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Passengers cheat flu scan with fever reducers...

Reuters :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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HANOI (Reuters) - Many sick passengers who flew to Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam took fever reducers to cheat temperature scanners...

Manure to fill gas grid

Reuters :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester's toilets will soon be contributing to the local gas network under a green energy project planned by...

Guns, not charm, expel snakes from police...

Reuters :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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FREETOWN (Reuters) - Power hoses and AK-47 assault rifles have succeeded where Sierra Leone's snake-charmers failed by removing 400...

Alaska's Rat Island rat-free after 229 years...

Reuters :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska's Rat Island is finally rat-free, 229 years after a Japanese shipwreck spilled rampaging rodents...

Fox steals more than 100 shoes

Reuters :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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BERLIN (Reuters) - A fox has been unmasked as the mystery thief of more than 100 shoes in the small western German town of Foehren,...

Obama urges biggest financial reforms since...

Reuters :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama laid out his vision for recrafting U.S. financial regulation on Wednesday, vowing to...

Well-dressed bank robbery suspect foiled...

Yahoo Odd News :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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AP - A man wearing a suit and driving a BMW tried to rob a Boston-area bank at gunpoint but was foiled when an employee texted another...

Armed Maine woman, 77, teaches intruder...

Yahoo Odd News :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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AP - After being told by her daughter that a man in their home was an armed intruder, a 77-year-old woman pulled a gun on him and sent...

Airline sends Cleveland-bound girl, 10,...

Yahoo Odd News :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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AP - Continental Airlines is apologizing for sending a 10-year-old Massachusetts girl flying alone to New Jersey instead of Ohio. Jonathan...

Taiwan's 96-year-old grad student says cramming...

USAToday :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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A 96-year-old Taiwanese man who will receive his master's degree in philosophy this weekend said he was able to compete with ...

Miss. police nab toothy prowler

USAToday :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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Brandon Norwood had just taken out the trash at his grandparents' Jackson home around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday when he noticed something...

Mass. yellow lobster is a 1 in 30 million...

USAToday :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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This lobster will catch your eye, but not because you're imagining its tail dipped in butter. It is bright orange and yellow, ...

Israeli woman mistakenly junks $1 million...

USAToday :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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An Israeli woman mistakenly threw out a mattress with $1 million inside, setting off a frantic search through tons of garbage ...

Facebook removes purported page of S.D....

USAToday :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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A profile set up in the name of a rancher who won a $232 million Powerball jackpot has been disabled, a Facebook spokesman said.

Maine shows off giant lobster roll

USAToday :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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What could be the world's longest lobster roll turned out to be even longer than expected.

N. Korea's news keeps tone at high pitch...

USAToday :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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In the world according to North Korea's official news agency, the country is a paragon of peace, forced against its wishes to ...

N.Y. store owner gives would-be thief lecture...

USAToday :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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A Long Island convenience store owner confronted by a bat-wielding would-be robber said Tuesday he decided to show mercy on the ...

Census uses foreign language to get numbers...

USAToday :: Posted 22 weeks 3 days ago
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U.S. election, iPhone among decade's top...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack...

2 lions kill white tiger in Czech zoo

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A rare white tiger was killed by two lions that managed to sneak into its enclosure in a Czech zoo, officials...

New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles...

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Reuters - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world

U.S. election, iPhone among decade's top...

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Reuters - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack...

Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for...

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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift...

Gang accused of killing to sell human fat...

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LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people...

Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling...

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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000...

U.S. election, iPhone among decade's top...

Reuters :: Posted 11 hours 54 min ago
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack...

Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for...

Yahoo Odd News :: Posted 11 hours 17 min ago
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Reuters - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift...

Gang accused of killing to sell human fat...

Yahoo Odd News :: Posted 11 hours 18 min ago
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Reuters - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens...

Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling...

Yahoo Odd News :: Posted 11 hours 17 min ago
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Reuters - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,...

2 lions kill white tiger in Czech zoo

USAToday :: Posted 1 day 5 hours ago
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A rare white tiger was killed by two lions that managed to sneak into its enclosure in a Czech zoo, officials said Thursday.

New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles...

Yahoo Odd News :: Posted 1 day 6 hours ago
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Reuters - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world

U.S. election, iPhone among decade's top...

Yahoo Odd News :: Posted 1 day 6 hours ago
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Reuters - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were...

Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for...

Reuters :: Posted 10 hours 58 min ago
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas...

Gang accused of killing to sell human fat...

Reuters :: Posted 11 hours 18 min ago
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LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat...

Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling...

Yahoo Odd News :: Posted 11 hours 17 min ago
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Reuters - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into...

U.S. election, iPhone among decade's top...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 6 hours ago
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the...

Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling...

Reuters :: Posted 11 hours 29 sec ago
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into the...

U.S. election, iPhone among decade's top...

Reuters :: Posted 11 hours 54 min ago
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the...

Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for...

Yahoo Odd News :: Posted 11 hours 17 min ago
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Reuters - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to...

Gang accused of killing to sell human fat...

Yahoo Odd News :: Posted 11 hours 18 min ago
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Reuters - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and...