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6th January
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The luck keeps rolling for a convicted bank robber who won a $1 million lottery prize
You'd expect Green Bay fans to be stocking up on Packer jerseys and hats for this weekend's NFC championship game.
The luck keeps rolling for a convicted bank robber who won a $1 million lottery prize: Though he violated his probation by buying the ticket, a judge says he can keep the money.
Reuters - The residence of France's ambassador to Ireland is up for sale with a 60 million euro (45 million pound) price tag that would make it the most expensive home ever sold in the Irish Republic.
Reuters - A would-be Canadian robber picked the wrong place at the wrong time this week, attempting to hit a liquor store -- right across the street from a police station in the midst of a shift change.
A Chinese cigarette vendor displays her merchandise at a sidewalk in Beijing February 10, 2006. Beijing's first smoke-free restaurant chain faces going out of business after its customers deserted it in droves after the ban was enforced, state media reported on Friday. (Claro Cortes IV/Reuters)Reuters - Beijing's first smoke-free restaurant chain faces going out of business after its customers deserted it in droves after the ban was enforced, state media reported on Friday.
A keyboard is seen in a file photo. More than half of teachers in a survey said they thought plagiarism from the Internet is a problem. (Catherine Benson/Reuters)Reuters - More than half of teachers in a survey said they thought plagiarism from the Internet is a problem.
AP - The luck keeps rolling for a convicted bank robber who won a $1 million lottery prize: Though he violated his probation by buying the ticket, a judge says he can keep the money.
Boomerangs really do come back -- even after 25 years
Some conversative college students don't want to feel like they need a cold shower after their workout
The identical twins earned perfect ACT scores
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What was this guy smoking? Police report busting a Washington State University student twice in the same night for smoking pot.
Reuters - Nepali linguists have come across an 82-year-old woman who they believe is the last speaker of the Dura language, and hope to record the language before she dies.
A clown performs during the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Bellobration show at Madison Square Garden in New York April 10, 2007. Unhappy clowns from around the world say a study that reported that children didn't like them has wiped the big smile from their faces, and have been falling over their large shoes to put their case. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - Unhappy clowns from around the world say a study that reported that children didn't like them has wiped the big smile from their faces, and have been falling over their large shoes to put their case.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's forthcoming visit to India sends officials looking into protocol manuals over how to treat his girlfriend.
British pop group Babyshambles' lead singer Pete Doherty performs during the Glastonbury music festival in Somerset, south-west England, June 23, 2007. REUTERS/Dylan MartinezReuters - A German football club struggling to avoid financial collapse has asked rocker Pete Doherty to help publicize their plight as he supported the side as a boy, Doherty's manager and club officials said on Friday.
Reuters - The widow of late French President Francois Mitterrand is putting many of his clothes and personal effects up for sale 12 years after his death, including silk suits, top hats, crocodile-skin cases and a shapely piggy-bank.
In this photo released by the 'Tiergarten Nuernberg' zoo in Nuremberg on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008 shows the still unnamed polar bear cub. So far its nickname is Flocke (Flake). (AP Photo/Tiergarten Nuernberg, Ralf Schedlbauer) * EDITORIAL USE ONLY * NO SALESAP - What will Germany's new polar bear celebrity be called?


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