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Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers
ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum announced on Friday.
November 21, 2009, 4:14 am -
Cranky NT croc Errol finds new home in Texas
It has taken several planes, a crane and good dose of valium, but a giant Northern Territory crocodile named Errol has made it all the way toTexas Zoo.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 8:14 am -
Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into the Nordic country, the Swedish Customs Office said Friday.
November 21, 2009, 3:04 am -
Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas
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 so that his aging face does not scare children.
November 21, 2009, 3:04 am -
Gang accused of killing to sell human fat
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.
November 21, 2009, 3:03 am -
New EU president wins fans in Japan -- as a poet
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Herman Van Rompuy, the European Union's new president, may not be very well known around the world but he's already winning fans in Japan -- as a poet rather than a politician.
November 21, 2009, 2:43 am -
Tree of Knowledge memorial wins award
The controversial monument to the historic Tree of Knowledge in western Queensland has won national recognition.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 2:00 pm -
Well-heeled women prepare for stiletto race
Ninety-six shoe addicts have signed up for Friday's Stiletto Championship, which takes place after office hours on an indoor track in the old stock exchange building in central Paris.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 11:34 am -
New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world
November 20, 2009, 8:21 am -
U.S. election, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.
November 20, 2009, 8:20 am -
Hundreds of sheep dead after truck crash
More than 500 sheep have been killed in the crash of a livestock truck at Colac in Victoria's south-west.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 8:14 am -
Kate Moss criticised for skinny remark
Eating disorder campaigners have criticised British model Kate Moss after she backed the motto: "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels" - a slogan popular with pro-anorexia websites.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 8:00 am -
All Blacks face dressing down over Twitter leak
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Neemia Tialata and Cory Jane can expect a talking to from All Blacks coach Graham Henry after revealing on the social networking site Twitter they had been left out of the New Zealand to play England this weekend.
November 19, 2009, 10:47 pm -
Ellis becomes Hogan's hero
Wrestler Hulk Hogan has been thrashed by Sport Minister Kate Ellis in an arm wrestle at Parliament House in Canberra.
ABC - November 19, 2009, 2:00 pm -
Teen sailor Jessica Watson crosses equator
Australian teen sailor Jessica Watson has crossed the equator on her round-the-world solo voyage.
ABC - November 19, 2009, 1:46 pm -
Obama gets five minutes with half-brother in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - President Barack Obama took time out of his busy diplomatic schedule in China to meet with his half-brother, who lives in the southern part of the country -- but only for five minutes.
November 19, 2009, 6:09 am -
Lost man drives nine hours to get newspaper
CANBERRA (Reuters) - An elderly man who went out to fetch a morning newspaper ended up driving nearly 400 miles after getting lost and taking a wrong turn onto a major Australian highway, police said on Wednesday.
November 19, 2009, 4:56 am -
Lawmaker apologizes for insulting rival on Twitter
OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian member of Parliament learned the hard way on Tuesday that insulting a rival legislator by Twitter is not a good idea, especially if you're sitting around the same table at the time.
November 19, 2009, 4:52 am -
Johnny Depp named People's "sexiest man alive"
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" on Wednesday, reclaiming a title he first won in 2003.
November 19, 2009, 4:24 am -
U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry
PERKASIE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Carin Froehlich pegs her laundry to three clotheslines strung between trees outside her 18th-century farmhouse, knowing that her actions annoy local officials who have asked her to stop.
November 19, 2009, 12:03 am
