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| Residents flee Angolan village invaded by elephants (Reuters) |
| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:50:11 GMT |
| Reuters - Wild elephants rampaged through a southern village in Angola last weekend, destroying farms and dozens of houses and prompting most of its 4,000 residents to flee to neighboring Namibia, a local official said Tuesday. |
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| Chocolate-powered racecar makes sustainability sexy (Reuters) |
| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:54:27 GMT |
| Reuters - Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top speed of 135 miles per hour and can go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds. |
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| Canada drops plans for politically correct anthem (Reuters) |
| Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:28:13 GMT |
| Reuters - Don't mess with a century-old tradition even if it is sexist, Canadians told the Conservative government this week, forcing Ottawa to scrap plans to make the country's national anthem gender-neutral. |
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| Pilot with fake licence arrested at airport (Reuters) |
| Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:53:13 GMT |
| Reuters - A Swedish pilot with a fake commercial license was arrested in his cockpit at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport as he prepared to fly 101 passengers on a Boeing 737 to Turkey, Dutch police said Wednesday. |
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| London stage fright: rats, mice and fleas: survey (Reuters) |
| Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:52:53 GMT |
| Reuters - Performers in London's West End are having to cope with a different kind of stage fright in the form of mice, rat and flea infestations in theatres, according to a new survey by actors' union Equity. |
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| Gamers prove their metal as rock stars |
| Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:27:09 EST |
| Jess Hu is a child care provider from Brooklyn, New York, but for 20 hours a week, she's a rock star. That's how much she estimates she plays the video game "Rock Band." |
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| Chicken-wing craze sends prices soaring |
| Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:14:42 GMT |
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| Dogs unleash their charm at Westminster |
| Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:44:41 GMT |
Make no mistake, two-legged fans of the 134th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, about who is really running the show. ...   |
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| Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:20:11 GMT |
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| Dog adrift on ice saved from Baltic Sea |
| Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:24:00 GMT |
A frightened, shivering dog has been rescued from the Baltic Sea after floating alone on an ice floe 15 miles off the Polish ...   |
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| Woman delivers surprise baby, picks up other son |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:26:49 GMT |
| HARRODSBURG, Ky. (AP) -- A 32-year-old Kentucky woman who said she didn't know that she was pregnant delivered her newborn son on the floor of her laundry room by herself and even cut the umbilical cord. Kelly Bottom told The Advocate-Messenger that she also picked up her other son from school and stopped in at the baby's grandmother's house to show her the infant before going to the hospital Thursday.... |
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| NYC chef creates breast milk cheese |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:35:33 GMT |
| NEW YORK (AP) -- Breast milk cheese, anyone? A Manhattan chef has posted a recipe on his blog for what he calls "My spouse's mommy milk cheese." Daniel Angerer co-owns Klee Brasserie with his wife Lori Mason. A photo on his blog features the cheese encrusted with maple caramelized pumpkin and Concord grapes. They had an overabundance of milk for their newborn, Arabella Caroline. When their small freezer ran out of space, Angerer decided to experiment.... |
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| Man allegedly robs pharmacy, puts cash on counter |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:35:26 GMT |
| COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) -- Police in northern Idaho arrested a robber accused of demanding a controlled drug from a pharmacy, then throwing cash on the counter before fleeing. Kootenai County Sheriff Lt. Stu Miller said a 39-year-old man was arrested Tuesday.... |
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| Pet shop owner claims fish is 43, weighs 20 pounds |
| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:31:41 GMT |
| NEW YORK (AP) -- It sounds fishy but a New York City pet shop owner says it's true. Buttkiss, the black pacu he owns, is 43 and weighs 20 pounds. A pacu is a breed that's related to the piranha. Steve Gruebel owns Cameo Pet Shop in Queens. He got Buttkiss in 1967 when he was just a wee thing. He sold him a year later when Buttkiss was two inches long. But in 1970, Buttkiss was returned when he outgrew the buyer's tank.... |
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| Pa. suit: Bank wrongly repossessed home, took bird |
| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:43:18 GMT |
| PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A Pittsburgh-area woman is suing Bank of America, claiming it wrongfully repossessed her home and saying that a bank contractor trashed the house and took her parrot.... |
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| New Zealand woman sells souls to highest bidder |
| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:33:55 GMT |
| WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- The rare spirits that went under the gavel at a recent online auction in New Zealand weren't aged brandies or hard-to-find liqueurs.... |
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| Woman charged in breast milk assault on jailer |
| Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:04:06 GMT |
| OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) -- A woman in jail for public intoxication was accused of assaulting a jailer by squirting breast milk at her. WYMT-TV reported that a 31-year-old woman was arrested Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of public intoxication. But as she was changing into an inmate uniform, she squirted breast milk into the face of a female deputy who was with her.... |
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| Granny camps out 43 hours for grandson's ice cream |
| Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:46:13 GMT |
| STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) -- Here's one Wisconsin grandmother who makes time for her grandson. Michelle Cuestas of Green Bay used two vacation days and camped out for 43 hours to make sure her grandson would be first in line for the 2010 opening of a Stevens Point ice-cream landmark.... |
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| Police: Woman again tries using cabs to steal TVs |
| Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:59:56 GMT |
| FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) -- Police said a North Pole woman accused in December of stealing televisions and hiring a cabbie as her getaway driver is now accused of trying it again. The Fairbanks Dail News-Miner reported that a 27-year-old woman was charged with second-degree felony robbery and misdemeanor theft in the Friday incident, which occurred just one week after she posted bail in the similar case last year.... |
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