British teen treks toward North Pole record
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
A British teenager has set off for the geographic North Pole in a bid to become the youngest person in the world to walk to the Earth's most northerly point.
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'Brokeback' Banned In Massachusetts Prison
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
A controversy is brewing over a screening of the Oscar winning film "Brokeback Mountain" at a Massachusetts prison.
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`Tarzan' Chimp Celebrates 74th Birthday
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
AP - Cheeta the chimp, star of a dozen "Tarzan" movies in the 1930s and 1940s, celebrated his 74th birthday with sugar-free cake.
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Neighbors Complain About Live Butcher Shop
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
AP - A proposed shop that would sell and butcher live chickens faces opposition from neighbors who fear the sounds and stench from the slaughter.
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Two Charged With Filing Fake Obituary
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
AP - Two people who police say conspired to get off of work for a few days by filing a fake obituary with a newspaper have been arrested.
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Woman, 82, Gets Ticket for Slow Crossing
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
AP - An 82-year-old woman received a $114 ticket for taking too long to cross a street. Mayvis Coyle said she began shuffling with her cane across Foothill Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley when the light was green, but was unable to make it to the other side before it turned red.
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British Teacher Loses 'Farting' Chair Case
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
AP - An employment tribunal has ruled against a British teacher who claimed a noisy chair made classroom life a misery.
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9-Year-Old Is Veteran Bullfighter
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
AP - Rafita Mirabal does what few would when faced with an angry, 400-pound animal charging at him: He holds his ground.
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Shop worker finds cocaine instead of bananas
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - A supermarket worker's discovery of 20
kilograms (44 lb) of cocaine hidden in a case of fruit had
German police going bananas.
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Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
A Malaysian man said he nearly fainted when he recieved a $218 trillion phone bill and was ordered to pay up within 10 days or face prosecution, a newspaper reported Monday.
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Report: Malaysian man hit with $218 trillion phone bill
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
A Malaysian man was speechless when he received a $218 trillion phone bill and was ordered to pay up within 10 days or face prosecution, ...
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"Mr. Switzerland" to entice women during World Cup
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - For women bored at the thought of this
summer's World Cup finals in Germany, neighbour Switzerland is
offering an alternative packed with beefcake.
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How Much! The World's Priciest Sarnie
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
The world's most expensive sandwich, priced at £85, has gone on sale at Selfridge's department store in London.Between two slices of fermented sour dough bread is stuffed a filling of foie gras, black truffle, fine brie cheese and red pepper confit.
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Trivia reigns for Queen's 80th birthday
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
 Reuters - The Queen owns all the whales and
dolphins in British waters and has been given a string of
exotic gifts from Brazilian jaguars to a grove of Maple trees.
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Mysterious Iceball Hits Oakland
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Even the experts are having trouble explaining a solid block of ice that fell from the sky, crashed into earth and left behind a three-foot hole in the grass in an Oakland, Calif., park.
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Swiss Mystery Park needs saviour to materialise
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - Long ago, astronauts from outer space
visited earth to lay the foundations for human civilisation,
Erich von Daeniken says.
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Tijuana "zebras" latest casualty of Mexico drug war
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - Posing in a Mexican sombrero
for a souvenir photograph, a tourist pauses to rub the snout of
a zebra. Throwing back its ears it starts to shift, snort and
heave until a rasping bray erupts.
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Queen Elizabeth sent her first email in 1976
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Queen Elizabeth sent her first email as long as 40 years ago, according to a list of 80 facts about the monarch released by Buckingham Palace to mark her 80th birthday on April 21.
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Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
AP - A Malaysian man said he nearly fainted when he recieved a $218 trillion phone bill and was ordered to pay up within 10 days or face prosecution, a newspaper reported Monday.
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Die-hard soccer fans take zeal to grave
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - Many fans of
Argentina's most popular soccer team, Boca Juniors, pledge
eternal devotion to the club. And with new Boca caskets on
sale, they can put their money where their mouths are.
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Cop sees psychic in PM death threat?
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - An Australian police officer has been
suspended while authorities investigate a newspaper report that
he asked a psychic for help with enquiries into a death threat
made to Prime Minister John Howard.
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Bare buttocks cause stir
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - Bare buttocks plastered on billboards
in Nicosia are the talk of the town in the Cypriot capital, but
officials see no need to cover them up.
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Big Brother inmates released to vote
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - Contestants in the Italian version of
reality TV show Big Brother were briefly allowed out of their
house Sunday to let them vote in the general election.
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Best, worst places to live?
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
 Reuters - Zurich is the city with the highest
quality of life in 2006, while Baghdad, for the third year
running, has the lowest, a survey published Monday shows.
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The Queen sent first e-mail in 1976
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - The Queen sent her first e-mail as long
as 30 years ago, according to a list of 80 facts about the
monarch released by Buckingham Palace to mark her 80th birthday
on April 21.
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Bare buttocks cause stir in Cypriot capital
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
 Reuters - Bare buttocks plastered on billboards
in Nicosia are the talk of the town in the Cypriot capital, but
officials see no need to cover them up.
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Pastor Refutes 'Da Vinci Code' For Palm Sunday
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
In Munster, Ind., a Family Christian Center pastor used Palm Sunday to mount a defense against the best-selling thriller "The Da Vinci Code," what he calls "the greatest attack on Christianity."
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Bomb Squad Called Out For Bag Of Doughnuts
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
An angry woman who dropped off a suspicious package at a Palm Desert fire station Sunday, motivating firefighters to call the bomb squad to investigate, was apparently trying to do a good deed. The suspicious package turned out to be a bag of doughnuts.
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Italians face jungle fever in ballot booth
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
 Reuters - What do flowers, flames, waving bears,
roaring lions, birds in flight, smiling suns, roosters, a
raging knight and a three-legged woman have in common?
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Today In History - April 10, 2006
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Today is Monday, April 10, the 100th day of 2006. There are 265 days left in the year.
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Australia cop sees psychic in PM death threat
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - An Australian police officer has been
suspended while authorities investigate a newspaper report that
he consulted a psychic about a death threat made to Prime
Minister John Howard.
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Sheep shearing via phone may ring true soon
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Shearing sheep in the future could be as easy as dialling a number on your mobile phone.
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Shoes give away Egyptian's disguise
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,09
An Egyptian man who routinely donned the full Islamic veil to visit his mistress incognito was tipped off by his unfeminine shoes in the Cairo metro's women-only carriage.
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Town crier heralds crime fight
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,09
Police in north-east England have resorted to a more traditional method for crime-fighting, by enlisting the help of a town crier, the Sunday Express reports.
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Report: Cop Suspended For Psychic Consult
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,09
An Australian federal police officer has been suspended for consulting a clairvoyant as part of an investigation into a death threat made to the country's prime minister, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Intruder Gains Front Lawn Of White House
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,09
A screaming intruder made it onto the front lawn of the White House Sunday while President Bush was at home before being apprehended by Secret Service officers.
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New Orleans R&B star begins posthumous mayoral bid
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,09
Reuters - Ernie K-Doe has some big hurdles to
overcome to win his bid for mayor of hurricane-ravaged New
Orleans: he lacks the political experience and financial clout
of many of his rivals.
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Today In History - April 9, 2006
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,09
Today is Palm Sunday, April 9, the 99th day of 2006. There are 266 days left in the year.
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Gamblers put their money on Italy's Prodi
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,09
Reuters - Gamblers backed challenger Romano Prodi on
Sunday as their runaway favourite to oust Italian Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the polls despite a home-stretch
burst of support for the incumbent.
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Italy's Big Brother inmates released to vote
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,09
Reuters - Contestants in the Italian version of
reality TV show Big Brother were briefly allowed out of their
house on Sunday to let them vote in the general election.
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At 105, oldest CEO sells Western wear to stars
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,09
 Reuters - At 105 years old, Western wear maker
Jack Weil may be the oldest CEO in America, but he's making new
fans daily from cowboys to Hollywood.
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Ferrari Crash Survivor Arrested For Car's Theft
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,09
A man under investigation in the crash of an exotic $1 million Ferrari in Malibu has been booked on suspicion of grand theft.
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Sandwich to cater for upper crust
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,09
A new gourmet sandwich is to go on sale at an upmarket London store on Monday - but at a cost of 85 pounds ($A203), it could be too much to swallow for hungry shoppers.
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Report: Cop Suspended for Psychic Consult
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,09
AP - An Australian federal police officer has been suspended for consulting a clairvoyant as part of an investigation into a death threat made to the country's prime minister, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Louis XVI died with dignity, executioner writes
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,09
Reuters - French King Louis XVI died regally,
according to his executioner's account written to correct
reports that his nerve broke when faced with the revolutionary
mob and the guillotine in January 1793.
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National winner's name may have deterred backers
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Sunday Apr,09
Reuters - Victory by Irish trained
Numbersixvalverde saved bookmakers' skins at the Aintree Grand
National on Saturday and the horse's long and unusual name may
have played a part.
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Book Apparently Bound in Human Skin Found
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,08
 AP - A 300-year-old book that appears to be bound in human skin has been found in northern England, police said Saturday.
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Ancient Book May Be Covered In Human Skin
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,08
A 300-year-old book that appears to be bound in human skin has been found in northern England, police said Saturday.
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Ancient Book May Be Covered in Human Skin
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,08
AP - A 300-year-old book that appears to be bound in human skin has been found in northern England, police said Saturday.
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Wis. Man Accused of Tagging 6 Cell Blocks
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,08
AP - A man who faces sentencing on graffiti violations now faces another accusation — that he tagged his jail cells, too.
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