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Man Finds His Long-Lost Dad Is Charles Manson (23 November 05:30) |
| A US man has spoken of his anguish after discovering his long-lost father is apparently the notorious serial killer Charles Manson. |
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Man Trapped In 23-Year Coma Was Conscious (23 November 03:20) |
| An engineering student thought to be in a coma for 23 years was actually conscious the whole time, it has emerged. |
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Child Sex Scare Ends Santa Letter Scheme (19 November 09:30) |
| Thousands of children worldwide who write to Father Christmas expecting a reply may be left disappointed - because of a scare over a sex offender. |
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Thief Caught With His Trousers Down (19 November 07:20) |
| A Romanian man who tried to climb through a tiny supermarket window became stuck for 11 hours with his pants out. |
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Wild Child 10 Tasered Over Bath Time Rage (19 November 07:20) |
| An unruly 10-year-old girl has been given a Taser stun gun jolt after she kicked an Arkansas policeman in the groin. |
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Cash Conversion Rugby Kick Hits The Jackpot (18 November 01:30) |
| An amateur rugby player has struck it lucky by winning a crossbar challenge competition worth £250,000. |
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Daredevil Kitesurfer In Amazing Pier Leap (17 November 07:20) |
| A daring kitesurfer has shocked onlookers after jumping 100ft over a pier. |
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Injured Arsenal Star Is A Placenta Forward (17 November 05:20) |
| A Premier League star is going to unusual lengths to help him recover faster from injury - having placenta fluid massaged into his leg. |
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French Hoteliers Unveil Their Pet Project (17 November 07:20) |
| French workers tired of the rat race have been offered the chance to live like a hamster for the night instead. |
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Japan Celebrates Christmas Underwater (16 November 11:20) |
| A Japanese aquarium has treated visitors to early
'sea'-sons greetings with an underwater yuletide party. |
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Tweet Little Mystery - 38 Budgies Drop Dead (16 November 09:20) |
| Animal experts are baffled as to why 38 budgies suddenly dropped dead at a show on the weekend. |
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Man Butchered And Eaten By Three Tramps (15 November 07:20) |
| Russian police have arrested three homeless men suspected of killing and eating a 25 year old - and selling parts of his body to a kebab and pie kiosk.
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Pelican Crossing Too Much For Supercar (15 November 05:20) |
| A driver ended up taking his supercar for a very expensive dip when he dropped his mobile phone. |
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Significant Amount Of Water Found On Moon (15 November 05:20) |
| A "significant" amount of water has been found on the Moon, according to Nasa. |
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Lock Of Elvis Hair A Big Hit At Auction (14 November 11:20) |
| A tiny strand of hair said to have been clipped from the head of Elvis Presley has sold at auction for more than £1,000. |
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Crikey! New Species Named After Steve Irwin (13 November 09:20) |
| Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin has been honoured three years after his death, by having a rare new species named after him. |
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Guinness Records Broken Around The World (12 November 09:20) |
| More than 200,000 people around the world have come together in a number of record-breaking events to try to make their way into the Guinness Book of Records. |
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Shark Bite C-Section Pups Spill Out Of Wound (12 November 05:30) |
| A pregnant shark has suffered an impromptu caesarean section at an aquarium after a fellow predator bit into its belly. |
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Chimp Attack Victim Unveils Horrific Injuries (12 November 05:30) |
| A woman who was mauled by her friend's chimpanzee has revealed the extent of her injuries in public for the first time. |
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Day Of Events To Crack Guinness World Records (12 November 05:30) |
| More than 200,000 people around the world are taking part in a number of record-breaking events to try to make their way into the Guinness Book of Records. |
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Breast Cancer Re-Grow Hopes After Pig Tests (12 November 05:30) |
| A pioneering medical technique developed using pigs could allow women to re-grow breasts removed by cancer surgery. |
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Top Of The Popes Pontiff Fronts Vatican CD (11 November 03:20) |
| Move over Simon Cowell - it looks like The Pope could be the biggest man in music this Christmas. |
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Uni Dropout Crowned Poker World Champ (11 November 03:20) |
| A 21-year-old university dropout has become an overnight millionaire by becoming the youngest ever world poker champion. |
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Boot For Dirtiest Ever Woman Footballer (11 November 03:20) |
| A footballer in the US has been suspended indefinitely by her university team after one of the dirtiest performances ever by a female player. |
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Indefinite Ban For Dirtiest Woman Footballer (10 November 05:30) |
| A footballer in the US has been suspended indefinitely by her university team after one of the dirtiest performances ever by a female player. |
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Boozy Woman In Subway Train Near-Miss (10 November 03:30) |
| An intoxicated woman who stumbled onto railway tracks has survived an incredible near-miss with an oncoming subway train in Boston, Massachusetts. |
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Mechanics 125mph Joyride In Customers Car (10 November 11:30) |
| They were supposed to be fixing a leaky radiator. But when the owner of a £30,000 Vauxhall Monaro car collected it from his local garage, he discovered mechanics had taken it on a joyride a... |
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The Reds The Blues And The Pearly Whites (09 November 05:30) |
| A football fan stole the attention from Chelsea's victory at Stamford Bridge last night - with a flash of his teeth. |
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Virtual War Zone New Way To Treat Stress (09 November 05:30) |
| British researchers are investigating whether "virtual reality" might offer a new therapy for the thousands of British combat veterans with post-traumatic stress. |
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Piece Of Historic Spacecraft Up For Grabs (09 November 05:30) |
| A piece of the first spacecraft to land on the moon is expected to fetch up to £1,200 at auction.
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Solar Power Zapped From Space By Lasers (09 November 05:30) |
| Japan is aiming to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth using laser beams or microwaves. |
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Jailhouse Lock Elvis Hair To Be Auctioned (09 November 05:30) |
| A strand of Elvis Presley's hair kept by his personal barber is to go under the hammer at an auction in Wiltshire. |
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Crumbs! Baguette Leads To Scientific Setback (06 November 09:35) |
| The massive machine at the centre of the world's biggest scientific experiment has malfunctioned again - derailed by a bit of bread dropped by a bird. |
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Bawling Babies Are Copying Mums Accent (06 November 05:40) |
| The sound of a mother's voice has such an influence on her unborn child that even tiny babies cry with an accent, according to new research. |
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950th Time Is The Charm For Learner Driver (06 November 05:40) |
| A woman in South Korea has finally passed her driving test after hundreds of attempts - 950 to be exact. |
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950th Time Is The Charm For One L Driver (06 November 03:30) |
| A woman in South Korea has finally passed her driving test after hundreds of attempts - 950 to be exact. |
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Prisoners Save Guard From Inmate Attack (05 November 07:24) |
| Shocking footage of an inmate strangling a guard at a Florida jail before other prisoners battled to save him has been released. |
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Back From The Dead Man Attends Own Funeral (05 November 05:37) |
| A bricklayer who was thought to have been killed in a car crash shocked his grieving family by showing up alive at his own funeral. |
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Mystery Disease Leaves Bears Baring All (05 November 03:35) |
| Three female bears at a zoo in Germany could be left shivering this winter after suddenly losing most of their fur. |
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Space Crashes To Boom As Debris Soars (04 November 11:33) |
| Space crashes are becoming increasingly likely as more and more debris is left floating in our orbit, scientists have warned.
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Paying The Price Jordan To Go Up In Flames (04 November 11:33) |
| Glamour model Katie Price is to be burned at the stake at a bonfire celebration this weekend - as a 27ft effigy.
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Somali Rebels Ban Musical Ringtones (04 November 11:33) |
| Hardline al Shabaab insurgents who seized the southern Somali port of Kismayu have banned "corrupt" musical ringtones. |
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Rats Shocking Ad For Fake Drugs Screened (04 November 11:33) |
| A hard-hitting new television advert deemed so shocking it can be shown only after 11pm has been broadcast. |
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Tokyo Uses Blues To Curb Platform Suicides (04 November 07:40) |
| Tokyo train operators alarmed at a rise in station suicides have bathed the city's platforms in blue light in a bid to calm passengers. |
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Somali Rebels Ban Corrupt Musical Ringtones (04 November 07:40) |
| Hardline al Shabaab insurgents who seized the southern Somali port of Kismayu have banned "corrupt" musical ringtones. |
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Boris Johnson Was My Knight On A Bike (04 November 01:30) |
| Boris Johnson has been hailed as a "knight on a shining bicycle" after he rescued a woman being attacked by a group of young girls. |
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Giant Jellyfish Capsize 10-Tonne Fishing Boat (03 November 05:30) |
| Giant jellyfish have capsized a 10-tonne fishing boat after its crew tried to haul in a net full of the stinging creatures off the eastern coast of Japan. |
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Has The Facebook Photo Mystery Been Solved (02 November 11:30) |
| Three men who claim to be the mystery holidaymakers at the centre of a Facebook sensation have told Sky News their story is not a hoax. |
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Singing Japanese PM Set To Top Music Charts (02 November 09:30) |
| Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama could be a hit in the nation's music charts after a pop song he recorded more than two decades ago was re-released. |
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Facebook Bid To Solve Holiday Snap Mystery (02 November 05:20) |
| A tourist's attempt to find the owner of a lost camera by identifying the holidaymakers in the photos has attracted the attention of more than 180,000 people on Facebook. |
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