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6th January
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Here's some food for thought: If you have nude photos of your wife on your cell phone, hang onto it.
A Sydney architectural firm suggests converting some of the area's 360,000 swimming pools into mother-in-law apartments -- draining them first. Nobbs Radford Architects' proposal was the runner-up in the Architecture Australia Prize for Unbuilt Work, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
A West Virginia mother faces charges after being accused of burning the word "wimp" into her 6-year-old daughter's neck. Tammy Smith is charged with five counts of child abuse and of malicious assault, all felonies. Moundsville Police Chief Jim Kudlak said... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us Add to digg Add to Facebook
A jaguar from Mexico recently had dental work done at the zoo in Phoenix by a father-son team.
Authorities in Michigan say a hunter's stray bullet has grazed two young boys at a day care near Cheboygan. The Cheboygan County sheriff's department says a 43-year-old woman fired her rifle at a deer on Thursday but the bullet penetrated a wall and grazed... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us Add to digg Add to Facebook
Residents along mailman Steve Padgett's route in Apex, N.C., say he's their hero for refusing to deliver at least seven years' worth of junk mail. Padgett, 58, was given probation this week in federal court for failing to deliver pizza fliers, menu advertisements and store discount notices. Padgett, who has diabetes and heart problems, said he started burying the junk mail in his yard and hiding it in his garage because he was overwhelmed by the amount of direct advertising mail he was supposed to deliver, said his attorney, noting not one customer on Padgett's route ever complained of missing the junk mail. Padgett's secret was discovered when a utility worker noticed bins of mail stacking up in his yard and reported him, the Los Angeles Times said Saturday.
Encouraged by police, residents of a Washington neighborhood have started an e-mail campaign to keep a teenage robbery suspect in custody. The teenager has been arrested three times for a string of 21 robberies in Columbia Heights in which he allegedly knocked down people to steal their money, iPods and cell phones, The Washington Post reported Saturday. The suspect, whose most recent arrest was Friday, allegedly committed more crimes soon after being released following earlier arrests, said Edward Delgado, a city police inspector who sent an e-mail bulletin to residents of Columbia Heights pleading for them to inundate City Attorney Peter Nickles with calls and e-mails demanding the teen remain in custody, the Post reported. I am concerned that if this person is released again he may commit more robberies or, worse, harm one of you, Delgado said in his e-mail to residents.
Don't expect to hear these Bible stories at church. Cannibalism, rape, a bear that mauls children _ this is the Bible? They're among six stories from the Old Testament acted out in "Terror Texts," a musical at Northwestern College in Orange City. Adding to... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us Add to digg Add to Facebook
AP - Police in Ohio have arrested a 68-year-old woman on a bank robbery charge — and they want to know if she's the so-called "Granny Robber" they've been seeking since last May.
Three-year-old giant panda Tai Shan snacks on bamboo in his exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo Panda Habitat on November 7, 2008. As the weather cools, giant pandas increase their daily consumption of bamboo. Picture taken November 7.     REUTERS/Mehgan Murphy-Smithsonian’s National Zoo/Handout    (UNITED STATES).  FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.AP - A college student in southern China was bitten by a panda after he broke into the bear's enclosure hoping to get a hug, state media and a park employee said Saturday.
A Chinese college student who wanted to hug a panda bear climbed into its pen, but instead of getting a cuddle he was mauled by the animal, officials said.
Reuters - A panda at a zoo in southern China attacked a student who snuck into its pen hoping for a cuddle with the endangered bear, state media said on Saturday.
Postcards designed by some of the world's best known artists are to go on sale later at London's Royal College of Art.
Reuters - Australia is to modify a test for prospective new citizens to exclude questions on history and culture, and specifically cricket legend Sir Donald Bradman, a government minister said on Saturday.


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