Sunday, May 19th, 2013

Odd

Sale of first banknote expected to fetch $3.5m

Australia's first banknote, printed 100 years ago, is expected to sell for a record amount when it goes to private sale next month.
ABC - May 1, 2013, 7:55 pm
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Brasilia police cancel order for World Cup raincoats

(Reuters) - Brasilia police have canceled an order for 17,000 raincoats for use at the World Cup because next year's tournament will be played in the dry season.
"The military police ma...
May 2, 2013, 4:35 am
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California woman accused of planting poisoned juice at Starbucks

By Laila Kearney
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A northern California woman has been arrested on suspicion of spiking orange juice bottles with a deadly dose of rubbing alcohol and stocking ...
May 1, 2013, 8:36 am
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Chechen linesman gets life ban, $16,200 fine for assault

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian FA (RFU) upheld a life ban for Chechen linesman Musa Kadyrov on Tuesday and fined him $16,200 for assaulting a player in a league match.
April 30, 2013, 11:45 pm

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Ponytail stuntman Sailendra Nath Roy dies on a zip-line in India

A daredevil who held the Guinness World Record for distance travelled on a zip-line while hanging by his hair has died while performing a new stunt.
April 30, 2013, 8:01 am
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Mother forced daughter, 14, into sperm insemination: UK court

By Estelle Shirbon
LONDON (Reuters) - A mother who persuaded her adopted teenage daughter to become pregnant by artificial insemination because she wanted a baby for herself has been ja...
April 30, 2013, 2:26 am
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Raging official assaults player in Russian reserve soccer match

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Match officials often face a torrent of abuse from angry players and on some occasions the attacks can turn violent.
Rarely are the roles reversed, yet Chechen linesm...
April 29, 2013, 8:51 pm
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Five rescued, 2 missing in balloon crash off Peruvian coast

LIMA (Reuters) - Five people were rescued and two were missing on Sunday after a hot air balloon plunged into the chilly waters off the coast of Peru, officials said.
A police helicopte...
April 29, 2013, 12:17 pm
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Seattle's interim police chief sorry for video mocking homeless

By Elaine Porterfield
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seattle's interim police chief has apologized for appearing in a 1986 video that showed him and other officers mocking the homeless in what the...
April 27, 2013, 11:21 am

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Return to sender? Maybe not as Somalia to restart mail 22 years on

GENEVA (Reuters) - Somalis may soon be receiving letters from abroad for the first time in more than 20 years after a deal was struck with the United Nations' postal agency, the latest step towards en...
April 26, 2013, 11:42 pm

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Outback pit stops hardly flush with dunnies

White streamers dangling off trees at some outback rest stops have left travellers unimpressed by such crappy decorations.
ABC - April 26, 2013, 9:45 am

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Mamma Mia! Bookie offers odds on ABBA reunion

LONDON (Reuters) - A British bookmaker is taking bets on an ABBA comeback after singer Agnetha Faltskog hinted at a possible reunion for Sweden's most successful band.
Faltskog, who has...
April 26, 2013, 1:57 am

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Thief with conscience returns cremated remains in Washington state

By Laura L. Myers
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A thief with a soft-hearted streak, who inadvertently nabbed some cremated remains along with thousands of rare gems in a truck burglary in Washing...
April 25, 2013, 11:28 am
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Alleged thief returned for dropped wallet

A man has been nabbed by Adelaide police after he allegedly returned to a crime scene to retrieve his wallet while officers were still there.
ABC - April 25, 2013, 9:33 am
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Obama threatens "family tattoo" if daughters get their own

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If they were thinking about getting tattoos, the Obama daughters may want to reconsider.
Speaking on NBC's "Today" show in a segment originally filmed before the ...
April 25, 2013, 2:35 am

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Suarez accepts 10-game ban, seeks forgiveness

By Martyn Herman
LONDON (Reuters) - Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has asked for forgiveness after accepting a 10-match ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic during last weekend's ...
April 25, 2013, 12:27 am

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Utah Mormon bishop brandishes Samurai sword to defend neighbor

By Jennifer Dobner
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A Mormon bishop armed with a Samurai sword came to the defense of his neighbor on Tuesday in a Salt Lake City suburb by helping to chase aw...
April 24, 2013, 1:24 pm
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New Jersey parents demand girls' right to bare arm - in strapless dresses

By Victoria Cavaliere
(Reuters) - A New Jersey principal's ban on strapless dresses at a junior high school dance because they would be "distracting" to boys has enraged parents, who ca...
April 24, 2013, 5:22 am

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Oops! N.Y.'s Suffolk County accidentally defaults on debt

By Edward Krudy and Pamela Niimi
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As if Suffolk County, home of the Hamptons and playground of the rich and famous on New York's Long Island, didn't have enough fina...
April 24, 2013, 3:37 am

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"Penmanship" is now 'handwriting' as Washington state removes gender bias in statutes

By Laura L. Myers
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Washington state's governor signed into law on Monday the final piece of a six-year effort to rewrite state laws using gender-neutral vocabulary, r...
April 23, 2013, 11:19 am
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