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9th September
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Just like a happy youngster, birthday boy Riley wolfs down his cake and pulls a satisfied ?doggy-smile? for the camera.
A householder who popped back home after forgetting his wallet was stunned to find a couple in there clearing out his things.
Two rivals are competing for one of the biggest titles around ? that of the world's shortest man.
A school that has allowed its pupils to start the day an hour later says it has seen absenteeism decline.
A bride spent her first night of married life behind bars after baring her breasts at a bouncer and attacking him with a stiletto heel.
A fugitive wanted for bank robbery in Michigan is in custody after police say he walked out of a Pittsburgh hospital and into a bar wearing only his hospital gown, with an intravenous needle still his arm. Authorities say police were called to JR's Bar Friday... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us Add to digg Add to Facebook
A bee collects nectar in a mustard flower at Sitgram village, about 185 km (115 miles) south from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri November 22, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - Being stung by a bee would have most people rushing to hospital, expect at one Beijing clinic where patients queue up to be pricked into good health.
Customers enjoy a pint of stout as they celebrate Arthur's Day in Slattery's Bar in Rathmines, Dublin, September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughtonReuters - Ireland's famous pubs and pints are reeling from their worst year yet, a report published on Monday found -- and the really bad news is it does not guarantee an end to drink-related social and health problems.
A Greek breast cancer patient, listens to her doctor after a radiological medical examination in an Athens hospital October 29, 2008. REUTERS/Yannis BehrakisReuters - Polish feminists have objected to a hospital's breast cancer prevention slogan which they say encourages workplace harassment, the Gazeta Wyborcza daily said on its website on Monday.
L?Escargot Bleu in Edinburgh has begun serving cooked horse, which some may find weird, or offensive. However, other nations devour all sorts of strange animals.
A fugitive wanted for bank robbery in Michigan is in custody after police say he walked out of a Pittsburgh hospital and into a bar wearing only his hospital gown, with an intravenous needle still his arm.
As we reported, they burn socks in Annapolis, USA, to mark the beginning of spring. But they're not the only ones with a bizarre ritual or two up their sleeves?
A woman gardening wearing only a yellow thong and pink gloves has brought neighborhood complaints and new rules from a housing authority in Colorado.
It's common to return a library book late -- but not by half a century.
Catharine Price has sparked complaints in her home town of Boulder, Colorado after going topless and tending to her bushes while wearing just a yellow thong.
It was a sticky -- and potentially stinky -- rescue for a Colorado wildlife officer who pried a peanut butter jar off a skunk's head Saturday in Grand Junction.
A fugitive wanted for bank robbery is in custody after police say he walked out of a hospital and into a bar wearing only his hospital gown, with an IV needle still in his arm
It's common to return a library book late -- but not by half a century
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Hamburg has come under attack by a group of wild boars, leading to one of the rampaging pigs to be shot by police


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