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9th March
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An Australian banker who was caught on live TV looking at photos of scantily clad model Miranda Kerr will not lose his job, the bank said Friday. Macquarie Bank worker Dave Kiely was at his desk as a colleague was being interviewed about interest rates when... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us Add to digg Add to Facebook
A Rhode Island man who says he couldn't afford veterinary care for his dog has been charged with illegally operating on the pet.
A New York City fourth-grader was sent to the principal's office and nearly suspended for bringing a 2-inch toy gun to school
Police say a man who stuffed 75 bottles of body lotion in his pants couldn't slip away, hampered by slacks that were nearly bursting at the seams
An ex-detective who says he was unfairly fired over his wife's marijuana-spiked meatballs has lost a court bid to get his job back
A man who stuffed 75 bottles of body lotion down his trousers failed to make a clean getaway, as he could hardly run with his lotion-filled trousers.
Reuters - An Australian banker who became an internet sensation after he was caught on live television viewing images of a scantily clad supermodel on his computer will keep his job, Macquarie Bank said Friday.
Reuters - Fast food chain McDonald's has teamed up with the Italian government to cook up a hamburger with a national twist, but the unusual initiative is giving some food lovers cultural indigestion.
Reuters - One of the world's oldest dialects, which traces its origins to tens of thousands of years ago, has become extinct after the last person to speak it died on a remote Indian island.
A Tennessee sheriff's deputy arrested on a drunken driving charge wound up in a dog house before he was taken to the big house.
A former New York City counterterrorism detective who says he was unfairly fired as a result of a failed drug test he blamed on his wife's marijuana-spiked meatballs has lost a court bid to get his job back.
Police say a Massachusetts man who stuffed 75 bottles of body lotion in his pants couldn't slip away from authorities, hampered by slacks that were nearly bursting at the seams.
A New York City fourth-grader was sent to the principal's office and nearly suspended for bringing a 2-inch toy gun to school.
Authorities in Chicago have accused a suburban Cicero man of possessing more than $1 million worth of marijuana.
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A New York City fourth-grader was sent to the principal's office and nearly suspended for bringing a 2-inch toy gun to school.
Police say a Massachusetts man who stuffed 75 bottles of body lotion in his pants couldn't slip away from authorities, hampered by slacks that were nearly bursting at the seams.
A former New York City counterterrorism detective who says he was unfairly fired as a result of a failed drug test he blamed on his wife's marijuana-spiked meatballs has lost a court bid to get his job back.
Really want people to wipe their feet? An Indian doormat may have the solution you're looking for - the world's longest doormat, measuring more than 330 feet.
The Indonesian president has banned people from protesting against his government with buffaloes that have his name painted on them.


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