Vt. town named 'Simpsons' official home

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. -- Maybe it was the pink doughnut. Maybe it was the clever homemade video, or small-town charm. Maybe Homer just figured it was time to go green.Whatever the reason, this much is true: Tiny Springfield, Vt., beat out 13 other like-named cities Tuesday for the right to host the premiere of "The Simpsons Movie," winning an online poll it wasn't even invited to participate in.

Vt. town named 'Simpsons' official home

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Beats begging, says Marc the Litter Guy

So the 30-year-old got some garbage bags and put a sign on his back saying he was cleaning the city for donations."I needed to make my own job, so I thought I'd go around and clean the streets. I wear a sign -- it tells what I'm doing and asks for donations -- but I don't ask for money verbally, I leave it up to people," said Marc, who has been picking up about 80 bags of garbage a day for the past 11 months.

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Man robs bank dressed as a tree

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A New hampshire man is under arrest, accused of robbing a bank dressed as a tree. Police say James Coldwell is the man behind the branches.

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