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Darwin book worth up to $100,000 found on shelf
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 am -
Cops on trail of "gingerbread town" vandals
OSLO (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 -
Don't kiss Santa, he may have the flu
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 am -
Aging 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 24, 2009, 12:33 am -
Houston, we have a baby
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 -
Roo tries to drown dog, attacks owner
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 pm -
Exotic animals sold to Top End safari reserve
Exotic 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 pm -
Bridge named after former deputy premier Tom Burns
A bridge in Brisbane has been named after a former Queensland deputy premier Tom Burns.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 11:14 am -
WA's Australians of the Year
One of the world's leading alzheimers researchers has been named WA's Australian of the Year.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 1:24 pm -
Simpsons' Sarkozy lampoon an internet hit
Thousands 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 am -
Cranky NT croc 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 to Texas Zoo.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 11:26 am -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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
