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31st July
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You think you?ve had a tough week in a s**t job? Spare a thought for these graduates who will be making a career out of shovelling the stuff.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a bloke jumping out of a plane at 13,000 feet in a kayak. As you do.
A 21-year-old Texas man faces federal drug charges after authorities say he was found with 436,000 Ecstasy pills
No sooner had the shock of Haiti's earthquake passed than Chile was struck. As the repercussions of both disasters continue, urgent need remains in those countries and around the world for charitable contributions.
A monkey that has eluded capture in the Tampa Bay area for more than a year has again escaped from Florida wildlife officials.
Singapore said it will maintain a ban on chewing gum sales, a policy that has helped shape the city-state's international image as a tightly controlled, squeaky-clean island.
A monkey that has eluded capture in the Tampa Bay area for more than a year has again escaped from Florida wildlife officials
A rogue monkey that has eluded capture for more than a year and appears to be immune to tranquiliser darts has once again escaped from Florida wildlife officials.
A monkey that has eluded capture in the Tampa Bay area for more than a year has again escaped from Florida wildlife officials.
The House of Lords has a momentous decision to make: Should it get cats to chase the mice that have infested one of Britain's most famous buildings?
Reuters - A Swedish pilot with a fake commercial license was arrested in his cockpit at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport as he prepared to fly 101 passengers on a Boeing 737 to Turkey, Dutch police said Wednesday.
Reuters - Performers in London's West End are having to cope with a different kind of stage fright in the form of mice, rat and flea infestations in theatres, according to a new survey by actors' union Equity.
Children exercise during a weight-losing summer camp in Shenyang, Liaoning province, August 3, 2009. REUTERS/Sheng LiReuters - China must urgently address the physical fitness of the nation's youth or run the risk of raising a generation incapable of fighting the Japanese in a future war, the head of the country's top sports university said Thursday.
Canadians celebrate by singing the Canadian national anthem at the Eternal Flame in Ottawa, February 28, 2010. REUTERS/Chris RoussakisReuters - "O Canada," the country's national anthem, has included the line, "True patriot love in all thy sons' command," for nearly 100 years.
Police rushed to a park in Tacoma, Washington, after they received reports of a naked woman tied to a tree.
A Swedish pilot without a valid licence to fly is arrested at Amsterdam as he was about to fly with 101 passengers, Dutch police say.
A pregnant woman save her husband from the jaws of a crocodile after he almost became the South African reptile's lunch.
Prosecutors say a Southern California man who removed his grass to save water now has enough drought-tolerant plants to comply with an ordinance requiring 40 percent of a yard be covered with live landscaping. Orange City Attorney David DeBerry says he will ask that the case against 36-year-old Quan Ha be dropped at a March 16 hearing.
Patients of a northern Kentucky psychiatrist jailed on a charge he stabbed a woman with a sword have tried to keep appointments with him in jail. Kenton County jail Chief Deputy Scott Colvin said deputies have had to turn away several patients of Douglas Rank, charged last month with first-degree assault in an attack on 32-year-old woman.
Patients of a northern Kentucky psychiatrist jailed on a charge he stabbed a woman with a sword have tried to keep appointments with him in jail. Kenton County jail Chief Deputy Scott Colvin said deputies have had to turn away several patients of Douglas... Email this Article Add to del.icio.us Add to digg Add to Facebook


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