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href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/02/national/a134450S51.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090204011331im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2001/08/20_t/mn_embryo3_t.gif" alt="One Bank That's Unlikely To Go Under Soon"/></a> <div class="desc"> <p> Applications from would-be donors at a Loveland(!), Colo., sperm bank have spiked in recent months, jumping from about 150 applications in a year to 400 since September. </p> <ul class="subitems"> <li class="first"><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/03/national/a150756S36.DTL">Octuplets' mom is not getting showered with gifts</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/02/international/i214321S58.DTL">A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Pants</a></h2> <div> <p> Man searched in Australia is caught stuffed with live pigeons following a trip to the Middle East, customs officials say. </p> <ul class="subitems"> <li class="first"><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/03/national/a130307S11.DTL">Man accused of stealing from alligator victim</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/03/national/a021118S59.DTL">Giant pythons escape from California terrarium</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/03/state/n102713S71.DTL">CA sheriff's K-9 sniffs out a truckload of pot</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/03/national/a121914S71.DTL">Man Puts 911 On Hold To Buy Drugs</a></h2> <div> <p> Police in Cleveland said a 20-year-old man called 911 and put the dispatcher on hold to make a drug deal. </p> <ul class="subitems"> <li class="first"><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/03/national/a130841S82.DTL">Man refuses to show license, calls 911 during stop</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/03/national/a130025S80.DTL">Man wearing sleeping bag as cape attempts robbery</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/03/national/a123120S72.DTL">Trooper Working As Referee Nabs Fan</a></h2> <div> <p> Authorities say a 64-year-old Indiana man upset over the outcome of a high school basketball game attacked a referee -- who happened to be a state trooper. </p> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/03/international/i092045S93.DTL">This Might Be Brazil, But It Isn't The Beach</a></h2> <div> <p> Two German tourists have been detained for taking their clothes off in the lobby of a Brazilian airport, authorities said. </p> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/02/national/a130940S50.DTL">Are There Bad Samaritans?</a></h2> <div> <p> Police said a New York cabbie who tried to take a purse from a woman fare beater was beaten by a group of good Samaritans who thought they were seeing a robbery. </p> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/03/national/a081235S61.DTL">Man Shot Dead After Housemates Lock Him Out</a></h2> <div> <p> An armed man who was locked out by angry housemates after he passed out while cooking and almost caused a fire was shot and killed by a police officer called to a disturbance. </p> <ul class="subitems"> <li class="first"><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/02/national/a173208S57.DTL">Mom, dad, son accused of trying to stab officers</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/02/national/a143311S52.DTL">Firefighters Rescue Man Stuck In Chimney</a></h2> <div> <p> Firefighters in Vermont had to get creative when faced with a man stuck inside a chimney. </p> <ul class="subitems"> <li class="first"><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/02/national/a171508S53.DTL">Carjack suspect nabbed in auto repair class</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/02/sports/s125746S13.DTL">Cable Provider Sorry For Super Bowl Porn</a></h2> <div> <p> Philadelphia-based Comcast is "mortified" after Tucson-area customers get a 30-second porn interruption during game. </p> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/02/national/a123706S49.DTL">Wheelchair Man Accused Of Theft, Spitting</a></h2> <div> <p> Police arrest suspect after he allegedly steals a woman's purse and then spit in an officer's face. </p> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/31/national/a134535S16.DTL">I Love My Little Hitler</a></h2> <a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/31/national/a134535S16.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090204011331im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/01/14_t/ba-hitler_cake_0499659389_t.gif" alt="I Love My Little Hitler"/></a> <div class="desc"> <p> The father of three children who have names associated with Nazis is accusing the state Division of Youth and Family Services of taking his children under false pretenses. </p> <ul class="multimedia"> <li><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/comments/view?f=/n/a/2009/01/31/national/a134535S16.DTL"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090204011331im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/utils/mmicon_comment.gif" alt=""/> Comment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/n/a/2009/01/31/national/a134535S16.DTL&o=0"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090204011331im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/utils/mmicon_photo.gif" alt="Photos"/> Photos</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/31/state/n140431S43.DTL">Child Bride Says She Was Kidnapped</a></h2> <div> <p> A 14-year-old Greenfield, Calif., girl says she was kidnapped by a neighbor before her father agreed to an arranged marriage for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat. </p> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/29/international/i063858S77.DTL">If The Shoe Fits, Take It Off</a></h2> <a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/29/international/i063858S77.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090204011331im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/g/av/movies/2009/01/29_t/45319@kpix.dayport.com.cbs5_t.jpg" alt="If The Shoe Fits, Take It Off"/></a> <div class="desc"> <p> The director of an orphanage says a statue  honoring an Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush has been removed. </p> <ul class="multimedia"> <li><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/n/a/2009/01/29/international/i063858S77.DTL&o=1"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090204011331im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/utils/mmicon_photo.gif" alt="Photos"/> Photos</a></li><li><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/n/a/2009/01/29/international/i063858S77.DTL&o=0"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090204011331im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/utils/mmicon_video.gif" alt="Video"/> Video</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/30/national/a144719S87.DTL">The Opposite Of A Non-Paying Bidder Alert</a></h2> <div> <p> A Georgia couple accepted a winning $20,000 eBay bid for all their belongings minus their house. The winning bidders say, take our bid -- and keep your stuff. </p> <ul class="subitems"> <li class="first"><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/29/national/a145330S11.DTL">eBay: Cars, boats and, just maybe, Mississippi's jet</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/31/national/a022619S79.DTL">Roses Are Red, I'm Wearing Blue</a></h2> <div> <p> Officer Alissa Poisson graces the January page of the 2009 Portland, Maine, police calendar, baring her ... soul. </p> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/30/national/a130355S32.DTL">Hunter's Rescue A Mixed Blessing</a></h2> <div> <p> Authorities who saved a disoriented Howard Keshick discovered he was a convicted felon and charged him with illegal possession of a firearm. </p> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/30/national/a070005S41.DTL">Something Borrowed, Black And Blue</a></h2> <a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/30/national/a070005S41.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090204011331im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/01/31_t/ba-bride_attacke_0499738043_t.gif" alt="Something Borrowed, Black And Blue"/></a> <div class="desc"> <p> A woman who wasn't invited to her sister's wedding reception showed up anyway and attacked the bride, pulling out clumps of her hair, police in Indiana said. </p> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/30/entertainment/e123936S47.DTL">Don't Have A Cow, Man -- Have A Stress Test!</a></h2> <a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/30/entertainment/e123936S47.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090204011331im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2003/02/14_t/dd_simpsons_t.gif" alt="Don't Have A Cow, Man -- Have A Stress Test!"/></a> <div class="desc"> <p> Nancy Cartwright, who provides Bart Simpson's voice, has been heard this week in a phone message using the voice of the cartoon character to promote Scientology. </p> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/30/national/a112153S64.DTL">Gluttony, Strippers Reign At Philly Wing Bowl</a></h2> <a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/30/national/a112153S64.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090204011331im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/01/30_t/ba-wing_bowl_0499736888_t.gif" alt="Gluttony, Strippers Reign At Philly Wing Bowl"/></a> <div class="desc"> <p> In a gut-busting display of championship eating, a man nicknamed Super Squibb has won Philadelphia's Wing Bowl by downing 203 chicken wings in about 20 minutes. </p> <ul class="multimedia"> <li><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/n/a/2009/01/30/national/a112153S64.DTL&o=0"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090204011331im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/utils/mmicon_photo.gif" alt="Photos"/> Photos</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="item clearfix"> <h2><a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/30/international/i130841S48.DTL">Its A Catastrophe For British Apostrophes</a></h2> <a href="/web/20090204011331/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/30/international/i130841S48.DTL"><img class="thumb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090204011331im_/http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/01/30_t/ba-britain_no_ap_0499735944_t.gif" alt="Its A Catastrophe For British Apostrophes"/></a> <div class="desc"> <p> On the streets of Birmingham, the queen's English is now the queens English. 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