 Disgraced duke's figure moved in Madrid wax museum
(Reuters)
 19.12.2011 19:47  3 views  0 comments
Reuters - Spain's royal family has lost one of its members, at least in Madrid's Wax Museum. Read more »
|
British sprinter raises 2012 sponsorship on eBay
(Reuters)
17.12.2011 21:30 2 views 0 comments
Reuters - A top British sprinter desperate to run in his home London Olympics next year has raised 32,550 pounds ($50,500) in sponsorship by auctioning himself on eBay. Read more »
|
"Whatever" deemed most annoying word: poll
(Reuters)
16.12.2011 20:20 4 views 0 comments
Reuters - Do you want to kill a conversation? Try saying "whatever." Read more »
|
How watching football was nearly the death of a fan
(Reuters)
16.12.2011 16:32 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - Watching your favorite football team trying to hang on to a precarious lead in the dying minutes of a match is enough to frazzle anyone's nerves, but for one Manchester United fan the stress was nearly too much. Read more »
|
Rostock want sellout virtual crowd in closed doors match
(Reuters)
16.12.2011 12:37 0 views 0 comments
Reuters - Hansa Rostock are hoping their German second-division match against Dynamo Dresden will be a sell-out Sunday even though they have been ordered to play behind closed doors. Read more »
|
Dutch pot sales to foreigners go up in smoke
(Reuters)
16.12.2011 1:13 2 views 0 comments
Reuters - The reputation of the Netherlands as the go-to country for a legal joint will begin to vanish like a puff of smoke next year as sales to foreigners of cannabis and hashish in coffee shops are banned. Read more »
|
Greek man claims for 19 kids-none real, police say
(Reuters)
15.12.2011 14:37 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - A former Greek policeman who invented 19 fictional offspring to claim benefits for what would have been the largest family in Greece has been arrested for benefit fraud, police said. Read more »
|
Six-pack hunks: more than Singapore can bare?
(Reuters)
15.12.2011 5:32 2 views 0 comments
Reuters - Shirtless men clad in red sweatpants have been lining up for days in Singapore's prime shopping district, part of an advertising gimmick revealing not just muscle but also a gradual unpeeling of the city state's puritanical ways. Read more »
|
Missouri woman gets $6.1 million from unclaimed property
(Reuters)
14.12.2011 21:26 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - The holidays this year will be especially memorable for a Kansas City woman who has received a state record $6.1 million from a Missouri unclaimed property fund consisting of a single security. Read more »
|
Take off that tie to save energy, Chilean men told
(Reuters)
14.12.2011 21:10 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - Chile's government wants men in the South American country to take off their ties to help fight global warming, hoping the campaign will save on air conditioning as summer starts in the southern hemisphere. Read more »
|
Chinese man arrested for hiring wedding strippers
(Reuters)
14.12.2011 3:13 2 views 0 comments
Reuters - Chinese police have arrested a man who hired two strippers to perform at his son's wedding after the performance was mobbed by villagers, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Read more »
|
Hanover 96 pass flare-lighting fine on to fan
(Reuters)
13.12.2011 20:56 2 views 0 comments
Reuters - Hanover 96 have passed on a 4,000 euro fine for flare lighting to the fan responsible for the regulation breach, the Bundesliga club said on Tuesday. Read more »
|
Take care selling the family silver, hard up Greeks told
(Reuters)
13.12.2011 20:55 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - Greece published guidelines on Tuesday to protect its austerity-hit citizens from being ripped off by pawn shops buying their family gold and silver. Read more »
|
Italy winemaker sends literary message in the bottle
(Reuters)
13.12.2011 20:52 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - Nowadays when people spend more and more time exploring the depths of cyber space or just watching TV, every effort counts to bring them back to the traditional pleasure of reading. Read more »
|
Croat's Christmas now comes with a million lights
(Reuters)
13.12.2011 0:55 3 views 0 comments
Reuters - Zlatko Salaj has come a long way from the bleak Christmases of his youth. Read more »
|
Albanian makes world's largest coffee bean mosaic
(Reuters)
12.12.2011 23:18 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - A mosaic made with a million coffee beans by Albanian artist Saimir Strati, depicting five musicians, entered the Guinness World Records Monday as the world's largest coffee bean mosaic. Read more »
|
Actor Alec Baldwin mocks airline industry in SNL skit
(Reuters)
11.12.2011 19:27 0 views 0 comments
Reuters - Alec Baldwin dropped in on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend for a skit mocking the airline industry, issuing a fake apology from a pilot who kicked him off an American Airlines flight for playing a smart-phone game before departure. Read more »
|
Jewel of a gift lands in Kansas City area Salvation Army kettle
(Reuters)
09.12.2011 19:25 3 views 0 comments
Reuters - Tossing a stone into a Salvation Army kettle at Christmas wouldn't be a nice thing to do. Unless it's a diamond, of course. Read more »
|
"Chavez Nativity" creates controversy in Venezuela
(Reuters)
09.12.2011 18:28 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - In the Bible, shepherds and wise men paid homage to the newborn baby Jesus. In Venezuela, it seems Hugo Chavez turned up in the manger, too. Read more »
|
Cannonball hits home in "MythBusters" TV shoot
(Reuters)
08.12.2011 19:56 2 views 0 comments
Reuters - A cannonball shot during an experiment gone awry on the television show "MythBusters" crashed into a home in Northern California, but no one was injured, the company behind the program said on Wednesday. Read more »
|
Villagers Vote To Keep 'Smurf Village' Blue