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• Council members abstain froma May 23, 2013
  Three members of a Michigan city council have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future votes. […]
• Surgeons remove tiger's basketball-sized hairball May 23, 2013
  It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons in Florida when he couldn't hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself. […]
• Coin tossing breaks tie ina May 23, 2013
  What do you do when two candidates running for mayor in the Philippines get exactly the same number of votes? You get them to toss a coin. […]
• Club lets you peek into ladies room for $1,200 May 22, 2013
  Operators at the Shimmy Club got the idea and then carried it out by putting in a two way mirror. […]
• Jumpers usually do not survive the 220-foot plunge May 22, 2013
  A California sailing crew is being celebrated for rescuing a man who jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge. […]
• Jose Canseco accused of sexual assault, and then tweets about it May 22, 2013
  Kansas Sens. Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts on Wednesday cheered the Air Force’s decision to pick McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita as the home for new refueling tankers. […]
• Phillips' strange double lifts Reds over Mets 7-4 May 22, 2013
  Joey Votto homered and Zack Cozart had a career-high four hits, all off Matt Harvey, in a game that featured a little bit of everything - including a testy exchange in the dugout between Cincinnati starter Mat Latos and teammate Jay Bruce. […]
• New Charge Against Ex-Cop Accused Of Sex With Underage Girls May 22, 2013
  A 32-year-old former Minneapolis police officer charged with sexually assaulting underage girls he met on social media sites now faces an additional charge. […]