's body following his assassination in Dallas has sold at auction for $160,000.

Utah boy shot, killed by miniature toy cannon

4:25 PM, Jan 23, 2012

TREMONTON, Utah - A 14-year-old Utah boy is dead after police say he accidentally shot himself with a miniature toy cannon.

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Turbulence leads to 3 injuries on American flight

6:17 PM, Jan 22, 2012

MIAMI - An American Airlines spokeswoman says three crew members aboard a Brazil-to-Miami flight have been injured due to turbulence during the trip.

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Report: Kobe Bryant's wife to keep 3 mansions

9:01 PM, Jan 20, 2012

SANTA ANA - Records show the wife of Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant will keep their three California homes as part of the couple's divorce plans.

12 NY girls form tics that doc calls psychological

5:00 PM, Jan 20, 2012

LEROY, NY - A dozen western New York high school girls have developed involuntary tics and other symptoms, and a doctor says at least 10 of them are suffering from a psychological condition usually brought on by stress or a frightening condition.

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Ed Dept. seeks public input on cheating

6:13 PM, Jan 19, 2012

WASHINGTON - The Education Department wants the public's input to develop guidelines to prevent and detect cheating.

Websites go dark in protest

9:54 AM, Jan 19, 2012

Many tech companies are "going dark" or shutting down their sites for the day in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its sibling Protect IP Act (PIPA.)

Great Hang Up- Stick shift cars for teens

11:24 AM, Jan 18, 2012

Great Hang Up- Some local parents tell us they chose a stick shift for their teen drivers in hopes it would keep them safer, with their hands busy driving versus texting.

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'Tornado travel' map causes stir in Joplin, Mo.

4:39 PM, Jan 17, 2012

JOP:IN, MO - Eight months after a massive tornado blew into town creating a six-mile path of destruction and killing 161 people, the city's tourism office is courting visitors with a free "tornado travel" map.

Police say woman offered sex for McNuggets

1:00 PM, Jan 17, 2012

BURBANK, CA - Police say a Southern California woman offered McDonald's restaurant drive-thru customers sex for chicken McNuggets.

Steve Jobs action figure pulled from market

2:54 PM, Jan 16, 2012

SAN JOSE, CA - The company that began advertising for an incredibly lifelike Steve Jobs doll won't sell the figurines after all because of pressure from family and Apple lawyers.

FX rolling the dice on Charlie Sheen

12:59 PM, Jan 15, 2012

PASADENA, Calif. - The chief of the FX network says he
still hasn't seen a script for Charlie Sheen's new comedy "Anger
Management," which is scheduled to debut in June.

Check Lincoln wrote day before being shot is found

9:03 PM, Jan 14, 2012

BROOKLYN, Ohio (AP) -- A personal check that Abraham Lincoln wrote the day before he was assassinated is among those that were rediscovered by an Ohio bank.

Police, Patriot Guard help crash victims in Ind.

8:16 PM, Jan 14, 2012

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) -- Police and motorcyclists escorting the body of a fallen soldier home from Afghanistan have stopped to pull four people -- including 6-year-old twins -- from a burning Jeep after a crash in northwest Indiana.

Ringing cellphone halts NY Philharmonic performance

2:09 PM, Jan 13, 2012

NEW YORK - It's the dreaded sound at any live performance -- a ringing cellphone.

Social Media Buzz - Jan 12, 2012

3:26 PM, Jan 12, 2012

SACRAMENTO -- Guess who's finally on Twitter? Michelle Obama. People everywhere were welcoming her to the social media site using "Welcome to Twitter" in their post.