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Disposable diaper breaks fall, saves child's life A disposable diaper has saved the life of an 18-month-old boy, breaking his fall from a third-floor apartment window, officials said Thursday.

Caua Felipe Massaneiro survived a 30-foot (10-meter) fall because his diaper snagged on a security spike embedded in the concrete wall around his apartment building in the northeastern Brazilian city of Recife.

By STAN LEHMAN
08:20:44 PM Thursday, Aug 28, 2008

Help-wanted ad for nanny: `My kids are a pain'It was an unusually honest ad for a live-in nanny, a 1,000-word tome beginning, "My kids are a pain." But it worked, attracting a brave soul who's never been a nanny before.
03:19:16 PM Thursday, Aug 28, 2008

Ga. town's scarecrows h(a)unting for world recordThis 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.
By JUANITA COUSINS
05:09:59 AM Thursday, Aug 28, 2008

Baby boy born on airliner en route to AustraliaAn Indian woman gave birth to a healthy boy aboard a jet airliner while flying to Australia to reunite with her husband.
02:04:49 AM Thursday, Aug 28, 2008

Lone Star State serves up frightening Fair fareEverything is bigger in Texas, especially the calorie counts at the State Fair, which will offer such delicacies this year as deep-fried s'mores and a fried banana split.
06:05:01 PM Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008

Spanish town blushes with annual tomato fightSpanish 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.
By FERNANDO BUSTAMANTE
10:25:06 AM Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008

Nebraska city council votes to evict aging horseThis one-horse town is looking like becoming a no-horse town.
By NATE JENKINS
01:34:06 AM Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008

No buyers for Wis. man's million-mile Chevy _ yetA 1991 Chevrolet Silverado that has traveled more than 1 million miles is still on the market, its owner says, though it failed to fetch the premium price that he had hoped for.
12:29:43 PM Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008

Charge dismissed in case of dog registered to voteA 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.
11:55:30 AM Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008

Returning firefighters find own station ablazeFirefighters were right on top of this blaze.
06:32:11 AM Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008

Wash. rodeo coordinator loses 2nd finger on job
Raccoon's courthouse crime spree ends with capture
Feisty puppy scares off 3 bears in NJ back yard
Amtrak train runs out of fuel, stranded 2 hours
Explosive find: Auctioneers find C-4 in suitcase

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