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6th January
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BARNSTABLE, Mass. - 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.
AP - When Brian Reali deploys to Kuwait as a captain in the Ohio National Guard, he'd like to leave some of his city salary behind.
An East Texas woman is the victim of a cold-hearted crime of winter
This charity concert might stink no matter how well its singers perform
AP - A gas station clerk is accused of defrauding her boss out of nearly $50,000 by selling fuel to her family and friends for a tenth of a penny a gallon.
A Swedish university has received $590,000 in research funds to measure the greenhouse gases released when cows belch.
This charity concert might stink no matter how well its singers perform.
AP - This charity concert might stink no matter how well its singers perform.
Russian First Deputy Prime Minister and presidential candidate Dmitry Medvedev is shown in this file picture. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Dmitry AstakhovReuters - Russia's likely future president, Dmitry Medvedev, does not have a car of his own and the only family transport is his wife's nine-year-old Volkswagen Golf, an official income declaration showed on Monday.
AP - A Swedish university has received $590,000 in research funds to measure the greenhouse gases released when cows belch.
Reuters - A rare 11th century rock crystal ewer, misidentified as a 19th Century French claret jug, has sold for 220,000 pounds at auction, more than one thousand times its pre-sale estimate, the Art Newspaper said on Monday.
AP - His lottery ticket was a $1,000 winner, but police have seized it saying it was bought with proceeds from an illegal drug sale.
Thai flight attendants are calling for a ban on a new soap opera which they say is demeaning.
Shoppers pass a Marks and Spencer store in central London, January 8, 2008. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - Millions of men buy their underpants from Marks and Spencer -- and one of them is not happy.
Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman is to discuss the quality of Mark and Spencer's pants with its boss, Sir Stuart Rose.
File photo shows a passenger aircraft flying as the sun sets in New Delhi, January 8, 2008. Two in three Australian travelers are either members of the notorious Mile High Club or would like to be a member, a survey showed on Monday. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Two in three Australian travellers are either members of the notorious Mile High Club or would like to be a member, a survey showed on Monday.
Reuters - Turkmenistan will end its seven-year ban on opera and the circus introduced by the Caspian nation's former eccentric leader, state media reported.
BALTIMORE - Undeterred by controversy, a mysterious visitor paid his annual tribute at the grave of ...
SANTIAGO - An 81-year old man in the small Chilean village of Angol shocked his grieving relatives b...
CHOM BUNG, The sign-up sheet for Sundays Chom Bung 10-kilometer race in Thailand included a 94-year...


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