Sunday, September 23, 2007

Iguanas smuggled in false leg

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LOS ANGELES - A man has been charged with stealing three endangered iguanas from a nature preserve in Fiji and smuggling them into the Unite...
Saturday, September 22, 2007

TV channel called Dave

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TV channel UKTV G2, which shows cult comedy and game shows aimed at young men, is to be rebranded Dave. UKTV says the new name is based on t...

Queen wins raffle

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A raffle prize of two bars of soap and bath oil has been won by The Queen. Organisers couldn’t believe it when a winning ticket was pulled o...
Friday, September 21, 2007

Superman sighting

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Police are investigating after villagers in Romania claimed to see a Superman-like figure flying through the sky. Almost 20 villagers, from ...
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Cyclist with a goal

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A football fan cycled 170 miles (274km) to watch his team play only to find himself locked out of the ground. Peter Woor, 57, a lifelong Cam...

Non รก Sarkozy

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Local councillors in a French village have refused to hang the official portrait of the country's president in their municipal hall. Cou...

Black pudding throwing championships

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Spectators and competitors gathered at a pub in Greater Manchester on Sunday for the annual World Black Pudding Throwing Championship. The c...
Thursday, September 20, 2007

Forklifted

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LANSING, Mich. -- Firefighters cut a hole in the side of a house and used a forklift to extricate a 900-pound man from his second-floor bedr...
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LIzard extraction

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Seven-year-old Finley Collins thought her pet 12-inch bearded dragon might be giving birth when she noticed an unusual...

Judge ok's Hitler Youth badges

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Newark - Two students in northern New Jersey can wear badges (buttons) featuring a picture of Hitler youth to protest a school uniform polic...

Record breaking horse

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A Puerto Rican horse that can't win a race at least now has a claim to fame. Dona Chepa, a nine-year-old brown mare, finished last in a ...

Woman "invades" Sumo pit

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There are claims in Japan that a 1,400-year-old tradition has been breached after a woman jumped onto the arena at a sumo tournament. The wo...
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Sacked for eBaying

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Nine council workers have lost their jobs for spending too long on the internet auction site eBay. Three were sacked and six resigned after ...

In-Convenienced

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Police started a missing person alert for a great-grandmother - only for her to turn up 12 hours later having been locked in a public loo ov...
Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Bluetooth conviction

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A vandal who ran on top of a £120,000 Lamborghini car was caught by police after video of him was sent to the vehicle's owner. Frankie H...

Things to do when bored

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Carbondale, Pensylvania - Authorities said a man wearing nothing but a hat tried to rob a convenience store in Carbondale. Police say the 24...

Bees know no boundaries

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Bee escape

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BILLINGS, Montana — Thousands of bees got loose when the truck carrying their hives ran off a highway and overturned near a Montana communit...

Beer theft

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Drinkers of Moosehead beer in Ontario are being advised to stock up on their favourite brew after thieves made off with more than 100,000 ca...

Rear of the Year

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It's a coveted title, previously achieved by such prestigious posteriors as those belonging to Charlotte Church, Denise van Outen and Ul...