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UM, SIR? YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE

A Pomfret, Conn., man was so engrossed with the tunes on his iPod that he didn't realize his house was on fire — until his alarm company called. Assistant Fire Chief Edward Bates says Andrew Riley told him he was listening to music last week when the blaze broke out on the upper floor of his 2½-story house. Bates says Riley didn't smell smoke or hear the smoke alarm going off. After receiving the call, Riley dashed upstairs and shut a door to the burning room. Firefighters arrived and quickly put out the fire.

DID YOU KNOW?

• Most of Papua New Guinea is located on half of an island directly north of Australia (the other half of the island is part of Indonesia).

• The country also includes more than 600 smaller islands.

DRIVING YOU CRAZY

Here's a quote from a movie that was popular sometime in the past 100 years. You can figure out which movie it is, or you can just keep whispering the words to yourself all day long trying to link them to something. Answer is below.

"Well, I'm not looking for a mail-order bride! I just want somebody I can have a decent conversation with over dinner, without it falling down into weepy tears over some movie!"

JOKES FOR KIDS

What happens to stupid princes?

They get throne out!

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What powerful reptile lives in Emerald City?

The Lizard of Oz!

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What nursery rhyme chicken lost her sheep?

Little Bo Peep-Peep!

MOM TO MOM

Whether you are on the threshold of motherhood, changing dirty diapers, checking your teenager's MySpace page or are an empty-nester learning to cope, a new Web site from The Bee was created just for you. Check it out at www.modmomsclub.com.

LONG LOST DOG COMES HOME

A German shepherd named Astro who had been missing from his family for more than nine years is finally home. The Geary family of Port St. Lucie, Fla., was shocked when it recently received a call from an animal control officer who said Astro had been found. The dog went missing from the Geary family's home shortly after the family adopted him. Since then, the family has moved three times and ended up in Louisville, Ky. Officers tracked down the family through a microchip implanted in the canine.

TRIVIA ANSWER

Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks), "Sleepless in Seattle"