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Fight over heat makes wife hot (AP)  

2007-12-19 04:16

AP - A woman who was angry because her husband wanted her to turn up the heat pulled out a gun and shot their flat-screen TV while he cowered behind a pillow, Macomb County authorities say.
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Bride to tie knot in toilet paper dress (AP)  

2007-12-19 05:29

AP - Here comes the bride, all dressed in white ... two-ply, extra soft toilet paper.
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Woman accused of groping mall Santa (AP)  

2007-12-19 03:03

AP - Santa Claus says that a woman who sat on his lap was naughty, not nice. A Santa at the Danbury Fair mall said the woman groped him. "The security officer at the mall said Santa Claus has been sexually assaulted," police Detective Lt. Thomas Michael said of the weekend complaint.
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Man wrestles, subdues deer at Md. home (AP)  

2007-12-19 03:03

AP - A man subdued a deer that ran through the front picture window of his house. Martin "Pete" Castle wrestled the beast to the floor in the living room, and carried it out through the garage door, when Frederick County Animal Control officers took over.
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Web post reunites cousins after 70 years (AP)  

2007-12-19 03:02

AP - Two South Florida sisters are catching up with their Russian cousin after 70 years apart. Ossie Rasher, 81, and Sophia Altfeld, 78, last saw their cousin Rosalie Berkovich, 80, in 1937 when the sisters fled to the United States with their parents.
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Yes UFOs do exist, government spokesman says (Reuters)  

2007-12-18 14:58

Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura arrives at the premier's official residence in Tokyo September 25, 2007. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)Reuters - Yes, UFOs do exist, Japan's top government spokesman said Tuesday. The comment by chief cabinet secretary Nobutaka Machimura drew laughter from reporters at his regular briefing on government policy.


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Disco babes bring Saturday night fever to Sundays (Reuters)  

2007-12-18 14:54

Children and Parents dance during a December disco at the Clapham Grand club in London in this handout photograph released December 18, 2007. The lights are low, the groove is grinding and the disco ball is flicking over flashes of brilliance on the dance floor. But it's not 2 a.m., Saturday at one of the capital's super-chic nightclubs. It's 2 p.m., Sunday at south London's Clapham Grand club -- and the dancers are toddlers and their parents. (Babylovesdisco/Handout./Reuters)Reuters - The lights are low, the groove is grinding and the disco ball is flicking over flashes of brilliance on the dance floor.


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Accident-prone driver caught again at 100 (Reuters)  

2007-12-17 17:54

A street is packed with vehicles in Tokyo January 24, 2007. A 100-year-old Japanese man who was arrested after his car hit an umbrella held by a child said driving was his ticket to avoiding senility. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - A 100-year-old Japanese man who was arrested after his car hit an umbrella held by a child said driving was his ticket to avoiding senility.


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Property bust? Lunar land prices are rocketing (Reuters)  

2007-12-17 17:55

A full moon rises over Washington, December 5, 2006. Property investors smarting from this year's housing bust in the United States might do well to look farther afield -- even out of this world. (Larry Downing/Reuters)Reuters - Property investors smarting from this year's housing bust in the United States might do well to look farther afield -- even out of this world.


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Amsterdam to clean up "Red Light" district (Reuters)  

2007-12-17 17:57

A view of the red light district in Amsterdam December 17, 2007. The city of Amsterdam announced plans on Monday to clean up its infamous 'red light' district to fight human trafficking, money laundering and drug abuse and replace prostitutes' windows with upmarket boutiques. (Koen van Weel/Reuters)Reuters - The city of Amsterdam announced plans Monday to clean up its infamous "red light" district to fight human trafficking, money laundering and drug abuse and replace prostitutes' windows with upmarket boutiques.


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Stressed Singaporeans crack down on thieving monkeys (Reuters)  

2007-12-19 07:15

Monkeys look through a bin at a tennis court in a residential estate bordering a nature reserve in Singapore, September 23, 2007. With monitor lizards, snakes, and bats prowling their parks, residents of tropical Singapore are no strangers to the occasional animal ambush. But it's not the iguanas or squirrels that have locals up in arms -- it's the monkeys. REUTERS/Rob DawsonReuters - With monitor lizards, snakes, and bats prowling their parks, residents of tropical Singapore are no strangers to the occasional animal ambush.


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Yule school to teach Santa's elves (Reuters)  

2007-12-19 08:20

People dressed as elves post marking letters with the stamp from Santa Claus' Post Office on the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, northern Finland, December 18, 2007. Customer service, story-telling, nature studies and wilderness survival are essential skills for any elf worthy of the name. Anyone who aspires to a job as a Santa's helper can acquire them at a new Elf Academy in Rovaniemi, 2,600 km (1,600 miles) from the North Pole, which Finland claims as home to the Reuters - Customer service, story-telling, nature studies and wilderness survival are essential skills for any elf worthy of the name.


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Teacher arrested for giving kids shocks (Reuters)  

2007-12-19 08:23

Reuters - An Indian teacher has been arrested for using electric shocks to discipline his students, TV news channels reported on Wednesday.
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Americans want fit finances before fit body (Reuters)  

2007-12-18 23:11

Participants take part in the Reuters - After a year of record mortgage foreclosures and slumping home prices, Americans are more determined to shape up their flabby finances in 2008 than their bodies, according to a study released by Countrywide Bank on Tuesday.


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Got fleas? Get the vacuum (Reuters)  

2007-12-18 23:23

An Indonesian domestic worker trainee practices using a vacuum cleaner at a private training and education centre for foreign domestic workers in Jakarta, February 21, 2006. Vacuum cleaners kill fleas just as well as any poison, surprised U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. REUTERS/BeawihartaReuters - Vacuum cleaners kill fleas just as well as any poison, surprised U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.


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NY banks robbed 4 times in a week (AP)  

2007-12-19 02:55

AP - A man held up two banks on a street near his home four times in the last week, including one of the banks twice in one day, before he was arrested on Tuesday apparently while on his way to make another illegal withdrawal, police said.
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Radio 1 reverses Pogues "faggot" ban (Reuters)  

2007-12-18 22:39

A British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) logo is seen on a building in White City, London October 17, 2007. A boss at BBC Radio reversed on Tuesday a decision to cut the word Reuters - A boss at BBC Radio reversed on Tuesday a decision to cut the word "faggot" from a Christmas hit after the mother of the singer branded the move "ridiculous".


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Japan government spokesman: UFOs exist (AP)  

2007-12-18 14:34

AP - Japan's air force has never spotted a UFO, but the country's top government spokesman said Tuesday he "definitely" believes they exist.
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Hamilton fined for speeding in France (Reuters)  

2007-12-18 11:19

McLaren's Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain looks back during a training session at the Jerez racetrack in southern Spain December 5, 2007. Hamilton had his driving licence suspended for a month after being caught speeding on a French motorway, police said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Anton MeresReuters - Formula One sensation Lewis Hamilton had his driving licence suspended for a month after being caught speeding on a French motorway, police said on Tuesday.


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New Zealand robbers return Christmas goods (AP)  

2007-12-18 05:47

AP - The Grinch who stole Christmas may have had a change of heart, unexpectedly returning Christmas goods stolen from the house of a New Zealand family, police said Tuesday.
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