India Tries To Chase Monkeys From Trains
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Aug,02
In an effort to keep monkeys out of the New Delhi subways, authorities have called in one of the few animals known to scare the creatures a fierce-looking primate called the langur, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported Wednesday.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Aug,02
Today is Wednesday, August second, the 214th day of 2006. There are 151 days left in the year.
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Bus Hits Ditch As Riders Photograph Moose
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
A bus carrying 40 elderly French tourists toppled into a ditch by a motorway in central Norway on Tuesday after passengers demanded the driver get closer to a moose grazing by the roadside so they could take snapshots, police said.
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22-Month Old Baby Loves to Water Ski
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
You may have to look twice, but yes, that's a baby water-skiing on Tainter Lake in western Wisconsin. Twenty-two-month-old Cole Marsolek of Menomonie took up water-skiing last Wednesday on a training ski. Since then he has skied everyday and only fell once, said his mother, Lissa Marsolek.
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Oops! Robber Leaves Check Book In Bank
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
A robbery suspect gave authorities a bit of help when he fled the scene of a noon holdup at People's Bank of North Alabama: He left his personal bankbook.
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Man Jailed For Waving Old Glory In Buff
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
A man was arrested and charged with public lewdness for walking naked near a highway while waving an American flag.
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Zidane's head-butt song tops French charts
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
Three weeks after France's World Cup final soccer defeat, the song inspired by captain Zinedine Zidane's fateful head-butt on Italy defender Marco Materazzi has hit number one in the nation's singles chart.
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Britons Arrested For Streaking In Greece
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
Three British men were sentenced to a month in prison and fined $1,000 each on Tuesday for stripping outdoors at a rowdy holiday resort on the island of Crete, court authorities said.
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Calif. Mom Saves Son's Life After Hunch
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
A woman saved her 13-year-old son's life after following a hunch that the 4-foot deep trench he was digging collapsed on him, officials said.
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82 Cats Seized From Smelly Calif. Home
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
Animal control officers seized 82 cats from a couple's home after neighbors complained about the odor they were causing.
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Dead Thief Proven Not So Dead After All
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
A burglar who feigned death after he was caught stealing a computer in northern Germany displayed a "masterstroke of acting," police said Tuesday.
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Fish and chips, Sherlock Holmes join icon list
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
Fish and chips, Sherlock Holmes and Monty Python have joined cricket, pubs and red double-decker buses on a growing list of England's national treasures.
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Oklahoma May Be A Bigfoot Stomping Ground
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
An old legend is emerging from the woods once again: During the last week there have been multiple sightings of a "Bigfoot" in rural Oklahoma. New images may have
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Women Sue Bacardi Over Flaming Rum
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
A second woman sued wine and spirit maker Bacardi Monday claiming she was seriously burned by flaming rum during a night out with a friend, who has also sued the company.
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Hungarians keen for 'Chuck Norris Bridge'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
The American action hero Chuck Norris is leading a government poll in Hungary that has been set up to find a name for a new bridge in Budapest.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
Today is Tuesday, August first, the 213th day of 2006. There are 152 days left in the year.
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Mom Tracks Down Toilet-Tissue Pranksters
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
Teenagers who toilet-papered and damaged a home now face felony vandalism charges because of a mother's extraordinary sleuthing.
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Waitress Gets Her Stolen ID When Carding Patron
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
A bar waitress checking to see if a woman was legally old enough to drink was handed her own stolen driver's license, which was reported missing weeks earlier, police said.
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Honda Owner Manual Lists Talk Line
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
A toll-free number listed in more than a million Honda owners' manuals was supposed to direct callers to a government hotline _ not to another number where the conversation is probably about anything but auto safety.
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Lewd Litter Spoils Some Spokane Parks
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
Litter from sexual activity is unpleasantly evident in High Bridge and People's parks, reflecting years of lewd conduct in the open air, police and park officials say.
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Beekeeper Brings 20,000 Wasps Into Home
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
A German beekeeper attracted more than 20,000 wasps into his home when he brought his honeycombs indoors, but managed to escape injury, police said Sunday.
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Cops: Wife Pulls Gun On Pastor In Church
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
A preacher's wife was arrested after police say she pulled a gun on her husband because she allegedly was upset over text messages he had sent to a member of a church youth group.
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New Zealand Bars Adopt Sin Bin Cards
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Aug,01
Inspired by the yellow and red penalty cards flashed by football referees, some New Zealand bars are using color-coded cards to help curb excess drinking.
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Brazil's military to airlift penguins back home
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,31
Brazil's air force and navy will transport more than 100 penguins to Antarctica next month after the flightless birds were stranded on Rio de Janeiro beaches.
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Underground Bunker In Shanghai Can Shelter 200,000
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,31
Shanghai has constructed a massive underground bunker complex capable of sheltering 200,000 people from a nuclear attack, a local newspaper reported.
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Today In History - July 31, 2006
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Jul,31
Today is Monday, July 31st, the 212th day of 2006. There are 153 days left in the year.
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Nothing is rotten in the state of Denmark
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,30
A British psychologist has produced the first 'world map of happiness' and it seems if you are looking for happiness, go and live in Denmark.
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Hidden Camera Focuses On Alaska Grizzlies
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,30
Only a lucky few humans are allowed each summer to get up close and personal with the McNeil River bears, but thanks to the wilderness equivalent of the "Big Brother" show, the animals are available to the world.
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Video Shows Car Plow Through Crowd
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,30
In a video released Sunday morning, police in southeast Connecticut released surveillance video of last month's horrific accident in New London when a car drove through a crowd during the town's Sailfest celebration.
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Artist Builds Vegas Sign With Cards, Dice
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,30
Take 500 decks of playing cards, 1,800 poker chips, 800 dice and more than a few tubes of Super Glue. Add an artist who likes to stack things and mix in some Vegas glitz. "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas," or at least welcome to a life-size replica of the famous sign made out cards, dice and poker chips.
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Man Charged With Setting Girlfriend Aflame
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Jul,30
A man was charged early Saturday with an attack on his girlfriend that left her with second- and third-degree burns on her upper body.
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Today is Sunday, July 30th, the 211th day of 2006. There are 154 days left in the year.
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Oxfam shop auctions break-in weapon
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,29
The British charity Oxfam says it has sold an ordinary brick used by thieves to break in to one of their shops for 225 pounds ($A547) on an Internet auction site.
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Activist wins conger cuddling ban
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,29
An English fishing town has banned the sport of conger cuddling after an animal activist complained.
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Chinese Man Leaves Hospital After Face Transplant
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,29
A Chinese farmer who received a partial face transplant after being mauled by a black bear has been discharged from the hospital and will go back to his rural mountain village, state media said Saturday.
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Lightning Strikes Las Vegas Propane Facility
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,29
Witnesses say lightning struck a propane facility in north Las Vegas Friday night causing a huge explosion. Officials evacuated people to a casino.
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Utah Teen Sets Text Messaging Record
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,29
A Utah teen with fingers of fury is once again the speed text-messaging king of the world. Ben Cook, 18, of Provo, Utah, returned to the top of the cell-phone text-messaging heap Friday at a Denver text-off at a water park, blazing through a 160-character standardized message in 42.22 seconds.
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Poisoned Pigeons Fall Like 'Dive Bombers'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,29
An attempt to control pigeons at a hospital went awry when sick and dying birds falling from the sky disrupted emergency room operations.
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Bottle Rockets Ruffle Chicken's Feathers
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,29
A man accused of shooting bottle rockets at another man in a chicken suit was arrested on Wednesday and charged with assault in the second degree and with discharging fireworks in the city limits.
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Man Finds 188-Year-Old Bible In Dump Bin
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,29
Electrician Michael Hoskins is not averse to browsing when he drops off trash at the Route 41 dump bin, and a recent visit rewarded his curiosity. Hoskins said he discovered a 188-year-old King James Bible. Now he's fending off offers approaching $1,000 for the find.
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Man Accused Of Biting Off Rooster's Head
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Jul,29
A man accused of biting the head off his pet rooster was arrested Friday and faces up to a year in prison if convicted, an animal protection spokesman said.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,28
Christians tuning into their Sunday radio sermons and Bible stories were in for a shock this week when their favourite Californian station suddenly moved to an all-sex format.
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McCartney's first guitar strikes a chord with bidders
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,28
The guitar that Beatles legend Paul McCartney learnt to play his first chords on has sold for $A803,000 at auction.
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'King' all-blacked in Lang Park prank
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,28
A statue of rugby league legend Wally Lewis outside Brisbane's Lang Park was painted black early this morning in an apparent stunt by a New Zealand fan ahead of tonight's Bledisloe Cup match at the venue.
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Bystander lifts car off trapped cyclist
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,28
A bystander at a road accident in the US heaved a car clean off a trapped teenage cyclist, possibly saving his life, police say.
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Fire Hydrant Turns Into Geyser In California
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,28
A fire hydrant started spouting a geyser of water early Wednesday in San Fernando, CA creating minor flooding in the area.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,28
A man's taste in women depends on how hungry he is, according to research cited in British newspapers.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Jul,28
Transport authorities promised swift action Friday after discovering some New Zealanders have listed their cars as hearses to cut their registration fees.
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