 Colorado woman accused of damaging $30 million painting
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 05.01.2012 15:09  4 views  0 comments
Reuters - A 36-year-old woman was accused of causing $10,000 worth of damage to a painting by the late abstract expressionist artist Clyfford Still, a work valued at more than $30 million, authorities said on Wednesday. Read more »
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Women are a mystery to British physicist Hawking
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05.01.2012 14:07 5 views 0 comments
Reuters - The biggest mystery in the universe perplexing one of the world's best known scientists is -- women. Read more »
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Give slim kids higher marks, says French diet guru
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04.01.2012 21:57 4 views 0 comments
Reuters - Pierre Dukan, the nutritionist behind the popular but controversial Dukan diet, has suggested that France tackle child obesity by giving extra exam marks for slimness. Read more »
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Maldives lifts ban on luxury resort spas
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04.01.2012 21:56 4 views 0 comments
 Reuters - A ban on luxury spas at hotels and massage parlors in the Maldives was lifted on Wednesday under pressure from the country's key tourism industry a week after it was imposed as part of an effort to curb perceived vice.
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U.S. twin births have doubled in three decades: study
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04.01.2012 21:56 4 views 0 comments
 Reuters - The number of twins born in the United States has doubled in the last three decades largely as a result of fertility treatments, with one in 30 infants born in 2009 a twin, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
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Two die, 561 hurt in Italian New Year celebrations
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01.01.2012 14:53 4 views 0 comments
Reuters - Two men were killed and 561 other people were wounded as Italians celebrated the New Year with massive displays of illegal and homemade fireworks, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday. Read more »
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"Occupy" makes annual list of most overused words
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01.01.2012 0:47 3 views 0 comments
Reuters - Occupy this: the trash bin. At least, so say students at Michigan's Lake Superior State University who released an annual list of words they deem so misused, overused and cliched they should be banished in the year ahead. Read more »
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Hello Heidi to bye bye bunga bunga in 2011 odd news
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30.12.2011 15:09 4 views 0 comments
Reuters - Bunga Bunga, Zenga Zenga, a tweeting cobra and other wacky news capped a year that saw the capture of America's most wanted man and the overthrow of dictators. Read more »
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New Year's Day to come early as Samoa leaps ahead
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30.12.2011 1:20 5 views 0 comments
Reuters - If you are reading this on Friday you cannot be in Samoa. Read more »
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Venezuela's Chavez: Did U.S. give Latin American leaders cancer?
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29.12.2011 6:51 4 views 0 comments
 Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speculated on Wednesday that the United States might have developed a way to give Latin American leaders cancer, after Argentina's Cristina Fernandez joined the list of presidents diagnosed with the disease.
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Stressed Chinese fight back - with pillows
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28.12.2011 20:44 4 views 0 comments
Reuters - A whirlwind of pillows bearing the names of bosses and teachers filled the air as hundreds of Chinese gathered to blow off stress in Shanghai, staging a massive pillow battle. Read more »
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For the not-so-serious drinker: Marshmallow vodka
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28.12.2011 20:29 4 views 0 comments
 Reuters - Vodkas flavored with citrus and berry have been around for years and recently some newer brands have been trying to create buzz with unusual flavors.
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Now or never for workers as "Elvis" the croc strikes again
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28.12.2011 18:17 4 views 0 comments
Reuters - Two workers at a reptile park near Sydney were all shook up Wednesday, running for their lives when a 500 kg crocodile named Elvis suddenly lunged at them, making off with their lawnmower. Read more »
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Whale sperm, orgasmic feet top 2011 bad science list
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28.12.2011 0:11 4 views 0 comments
Reuters - From whale sperm to colon cleansers to the shape of a woman's foot when she has an orgasm, celebrities did not disappoint during 2011 with their penchant for peddling suspect science in the world's media. Read more »
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Crime scene cleanup ad lifts Handel's Messiah
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27.12.2011 17:26 4 views 0 comments
Reuters - Who says beautiful music and blood spatter cleanup can't go together. Read more »
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Boston student re-united with $170,000 violin
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25.12.2011 16:53 4 views 0 comments
Reuters - Christmas came early for a Boston music student who was reunited with the $170,000 violin she forgot in the overhead compartment of a regional commuter bus she rode last week, police said. Read more »
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NORAD's Santa tracking set to launch on Christmas Eve
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23.12.2011 19:10 4 views 0 comments
 Reuters - With Santa's departure from the North Pole imminent, preparations to track his global trek were underway on Friday at an aerospace command center in Colorado.
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Waiting for Congress, Obama takes dog Bo shopping
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21.12.2011 21:50 4 views 0 comments
 Reuters - With his wife and daughters already in Hawaii for the holidays, President Barack Obama took his dog Bo shopping on Wednesday as he waited for congressional leaders to mop up a payroll tax mess that has kept him in Washington.
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Mystery buyer acquires vatican.xxx web address
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21.12.2011 21:44 4 views 0 comments
Reuters - The Vatican said on Wednesday an unknown buyer had snapped up the internet address vatican.xxx, a domain combining its name with an extension reserved for pornographic content. Read more »
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Hungary tech firm immortalizes Steve Jobs in bronze
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21.12.2011 20:40 4 views 0 comments
 Reuters - A Hungarian software company unveiled what it said was the world's first bronze statue of Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs Wednesday, calling him one of the greatest personalities of the modern age.
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A woman motorist stranded for two days in one of the remotest parts of Australia has said thought she was going to die as she walked miles in blistering heat for help....
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