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6th January
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U.S. actress Angelina Jolie poses at the premiere of Reuters - Eyes like Katie Holmes, the sultry pout of Angelina Jolie and a body like Jessica Biel make the perfect woman -- at least in the opinion of plastic surgery patients in Beverly Hills.
In a Jan. 23 story about a rocket on display at a veterans' museum, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Maryland State Fire Marshal's office, erroneously reported the rocket was live. The office learned late Wednesday that the Mark 1 rocket was a dummy after it was examined by Army experts, but only disclosed that information Thursday.
AP - The skies won't seem especially friendly to anyone taking off from Philadelphia International Airport if they notice what a suburban couple wrote on the roof of their home.
A Muncie woman says that despite what the government says, she's not dead.
Reuters - A priest who continued saying Mass while the body of a man who died of a heart attack during the service was still on the church floor defended himself on Thursday, saying that is what he would have wanted.
Reuters - Malawi will investigate fears that labour-intensive manual irrigation pumps distributed to poor farmers are hurting their sexual performance.
Reuters - The ancient Romans may have mastered the art of building impressive aqueducts to deliver water across their empire, but modern day Italian engineers seem to be struggling with water retention, a study shows.
AP - You just don't want to eat some greens.
You just don't want to eat some greens.
History could have come to life in very much the wrong way at a veterans' museum
It took Vicki Armstrong almost 19 years to save $550, one penny at a time
Nick Leeson stands on the shore of Galway Bay in this April 21, 2004 file photo. The trader accused of costing French bank Societe Generale $7.2 billion may yet carve out a new career for himself, judging by bidding war on January 24, 2008 for interviews with Leeson, who brought down Barings. Leeson's British-based agent Neil Martin said the former rogue trader, who spent three-and-a-half years in a Singaporean jail following the collapse of Barings in the 1990s, would give a limited number of interviews to the highest bidders. REUTERS/Paul McErlane/FilesReuters - The trader accused of costing French bank Societe Generale $7.2 billion (3.7 billion pound) may yet carve out a new career for himself, judging by Thursday's bidding war for interviews with Nick Leeson, who brought down Barings.
Reuters - It's official. Postal delivery is as slow as snails, at least in Poland.
Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (L) is interviewed by talk show host Jay Leno during a taping of the 'Tonight Show with Jay Leno' in Burbank, California January 2, 2008. Leno got the last laugh Wednesday in his legal battle with the creator of numerous joke books filled with stolen gags and punch lines. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno got the last laugh Wednesday in his legal battle with the creator of numerous joke books filled with stolen gags and punch lines.
Reuters - China's broadcast watchdog has slammed a provincial station for ignoring an order to remove sexually explicit television programs from the air, and demanded better "spiritual food" for viewers.
Reuters - An Australian teenager who hosted a wild party that caused a near-riot after 500 guests saw his Internet invitation has decided to turn professional and will host a national party tour, he said on Thursday.
Petit Gris snails are fed at the snail farm of French breeder Dominique Pierru near Soissons, northeast of Paris, December 19, 2007. An IT worker, after receiving a letter on January 3 that was sent on December 20 as priority mail, calculated that a snail would have made it even faster to his home than the letter. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)Reuters - It's official. Postal delivery is as slow as snails, at least in Poland.
It took Vicki Armstrong almost 19 years to save $550, which isn't much of an accomplishment -- except that she did it one penny at a time.
A cyclist rides along a bicycle lane in Beijing November 19, 2007. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IVReuters - China has halved the number of bicycles stolen to about 2 million in the past nine months, police said on Thursday, following a campaign to clamp down on theft months before its capital hosts the Olympics.
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