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World

Drunk in charge of a lawnmower

Drunk while in charge of a motorised lawnmower
July 7, 2011, 7:30 am
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Husband devised electric chair for wife

Extraordinary details have emerged in a British court of how a man tried to bash and then electrocute his wife on a make-shift electric chair in his garage.
July 7, 2011, 7:45 am
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Planking teen's 'stupidity'

A magistrate in Britain has lashed out at a teenager who lay on one of the country's busiest railway tracks to be photographed planking.
July 6, 2011, 6:57 am

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Jail breakout - in a suitcase

A woman has been caught trying to sneak her common-law-husband out of a Mexican prison in a suitcase following a conjugal visit.
July 5, 2011, 11:08 am
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China opens longest bridge

China has opened the world's longest cross-sea bridge.
July 1, 2011, 6:38 am
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Family 'in plot to kill grandfather'

A family including two schoolgirls were part of an orchestrated plan to kill their grandfather to get his inheritance, a court has been told.
June 30, 2011, 7:20 am
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Scientists reveal asteroid hit-list

Scientists have released a list of countries they say would be worst affected by an asteroid strike - as a piece of space rock about the size of a large garbage truck hurtled past Earth two days ago.
June 30, 2011, 6:57 am
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Twitter founders begin new project

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has announced he is scaling back his involvement in the micro-blogging company to concentrate on a new venture.
June 29, 2011, 9:21 am
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Froth and bubble - for $184,000

As proof that having money doesn't necessarily endow a person with common sense, an American professional gambler and businessman has reportedly paid nearly $184,000 for a bottle of champagne at a London nightclub - and then sprayed it on the crowd.
June 28, 2011, 7:07 am
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Brian's Batmobile is turning heads

Retiree Brian Vann causes quite a stir when he heads to the local shop in this - a gopher transformed into the Batmobile.
June 27, 2011, 6:51 am

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Hacker group LulzSec disbanding

A publicity-seeking hacker group that has blazed a path of mayhem on the internet over the past two months, including attacks on law enforcement sites, said unexpectedly it is dissolving.
June 26, 2011, 10:42 am
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Wallys for a record

They came with a mind to conquer.
June 20, 2011, 8:01 am
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Police eye charges over 'peanut attacks'

A student in America is facing possible assault charges after wiping peanut paste on to the forehead of a student who was allergic to peanuts.
June 14, 2011, 7:55 am
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Buildings collapse as three quakes hit Christchurch

UPDATE: 3PM New Zealand’s earthquake-devastated southern city of Christchurch has been rocked by yet another huge quake, the most violent and destructive series of aftershocks to hit since the February 22 disaster killed 181 people.
June 13, 2011, 9:53 am

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Cyber pest faces jail for harassment

A judge in Britain is considering jailing a cyber pest who sent 17,000 unwanted texts, phone calls and facebook messages to his former girlfriend after they broke up.
June 10, 2011, 7:48 am
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Perth-bound flight hit by bird strike

A Perth-bound Air New Zealand flight has been forced to return to Auckland Airport after a suspected bird strike.
June 9, 2011, 12:18 pm

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Hospital staff ignored corridor body

Security cameras have captured the appalling moment staff at a British hospital dragged the lifeless body of a patient along a corridor - after ignoring the man for hours thinking he was asleep.
June 9, 2011, 8:03 am
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Indonesia issues warning over cattle ban

The Indonesian government has raised issues of discrimination following Australia’s decision to ban live cattle exports, threatening to take the case to the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
June 8, 2011, 2:54 pm
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Attacker blames Rapture

An American man charged with sexually assaulting and kidnapping a woman as she pushed her child in a pram has said he was worried about the Rapture.
June 8, 2011, 8:29 am
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No bodies at Texas farmhouse

No bodies have been found at a Texas farmhouse where a person claiming to be a psychic told officials multiple bodies were buried, a sheriff's official says.
June 8, 2011, 7:06 am
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