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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

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Clinton urges Iowa voters to caucus on wrong day (Reuters)  

2007-12-24 13:05

A woman points to Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) as Clinton takes the stage at a campaign stop in Stratham, New Hampshire, December 21,2007. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)Reuters - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton may have shot herself in the foot trying to get Iowa voters to pledge support to her -- she is encouraging them to go caucus on January 14, 11 days too late.


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"Don't Tase Me, Bro" tops '07 memorable quote list (Reuters)  

2007-12-22 02:44

Reuters - "Don't Tase Me, Bro," a phrase that swept the nation after a college student used it seeking to stop campus police from throwing him out of a speech by Sen. John Kerry, was named on Wednesday as the most memorable quote of 2007.
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Revealed: The seven great "medical myths" (Reuters)  

2007-12-21 15:19

Participants take part in a 'yoga-thon' in Times Square, June 21, 2007. Reading in dim light won't damage your eyes, you don't need eight glasses of water a day to stay healthy and shaving your legs won't make the hair grow back faster. These well-worn theories are among seven 'medical myths' exposed in a paper published on Friday in the British Medical Journal, which traditionally carries light-hearted features in its Christmas edition. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Reading in dim light won't damage your eyes, you don't need eight glasses of water a day to stay healthy and shaving your legs won't make the hair grow back faster.


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UFO debate invades politicians' space (Reuters)  

2007-12-21 15:19

Japan's Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo, October 17, 2007. A debate over flying saucers has kept Japanese politicians occupied for much of this week, ensnaring top officials and drawing a promise from the defense minister to send out the army if Godzilla goes on a rampage. (Michael Caronna/Reuters)Reuters - A debate over flying saucers has kept Japanese politicians occupied for much of this week, ensnaring top officials and drawing a promise from the defense minister to send out the army if Godzilla goes on a rampage.


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Russian says: Go ahead, egg my Hummer (Reuters)  

2007-12-26 09:21

Reuters - A Hummer owner in Russia's second city St. Petersburg has given antiglobalists the green light to pelt his oversized vehicle with rotten eggs, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday.
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Thieves steal pair of nutcracker statues (AP)  

2007-12-25 18:55

AP - Thieves ruined Christmas for one woman this year by stealing the pair of 6-foot-tall nutcracker statues from in front of her house.
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Cards from heaven have dead man talking (AP)  

2007-12-25 16:17

AP - Even in death, Chet Fitch is a card. Fitch, known for his sense of humor, died in October at age 88 but gave his friends and family a start recently: Christmas cards, 34 of them, began arriving — written in his hand with a return address of "Heaven."
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Woman gets surprise wedding for Xmas (AP)  

2007-12-25 03:51

AP - Some people get surprise birthday parties. Ilda Ruth Southey gets surprise weddings.
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N.D. farmer forecasts via pig spleens (AP)  

2007-12-24 18:53

AP - Paul Smokov doesn't need radar or other high-tech equipment to forecast a major snowstorm on the prairie. He consults pig spleens.
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Dalai Lama "is not a call girl" (Reuters)  

2007-12-21 15:21

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (L) places a scarf on Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the start of their meeting in Harper's office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa October 29, 2007. When Harper tried to explain in a year-end interview why he'd met the Dalai Lama in his Ottawa office, it was clear he wanted to show respect for the exiled Tibetan leader. Unfortunately, it didn't quite come out that way. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)Reuters - When Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to explain in a year-end interview why he'd met the Dalai Lama in his Ottawa office, it was clear he wanted to show respect for the exiled Tibetan leader.


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Should we go back for those, Sarge? (Reuters)  

2007-12-20 17:16

Reuters - Boxes of hand grenades tumbled out of a Serb Army truck Thursday when the driver pulled up to pay his highway toll, officials in southern Serbia said.
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Passport office in need of spellcheck (Reuters)  

2007-12-20 17:18

Reuters - Israel's national passport office could have done with a good spellchecker.
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Malaysian referee pulls out red card then a gun (Reuters)  

2007-12-25 05:00

Reuters - A Malaysian referee took out his gun and fired warning shots in the air after a local soccer match turned unruly following the suspension of a player, a newspaper said on Tuesday.
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Maradona wants to meet Iranian president (Reuters)  

2007-12-24 21:57

Reuters - Former Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona says he wants to meet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a leading U.S. foe, local media reported on Monday.
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Brothers hand out Christmas cash at New York mall (Reuters)  

2007-12-24 21:54

Reuters - Shoppers got a Christmas Eve surprise on Monday when a pair of brothers handed out $100 (50 pound) bills at a mall on Long Island, New York.
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Chinese man gets 10 years for stealing from crash site (Reuters)  

2007-12-25 07:20

Reuters - A Chinese villager has been jailed for 10 years for keeping 80,000 yuan (5,600 pounds) in cash he found in a plastic bag at the scene of a car accident, local media reported on Tuesday.
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Feuding Korean clans end 400-year fight over graves (Reuters)  

2007-12-24 08:27

Reuters - After nearly 400 years, a few killings and scorned pleas from a king, two powerful clans have settled one of the longest-standing feuds in Korean history, over ancestral burial grounds.
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Can GPS system track my dog? Putin asks (Reuters)  

2007-12-24 14:25

Russia's President Vladimir Putin is followed by his dog Koni as he walks to meet representatives of youth movements at the presidential country residence in Zavidovo, 120 km (75 miles) north-west of Moscow, July 24, 2007. REUTERS/Ria Novosti/KremlinReuters - President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he was keen to use Russia's planned global positioning system GLONASS to look after his black Labrador Koni.


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Breaking news! Driver crashes into Chicago newscast (Reuters)  

2007-12-24 20:35

Reuters - The driver of a minivan who interrupted a local TV newscast while it was on the air by crashing into the station's glass-walled studio, was charged on Monday with reckless driving, authorities said.
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Sunday, December 23, 2007

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Baby Jesus statue gets GPS for Christmas (AP)  

2007-12-23 19:18

AP - A baby Jesus statue here is getting a Global Positioning System for Christmas. The statue, part of a nativity scene, will be equipped with the device after the previous statue went missing, even though it had been bolted down.
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Single mom duped by fake lottery ticket (AP)  

2007-12-23 18:48

AP - When single mother Mary Ann Shaffer scratched a lottery ticket last week, she thought Christmas had come early.
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Man gives $3,100 to Salvation Army (AP)  

2007-12-23 13:05

A charitable Salvation Army advertisement reminds shoppers of the less fortunate at a bus stop on Chicago's Magnificent Mile, in a Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007 file photo. This holiday season is rife with need across the country, but also what aid workers are calling a disturbing and growing need for assistance all year round. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP - Less than two weeks after a man put 30 $100 bills into a Salvation Army kettle, someone decided to do one better.


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