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Priest who blessed Morales found with cocaine (Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010 10:42:06 AM CST
Reuters - The Aymara priest who blessed Bolivian President Evo Morales at an inauguration ceremony four years ago has been arrested in possession of 530 pounds (240 kg) of cocaine, police said Thursday.
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Vicar conducted 360 sham marriages (Reuters)
Thursday, July 29, 2010 8:53:21 AM CST
Reuters - A vicar was found guilty on Thursday of conducting hundreds of sham marriages between African nationals and cash-strapped eastern Europeans to allow illegal immigrants to gain residency in Britain.
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Brewer claims world's strongest beer (Reuters)
Thursday, July 29, 2010 8:59:00 AM CST
Reuters - A Dutch brewer with a penchant for competition has laid claim to creating the world's strongest brew: a beer that is some 60 percent alcohol by volume.
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Churchill's dentures fetch nearly $24,000 (Reuters)
Thursday, July 29, 2010 9:04:57 AM CST
Reuters - A partial set of British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill's gold-mounted dentures has fetched 15,200 pounds ($23,770) at auction, over three times the estimate.
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Hamas targets women's underwear in modesty drive (Reuters)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 10:32:41 AM CST
Reuters - The Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip have ordered lingerie shops to display more modesty.
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Fur farm foxes trained to combat rat plague (Reuters)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 10:42:49 AM CST
Reuters - Authorities in China's far west have bred and trained "an army" of silver foxes bought from a fur farm to fight a plague of rats threatening a huge expanse of grasslands, state media said on Wednesday.
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Former top diplomat Rice opts for Mozart concerto (Reuters)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 10:41:51 AM CST
Reuters - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice abandoned international affairs for a Mozart piano concerto on Tuesday, teaming up with Soul legend Aretha Franklin to perform at a charity concert.
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Escaped tiger found after massive South Africa search (Reuters)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 1:01:21 PM CST
Reuters - Rangers captured an escaped tiger at a South African farm on Wednesday after a two-day helicopter search that had dominated news broadcasts.
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Bear crashes in runaway car (Reuters)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:57:12 AM CST
Reuters - A black bear attracted by the smell of a peanut butter sandwich managed to open the door of a car, climb in and got stuck, knocking the gear stick into neutral and sending the car rolling down a slope into trees.
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Caves offer new tour -- in Klingon (Reuters)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:56:39 AM CST
Reuters - Staff at the Jenolan Caves west of Sydney have added a new out-of-this-world attraction -- a tour in the Star Trek language Klingon.
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Teenager survives fall from 16th story balcony (Reuters)
Monday, July 26, 2010 10:24:41 AM CST
Reuters - A 15-year-old New Zealand boy has survived with minor injuries after falling 16-storeys from the balcony of his family's apartment onto a concrete floor, New Zealand media reported Monday.
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Pub lets clients drink between the lines (Reuters)
Monday, July 26, 2010 10:26:15 AM CST
Reuters - On the way home from a hard day's work, Ferenc Nagy often gets the urge to pop into his favorite boozer for another round of binge reading.
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"Darth Vader" strikes NY bank (Reuters)
Friday, July 23, 2010 4:05:39 PM CST
Reuters - The Force was with a man when he robbed a bank wearing a Darth Vader mask and a cape.
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Hot weather shrinks size of German fries (Reuters)
Friday, July 23, 2010 10:36:53 AM CST
Reuters - French fries in Germany could be significantly shorter this year due to the heatwave that has baked Germany and much of Europe this month, the German Farmers' Association (DBV) said on Friday.
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PM Cameron calls time on jailhouse rock revival (Reuters)
Friday, July 23, 2010 10:39:32 AM CST
Reuters - British Prime Minister David Cameron has said prisoners will not be allowed to hold parties behind bars after a minister proposed lifting a ban on arts events for inmates introduced by the previous administration.
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Police nab bandit who used underwear as mask (Reuters)
Thursday, July 22, 2010 2:13:17 PM CST
Reuters - An unemployed woman who said she was desperate for money has been arrested on charges she robbed an Oklahoma McDonald's with a white stretch girdle wrapped around her face as a makeshift mask.
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NY "bouquet bandit" arrested for two bank robberies (Reuters)
Thursday, July 22, 2010 11:03:01 AM CST
Reuters - New York police arrested a man on Wednesday accused of robbing two banks -- with a bunch of flowers and a potted plant.
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Colorado man delivers pizza and saves heart attack victim (Reuters)
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 11:01:28 AM CST
Reuters - A laid off paramedic who turned to delivering pizzas to make ends meet is credited with saving the life of a man who went into cardiac arrest just as a pizza was delivered to his door.
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Chinese police beat official's wife by mistake (Reuters)
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 11:09:13 AM CST
Reuters - Plainclothes police severely beat the wife of a provincial official, mistaking her for one of many Chinese who petition government offices in the hope of redressing wrongs, the China Daily reported on Wednesday.