He took the money — and didn’t run.

A bank robber in upstate Saratoga Springs handed a teller a demand note and walked off with $7,000 — then had an instant change of heart.

He turned around and returned the loot — but that didn’t impress cops, who busted him anyhow.

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The Big Apple may soon get a visit from the Big Pumpkin.

Just in time for Halloween, a Wisconsin man has set a world record by growing a 1,810.5 pound pumpkin.

Chris Stevens won $3,000 for his accomplishment.

And he also scored an invitation to appear on network TV — but only if he can figure out a way to get his monster gourd to New York.

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Help wanted: Only masochists willing to work in Slovenia need apply.

A mad scientist there has created a mad robot that does nothing but punch people.

Professor Borut Povse, looking to the day when every human has his own robot, is trying to teach the machines some form of empathy toward people.

Their threshold for pain is one lesson.

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Everyone has an eye tooth — but this man had an ear tooth for 33 years.

Stephen Hirst, of northern England, suffered ear aches for more than three decades and no one knew why — until a nurse trying to clean out his ear found a tooth inside.

“It’s a mystery how it got there,” he said. “I am intrigued.”

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Remember when all you could get was a toaster?

A bank in Vietnam is giving free beer to customers who deposit money there.

The country’s banks are fiercely competing for new deposits — and are giving away gifts ranging from European tours to cars, crash helmets and blood-pressure monitors.