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9th September
Last updated 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
The world's shortest man has died at just 21 - He Pingping is thought to have died of heart complications.
A Swiss watchmaker is hoping to raise a stink with an expensive timepiece that eschews the trade's standard gold, diamond or titanium fittings for a more earthy substance -- dinosaur dung
A town in Arizona is missing a 25-year-old bottle of brandy. When officials in Somerton opened a time capsule Saturday, they discovered mementos from 1985 -- but didn't find a bottle of Mexican brandy that was supposed to be in the capsule.
A driver was spotted driving with her bonnet stuck wide open ? and claimed she was en-route to get it repaired.
Change is in the air for Detroit city workers.
A Swiss watchmaker is hoping to raise a stink with an expensive timepiece that eschews the trade's standard gold, diamond or titanium fittings for a more earthy substance -- dinosaur dung.
For the fifth consecutive year, Inside Higher Ed presents its Academic Performance Tournament a unique look at what the National ...
Reuters - For astronauts worried about their future with NASA, good news: a private company is hiring.
Reuters - A woman who has directed 300 "female-friendly" sex films is to test the liberal-mindedness of British voters and run for parliament in an election due within weeks.
A couple enjoy the spectacular view of the last sunset of the year 2002 at Jumeirah beach in Dubai, on December 31, 2002 file photo. REUTERS/Anwar MirzaReuters - A British pair caught kissing in public in Dubai face up to a month in jail in the Gulf Arab emirate for indecency after an Emirati mother complained her child had seen their indiscretion.
Which weird picture is the weirdest? You decide, in a public battle to see which weird picture will go on to fight another day...
The story of a woman who was stranded by snow for a month after she popped out to buy a turkey could be made into a Hollywood film.
A farmer in China was surprised by a newborn calf - when it turned out to have an extra two legs and a second tail growing out of its back.
A town in Arizona is missing a 25-year-old bottle of brandy
Change is in the air for Detroit city workers
Up in rural northern New Hampshire, folks have another word for roadkill. It's "dinner"
A Wisconsin man says selling his blood to buy season tickets to the Packers saved his life
A New Zealand woman accidentally run over her husband while backing out of her drive - then accidentally did it again.
City employees in Detroit are being urged not to wear perfume or deodorant - after a lawsuit from an employee who couldn't stand her colleague's perfume.
A Florida healer iis being investigated over reports from his followers that they became sick after he encouraged them to drink the mucus of a giant African snail.


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