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Offbeat

Break-up by text is bad manners: etiquette experts

It's official - dumping someone by text message is bad manners.
December 4, 2009, 7:14 am
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All men watch porn, scientists find

Scientists at the University of Montreal launched a search for men who had never looked at pornography - but couldn't find any.
December 3, 2009, 8:34 am

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Police shoot and kill 'Jesus'

Police in a Washington suburb are in the awkward situation of having to admit they killed "Jesus" - after they shot and killed the Rottweiler-pitt bull mix who had attacked his owner.
December 1, 2009, 11:07 am
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Buzzing flies more likely to wake men than crying babies

Men are more likely to be woken up by the sound of a buzzing fly or howling wind than by a crying baby, new research shows.
November 30, 2009, 9:59 am

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Tourists victims of monkey business

Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon . . . baboons.
November 26, 2009, 7:39 am

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Revealing wedding dress a web hit

A bride's startlingly revealing wedding dress has become an internet sensation.
November 26, 2009, 6:56 am
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Jetman set for intercontinental flight

Yves Rossy, who calls himself Jetman, is poised to make the first intercontinental flight powered by a jet-pack when he attempts to fly across the Strait of Gibraltar from North Africa to Europe tomorrow.
November 25, 2009, 9:25 am

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Santas fear swine flu

The thought of kids with runny noses sitting in Santa's lap sharing their deepest desires and germs this holiday season isn't eliciting the usual "Ho, ho, ho!" It's more of an "Oh, no, no!"
November 19, 2009, 6:27 am

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Aussie scientist reveals marriage worth more to men

Marriage is worth $32,000 to men, but just $16,000 to women, according to an Australian economist who claims he has discovered a formula to determine the cost of happiness.
November 17, 2009, 8:29 am
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Stage call for Aussie Mary Poppins

Mary, Mary are you out there?
November 16, 2009, 1:43 pm

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Antarctic crew to drill for whisky

A team of New Zealanders is preparing to drill in Antarctica in the New Year, and they hope to strike -- whisky.
November 16, 2009, 9:05 am

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Cat's demise prompts rumours of Thatcher death

When Canada's transport minister decided to name his cat Thatcher, he never thought it would cause quite the stir it did during a gala dinner earlier this week.
November 15, 2009, 1:20 pm

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Tallest man unveils largest cookie in Norway

The world's tallest living man has unveiled the world's largest gingerbread man at an Ikea outlet in Norway's capital, Oslo.
November 13, 2009, 7:13 am

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Shark's 'caesarean' by bite

Visitors to a New Zealand tourist attraction, Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World, were given a treat yesterday - a fishy lesson on how to deliver babies via Caesarean section.
November 11, 2009, 2:04 pm
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Stormtrooper costume drama

A Kiwi man who forked out thousands to dress up as an imperial stormtrooper from the Star Wars movies is distraught after his mail-ordered outfit was nicked.
November 11, 2009, 1:53 pm

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Noisy British lover loses sex appeal

A British woman lost her appeal o n Tuesday against a ban on her noisy sex sessions, after a court heard how her marathon romps that kept neighbours awake sounded like someone being murdered.
November 11, 2009, 6:52 am
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Would you like to shop around the world?

A Paris-based website has launched a competition offering the winner a one-month tour of seven cities around the world with a shopping budget of 10,000 euros ($16,126), business-class travel and luxury accommodation.
November 11, 2009, 6:51 am

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Nurse's funeral 30 years after death

The body of a British nurse who died 30 years ago in Saudi Arabia has been cremated after being held for decades in a British mortuary.
November 10, 2009, 1:40 pm
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Men charged over nude car wash

Four central Queensland men will face court after cavorting nude in a car wash.
November 10, 2009, 1:24 pm
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Divorcees fair in city of love

The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks yesterday, as would-be divorcees flocked by the thousands to the French capital's first annual divorce fair.
November 9, 2009, 1:54 pm

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