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Palin mask top pick for Halloween
Here's the hottest Halloween costume of the year - a mask of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
October 13, 2008, 1:00 am -
Football-style pay, but could bankers sell shirts?
LONDON (Reuters) - Comparing bankers' salaries to footballers' pay, as Barclays' CEO did, is a "schoolboy error," a top investor watchdog said, as banks score too many own goals and couldn't sell shirts branded with star bankers' names.
August 4, 2009, 10:39 pm -
Fans urged to drink whisky to ward off swine flu
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian soccer fans have been told to drink whisky on their trip to Wales for next month's World Cup qualifier to ward off the H1N1 swine flu virus, the head of the country's supporter association (VOB) said on Monday.
August 4, 2009, 6:15 pm -
China doctor reveals 100 rules for would-be spacemen
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - No scars, no history of serious illness in the last three generations of your family, and no tooth cavities.
August 4, 2009, 3:01 am -
Russia's Putin dons wet suit, tags Beluga whale
KHABAROVSK, Russia (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a judo black belt who last year shot a tiger, Friday demonstrated his softer side by donning a wet suit and tagging a whale.
August 1, 2009, 3:51 am -
Those cadavers are mine, lawsuit alleges
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The owner of a popular collection of "high quality" cadavers has sued the manager of an exhibition at New York's South Street Seaport, seeking to prevent it from taking control of the bodies.
August 1, 2009, 3:49 am -
Spurs probe Twitter rant on striker Bent's page
LONDON (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur are investigating whether criticism of the Premier League club's chairman on Darren Bent's Twitter page were posted by the England forward, a spokesman for the club said Friday.
August 1, 2009, 3:30 am -
Underweight team told to eat at least 15 eggs a day
CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - India's unfancied rugby sevens side must bulk up if they hope to make an impact at next year's Commonwealth Games, eating seven meals and at least 15 eggs a day, the country's South African coach said on Friday.
August 1, 2009, 1:38 am -
Kiss warning issued for rock festival due to flu
BERLIN (Reuters) - Fans attending one of the world's biggest heavy metal festivals in Germany were asked on Thursday to avoid "hugging, kissing on the cheek, and shaking hands" lest they spread the H1N1 influenza.
August 1, 2009, 1:37 am -
Albanian gays welcome PM's same-sex marriage plan
TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania's homosexuals won more than they had hoped for after the government said it planned to allow same-sex marriages despite opposition from religious leaders and politicians.
August 1, 2009, 1:35 am -
Spurs probe Twitter rant on Bent's page
LONDON (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur are investigating whether criticism of the Premier League club's chairman on Darren Bent's Twitter page were posted by the England forward, a spokesman for the club said on Friday.
August 1, 2009, 1:31 am -
Embassy meal for nutritional malady turns stomachs
BERLIN (Reuters) - Teenagers with a rare nutritional disorder invited to a special lunch at the Swedish embassy in Berlin ended up being sick when they were given food they couldn't eat, authorities said on Thursday.
July 31, 2009, 1:12 am -
German SPD drops minister who took limo to Spain
BERLIN (Reuters) - Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Germany's Social Democratic candidate for chancellor, dropped Health Minister Ulla Schmidt from his campaign team Wednesday after she provoked a furore by taking an official car to Spain.
July 30, 2009, 4:35 am -
Woman in court in trouser "test case"
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Sudanese woman facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers in public made her first appearance in a court packed with supporters Wednesday, in what her lawyer described as a test case in Sudan's decency laws.
July 30, 2009, 4:02 am -
Big spenders tend to marry big savers, researchers find
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Frustrated by your spouse's spending habits? It might be why you married them, according to a working paper titled "Fatal (Fiscal) Attraction" by professors of the Wharton School of Finance and Northwestern University.
July 29, 2009, 3:31 am
