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05/12/2008 07:19 AM
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Australian pokes shark in eye to survive mauling
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AP - An Australian swimmer says he survived a mauling by a 16-foot shark by wrestling with the beast, finally getting free by poking it in the eye.
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05/11/2008 07:11 PM
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Hundreds strip for naked photo shoot in Austria
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AP - The man behind the camera had three requests for his subjects: no sunglasses, no smiling, and no underwear.
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05/11/2008 11:03 PM
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Chicago students seek Obama's haircut, speedy spud, Weird Al
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AP - Dozens of students from the University of Chicago returned Sunday from a four-day multistate trek dubbed the world's largest scavenger hunt after trying to find Barack Obama's haircut and a car horn that plays "La Cucaracha," among other things.
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05/11/2008 03:44 AM
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Woman pays off 1976 parking ticket issued in Mich.
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AP - Police in this Upper Peninsula town had forgotten about the $1 parking ticket written on Sept. 1, 1976. But the woman who had found it on her windshield hadn't.
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05/10/2008 06:06 AM
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Artificial reef near Miami is cemetery, diving attraction
(AP)
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AP - About 45 feet beneath the ocean's surface lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches.
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05/08/2008 12:47 PM
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You want fries with that? YES!!!!
(Reuters)
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Reuters - The Swiss government has
agreed to ease restrictions on the importation of potatoes
following fears that Euro 2008 soccer fans could face a
shortage of French fries next month.
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05/08/2008 12:47 PM
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Sexy orchids do more than embarrass wasps?
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Orchids that mimic female wasps may
not only waste the time of the male wasps they lure into
spreading their pollen -- they also seduce them into wasting
valuable sperm, Australian researchers reported on Wednesday.
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05/07/2008 11:28 AM
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Safety in numbers for speeding drivers
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Speeding drivers in south China are
getting clear away thanks to machines which switch the numbers
on their licence plates in seconds, state media said on
Tuesday.
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05/07/2008 11:27 AM
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Building boom drives dump truck thefts
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Forget the luxury cars that cram
Moscow's streets: Russian thieves are after dump trucks, cranes
and asphalt pavers to feed a booming construction sector.
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05/07/2008 11:26 AM
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Non-stick chewing gum firm raises $20 million
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Reuters - A British company developing a
non-stick chewing gum that can be easily removed from pavements
and shoes has raised 10 million pounds ($20 million) to help
bring its product to market.
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05/10/2008 05:18 AM
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Hamilton recognises his "Apollo" was the pits
(Reuters)
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Reuters - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton has
recognised that acting may not be his forte after a Turkish
Grand Prix promotional stunt turned into an embarrassment for
the Formula One driver.
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05/09/2008 05:31 PM
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Canadian WW1 vet to become a Canadian citizen
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Canada's last known
surviving veteran of World War One is becoming a Canadian
citizen, the government said on Friday.
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05/07/2008 04:42 PM
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Swiss government says Euro 2008 fans can have their chips
(Reuters)
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Reuters - The Swiss government has
agreed to ease restrictions on the importation of potatoes
following fears that Euro 2008 football fans could face a
shortage of French fries next month.
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05/07/2008 03:32 AM
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UK non-stick chewing gum firm raises 10 mln pounds
(Reuters)
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Reuters - A company developing a non-stick chewing
gum that can be easily removed from pavements and shoes has
raised 10 million pounds to help bring its product to market.
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05/05/2008 02:16 PM
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Rio firm in trouble for slum tour with a twist
(Reuters)
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Reuters - A Rio de Janeiro tour company
could be in trouble for giving tourists too intimate a view of
life in the city's notorious slums, including photo
opportunities with drug gang leaders.
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05/10/2008 03:33 AM
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SpongeBob SquarePants image painted on historic Colo. cabin
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AP - The U.S. Forest Service is looking for the "SpongeBob fanatics" who painted the cartoon character on the chimney of a historic building.
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05/06/2008 03:58 AM
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Maid in HK court after sex with boss's teenage son
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Reuters - A 45-year-old Indonesian maid
admitted having sex with her Hong Kong employer's 14-year-old
son after watching Internet porn together, a newspaper reported
on Tuesday.
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05/09/2008 09:32 PM
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Omaha man says this was his second self-tracheotomy
(AP)
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AP - The 55-year-old Omaha man who performed a tracheotomy on himself with a steak knife says he did the same thing to himself two years ago.
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05/06/2008 03:59 AM
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Yankees-Red Sox argument ends in murder
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Reuters - A New York Yankees' fan was accused on
Monday of murdering a Boston Red Sox supporter and injuring
another by running both down with a car after a heated argument
over one of America's oldest sporting rivalries.
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05/09/2008 05:27 PM
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Driver gets in wreck, sees his home catch fire, gets ticket
(AP)
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AP - One moment, Justin Hill was turning into his driveway. Minutes later he was being flown to a hospital as his home went up in flames. Then he got a traffic ticket.
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