 Hordes of bats delight Texas city residents
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 28.07.2011 18:22  17 views  0 comments
Reuters - A drought in the state of Texas, where 1.5 million bats are living under a bridge in the city of Austin, has fueled a bat frenzy with locals gathering each night to view the nocturnal creatures. Read more »
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Germans brew more beer for first time since 2007
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28.07.2011 18:20 25 views 0 comments
 Reuters - Warm weather and a strong export market in the first six months of the year have helped German brewers reverse a long decline in beer production.
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U.S. man operates on himself with butter knife
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27.07.2011 16:08 6 views 0 comments
Reuters - A 63-year-old American man with a hernia plunged a butter knife into his abdomen to try to fix the problem, and later put a lit cigarette in the wound, according to police. Read more »
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Hit UFO image was polystyrene, says forger
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27.07.2011 15:59 6 views 0 comments
Reuters - A Belgian UFO photograph that became a worldwide hit was faked with a piece of polystyrene, one of the people behind the picture has revealed more than 20 years later in a TV interview. Read more »
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City offers to turn dog poo into gold
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27.07.2011 15:59 6 views 0 comments
Reuters - A city in northern Taiwan is trying the Midas touch to persuade reluctant residents to clean up after their canines: offering a chance to win gold bars to anyone handing in bags of doggy deposits. Read more »
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Half of men would ditch woman who gained weight?
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27.07.2011 15:58 5 views 0 comments
Reuters - Men are more concerned with their partner's body type than women but they also seem to value family more highly, according to a new survey released on Tuesday. Read more »
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Jail guard guilty of serving up hacksaw blade
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27.07.2011 15:58 8 views 0 comments
Reuters - In old movies, the inmate usually got a hacksaw blade secreted into his cell baked in a cake. Read more »
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Yard banner for U.S. Marine sparks legal tussle
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26.07.2011 17:08 8 views 0 comments
Reuters - When Corey Burr left to serve with U.S. forces in Afghanistan in January, his parents erected a banner in their front yard with his photo and a message: "Our son defends our freedom". Read more »
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Maharaja's tiger hunting Rolls may fetch $1 million
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26.07.2011 17:05 5 views 0 comments
Reuters - Auction house Bonhams will put under the hammer a rare Rolls Royce Phantom modified for tiger hunting by an Indian maharaja during the days of the British Raj, featuring a mounted machine gun and a cannon, that may fetch up to $1 million. Read more »
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Politician raffles breast implants
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27.08.2010 18:58 86 views 0 comments
 Reuters - A Venezuelan politician is offering breast implants as a prize in a raffle to raise funds for his parliamentary election campaign.
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Permission to laugh at election -- for now
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27.08.2010 17:38 69 views 0 comments
 Reuters - Brazil's election is a laughing matter again, at least for now.
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Britain being "overrun" by street signs
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26.08.2010 22:29 66 views 0 comments
 Reuters - The British government has declared war on the profusion of unnecessary road traffic signs, railings and advertising boards, saying they blight towns' English character.
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"Ordain women," London bus ads will urge Pope
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26.08.2010 18:54 74 views 0 comments
 Reuters - Pope Benedict will be confronted by posters on London's famous red buses during his trip to the British capital next month which will call for the ordination of women priests.
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T-shirt explains Philadelphia's blunt speech
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26.08.2010 18:54 77 views 0 comments
 Reuters - For Mike Monteiro, a transplanted Philadelphian who now lives in California, his T-shirt says it all.
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Police guard home of woman who put cat in bin
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25.08.2010 19:22 75 views 0 comments
Reuters - The home of a woman filmed picking up a cat and throwing it into a rubbish bin is under police guard in Britain after her actions sparked outrage from animal lovers and even death threats. Read more »
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Alternative tours draw travelers to Mexico
(Reuters)
25.08.2010 19:22 76 views 0 comments
 Reuters - While most travelers flock to Mexico to sip margaritas on white-sand beaches, a hardy few choose lesser-known tourist sites where they are chased down by immigration agents or risk their lives in dangerous slums.
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Man, shot in head, notices five years later
(Reuters)
24.08.2010 17:47 82 views 0 comments
 Reuters - A Polish man living in Germany went about his business for about five years without noticing he had been shot in the head because he was drunk when it happened. Police in the western city of Bochum said on Tuesday doctors found a .22 caliber bullet in the back of his head after the 35-year-old went to have what he thought was a cyst removed.
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Dog who ate beehive wins unusual pet insurance award
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24.08.2010 17:46 72 views 0 comments
Reuters - A Labrador that ate a beehive containing pesticides and thousands of dead bees won an award on Monday that recognized the most unusual pet health insurance claim in the United States. Read more »
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Egypt culture chief sleepless over Van Gogh theft
(Reuters)
24.08.2010 17:44 81 views 0 comments
 Reuters - Egypt's culture minister blamed "incompetent" security staff for the theft of a $55 million Van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum and said worries for the safety of the country's art treasures are depriving him of sleep.
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UK reality TV programme branded "freak show"
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23.08.2010 19:56 72 views 0 comments
Reuters - A new British reality TV show, which will film two people -- one disfigured, the other attractive -- living together in a house full of mirrors, has been branded a "freak show" by critics. Read more »
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Marine credits karma for $2.9 million jackpot