Nascent Drama

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AP: Odd News

Chicken crosses the road,
then abandoned by thief ​

 

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Fri Aug 8,

 

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9:18 PM ET

 

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KENNEWICK,

 

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Wash. -

 

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Information from: Tri-City Herald,

 

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http://www.tri-cityherald.com

 

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AP Photo: Jerry Sleater, far right, watches from his four-wheeler early Thursday morning, Aug. 7, 2008 as...

 

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Why did the chicken cross the road? In the case of Jerry Sleater's 5-foot, 400-pound bright blue rooster, that's apparently as far as whoever was trying to steal it could get it.

 

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When the 76-year-old Eastern Washington man went to get his newspaper Thursday morning, the big bird named Rudy was lying beside the road.

 

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Sleater has kept the metal rooster perched on his property south of Kennewick for two years and says, "Rudy is a family pet. He doesn't go anywhere, but he's part of the family."

 

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Sleater said he thinks that whoever was trying to steal Rudy got spooked after pushing the oversized rooster down a dirt embankment.

 

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He said he purchased Rudy two years ago from a yard ornament store that was going out of business.

 

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AP: Odd News

Babies born
8/8/08 at 8:08;
8 pounds, 8 ounces ​

 

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Fri Aug 8, 10:01 PM ET

 

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FERGUS FALLS, Minn. -

 

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Information from:

The Daily Journal, http://www.fergusfallsjournal.com

The Gazette, http://gazetteonline.com

 

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Meet Hailey Jo Hauer and Xander Jace Riniker, both born at 8:08 a.m. on 8/8/08, weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces, in neighboring states.