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6th January
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A mysterious visitor paid his annual tribute at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe, placing three red roses and a half-filled bottle ...
Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum, walks away from original grave of  Edgar Allen Poe with a bottle of cognac and roses left by a mysterious visitor, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008, in Baltimore. Since 1949 someone has marked Poe's birthday by mysteriously leaving the items by the writer's grave. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - Undeterred by controversy, a mysterious visitor paid his annual tribute at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe early Saturday, placing three red roses and a half-filled bottle of cognac before stealing away into the darkness.
AP - A small North Dakota town is getting a bit of foreign aid to help build its community center: a $75,000 donation from Iceland.
DUBLIN - The residence of Frances ambassador to Ireland is up for sale with a 60 million euro (45 ...
BERLIN - A German football club struggling to avoid financial collapse has asked rocker Pete Dohert...
PARIS - The widow of late French President Francois Mitterrand is putting many of his clothes and ...
KATHMANDU - Nepali linguists have come across an 82-year-old woman who they believe is the last sp...
BEIJING - A 19-year-old Chinese student recorded the killing and dismembering of her married lover...
HANOI - Vietnam has seized more than a ton of ratsnakes found aboard a Vietnam Airlines flight fro...
NUREMBURG, Nuremburg, Germany, Mayor Ulrich Maly says the city zoos baby polar bear will be named ...
HANOI, A Thai Air flight out of Bangkok mirrored the 2006 horror movie "Snakes on a Plane" when off...
LONDON, Woman police constables in England have voiced objections that their uniforms are unflatter...
EDINBURGH, U.S. tourists, at least those posting on one online travel Web site, find dangers lurkin...
By The Associated Press RACINE, Wis. (AP) - A little housecleaning nearly cost the Rev. Walter Hermanns a seat at Sunday's National Football Conference championship game.
By The Associated Press RACINE, Wis. (AP) - A little housecleaning nearly cost the Rev. Walter Hermanns a seat at Sunday's National Football Conference championship game.
A mailer from a congressional candidate's campaign contains a photo of his head attached to an image of a different body that ...
AP - A mailer from a congressional candidate's campaign contains a photo of his head attached to an image of a different body that makes him look thinner.
Hundreds of thousands of brightly colored balls went cascading down Rome's famed Spanish Steps
Hundreds of thousands of brightly colored balls went cascading down Rome's famed Spanish Steps
In this farming community where nightfall usually brings clear, starry skies, residents are abuzz over reported sightings of what many believe is a UFO.


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