Friday, October 19, 2007

Waxing Lyrical

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A statue of England rugby hero Jonny Wilkinson stands proud in London's Trafalgar Square. The Madame Tussauds waxwork - in his magic boo...

Stolen giant toilet recovered (update)

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It was just a routine patrol - until a sheriff's deputy in Washington state lifted a tarp and found a soapbox derby racer built to look ...

Burglar made to clean up mess

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A couple in the United States knew exactly what to do with the burglar they caught ransacking their home. They made him clean up - at gunpoi...
Thursday, October 18, 2007

Chocolate Jesus Exhibit

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It angered Catholics before an April exhibit was canceled, but a chocolate Jesus is being resurrected at a New York Art Gallery. The six-foo...

U2 Tower

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An egg-shaped recording studio suspended from the top of a 600ft luxury apartment block was unveiled as part of the rock band U2's plans...

Fish that lives in a tree

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It's one of the golden rules of the natural world – birds live in trees, fish live in water. The trouble is, no one bothered to tell the...

Argie bargie

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The rush to carve up one of the world's last great wildernesses has gathered new momentum. A day after Britain staked a claim to a vast ...

Evil cat napper

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Police are hunting a cat-napper who has taunted owners with a letter claiming their pets have been "relocated." In the letter the ...

Drunken golf caddy driver banned

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A man has been banned from driving after he was caught drunk behind the wheel of a golf buggy. Craig Jannetts, 21, from Port Glasgow in Inve...

Austrian divorce fair

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Austria is to host the world's first "divorce fair" this month, aimed at helping couples untie the knot as painlessly as possi...

Welsh roads to be decluttered

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A thousand road signs are to be taken down in a south Wales county because they are considered "unnecessary". Caerphilly council h...
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Free beer for life reward

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A New Zealand brewery is reportedly offering a lifetime supply of beer for the return of a stolen laptop. Local media said the laptop was st...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Potty mouth faces jail

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Pennsylvania - A West Scranton woman could face up to 90 days in jail and a fine of up to $300 for allegedly shouting profanities at an over...

Family argue over bingo win

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A judge has frozen a £1 million bingo win after a family dispute began over the prize. Jean McCullagh, 69, of Uddingston, Lanarkshire, scoop...

Fat dummy

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A 28-stone (392lb - 178kg) training dummy has been created to help emergency services cope with the growing number of obese people they have...

England conker the French again

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English sportsmen have completed a double over the French this weekend. Ady Hurrell, of Whittlesey, Cambs, took the World Conker Championshi...

Big Ben tours resume

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Public tours to Big Ben have resumed after the bell's famous clock tower was closed for maintenance work. The hourly bongs and the quar...

100ft fall in his grundies

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An Australian man dressed only in his underpants survived a fall from his ninth-storey apartment when an apparent incident of high jinks wen...

BMW causes laughter & offence

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An exchange between presenters on the usually inoffensive Gardeners' Question Time prompted a flurry of complaints from listeners. The t...

Elvis priest

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SORBO, Italy - Romanian-born Antoniu Petrescu believes you can worship God and Elvis at the same time: as a Catholic priest and Elvis Pres...