Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

Odd

Lone goat still on the lam despite rescue bid

The last remaining goat on Cape Byron has evaded capture after a daring bid to rescue it from the bottom of a cliff.
ABC - April 17, 2013, 11:49 am
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Mary! Your message in a bottle has arrived...28 years later

ZAGREB (Reuters) - A Canadian man's message in a bottle honoring his promise to write to a woman named Mary has finally washed ashore 28 years later in Croatia.
Surfers cleaning the deb...
April 17, 2013, 11:42 pm
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Charging elephant injures two tourists in South Africa park

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A Polish and a Chinese tourist visiting South Africa's flagship Kruger National Park were taken to hospital after an elephant charged their car and overturned the vehicle on M...
April 16, 2013, 2:00 am
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Florida battles slimy invasion by giant snails

By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - South Florida is fighting a growing infestation of one of the world's most destructive invasive species: the giant African land snail, whi...
April 15, 2013, 2:14 am

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French scientist bemused by buzz over bra research

By Tara Oakes
PARIS (Reuters) - A little-known French sports doctor who spent 16 years studying the busts of about 300 women sent a scare through a country known for its love of lingeri...
April 13, 2013, 4:11 am

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Two million-year-old creature had mix of ape, human traits

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A 2 million-year-old ancestor of man had a mixture of ape and human-like features that allowed it to hike vast distances on two legs with as much ease as it could scurry up tr...
April 13, 2013, 3:57 am
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Opulent Hotel Crillon bids farewell to treasures at Paris auction

By Tara Oakes
PARIS (Reuters) - One of the grandest luxury hotels in Paris will put most of its of furniture and fine wines under the hammer next week to help raise funds for a lengthy ...
April 12, 2013, 11:40 pm

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Japanese fish survive 5,000-mile trip across Pacific in tsunami boat

By Elaine Porterfield
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Scientists are baffled as to how a group of small fish native to Japan survived a journey across the Pacific after they were found on a boat sw...
April 12, 2013, 9:04 pm
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Captive particles and Dr. Who show physicists are human too

By Robert Evans
GENEVA (Reuters) - Physicists are deadly serious people, right? Clad in long white coats, they spend their days smashing particles together in the hunt for exotic creatu...
April 12, 2013, 2:18 am

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Rue Margaret Thatcher in Paris? Pourquoi pas, some ask

By Alexandria Sage
PARIS (Reuters) - Right in the heart of Paris, sandwiched between the Champs-Elysees and the River Seine, sits Avenue Winston Churchill.
So why not a R...
April 11, 2013, 9:01 pm

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Maine "hermit" arrested, accused of hundreds of food thefts

By Scott Malone
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Maine man who walked into the woods shortly after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident and lived as a hermit for almost three decades, supporting him...
April 11, 2013, 11:46 am

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Brazen theft from Parisian bridge baffles city

PARIS (Reuters) - The gilded Pont Alexandre III bridge in Paris has lost some of its sparkle after thieves made off with the historic monument's bronze plaques in the latest theft from a Parisian land...
April 11, 2013, 3:32 am

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Louvre Museum shuts for day as guards protest pickpockets

PARIS (Reuters) - Tourists caught no glimpse of the Mona Lisa, Winged Victory or Venus de Milo on Wednesday due to a one-day closure of the Louvre, as guards protested that pickpockets were rampant at...
April 11, 2013, 3:20 am

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Finland apologizes for "incorrect" Putin blacklisting

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland apologized to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday after its police accidentally put him on a blacklist of people with connections to criminal activity.
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April 11, 2013, 2:09 am

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Mali to give France new camel after first one is eaten

BAMAKO/PARIS (Reuters) - Malian authorities will give French President Francois Hollande another camel after the one they gave him in thanks for helping repel Islamist rebels was killed and eaten by t...
April 10, 2013, 2:18 pm

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Luck of the draw for Thai army recruits

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Winai Sawaengkarn closes his eyes before reaching into a wooden box and drawing a black card. He beams, and his watching mother sweeps him up ...
April 10, 2013, 1:58 pm

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Fake dead girlfriend wins NCAA basketball tournament prediction

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A business analyst from Virginia beat out 8.15 million other entries to win ESPN's annual prediction contest for the NCAA basketball championship - but has gained more attention f...
April 10, 2013, 9:25 am

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Man pleads not guilty in sexual bribes case

By Teo Jion Chun
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore businessman accused of bribing three Lebanese soccer match officials with prostitutes has been released on bail after he entered a not...
April 9, 2013, 9:07 pm

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Teenager in garbage container crushed by Luxembourg trash truck

BRUSSELS, April 8 (Reuters) - A French teenager who had hidden inside a garbage container was crushed to death inside a trash truck in Luxembourg on Saturday, police said.
Garbage men o...
April 8, 2013, 9:16 pm
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Fitness after 65 is no one-size-fits-all endeavor

By Dorene Internicola
NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's ageing population is posing special challenges, fitness experts say, because it is difficult to design effective workout routines fo...
April 8, 2013, 8:38 pm

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