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5th January
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"American Idol" contestant David Hernandez worked three years at a male strip club in Phoenix, a manager at the club confirmed in an Associated Press article.
Officials of one Long Island, New York, community see nothing funny in Silly String.
Voters in a Vermont town decide whether Bush & Cheney should be charged with violating the Constitution
A man who punched his lawyer in a courtroom last month has been sentenced to six months in jail
A man banned from contacting his ex admits breaching the order after police found him hiding in her dog kennel. Image
Want to protect your business? Burglar alarms not manly enough for you? Why not install a catapult and a cannon?
Chad's government is digging a three-metre deep trench around the capital to prevent further rebel attacks.
Two Boston-area mothers face assault and battery charges after fighting at a Chuck E. Cheese when one woman's son spent too much time on a game, police said.
US air force e-mails, some including presidential flight plans, have been mistakenly sent to a tourism website.
Stars are seen in the desert sky November 18, 2006. British spies hired an astrologer during World War Two, although many thought he was a fraud, and even sent him to the United States on a propaganda mission, secret documents released on Tuesday revealed. (Ali Jarekji/Reuters)Reuters - British spies hired an astrologer during World War Two, although many thought he was a fraud, and even sent him to the United States on a propaganda mission, secret documents released on Tuesday revealed.
German armed forces soldiers of the Bundeswehr troops who served in Afghanistan for ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) prepare before a welcoming ceremony west of Munich in this August 4, 2007 file photo. Germany's young soldiers are fat, smoke too much and don't take enough exercise, a report on the armed services said March 4, 2008. (Miro Kuzmanovic/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Germany's young soldiers are fat, smoke too much and don't exercise enough, a report on the armed services said on Tuesday.
A man who punched his lawyer in a Kentucky courtroom last month has been sentenced to six months in jail.
Beijing has the most public toilets of any city in the world, the official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday.
An actor is considering legal action after he claimed a naked image of him on a Royal Opera House poster was air-brushed to make his package look smaller, it was reported. Image
Bikini model acquitted when the court finds that the size of her breasts would have prevented her from committing the crime.
Thai officials have urged Buddhist monks to stop using social networking websites to flirt with women. Image
Princess Eugenie has described her relationships with her family in a magazine interview to mark her 18th birthday.
An owl has given up on more traditional methods of owl locomotion, like flying, instead opting to travel around on a bicycle.
Stand by your ham. Prime Minister Gordon Brown may hear a few off-key choruses of that song Tuesday as pig farmers bring their ...
Cops burst into house thinking they've found a drugs lab. Turns out to actually contain lashings of ginger beer.


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