So much Odd news today, I decided to issue a Late Edition.
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Woman gets stuck on toilet, suffers burns
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) - A woman who became stuck to a toilet seat in a shopping mall restroom was treated at a local hospital after paramedics used fingernail polish remover to free her, officials said.
The 53-year-old Council Bluffs woman suffered burns to her skin in the incident, which happened Wednesday, officials with the Fire Department said.
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Talk about being in deep.....uhhh...nevermind.
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Cambodians to throw a potty party
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The residents of a Cambodian village will throw a party this weekend to celebrate a sanitation milestone: a toilet in every home.
All 94 families in Sleng village in Kampong Speu province have installed a simple latrine in their homes to deal with solid human waste, making the village "a model of good hygiene" for neighboring communities, the U.N. children's organization said.
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It's about time.
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Teen crashes into tree full of bees
OSSIAN, Ind. (AP) - A teenage driver crashed into a hollow tree and stirred up tens of thousands of angry honey bees, creating a swarm that sent her and nine others to the hospital.
"Those bees were mad," said Volunteer Fire Chief Kent Gilbert, who was stung at least 50 times while trying to pull the 16-year-old driver from the wreckage. "I've never seen bees, especially honeybees, attack like that."
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Look, it's Billy, the Boy Beehive! Tell 'em to buzz off Billy, they'll listen. I'd love to help but....it's none of my beeswax! (GROAN!!!!)
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Police offered prizes for most tickets
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Charlotte-Mecklenburg police supervisors offered prizes to officers who wrote the most traffic tickets during an eight-day period over the July Fourth holiday.
Five officers from the department's North Division earned $10 gift certificates to Dick's Sporting Goods, although officials Wednesday couldn't say how many tickets were issued between July 1-8.
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Officers are also giving out "Get Out Of Jail Free" carde from Monopoly.
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Abusing their power by abusing their power...
BEIJING (Reuters) - Two Chinese officials cut off power to a hotel after they were not invited to its opening party and forced managers to drink spirits before they would turn the electricity back on, a state newspaper said Friday.
The two officials, who were subsequently fired, said they would lessen the power outage by one hour for every bottle of "baijiu" -- a strong grain-based alcohol -- two female managers drank, the Beijing Times said.
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Two wrongs don't make a right.
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A beer for Lenny -- not the one on "The Simpsons"
By Daniel Trotta
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The California beermaker who brought the world He'brew, Miraculous Jewbilation and Genesis Ale has come up with a new brew commemorating the late Jewish comedian Lenny Bruce on the 40th anniversary of his death.
Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A. has hit more than 1,000 stores in 25 states in a tribute to Bruce, the ground-breaking comic and social critic who died on August 3, 1966, at age 40.
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Floating prison planned
By Michael Perry
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia plans to use an armed detention ship to house illegal Asian fishermen caught off its remote northern coast, sparking criticism that keeping people in a floating prison would breach human rights obligations. Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who has enforced a tough border protection policy, said the detention ship was appropriate as Australia faced a stream of illegal fishermen.
"The need for it is obvious. You can have a situation where you could have a surge of illegal fishermen and women and a holding capacity of that kind is very sensible," he said.
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Coming up next: "Prison Break: Out At Sea Edition".
BEIJING (Reuters) - Two Chinese officials cut off power to a hotel after they were not invited to its opening party and forced managers to drink spirits before they would turn the electricity back on, a state newspaper said Friday.
The two officials, who were subsequently fired, said they would lessen the power outage by one hour for every bottle of "baijiu" -- a strong grain-based alcohol -- two female managers drank, the Beijing Times said.
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Two wrongs don't make a right.
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A beer for Lenny -- not the one on "The Simpsons"
By Daniel Trotta
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The California beermaker who brought the world He'brew, Miraculous Jewbilation and Genesis Ale has come up with a new brew commemorating the late Jewish comedian Lenny Bruce on the 40th anniversary of his death.
Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A. has hit more than 1,000 stores in 25 states in a tribute to Bruce, the ground-breaking comic and social critic who died on August 3, 1966, at age 40.
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Floating prison planned
By Michael Perry
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia plans to use an armed detention ship to house illegal Asian fishermen caught off its remote northern coast, sparking criticism that keeping people in a floating prison would breach human rights obligations. Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who has enforced a tough border protection policy, said the detention ship was appropriate as Australia faced a stream of illegal fishermen.
"The need for it is obvious. You can have a situation where you could have a surge of illegal fishermen and women and a holding capacity of that kind is very sensible," he said.
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Coming up next: "Prison Break: Out At Sea Edition".
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"Anti-stupid" pill tested on mice
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German scientist has been testing an "anti-stupidity" pill with encouraging results on mice and fruit flies, Bild newspaper reported on Saturday.
It said Hans-Hilger Ropers, director at Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, has tested a pill thwarting hyperactivity in certain brain nerve cells, helping stabilise short-term memory and improve attentiveness.
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(As Ron White) "You can't fix stupid."
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German finds frozen dog in her fridge
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German woman found a frozen dead dog when she opened the refrigerator freezer compartment in her new apartment in the southwestern town of Trossingen, police said on Saturday.
The previous tenant later told police in the town near Stuttgart that his greyhound pup had died of natural causes several months earlier but he did not have time to give it a proper burial before moving out of the apartment.
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I wouldn't freeze my pets after they've died. NO WAY!!!
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Designer creates floating bed
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A young Dutch architect has created a floating bed which hovers above the ground through magnetic force and comes with a price tag of 1.2 million euros ($1.54 million).
Janjaap Ruijssenaars took inspiration for the bed -- a sleek black platform, which took six years to develop and can double as a dining table or a plinth -- from the mysterious monolith in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 cult film "2001: A Space Odyssey."
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Not everyone's gonna get used to that bed.
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German scientist has been testing an "anti-stupidity" pill with encouraging results on mice and fruit flies, Bild newspaper reported on Saturday.
It said Hans-Hilger Ropers, director at Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, has tested a pill thwarting hyperactivity in certain brain nerve cells, helping stabilise short-term memory and improve attentiveness.
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(As Ron White) "You can't fix stupid."
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German finds frozen dog in her fridge
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German woman found a frozen dead dog when she opened the refrigerator freezer compartment in her new apartment in the southwestern town of Trossingen, police said on Saturday.
The previous tenant later told police in the town near Stuttgart that his greyhound pup had died of natural causes several months earlier but he did not have time to give it a proper burial before moving out of the apartment.
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I wouldn't freeze my pets after they've died. NO WAY!!!
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Designer creates floating bed
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A young Dutch architect has created a floating bed which hovers above the ground through magnetic force and comes with a price tag of 1.2 million euros ($1.54 million).
Janjaap Ruijssenaars took inspiration for the bed -- a sleek black platform, which took six years to develop and can double as a dining table or a plinth -- from the mysterious monolith in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 cult film "2001: A Space Odyssey."
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Not everyone's gonna get used to that bed.
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Cops gripe about wacky 911 calls
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - Only a third of 911 calls for help are actual emergencies, according to dispatchers who say some of the calls are simply wacky.
"People have called because they went through the drive-thru and their order was wrong," said California Highway Patrol dispatcher Dennis Kirchner. "People call because they're lost."
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"Hello, 911? I'm committing a crime and I need help!"
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Bengals fans can call 'jerk' hotline
CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) - Cincinnati Bengals fans annoyed by bad behavior in the stands can now report it by cell phone. The hot line number should be easy to remember — (513) 381-JERK.
Fans using too much foul language will get a warning from stadium security. Those who continue could be ejected and have their season tickets and personal seat licenses taken away. More serious offenses could lead to arrest.
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Residents in Dallas that see extreme behavior in DFW area stadiums can Call the Jacka** hotline. (972) JACK-A**.
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Judge tosses suit filed by 'Tiger Man'
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK - A man who sued the city for entering his apartment without a search warrant after he was mauled by his 450-pound pet Siberian tiger demonstrated a lot of nerve in taking the city to court, a judge said as he threw out the lawsuit.
The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan was filed by Antoine Yates after he was arrested Oct. 4, 2003, at a Philadelphia hospital where he had gone for treatment of a deep bite to his right leg suffered three days earlier.
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Oh, c'mon, it can't be that bad!
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Bear takes in dinner and a show in Nev.
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (AP) - A bear with better taste than his, or her cousins, dined last week on salmon, tri-tip and cherry ice cream — all in the deserted food court at the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival at Sand Harbor.
The choices of surf and turf — and the bard — were more discriminating than the bear that settled last month for cold pizza and an even colder beer it found in a convertible near the south shore casino area.
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(Imitating Yogi Bear) Does somebody call for an above average bear?
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - Only a third of 911 calls for help are actual emergencies, according to dispatchers who say some of the calls are simply wacky.
"People have called because they went through the drive-thru and their order was wrong," said California Highway Patrol dispatcher Dennis Kirchner. "People call because they're lost."
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"Hello, 911? I'm committing a crime and I need help!"
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Bengals fans can call 'jerk' hotline
CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) - Cincinnati Bengals fans annoyed by bad behavior in the stands can now report it by cell phone. The hot line number should be easy to remember — (513) 381-JERK.
Fans using too much foul language will get a warning from stadium security. Those who continue could be ejected and have their season tickets and personal seat licenses taken away. More serious offenses could lead to arrest.
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Residents in Dallas that see extreme behavior in DFW area stadiums can Call the Jacka** hotline. (972) JACK-A**.
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Judge tosses suit filed by 'Tiger Man'
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK - A man who sued the city for entering his apartment without a search warrant after he was mauled by his 450-pound pet Siberian tiger demonstrated a lot of nerve in taking the city to court, a judge said as he threw out the lawsuit.
The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan was filed by Antoine Yates after he was arrested Oct. 4, 2003, at a Philadelphia hospital where he had gone for treatment of a deep bite to his right leg suffered three days earlier.
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Oh, c'mon, it can't be that bad!
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Bear takes in dinner and a show in Nev.
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (AP) - A bear with better taste than his, or her cousins, dined last week on salmon, tri-tip and cherry ice cream — all in the deserted food court at the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival at Sand Harbor.
The choices of surf and turf — and the bard — were more discriminating than the bear that settled last month for cold pizza and an even colder beer it found in a convertible near the south shore casino area.
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(Imitating Yogi Bear) Does somebody call for an above average bear?
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Let's see, when the boy is ready for college...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An 88-year-old Indian farmer, who has never heard of Viagra, became the father of a baby boy and has sex daily and wants more kids, The Times of India reported Tuesday.
"I don't want to live to 100 but, as long as I live, I should be able to enjoy sex," Virmaram Jat, who lives in a village in the Barmer district in the western desert sate of Rajasthan, was quoted in the newspaper as saying.
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I suppose it goes with the territory
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"Someone's Knockin' At The Door..."
LONDON, England (Reuters) - Heather Mills McCartney laughed off being locked out of estranged husband Paul McCartney's London home, her spokesman said Tuesday, but her divorce battle with the former Beatle appears to be turning sour.
Monday, police were called to McCartney's London residence when Mills' security guard climbed over the wall of his premises wall to let her in. The locks on the gates had been changed.
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And I thought David Hasselhoff's divorce from his wife got ugly...
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Cypriots out searching for phantom monkey beggar
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Is it a mysterious ape? Someone's lost pet monkey or the product of overactive imaginations?
Whatever it is, Cypriot authorities are searching for a stray primate reported to have tapped on windows at dinner time to beg for food near the western resort town of Paphos.
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In theatres this summer...."The Phantom Of The Zoo"
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Baby badges help pregnant women get to work
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo rail companies are providing pregnant women with badges in the hope of prompting other passengers on the Japanese capital's crowded trains to offer them seats.
The pink and blue badges reading: "There is a baby in my belly" are being handed out at stations around the region to try to make commuting and other train journeys easier for pregnant women, who are often left standing. No proof of pregnancy is required.
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About time somebody came up with those badges.
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Tiger owner's claim amounts to chutzpah
By Christine Kearney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The claims of a tiger owner who sued New York city and police for searching his apartment without a warrant to confiscate his pet 450-pound (204 kg) Siberian tiger are tantamount to "chutzpah," a federal judge said in a ruling obtained on Monday that dismissed the case.
U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein dismissed a lawsuit brought by Antoine Yates, whom authorities discovered in 2003 was hiding a 10-foot(3-metre)-long tiger named "Ming" and a 6-foot (1.83-meter) alligator called "Al" inside his fifth floor apartment.
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If ya wanna sue somebody, sue yourself.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An 88-year-old Indian farmer, who has never heard of Viagra, became the father of a baby boy and has sex daily and wants more kids, The Times of India reported Tuesday.
"I don't want to live to 100 but, as long as I live, I should be able to enjoy sex," Virmaram Jat, who lives in a village in the Barmer district in the western desert sate of Rajasthan, was quoted in the newspaper as saying.
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I suppose it goes with the territory
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"Someone's Knockin' At The Door..."
LONDON, England (Reuters) - Heather Mills McCartney laughed off being locked out of estranged husband Paul McCartney's London home, her spokesman said Tuesday, but her divorce battle with the former Beatle appears to be turning sour.
Monday, police were called to McCartney's London residence when Mills' security guard climbed over the wall of his premises wall to let her in. The locks on the gates had been changed.
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And I thought David Hasselhoff's divorce from his wife got ugly...
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Cypriots out searching for phantom monkey beggar
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Is it a mysterious ape? Someone's lost pet monkey or the product of overactive imaginations?
Whatever it is, Cypriot authorities are searching for a stray primate reported to have tapped on windows at dinner time to beg for food near the western resort town of Paphos.
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In theatres this summer...."The Phantom Of The Zoo"
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Baby badges help pregnant women get to work
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo rail companies are providing pregnant women with badges in the hope of prompting other passengers on the Japanese capital's crowded trains to offer them seats.
The pink and blue badges reading: "There is a baby in my belly" are being handed out at stations around the region to try to make commuting and other train journeys easier for pregnant women, who are often left standing. No proof of pregnancy is required.
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About time somebody came up with those badges.
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Tiger owner's claim amounts to chutzpah
By Christine Kearney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The claims of a tiger owner who sued New York city and police for searching his apartment without a warrant to confiscate his pet 450-pound (204 kg) Siberian tiger are tantamount to "chutzpah," a federal judge said in a ruling obtained on Monday that dismissed the case.
U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein dismissed a lawsuit brought by Antoine Yates, whom authorities discovered in 2003 was hiding a 10-foot(3-metre)-long tiger named "Ming" and a 6-foot (1.83-meter) alligator called "Al" inside his fifth floor apartment.
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If ya wanna sue somebody, sue yourself.
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How not to open a grenade...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - A Brazilian man died Tuesday when he tried to open what police believe was a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer in a mechanical workshop on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
Another man who was in the workshop at the time of the explosion was rushed to a hospital with severe burns, a police officer told Reuters. The workshop was destroyed and several cars parked outside caught fire.
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It's time for the "Darwin Awards Ceremony", and the Darwin Award goes to...the man who busted open a grenade with a sledgehammer.
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Jet lands safely after door falls off
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - A jet owned by leading Brazilian airline TAM landed safely on Tuesday after one of its doors fell off and crashed to earth next to a supermarket shortly after departure from Sao Paulo.
No one was hurt in the incident, a TAM spokeswoman said. The Fokker 100 plane with 79 people aboard en route to Rio de Janeiro returned to the airport safely 18 minutes after taking off.
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Now THAT'S extremely scary!
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Man stages one-man charity show
BERLIN (Reuters) - Passers-by in the western German city of Darmstadt could not believe their luck when a retiree came out of a bank with 13,000 euros ($16,700) and started handing out the cash, authorities said Wednesday.
"He sat down on a bench outside the bank from which he'd just withdrawn the money, and started giving it away," said Darmstadt police spokesman Dieter Wuest.
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Heck, I could've used some of that cash.
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Advertisers will have to turn down the volume
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government plans to clamp down on broadcasters turning up the volume when they show advertisements in order to get viewers' attention.
Communications Minister Paolo Gentiloni said research showed Italy's three main channels on average raised the volume on adverts by 50 percent compared with ordinary programming, even though this is banned under Italian law.
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I wish they would've done the same thing with Comcast (now Time-Warner Cable) systems on some of their local ads.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - A Brazilian man died Tuesday when he tried to open what police believe was a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer in a mechanical workshop on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
Another man who was in the workshop at the time of the explosion was rushed to a hospital with severe burns, a police officer told Reuters. The workshop was destroyed and several cars parked outside caught fire.
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It's time for the "Darwin Awards Ceremony", and the Darwin Award goes to...the man who busted open a grenade with a sledgehammer.
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Jet lands safely after door falls off
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - A jet owned by leading Brazilian airline TAM landed safely on Tuesday after one of its doors fell off and crashed to earth next to a supermarket shortly after departure from Sao Paulo.
No one was hurt in the incident, a TAM spokeswoman said. The Fokker 100 plane with 79 people aboard en route to Rio de Janeiro returned to the airport safely 18 minutes after taking off.
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Now THAT'S extremely scary!
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Man stages one-man charity show
BERLIN (Reuters) - Passers-by in the western German city of Darmstadt could not believe their luck when a retiree came out of a bank with 13,000 euros ($16,700) and started handing out the cash, authorities said Wednesday.
"He sat down on a bench outside the bank from which he'd just withdrawn the money, and started giving it away," said Darmstadt police spokesman Dieter Wuest.
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Heck, I could've used some of that cash.
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Advertisers will have to turn down the volume
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government plans to clamp down on broadcasters turning up the volume when they show advertisements in order to get viewers' attention.
Communications Minister Paolo Gentiloni said research showed Italy's three main channels on average raised the volume on adverts by 50 percent compared with ordinary programming, even though this is banned under Italian law.
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I wish they would've done the same thing with Comcast (now Time-Warner Cable) systems on some of their local ads.
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85-year-old woman is left in bank
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) - An 85-year-old woman was found in the vault of a Swiss bank when she set off motion detectors hours after the bank was already closed, according to a statement released Wednesday.
Employees at the Zuercher Kantonalbank apparently forgot about the woman.
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How the heck can they forget?
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Woman wakes up, finds tattoo on ankle
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Hillary Snyder said she isn't going to let her boyfriend's antics get under her skin. Snyder, 20, awoke recently to find she had been tattooed by her boyfriend while she slept.
She said she took a painkiller with a sleeping pill before she went to bed Saturday night. When she awoke, she discovered a tattoo of a five-pointed star on her right ankle.
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Sounds like a guy who can't seem to take "no" for answer.
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Robot shopping carts follow you around
By RON WORD, Associated Press Writer
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.
Gregory Garcia dreamed up the robotic cart to solve a childhood peeve of being accidentally hit with shopping carts by his sister.
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Sounds like an excellent idea, but what's the drawback?
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Kentucky mayor refuses to mow his lawn
BLACKEY, Ky. (AP) - Mayor Mike Dixon posted a sign on the fence around his overgrown lawn. "There are more important things in life than tall grass," it reads. Dixon hasn't mowed his lawn since last year, and has declined offers from neighbors to cut the grass.
"He's just that type that likes to be his own person," said Martha Burns, a member of the Blackey City Council and the Blackey Improvement Committee. "He's always been like that."
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JUST MOW THE LAWN FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD!!
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) - An 85-year-old woman was found in the vault of a Swiss bank when she set off motion detectors hours after the bank was already closed, according to a statement released Wednesday.
Employees at the Zuercher Kantonalbank apparently forgot about the woman.
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How the heck can they forget?
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Woman wakes up, finds tattoo on ankle
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Hillary Snyder said she isn't going to let her boyfriend's antics get under her skin. Snyder, 20, awoke recently to find she had been tattooed by her boyfriend while she slept.
She said she took a painkiller with a sleeping pill before she went to bed Saturday night. When she awoke, she discovered a tattoo of a five-pointed star on her right ankle.
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Sounds like a guy who can't seem to take "no" for answer.
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Robot shopping carts follow you around
By RON WORD, Associated Press Writer
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors allow it to follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it, and it never crashes into anyone's heels.
Gregory Garcia dreamed up the robotic cart to solve a childhood peeve of being accidentally hit with shopping carts by his sister.
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Sounds like an excellent idea, but what's the drawback?
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Kentucky mayor refuses to mow his lawn
BLACKEY, Ky. (AP) - Mayor Mike Dixon posted a sign on the fence around his overgrown lawn. "There are more important things in life than tall grass," it reads. Dixon hasn't mowed his lawn since last year, and has declined offers from neighbors to cut the grass.
"He's just that type that likes to be his own person," said Martha Burns, a member of the Blackey City Council and the Blackey Improvement Committee. "He's always been like that."
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JUST MOW THE LAWN FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD!!
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Honey, run out and rent us a DVD, and a helicopter
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbs seeking a bit of extra protection or perhaps a helicopter for the weekend can now turn to the police, which from this month will be renting out its personnel, transport and even animals for private use.
According to a detailed price list published in the official gazette, the cost of hiring a policeman to guard money transports or sports events would be 300 dinars ($4.50) an hour.
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Sweet!
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Higher paychecks: a left-handed compliment?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Left-handed men, often seen as having an advantage over right-handed counterparts in sports like tennis, also enjoy much better paydays, a new study says.
Left-handed men with at least some college education earned 15 percent more than similarly educated right-handers, while those who finished college earned about 26 percent more, wrote Christopher S. Ruebeck of Lafayette College, and Joseph Harrington and Robert Moffitt of Johns Hopkins University in a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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What about Right-handed men, What about MY needs? I got needs too........baby!!
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Unwed couple sues town over housing flap
By Carey Gillam
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A Missouri couple who must get married, or move, in order to comply with a housing ordinance in Black Jack, Missouri, sued the town on Thursday, claiming rules prohibiting the unmarried couple and their children from living together are unconstitutional.
The petition, filed in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, challenges a Black Jack city ordinance that prohibits more than three people from living together in the same house if they are unrelated by blood, marriage or adoption.
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Why don't you 2 suck it up and get married?
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101 ways to massacre Shakespeare
By Paul Majendie
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Bouncy Castle Hamlet, Macbeth with a Sinatra soundtrack, Shakespeare for Breakfast with free coffee and croissants.
The Edinburgh Fringe richly deserves its reputation for artistic anarchy and every year The Bard is the target of bizarre adaptations at the world's largest arts festival.
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Another way to Massacre Shakespeare...put in a rap or heavy metal track during a sword fight.
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Woman comes home to find house cleaned
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - When Debbie Phillips tried to report a crime, police just snickered. "I told him that someone came into my house and cleaned," the president of the Putnam County School Board said. "He just laughed."
The problem wasn't that her home smelled a little fresher or looked a little tidier. The problem was that Phillips had no idea who the mystery cleaner was.
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I'd like to see someone do the same thing at my family's place.
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbs seeking a bit of extra protection or perhaps a helicopter for the weekend can now turn to the police, which from this month will be renting out its personnel, transport and even animals for private use.
According to a detailed price list published in the official gazette, the cost of hiring a policeman to guard money transports or sports events would be 300 dinars ($4.50) an hour.
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Sweet!
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Higher paychecks: a left-handed compliment?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Left-handed men, often seen as having an advantage over right-handed counterparts in sports like tennis, also enjoy much better paydays, a new study says.
Left-handed men with at least some college education earned 15 percent more than similarly educated right-handers, while those who finished college earned about 26 percent more, wrote Christopher S. Ruebeck of Lafayette College, and Joseph Harrington and Robert Moffitt of Johns Hopkins University in a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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What about Right-handed men, What about MY needs? I got needs too........baby!!
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Unwed couple sues town over housing flap
By Carey Gillam
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A Missouri couple who must get married, or move, in order to comply with a housing ordinance in Black Jack, Missouri, sued the town on Thursday, claiming rules prohibiting the unmarried couple and their children from living together are unconstitutional.
The petition, filed in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, challenges a Black Jack city ordinance that prohibits more than three people from living together in the same house if they are unrelated by blood, marriage or adoption.
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Why don't you 2 suck it up and get married?
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101 ways to massacre Shakespeare
By Paul Majendie
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Bouncy Castle Hamlet, Macbeth with a Sinatra soundtrack, Shakespeare for Breakfast with free coffee and croissants.
The Edinburgh Fringe richly deserves its reputation for artistic anarchy and every year The Bard is the target of bizarre adaptations at the world's largest arts festival.
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Another way to Massacre Shakespeare...put in a rap or heavy metal track during a sword fight.
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Woman comes home to find house cleaned
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - When Debbie Phillips tried to report a crime, police just snickered. "I told him that someone came into my house and cleaned," the president of the Putnam County School Board said. "He just laughed."
The problem wasn't that her home smelled a little fresher or looked a little tidier. The problem was that Phillips had no idea who the mystery cleaner was.
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I'd like to see someone do the same thing at my family's place.
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"Charm school" helps men perfect the pick-up
By Matthew Verrinder
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ben had a rough Friday night picking up women on the Hotel Gansevoort's balcony after being coldly rejected by two attractive blonds.
The 23-year-old documentary filmmaker, who asked his last name not be used for fear of ridicule, suffers from an acute case of "premature ejectulation" -- ejecting himself early from promising conversations with women for fear of rejection.
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How many will be rejected....again?
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Feeling blue, say 'I do'
By Helen Chernikoff
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lonely? Feeling low? Try taking a walk -- down the aisle. Getting married enhances mental health, especially if you're depressed, according to a new U.S. study.
The benefits of marriage for the depressed are particularly dramatic, a finding that surprised the professor-student team behind the study.
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I'll be married in about 6 to 10 years, however I'm still in good shape. It's another method to keep off some anti-depressants.
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Judge orders online sale of Unabomber goods
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Reuters) - "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski's journal, as well as axes, typewriters and books seized from his Montana cabin will be sold in an Internet auction to help pay restitution to his victims, a U.S. federal judge has ordered.
Judge Garland Burrell of the U.S. District Court in Sacramento issued the order on Thursday, directing the U.S. Marshals Service to arrange to sell the mail bomber's property through an online auction.
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I ain't touching that stuff.
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Four thousand Barbie dolls up for auction
By Jeremy Lovell
LONDON (Reuters) - Billed as the largest private collection of Barbie dolls, the lifelong passion of a Dutch mother will go under the hammer next month.
Up for sale are 4,000 dolls spanning the entire history of Barbie and her friends, family and fashions which stretches back to 1959.
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In about 5 years, a collection of Bratz dolls will be up for sale.l
By Matthew Verrinder
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ben had a rough Friday night picking up women on the Hotel Gansevoort's balcony after being coldly rejected by two attractive blonds.
The 23-year-old documentary filmmaker, who asked his last name not be used for fear of ridicule, suffers from an acute case of "premature ejectulation" -- ejecting himself early from promising conversations with women for fear of rejection.
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How many will be rejected....again?
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Feeling blue, say 'I do'
By Helen Chernikoff
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lonely? Feeling low? Try taking a walk -- down the aisle. Getting married enhances mental health, especially if you're depressed, according to a new U.S. study.
The benefits of marriage for the depressed are particularly dramatic, a finding that surprised the professor-student team behind the study.
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I'll be married in about 6 to 10 years, however I'm still in good shape. It's another method to keep off some anti-depressants.
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Judge orders online sale of Unabomber goods
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Reuters) - "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski's journal, as well as axes, typewriters and books seized from his Montana cabin will be sold in an Internet auction to help pay restitution to his victims, a U.S. federal judge has ordered.
Judge Garland Burrell of the U.S. District Court in Sacramento issued the order on Thursday, directing the U.S. Marshals Service to arrange to sell the mail bomber's property through an online auction.
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I ain't touching that stuff.
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Four thousand Barbie dolls up for auction
By Jeremy Lovell
LONDON (Reuters) - Billed as the largest private collection of Barbie dolls, the lifelong passion of a Dutch mother will go under the hammer next month.
Up for sale are 4,000 dolls spanning the entire history of Barbie and her friends, family and fashions which stretches back to 1959.
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In about 5 years, a collection of Bratz dolls will be up for sale.l
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Breast implants save woman's life?
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli woman's breast implants saved her life when she was wounded in a Hizbollah rocket attack during Israel's war with the Lebanese group, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday.
Doctors found shrapnel embedded in the silicone implants, just inches from the 24-year-old's heart.
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Current events dwarfed by pop culture...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three quarters of Americans can correctly identify two of Snow White's seven dwarfs while only a quarter can name two Supreme Court Justices, according to a poll on pop culture released on Monday.
According to the poll by Zogby International, commissioned by the makers of a new online game on pop culture called "Gold Rush," 57 percent of Americans could identify J.K. Rowling's fictional boy wizard as Harry Potter, while only 50 percent could name the British prime minister, Tony Blair.
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I wonder how many people would identify The Three Stooges?
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Farmers called to report ugly sheep
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists have called on the country's farmers to report any ugly sheep found in their flocks.
A campaign called "Xtreme sheep" aims to study sheep with undesirable wool features to unlock the genetic makeup of the prized merino and ensure production of its high quality fleece.
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"Once upon a time, there was a the Ugly Sheepling...."
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Celebrity snakes' poop worse than bite
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Working with snakes can be more hazardous than you thought -- but it's not their bite that's the problem.
"It's the poop," Jules Sylvester, head animal trainer for the new Hollywood movie "Snakes on a Plane" said on Monday at a news conference to publicize the film.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli woman's breast implants saved her life when she was wounded in a Hizbollah rocket attack during Israel's war with the Lebanese group, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday.
Doctors found shrapnel embedded in the silicone implants, just inches from the 24-year-old's heart.
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Current events dwarfed by pop culture...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three quarters of Americans can correctly identify two of Snow White's seven dwarfs while only a quarter can name two Supreme Court Justices, according to a poll on pop culture released on Monday.
According to the poll by Zogby International, commissioned by the makers of a new online game on pop culture called "Gold Rush," 57 percent of Americans could identify J.K. Rowling's fictional boy wizard as Harry Potter, while only 50 percent could name the British prime minister, Tony Blair.
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I wonder how many people would identify The Three Stooges?
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Farmers called to report ugly sheep
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists have called on the country's farmers to report any ugly sheep found in their flocks.
A campaign called "Xtreme sheep" aims to study sheep with undesirable wool features to unlock the genetic makeup of the prized merino and ensure production of its high quality fleece.
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"Once upon a time, there was a the Ugly Sheepling...."
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Celebrity snakes' poop worse than bite
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Working with snakes can be more hazardous than you thought -- but it's not their bite that's the problem.
"It's the poop," Jules Sylvester, head animal trainer for the new Hollywood movie "Snakes on a Plane" said on Monday at a news conference to publicize the film.
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Online dating is planned for orangutans
By MIKE CORDER, Associated Press Writer
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Single male (red hair, long arms, interests include hanging in trees and grooming) seeks female for long-distance relationship and possibility of meeting up in future to help save species.
Zookeepers in the Netherlands are planning to hook up Dutch and Indonesian orangutans over the Internet and believe the link could at some stage be used as an online dating service where apes could get to know one another and keepers could work out whether they would be compatible mates.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Single male (red hair, long arms, interests include hanging in trees and grooming) seeks female for long-distance relationship and possibility of meeting up in future to help save species.
Zookeepers in the Netherlands are planning to hook up Dutch and Indonesian orangutans over the Internet and believe the link could at some stage be used as an online dating service where apes could get to know one another and keepers could work out whether they would be compatible mates.
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Divorced couple face off in council race
DALY CITY, Calif. - If the mud slinging in a city council race this fall seems right out of divorce court it could be because two of the candidates are a former husband and wife.
Leah Berlanga, one of seven people running for three open seats, said Monday that her former husband, Frank Berlanga, entered the race to harass her.
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This is gonna be interesting. Who will have most of the town and who will be.....leaving town?
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Squirrel knocks out power to 5,000
KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) - A wayward squirrel invaded a power substation and left more than 5,000 homes and businesses without electricity.
Duke Energy restored the service from the South Main Street substation near Wildcat Creek after about an hour Sunday night.
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Wis. detour sends drivers 50 miles away
GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) - A detour that bypasses road work near this popular vacation spot sends motorists more than 50 miles out of their way, even though there's a five-minute alternative nearby.
The construction work is being done about 10 miles west of Green Lake, on a 10-block stretch of state Highway 23 in Princeton.
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OK, what went wrong?
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Man drinks potion for good luck doesn't get any
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - Peru's government warned people to be wary of fake medicine men offering cure-all miracle herb potions on Tuesday, after a bogus brew killed a man hoping to shake off a spell of bad luck.
Alternative medicine is popular throughout the Andean nation, where newspapers are full of colorful ads from self-proclaimed "shamans" offering to improve anything from customers' luck to their ability to attract a mate.
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Guess what, you've been PUNK'D!!!
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David Copperfield says he's found Fountain of Youth
By Jane Sutton
MIAMI, Fla. (Reuters) - The man who made the Statue of Liberty appear to vanish may soon claim to do the same for unsightly bags and wrinkles.
Master illusionist David Copperfield says he has found the "Fountain of Youth" in the southern Bahamas, amid a cluster of four tiny islands he recently bought for $50 million.
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Cyclists beware: inflamed bladders ahead
LONDON (Reuters) - Council officials in Wales were left red-faced after discovering cyclists were being confused by a road sign telling them they had a bladder problem.
Officials had translated the command "cyclists dismount" from English into Welsh for the sign between Penarth and the capital Cardiff.
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Guess what cyclists, y'all been PUNK'D!!
DALY CITY, Calif. - If the mud slinging in a city council race this fall seems right out of divorce court it could be because two of the candidates are a former husband and wife.
Leah Berlanga, one of seven people running for three open seats, said Monday that her former husband, Frank Berlanga, entered the race to harass her.
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This is gonna be interesting. Who will have most of the town and who will be.....leaving town?
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Squirrel knocks out power to 5,000
KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) - A wayward squirrel invaded a power substation and left more than 5,000 homes and businesses without electricity.
Duke Energy restored the service from the South Main Street substation near Wildcat Creek after about an hour Sunday night.
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Wis. detour sends drivers 50 miles away
GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) - A detour that bypasses road work near this popular vacation spot sends motorists more than 50 miles out of their way, even though there's a five-minute alternative nearby.
The construction work is being done about 10 miles west of Green Lake, on a 10-block stretch of state Highway 23 in Princeton.
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OK, what went wrong?
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Man drinks potion for good luck doesn't get any
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - Peru's government warned people to be wary of fake medicine men offering cure-all miracle herb potions on Tuesday, after a bogus brew killed a man hoping to shake off a spell of bad luck.
Alternative medicine is popular throughout the Andean nation, where newspapers are full of colorful ads from self-proclaimed "shamans" offering to improve anything from customers' luck to their ability to attract a mate.
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Guess what, you've been PUNK'D!!!
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David Copperfield says he's found Fountain of Youth
By Jane Sutton
MIAMI, Fla. (Reuters) - The man who made the Statue of Liberty appear to vanish may soon claim to do the same for unsightly bags and wrinkles.
Master illusionist David Copperfield says he has found the "Fountain of Youth" in the southern Bahamas, amid a cluster of four tiny islands he recently bought for $50 million.
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Cyclists beware: inflamed bladders ahead
LONDON (Reuters) - Council officials in Wales were left red-faced after discovering cyclists were being confused by a road sign telling them they had a bladder problem.
Officials had translated the command "cyclists dismount" from English into Welsh for the sign between Penarth and the capital Cardiff.
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Guess what cyclists, y'all been PUNK'D!!
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Sebastian the cat gets 'grilled'
ALEXANDRIA, Ind. (AP) - This cool cat has traded in his catnip for some bling. Sebastian, a one-year-old Persian with long black hair, sports gold crowns on his two bottom canines, which grew sticking out from his lips in an underbite similar to a bulldog's.
His owner, dentist David Steele, said he gave Sebastian gold crowns to help strengthen the fanged feline's teeth. Steele said he was worried the unique canines would break off or become a problem.
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Oh, great. now pets gettin' grillz too! Between grillz and catnip, I'd give my cats catnip.
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'Hybrid mutant' found dead in Maine
TURNER, Maine (AP) - Residents are wondering if an animal found dead over the weekend may be the mysterious creature that has mauled dogs, frightened residents and been the subject of local legend for half a generation.
The animal was found near power lines along Route 4 on Saturday, apparently struck by a car while chasing a cat. The carcass was photographed and inspected by several people who live in the area, but nobody is sure exactly what it is.
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Just plain....crazy!
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Okla. public meeting ends in scuffle
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - A public meeting to discuss the city's proposed half-cent sales tax ended in fisticuffs between a former police chief and a member of the city's planning commission.
About a dozen people attended Monday night's meeting, which was coming to a close when punches were thrown between retired Norman Police Chief Don Holyfield, 64, who opposes the sales tax, and Planning Commissioner Duane Olinger, 73, who supports it.
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None as major as the Texas Rangers and LA Angels scuffle.
ALEXANDRIA, Ind. (AP) - This cool cat has traded in his catnip for some bling. Sebastian, a one-year-old Persian with long black hair, sports gold crowns on his two bottom canines, which grew sticking out from his lips in an underbite similar to a bulldog's.
His owner, dentist David Steele, said he gave Sebastian gold crowns to help strengthen the fanged feline's teeth. Steele said he was worried the unique canines would break off or become a problem.
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Oh, great. now pets gettin' grillz too! Between grillz and catnip, I'd give my cats catnip.
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'Hybrid mutant' found dead in Maine
TURNER, Maine (AP) - Residents are wondering if an animal found dead over the weekend may be the mysterious creature that has mauled dogs, frightened residents and been the subject of local legend for half a generation.
The animal was found near power lines along Route 4 on Saturday, apparently struck by a car while chasing a cat. The carcass was photographed and inspected by several people who live in the area, but nobody is sure exactly what it is.
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Just plain....crazy!
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Okla. public meeting ends in scuffle
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - A public meeting to discuss the city's proposed half-cent sales tax ended in fisticuffs between a former police chief and a member of the city's planning commission.
About a dozen people attended Monday night's meeting, which was coming to a close when punches were thrown between retired Norman Police Chief Don Holyfield, 64, who opposes the sales tax, and Planning Commissioner Duane Olinger, 73, who supports it.
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None as major as the Texas Rangers and LA Angels scuffle.
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Family faces eviction for loud night prayers
BERLIN (Reuters) - A seven-member family faces eviction from an east Berlin apartment tower after neighbors complained about loud prayer sessions that keep the whole building awake at night, a German newspaper said Thursday.
"I really don't want to disturb the neighbors but the high volume is needed in the battle against the devil," Pierre D., the 42-year-old father of the Christian family, told Bild newspaper. He is fighting an eviction order in court.
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Why couldn't the neighbor complain about the loud parties that were going on instead of bothering that family?
Matter in fact, I can think of better ways of fighting the devil.
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UK firefighters suspended for tumble dryer
LONDON, England (Reuters) - Four British firefighters were suspended by their force Wednesday over a stunt which saw one of the men spun around in a tumble dryer at their fire station.
The prank, which was filmed on a mobile phone and later broadcast on the Internet, shows one of the officers at Blackley fire station in Manchester climbing into the dryer and padding it with clothes.
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Another reason why you can't fix STUPID!
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Fishermen survive months at sea eating birds
By Gunther Hamm
SAN BLAS, Mexico (Reuters) - Three Mexican fishermen have been rescued after drifting for about nine months across thousands of miles of the Pacific Ocean in a small boat, an ordeal they survived by eating raw birds and fish and drinking rain water.
The shark fishermen said on Wednesday they left their home town of San Blas on Mexico's Pacific coast in November and were blown 5,000 miles off course after their 25-foot (8-meter) fiberglass boat ran out of gas and they were left to the mercy of the winds and the tides.
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Now on CBS: The Fishermen Edition of "Survivor: Mexico".
BERLIN (Reuters) - A seven-member family faces eviction from an east Berlin apartment tower after neighbors complained about loud prayer sessions that keep the whole building awake at night, a German newspaper said Thursday.
"I really don't want to disturb the neighbors but the high volume is needed in the battle against the devil," Pierre D., the 42-year-old father of the Christian family, told Bild newspaper. He is fighting an eviction order in court.
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Why couldn't the neighbor complain about the loud parties that were going on instead of bothering that family?
Matter in fact, I can think of better ways of fighting the devil.
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UK firefighters suspended for tumble dryer
LONDON, England (Reuters) - Four British firefighters were suspended by their force Wednesday over a stunt which saw one of the men spun around in a tumble dryer at their fire station.
The prank, which was filmed on a mobile phone and later broadcast on the Internet, shows one of the officers at Blackley fire station in Manchester climbing into the dryer and padding it with clothes.
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Another reason why you can't fix STUPID!
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Fishermen survive months at sea eating birds
By Gunther Hamm
SAN BLAS, Mexico (Reuters) - Three Mexican fishermen have been rescued after drifting for about nine months across thousands of miles of the Pacific Ocean in a small boat, an ordeal they survived by eating raw birds and fish and drinking rain water.
The shark fishermen said on Wednesday they left their home town of San Blas on Mexico's Pacific coast in November and were blown 5,000 miles off course after their 25-foot (8-meter) fiberglass boat ran out of gas and they were left to the mercy of the winds and the tides.
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Know when to wear 'em, know when to bare 'em...
LONDON (Reuters) - Up to 200 strip poker players will compete Saturday to see who will lose their shirts -- and more -- and who will scoop 10,000 pounds by retaining their clothes and modesty.
Organized by Irish bookmaker Paddy Power, the inaugural World Strip Poker Championship takes place at the prestigious Cafe Royal in central London with players battling it out in games of "No Limit Texas Hold 'em."
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Spend on pension not holiday, official says
BERLIN (Reuters) - Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck, just back from his summer vacation, urged fellow Germans Thursday to give up their holidays and save the money for their retirement.
Germans will face rising healthcare and pension costs in the coming decades, Steinbrueck, who spent his holiday in Germany, told Hoerzu magazine. "That means if there is any doubt, we must abandon a holiday to provide for later," he said.
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Here's my compromise, put some of the money away for retirement, and set some money aside for vacations.
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Mummy set to return to Canaries after 200 years
By Jason Webb
MADRID (Reuters) - A Madrid museum is set to return a centuries-old mummy to the Canary Islands, adding impetus to an international trend for human remains to be handed back to their countries of origin.
A Spanish Senate committee wants Madrid's Anthropology Museum to return remains of a member of the Canaries' aboriginal Guanche people which arrived in mainland Spain in the 1700s, said Rafael Gonzalez, of Tenerife's Museum of Nature and Man.
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HMMMM...fair enough.
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Man trapped waist-deep in chocolate
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - It might sound like a chocoholic's dream, but stepping into a vat of chocolate became a two-hour nightmare for a 21-year-old man Friday morning.
The man, an employee of a Kenosha company that supplies chocolate ingredients, told police he got into the tank at Debelis Corp. to unplug it and became trapped waist-deep in the chocolate.
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Reminds me of a scene from "Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory".
LONDON (Reuters) - Up to 200 strip poker players will compete Saturday to see who will lose their shirts -- and more -- and who will scoop 10,000 pounds by retaining their clothes and modesty.
Organized by Irish bookmaker Paddy Power, the inaugural World Strip Poker Championship takes place at the prestigious Cafe Royal in central London with players battling it out in games of "No Limit Texas Hold 'em."
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Spend on pension not holiday, official says
BERLIN (Reuters) - Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck, just back from his summer vacation, urged fellow Germans Thursday to give up their holidays and save the money for their retirement.
Germans will face rising healthcare and pension costs in the coming decades, Steinbrueck, who spent his holiday in Germany, told Hoerzu magazine. "That means if there is any doubt, we must abandon a holiday to provide for later," he said.
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Here's my compromise, put some of the money away for retirement, and set some money aside for vacations.
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Mummy set to return to Canaries after 200 years
By Jason Webb
MADRID (Reuters) - A Madrid museum is set to return a centuries-old mummy to the Canary Islands, adding impetus to an international trend for human remains to be handed back to their countries of origin.
A Spanish Senate committee wants Madrid's Anthropology Museum to return remains of a member of the Canaries' aboriginal Guanche people which arrived in mainland Spain in the 1700s, said Rafael Gonzalez, of Tenerife's Museum of Nature and Man.
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HMMMM...fair enough.
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Man trapped waist-deep in chocolate
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - It might sound like a chocoholic's dream, but stepping into a vat of chocolate became a two-hour nightmare for a 21-year-old man Friday morning.
The man, an employee of a Kenosha company that supplies chocolate ingredients, told police he got into the tank at Debelis Corp. to unplug it and became trapped waist-deep in the chocolate.
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Reminds me of a scene from "Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory".
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The women feel bad, but the guys must feel worse
BERLIN (Reuters) - Two German women complaining on office email about their partners' poor sex drive found the details of their private lives broadcast to thousands after one of them hit the wrong button, Bild newspaper said Saturday.
"Everyone stares at us now and whispers behind our backs," Anica G., a 21-year-old worker at the Federal Labor Office, told Bild.
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Calif. woman sues over mannequin attack
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) - A woman is suing the J.C. Penney Co. after an alleged run-in with a store mannequin that she says left her with a cracked tooth, a bloodied head and recurring shoulder pain.
Diana Newton, 51, of Westminster sued the Texas-based retailer last month in Orange County Superior Court, claiming she was cracked in the head by a legless female dummy at its Westminster Mall store.
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Sheesh!
She is just as bad as Janice Dickinson.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Two German women complaining on office email about their partners' poor sex drive found the details of their private lives broadcast to thousands after one of them hit the wrong button, Bild newspaper said Saturday.
"Everyone stares at us now and whispers behind our backs," Anica G., a 21-year-old worker at the Federal Labor Office, told Bild.
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Calif. woman sues over mannequin attack
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) - A woman is suing the J.C. Penney Co. after an alleged run-in with a store mannequin that she says left her with a cracked tooth, a bloodied head and recurring shoulder pain.
Diana Newton, 51, of Westminster sued the Texas-based retailer last month in Orange County Superior Court, claiming she was cracked in the head by a legless female dummy at its Westminster Mall store.
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Sheesh!
She is just as bad as Janice Dickinson.
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Wife needs one-day marriage after drunken divorce
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Islamic clerics in eastern India have ruled that a woman divorced by her husband in a fit of drunkenness can remarry him only after she takes another husband for one day, police said Monday.
Ershad, a rickshaw puller, uttered the word "talaq," or divorce, three times earlier this month while he was drunk, and when news leaked out in their village in eastern Orissa state, the clerics said they must separate.
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Oh, dear. If she is divorced, she should move on!
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All my moms love me, kid tells polygamist rally
By James Nelson
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Reuters) - More than a dozen children of polygamist families spoke publicly at a Utah rally for the first time on Saturday about their lifestyle and called for more understanding.
"I'm the 14th child in a large family and I have several moms," said Mary, 18. "All my mothers love me."
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I thought poligamy is against the law!
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Willy the Tortoise comes home
RIDGEVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Willy the tortoise made a break for freedom — well, break may be too strong a word. It was more like a slow crawl. But after a month on the lam, the 40-pound tortoise with a 2-foot-wide, gold-colored shell is back in the wading pool at his owner's home.
Kellie Copeland-Burnup reported the tortoise escaped about July 1.
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Oh where, oh where has the turtle gone...
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Tom & Jerry in trouble in for smoking scenes
LONDON (Reuters) - They chase each other at high speed, wielding axes and hammers. But the famous cartoon duo of Tom and Jerry are in trouble in Britain for smoking on screen.
Media regulator Ofcom received a complaint from a viewer who took offence at two episodes involving smoking.
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Sheesh! Tackle REAL people who are smoking on screen.
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Islamic clerics in eastern India have ruled that a woman divorced by her husband in a fit of drunkenness can remarry him only after she takes another husband for one day, police said Monday.
Ershad, a rickshaw puller, uttered the word "talaq," or divorce, three times earlier this month while he was drunk, and when news leaked out in their village in eastern Orissa state, the clerics said they must separate.
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Oh, dear.
If she is divorced, she should move on!
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All my moms love me, kid tells polygamist rally
By James Nelson
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Reuters) - More than a dozen children of polygamist families spoke publicly at a Utah rally for the first time on Saturday about their lifestyle and called for more understanding.
"I'm the 14th child in a large family and I have several moms," said Mary, 18. "All my mothers love me."
Full Story Here
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I thought poligamy is against the law!
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Willy the Tortoise comes home
RIDGEVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Willy the tortoise made a break for freedom — well, break may be too strong a word. It was more like a slow crawl. But after a month on the lam, the 40-pound tortoise with a 2-foot-wide, gold-colored shell is back in the wading pool at his owner's home.
Kellie Copeland-Burnup reported the tortoise escaped about July 1.
Full Story Here
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Oh where, oh where has the turtle gone...
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Tom & Jerry in trouble in for smoking scenes
LONDON (Reuters) - They chase each other at high speed, wielding axes and hammers. But the famous cartoon duo of Tom and Jerry are in trouble in Britain for smoking on screen.
Media regulator Ofcom received a complaint from a viewer who took offence at two episodes involving smoking.
Full Story Here
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Sheesh! Tackle REAL people who are smoking on screen.
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Pirate scene hooks recruits
By Michael Flaherty
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shuhe Hawkins wanted to be a pirate when he grew up. Apparently, he was not alone.
Hawkins is part of a subculture of pirate lovers across the globe, a growing tribe that encompasses history buffs, musicians, actors and hipsters.
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Kevin, I think this one's for you!
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Van-driving toddler disrupts traffic
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) - Police investigating a complaint about a van disrupting morning traffic Monday in the German city of Goettingen were surprised to discover a 5-year-old boy behind the wheel.
"He was seemingly intent on experiencing the daily traffic chaos and simply jumped behind the wheel of his dad's Mercedes Vito and went off to explore," police spoksman said.
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Look out world, we have a Sean Preston Federline Wannabe!!!
By Michael Flaherty
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shuhe Hawkins wanted to be a pirate when he grew up. Apparently, he was not alone.
Hawkins is part of a subculture of pirate lovers across the globe, a growing tribe that encompasses history buffs, musicians, actors and hipsters.
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Kevin, I think this one's for you!
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Van-driving toddler disrupts traffic
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) - Police investigating a complaint about a van disrupting morning traffic Monday in the German city of Goettingen were surprised to discover a 5-year-old boy behind the wheel.
"He was seemingly intent on experiencing the daily traffic chaos and simply jumped behind the wheel of his dad's Mercedes Vito and went off to explore," police spoksman said.
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Look out world, we have a Sean Preston Federline Wannabe!!!
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