A first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," which had been kept in a toilet bookcase for years, will go on sale this week and is expected to fetch 40-60,000 pounds ($66-100,000).
November 24, 2009, 5:59 amOSLO (Reuters) - The people of Bergen rolled out the cookie dough Monday as local police tried to sniff out vandals who destroyed the Norwegian city's traditional Christmas decoration -- a town of gingerbread houses.
November 24, 2009, 6:00 am
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Santa Claus should avoid kissing children and shaking their hands to prevent spreading the flu and should get vaccinated against the illness, Hungary's state health authority said.
November 24, 2009, 5:56 amWELLINGTON (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 24, 2009, 12:33 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik awoke early on Sunday to a much-anticipated call that his new daughter had been born.
November 23, 2009, 5:08 pm
A man has been attacked by a kangaroo while trying to rescue his dog from a dam at Arthurs Creek, north-east of Melbourne.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 3:17 pmExotic animals collected at a cattle station in the Northern Territory that were originally thought to have been moved to a Queensland zoo were actually moved to a hunting safari reserve near Arnhem Land.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 1:00 pmA bridge in Brisbane has been named after a former Queensland deputy premier Tom Burns.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 11:14 amOne of the world's leading alzheimers researchers has been named WA's Australian of the Year.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 1:24 pmThousands of French internet users have flooded video sharing websites to enjoy a lampoon of their glamorous first couple, almost a week after they appeared on the US show, The Simpsons.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 10:36 amIt 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 to Texas Zoo.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 11:26 am
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
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
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 amThe controversial monument to the historic Tree of Knowledge in western Queensland has won national recognition.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 2:00 pm
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
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world
November 20, 2009, 8:21 am
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 amMore 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 amEating 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.
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