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31st July
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The rare spirits that went under the gavel at a recent online auction in New Zealand weren't aged brandies or hard-to-find liqueurs
Prosecutors in former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's perjury case are putting the spoils of their efforts on eBay.
A Pittsburgh-area woman is suing Bank of America , claiming it wrongfully repossessed her home and saying that a bank contractor trashed the house and took her parrot.
Authorities are hunting for the person who stole a 15-inch walrus tusk from Theodore Roosevelt's home on Long Island.
Cyprus' President Tassos Papadopoulos addresses a news conference at the end of a European Union Heads of State and Government summit in Brussels December 14, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Ezequiel ScagnettiReuters - Cyprus said Tuesday ransom was the motive of thieves who stole the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, found in a shallow grave Monday three months after it disappeared from its tomb.
Reuters - Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top speed of 135 miles per hour and can go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds.
Reuters - Wild elephants rampaged through a southern village in Angola last weekend, destroying farms and dozens of houses and prompting most of its 4,000 residents to flee to neighboring Namibia, a local official said Tuesday.
The curves that actress Raquel Welch is so famous for got her in trouble at O'Hare International Airport.
The face of the Messiah is back ? on the lid of a Marmite jar. Praise be.
It's now python season in South Florida. Anyone with a state hunting license and a $26 permit can go after the big snakes on public land in the Everglades
It's no fish story -- at least according to a New York pet shop owner
It's a thrill of a chill. About 350 people showed up for the second-annual Nearly Naked Run in Iowa City over the weekend
Prosecutors in former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's perjury case are putting the spoils of their efforts on eBay
A woman is suing Bank of America, claiming it wrongfully repossessed her home and saying that a bank contractor trashed the house and took her parrot
Are you worried about your pet dog having too much sex? Then you'll be delighted to know that someone has invented a chastity belt for dogs.
The rare spirits that went under the gavel at a recent online auction in New Zealand weren't aged brandies or hard-to-find liqueurs.
A Pittsburgh-area woman is suing Bank of America, claiming it wrongfully repossessed her home and saying that a bank contractor trashed the house and took her parrot.
A man who smuggled songbirds into Los Angeles from Vietnam by hiding them in his pants had his sentencing postponed.
Jesus has a strange habit of cropping up in the funniest places. Here's our top five.
A 101-year-old woman in China has surprised her relatives after growing a 6 centimetre-long horn from her forehead - and it looks like another one may be sprouting on the other side of her head.


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