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Texas woman and her Chewbacca mask go viral

A Texas woman found fame this week after filming a Facebook Live video of herself in an electronic Chewbacca mask that racked up over 50 million views in less than 24 hours.

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Woman faces deportation from UAE for checking husband's phone

DUBAI A woman was fined and ordered to be deported from the United Arab Emirates for breaching her husband's privacy by checking his cell phone to see if he was cheating on her, Gulf News reported on Wednesday.

May 18 2016

Pizza restaurateur's recipe for back-taxes : rob banks

LISBON Saddled with back-taxes and other debts, an Italian restaurateur in Portugal left the pizzas aside, took a plastic replica pistol and held up a dozen banks to pay the tax man, court officials and local media said on Wednesday.

May 18 2016

Oregon man's conviction for not changing diaper overturned

An Oregon appeals court has wiped away a father's criminal conviction for not changing his son's diaper for at least 14 hours, overturning a jury's verdict that the man was guilty of mistreatment.

U.S., May 12 2016

UK receptionist petition on high heels at work gets 120,000 signatures

LONDON A London temporary worker, sent home for wearing flat shoes, has collected more than 120,000 signatures so far in a petition calling for Britain to make it illegal for a firm to require women to wear high heels at work. | Video

May 13 2016

Alligator bites off the arm of a Florida man fleeing police

TAMPA, Fla. A Florida man was hospitalized after an alligator chomped off his hand and forearm as he sought to elude authorities by running into a lake, police said on Thursday.

U.S. May 12 2016