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6th January
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At zoos across the country, animals are packing on the pounds. Now they have a novel solution: weight-watchers for animals.
The love story is over for Petra the swan and her swan-shaped paddleboat
The love story is over for Petra the swan and her swan-shaped paddleboat
An 80-year-old man can hear his late wife's voice again, any time he wants.
AP - An 80-year-old man can hear his late wife's voice again, any time he wants. Verizon has recovered a lost message recorded by Charles Whiting's wife, Catherine, before her death in 2005.
This photo, supplied by Sheriff's Deputy Melissa Myers, shows Matthew Musnicki , hanging from rope on an Interstate 65 bridge near Athens, Tenn., on Sunday, March 16,2008. Myers, a deputy in McMinn County between Knoxville and Chattanooga,drove up on two teenagers, one dangling from a rope tied to the bridge and holding a can of spray paint.  'Matthew was going to write his name, 'loves' and then the girl's name' and Michael Clark was going to do the same with a girl's name on the other side, Myers said.  Myers said when she arrived, Clark was standing at the railing holding the rope with his friend dangling below. (AP Photo/Sheriff's Deputy Melissa Myers)AP - Two teenagers, one dangling from a rope tied to an interstate bridge and holding a can of spray paint, did not see Sheriff's Deputy Melissa Myers when she drove up. They never got a chance to express their love with graffiti.
AP - A piece of meteorite stolen from a museum was recovered after a man who owns another slice of the same rock saw it at a gun show. Someone stole the 12-by-16-inch meteorite slice valued at $5,000 from the Joshua Tree Earth and Space Museum in Lakeville about two weeks ago.
AP - A pet macaw named Danny Boy flew the coop in Carpinteria and was found 15 months later some 80 miles away in Pasadena. Greg and Susan Vasilakos, who have moved from Carpinteria to Colorado, learned days ago that Danny Boy has been found. The bird flew away on Dec. 6, 2006, leaving the couple heartbroken.
In this photo made available Tuesday March 18, 2008 by the Lloyd's of London insurance market, the Dutch owner of Chateau de la Garde in Bordeaux and producer of Tulipe Wines Ilja Gort, left, has his nose tested by specalist doctor J.A. Veldhuizen in Haarlem in The Netherlands, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008 . Lloyd's of London are insuring Gort's nose for euro5 million (US$8 million, 4 million pounds). Gort says his nose is essential to produce top quality wines. The insurance policy covers the loss of both his nose and his sense of smell. (AP Photo/Lloyd's of London, HO)AP - His schnoz is not to be sniffed at. The nose of leading European winemaker and taster Ilja Gort has been insured for euro5 million ($8 million), Lloyd's of London said Tuesday. He took out the policy after hearing about a man who lost his sense of smell in a car accident.
AP - A long love story is over at a German zoo: Petra the swan and her swan-shaped paddleboat are parting ways. Petra, a black swan, became a minor celebrity in 2006 when she became so attached to the boat — which is shaped like an oversized white swan — that she refused to leave its side.
His schnoz is not to be sniffed at.
For those readers wondering what happened in the 'Danny Boy' marathon at a coffee shop in Michigan, here's your answer. Image
History re-enactors posing as Old West gunslingers here need to follow some modern rules, the sheriff says: Guns and alcohol don't mix.
The main street of Kyoto is packed with cars during the 'golden week' holidays May 4, 2007. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)Reuters - Tokyo businesses are to start offering benefits to elderly people who give up their drivers' licences, backing a police effort to cut back on the ballooning number of traffic accidents caused by drivers over 65.
A woman pours wine into a glass at the International Trade Fair Wines and Spirits 'ProWein 2007' in Duesseldorf March 19, 2007. (Ina Fassbender/Reuters)Reuters - The Lloyd's of London insurance market has insured the nose of a leading wine maker and taster for 5 million euros ($7.9 million), covering the Bordeaux producer against the loss of his nose and sense of smell.
The sale price for a Chattanooga, Tenn., house shaped like a flying saucer is nothing to phone home about.
A businessman claims in a lawsuit that he was injured when a stripper giving him a lap dance swiveled and smacked him in the face with the heel of her shoe.
Revellers in Japan have fun with giant wooden penis as part of an annual fertility festival. Penis penis penis.
Title celebrations fall flat in Stirling as police raid a football team's dressing-room and confiscate their champagne.
A woman pours wine into a glass at the International Trade Fair Wines and Spirits 'ProWein 2007' in Duesseldorf March 19, 2007. REUTERS/Ina FassbenderReuters - The Lloyd's of London insurance market has insured the nose of a leading wine maker and taster for 5 million euros (3.9 million pounds), covering the Bordeaux producer against the loss of his nose and sense of smell.


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