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Study says turn TV off to stay slim
(Reuters)
(09 July 06:32) |
| Reuters - Everyone knows what too much television
can do to the mind and what too little exercise can do to the
body, but a Canadian study has now shown that the boob tube can
also lead to a... |
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New Zealanders queue in cold for iPhone
(Reuters)
(09 July 06:13) |
| Reuters - New Zealanders eager to be the first
in the world to buy Apple's new-generation iPhone have began
queuing up in freezing temperatures, two days before its
release, local media repo... |
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Brothel offers customers petrol rebate
(Reuters)
(09 July 01:59) |
| Reuters - A Nevada brothel is trying to
stimulate business by offering free petrol. |
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Spaniard gored in San Fermin festival bull-run
(AP)
(08 July 04:51) |
| AP - The running of the bulls through Pamplona on Tuesday left one man gored and four slightly injured during the annual San Fermin festival, the Spanish Red Cross said. |
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Truck rams Concorde, knocks off its nose in NYC
(AP)
(08 July 02:20) |
| AP - An embarrassed museum official says a two-week nose job should reverse the damage a Concorde supersonic jet suffered when a truck rammed it. |
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Common wildlife is alien to many British kids
(Reuters)
(08 July 02:03) |
| Reuters - Children's knowledge of wildlife comes a
poor second to their ability to identify science fiction
creatures such as Star Wars characters, according to a survey. |
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Japanese woman overpowers thief with tea and sympathy
(Reuters)
(08 July 10:45) |
| Reuters - A Japanese woman and her six-month-old
baby escaped unhurt from a knife-wielding thief this week after
the mother calmed him down with a cup of tea and a chat. |
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Flush so we don't blush, Taiwan city says
(Reuters)
(08 July 10:42) |
| Reuters - A city in south Taiwan began training
potty users this week to flush toilet paper instead of throwing
it in the trash, to reduce 340 tonnes of stinky waste generated
daily, local m... |
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Russian blogger sentenced for "extremist" post
(Reuters)
(08 July 12:21) |
| Reuters - A Russian man who described local police
as "scum" in an Internet posting was given a suspended jail
sentence on Monday for extremism, prompting bloggers to warn of
a crackdown on ... |
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Animal feed seen as shining achievement in Finland
(Reuters)
(07 July 11:40) |
| Reuters - Finns are prouder of their country's
contributions to animal fodder than they are of achievements in
mobile communications technology, according to a study in the
home country of N... |
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Some coffee fans get grim delight in Starbucks woes
(Reuters)
(07 July 11:05) |
| Reuters - One coffee drinker's bad news is
another coffee drinker's good news, it seems. |
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Thirteen hurt on first day of Spanish bull run
(Reuters)
(07 July 11:04) |
| Reuters - Thirteen people were taken to
hospital, one of them seriously injured, on the first day of
the annual bull running festival in the northern Spanish town
of Pamplona on Monday, o... |
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It pays to go in a public toilet
(Reuters)
(07 July 11:01) |
| Reuters - It pays to use a toilet in southern
India, as residents are earning close to a dollar a month by
using public urinals, a scheme launched by authorities to
promote hygiene and re... |
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Wax Hitler to return to museum after head repairs
(Reuters)
(07 July 09:00) |
| Reuters - A waxwork of Adolf Hitler will return to
Berlin's new Madame Tussauds as soon as experts have restored
the head ripped off by a demonstrator on its opening day, the
museum said on ... |
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Londoners "ignorant of councillors' role"
(Reuters)
(07 July 03:34) |
| Reuters - A quarter of Londoners would like to be
a councillor, despite many not knowing what the job entails or
who runs their council, according to a poll. |
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Bush summons Canadian leader with a "Yo Harper!"
(Reuters)
(07 July 02:48) |
| Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush on
Monday kept up his tradition of informal relations with fellow
world leaders by summoning Canadian Prime Minister Stephen
Harper with a brusque "Yo... |
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Move over Mao, the Olympics are coming
(Reuters)
(07 July 11:52) |
| Reuters - China's central bank will drop former
leader Mao Zedong's face from six million new 10 yuan (74
pence) notes to mark next month's Olympic Games. |
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It pays to go in an Indian public toilet
(Reuters)
(06 July 11:52) |
| Reuters - It pays to use a toilet in southern
India, as residents are earning close to a dollar a month by
using public urinals, a scheme launched by authorities to
promote hygiene and resea... |
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Man out-spits father, claims pit-spitting title
(AP)
(06 July 09:06) |
| AP - Brian "Young Gun" Krause has out-spit his father to claim his seventh championship at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship in Eau Claire, Mich. |
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Wis. stun gun thief who posted video gets prison
(AP)
(06 July 07:07) |
| AP - A Wisconsin man who posted a video online showing him and his father shocking each other with a stolen stun gun has been sent to prison. |
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Ore. man completes flight of fancy - in lawn chair
(AP)
(06 July 07:03) |
| AP - Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Sa... |
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Lawn chair balloonist reaches destination in Idaho
(AP)
(06 July 04:58) |
| AP - A man flying across Oregon in a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons has reached his destination. |
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Irish woman seeks "husband" for 120 litres of beer
(Reuters)
(06 July 04:07) |
| Reuters - Julia Galvin came to
Finland looking for a man that would carry her 120 kg over a
253-metres track -- the incentive being the chance to win the
wife-carrying world title and beer w... |
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Arrest made after FedEx sends drug to wrong place
(AP)
(06 July 01:10) |
| AP - FedEx prides itself on reliability. But a mistaken delivery tipped off police to a 200-pound shipment of marijuana that someone tried to send from Pembroke Pines, Florida to Baltimore v... |
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Man rips head from Hitler wax figure
(Reuters)
(05 July 11:54) |
| Reuters - A man tore the head from a controversial
waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's
Madame Tussauds museum on Saturday, police said. |
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Man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons
(AP)
(05 July 10:33) |
| AP - Riding a green lawn chair supported by a rainbow array of more than 150 helium-filled party balloons, Kent Couch took off Saturday in a third bid to fly from central Oregon all the way ... |
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U.S. champion retains hot dog eating title
(Reuters)
(05 July 09:37) |
| Reuters - U.S. defending champion Joey Chestnut
won the annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Friday
by downing 64 hot dogs in a competition that stretched into a
first-ever overt... |
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150 party balloons carry Oregon man toward Idaho
(AP)
(05 July 09:08) |
| AP - Riding a green lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons, Kent Couch took off with the sun Saturday, hoping to ride the wind from his gas station in Central Oregon to Id... |
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Man rips head from Hitler wax figure in Berlin
(Reuters)
(05 July 05:07) |
| Reuters - A man tore the head from a controversial
waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's
Madame Tussauds museum on Saturday, police said. |
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Man rips off wax Hitler's head
(AP)
(05 July 03:05) |
| AP - Berlin police say a man has ripped off the head of a wax figure of Adolf Hitler at Madame Tussauds' newly opened branch in the German capital. |
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Man accused of faking heart attacks to avoid bills
(AP)
(05 July 06:55) |
| AP - A 52-year-old Milwaukee-area man has been accused of faking heart attacks to avoid paying restaurant bills and cab fares. |
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Champ retains NYC hot-dog eating title in overtime
(AP)
(05 July 04:47) |
| AP - Joey Chestnut achieved frankfurter immortality Friday, outdueling his celebrated Japanese rival in an epic hot-dog eating contest that pushed both of the gluttonous gladiators to the br... |
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NY researcher: `Yankee Doodle' turns 250 maybe
(AP)
(05 July 04:37) |
| AP - Wish "Yankee Doodle" a happy 250th birthday. Maybe. |
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Crazy cat that frightened neighborhood mends ways
(AP)
(05 July 04:24) |
| AP - A combative cat named Lewis who frightened the neighbors and got his owner into legal trouble two years ago has done so well under house arrest that the case has now been scratched. |
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UK court: Pringles are potato-light, tax-free
(AP)
(05 July 04:18) |
| AP - Britain's High Court has ruled that Pringles are not a potato snack, and thus are not subject to value-added tax. |
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2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos
(AP)
(05 July 04:11) |
| AP - Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, aut... |
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Chile reality show contestant expelled over porn
(Reuters)
(05 July 01:01) |
| Reuters - So much for "love is blind." A
contestant has been expelled from a popular Chilean TV dating
show after he was found to have had previous acting experience
-- in a pornographic mov... |
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Chestnut wins hot dog contest after eat-off
(AP)
(04 July 10:46) |
| AP - Joey Chestnut has reclaimed the top spot as winner of the annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island after first tying with archrival Takeru Kobayashi in a 10-minute chow-down and th... |
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Couple maintain Portugal's ceramic penis tradition
(Reuters)
(04 July 05:57) |
| Reuters - Husband and wife
Francisco and Casilda Figueiredo are among the last exponents
of a traditional Portuguese handicraft -- making ornamental
ceramic penises. |
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Tortoise returned after 2 1/2 weeks on the lam
(AP)
(04 July 02:06) |
| AP - A 60-pound tortoise that escaped from a family's garage last month is back home after a 2 1/2-week adventure that took him through three northwestern Indiana towns. |
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1851 gun used in Civil War returns to Arkansas
(AP)
(04 July 11:03) |
| AP - An 1851 artillery gun carried into battle by Arkansas military school students who joined the Confederate Army was unveiled in its home state Thursday after nearly 150 years. |
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Minn. teen charged with offering his vote on eBay
(AP)
(04 July 10:56) |
| AP - A college student claimed it was all a joke when he put his vote in this fall's presidential election up for sale on the Web auction site eBay. But prosecutors didn't see the humor. |
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Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross actors wed in Philly
(AP)
(04 July 10:52) |
| AP - Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross celebrated the eve of the Fourth of July not with fireworks but with wedding vows. |
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Miniature dachshund gnaws off diabetic owner's toe
(AP)
(04 July 06:52) |
| AP - An Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep. Linda Floyd told the Alton Telegraph for a story Wednesday that her beloved Ros... |
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Former hot-dog champ Kobayashi hungry to regain title
(AP)
(04 July 06:42) |
| AP - He's gone from hot-dog top dog to underdog. Renowned competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi is aiming to chomp his way back to the top of the annual Fourth of July hot dog eating competitio... |
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Former hot-dog-chomping champ hungry for new title
(AP)
(04 July 04:51) |
| AP - He's gone from hot-dog top dog to underdog. Renowned competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi is aiming to chomp his way back to the top of the annual Fourth of July hot dog eating competitio... |
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U.S. trade court rules against sex-bias claim
(Reuters)
(04 July 03:21) |
| Reuters - A U.S. trade court on Thursday
rejected an importer's claim that differing tariff rates for
men's gloves amounted to unconstitutional sex discrimination,
in a case closely watched ... |
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Big cheese carving celebrates Independence Day
(Reuters)
(04 July 01:48) |
| Reuters - A sculpture of the signing of the
Declaration of Independence made from a one-tonne block of
cheddar cheese glistened on the sidewalk of Times Square in New
York on Thursday as ... |
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You want cheese curds with that?
(Reuters)
(04 July 01:46) |
| Reuters - Canada's U.S. embassy apologized on
Thursday for a party invitation that featured a prominent
figure in Canadian history brandishing a large plate of French
fries covered in che... |
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Man nabbed after calling cops on stolen cell phone
(AP)
(04 July 01:42) |
| AP - A Duluth man is under arrest after he called police on a cell phone from a purse he had just allegedly snatched. Police arrested the 29-year-old man on Wednesday. |
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