Australian Cheerleaders Told To Cover Up
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,15
Australian cheerleaders have been banned from baring midriffs by officials of the sport who fear displays of skin may encourage eating disorders.
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Australian Cheerleaders Told to Cover Up
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,15
AP - Australian cheerleaders have been banned from baring midriffs by officials of the sport who fear displays of skin may encourage eating disorders.
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"Olympic" pigs put through their paces
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Saturday Apr,15
Reuters - Hundreds of Russians gathered for the
first day of the annual "pig Olympics" on Saturday, cheering a
field of 12 piglets who competed in three events: pig-racing,
pig-swimming and "pigball".
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MTA Employee Who Retired At 100 Has Died In Sleep
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,14
Arthur Winston, the longtime Metropolitan Transportation Authority employee who retired last month at age 100, died in his sleep, his family and the MTA announced Friday.
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Thieves steal ancient cannon from barracks
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,13
Reuters - Police are hunting for thieves who stole
a 200-year-old cannon from outside a military barracks in
Gosport.
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Corleone names street for Mafia boss' arrest
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,13
Reuters - The Sicilian hill town made
famous by the Godfather films is naming a street "April 11" to
commemorate the day when police captured the head of the Mafia,
Bernardo Provenzano, after four decades on the run.
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Japanese 'New World' Stinks
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
A theater audience in Japan will be sniffing their noses literally at a Colin Farrell's Hollywood adventure film when it opens in Tokyo later this month.
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Swedish Court: No Commericals During Films
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a TV station violated the artistic integrity of two filmmakers by interrupting their movies with commercial breaks.
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Movie-Goers Getting Smells to Match Scenes
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
AP - A theater audience in Japan will be sniffing their noses literally at a new Hollywood adventure film when it opens here later this month.
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Indian court orders reopening of Mumbai dance bars
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
Reuters - An Indian court Wednesday struck down a
ban on dance bars in Mumbai, saying that the closure of the
popular adult-entertainment joints which left thousands of
young women jobless was "unconstitutional."
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Naive no more, actress Mol takes on pinup Page
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
Reuters - Call it a tale of two women: both
young and pretty and naive about a business that can chew up
starlets and spit them out fast.
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Court: Ads Violate Filmmakers' Integrity
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
AP - A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a TV station violated the artistic integrity of two filmmakers by interrupting their movies with commercial breaks.
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Cheers, boos as Cheney opens U.S. baseball game
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
Reuters - A loud mixture of cheers and boos
greeted U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday as he threw
out the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington Nationals
baseball game.
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"'Mr. Switzerland" to entice women during World Cup
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
Reuters - For women bored at the thought of this
summer's World Cup soccer finals in Germany, neighbor
Switzerland is offering an alternative packed with beefcake.
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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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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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Die-hard fans take passion to the grave
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,07
Fans of Argentina's most popular football team are being given the chance to buy their own coffins decorated in the club's colours.
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MIT Students Nab Caltech's Cannon
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,07
Pranksters dressed as movers made off with the California Institute of Technology's famed Fleming House cannon, transporting it across country to Cambridge, Mass., to be displayed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Hungarian bookie shortens odds on Socialist win
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,07
Reuters - Hungary's Socialists have improved
their chances of winning elections starting Sunday, according
to odds offered by online betting agency www.sportingbet.hu on
Friday.
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Tom Hanks swaps jokes with Japan's movie buff PM
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Apr,07
Reuters - Hair topped the agenda when movie star
Tom Hanks met Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on
Friday, with the normally short-haired Hanks expressing
admiration for Koizumi's wavy locks.
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Player struck by baseball loses lawsuit
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,06
Reuters - A player hit by a pitch during a
college baseball game in California has struck out in his
effort to win damages over the incident.
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'Brokeback Mountain' banned in anti-gay move
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,06
Reuters - The Bahamas has banned the gay
cowboy movie "Brokeback Mountain," triggering a new controversy
over the island chain's reputation for homophobia.
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Lula talks sports with Brazilian astronaut
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,05
Reuters - Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva likened the nation's first astronaut on
Wednesday to late Formula 1 champion Ayrton Senna and told him
to come home soon to support his local football team.
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Singapore doctor jailed for secret lewd pictures
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,05
Reuters - A Singapore doctor who used his
mobile phone camera to secretly film up the skirts of women was
jailed for two months, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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Judge Won't Overturn NYC Dancing Restriction
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,04
Shall we dance? In New York it depends on where we hear the music. A state judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to force the city to allow private, social dancing in restaurants, clubs and bars.
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Judge Won't Overturn Dancing Restriction
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,04
AP - Shall we dance? In New York it depends on where we hear the music. A state judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to force the city to allow private, social dancing in restaurants, clubs and bars.
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Churches Rock To Gospel Of Bono
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,04
The songs of Irish rock band U2 are being used by churches across the US to help spread the word of God. Churches are using the spiritually-themed music to reinvigorate their congregations.
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Sexy media a siren call to promiscuity?
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,03
Reuters - Sexually charged music, magazines, TV
and movies push youngsters into intercourse at an earlier age,
perhaps by acting as kind of virtual peer that tells them
everyone else is doing it, a study said Monday.
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Printer Rejects 'Jesus Loves Porn Stars' Bibles
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,03
Two California pastors who minister to the adult film industry have hit a roadblock in their crusade. Their publishing company is refusing to print bibles with the brand "Jesus Loves Porn Stars" emblazoned on the cover.
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Take bribes but be fair, soccer refs told
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
Reuters - Football referees in Nigeria can take
bribes from clubs but should not allow them to influence their
decisions on the pitch, a football official said on Friday.
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Fair Play: Refs Told To Take Bribes
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
Football referees in Nigeria have been told they can accept bribes.But they should be sacked if they let the cash - of whatever else they are given - affect their decisions.
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Take bribes but be fair, Nigerian referees told
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
Reuters - Football referees in Nigeria can take
bribes from clubs but should not allow them to influence their
decisions on the pitch, a football official said on Friday.
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WW2 files show schoolgirl VD "menace"
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
Reuters - World War Two was at its height and
officials worried about a menace loose on the streets of London
-- runaway schoolgirls infecting American GIs with venereal
disease.
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Brazil's World Cup secret: plenty of sex
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Parreira wants his team to play with a smile on their faces at this year's football World Cup, so he has ruled out imposing a sex ban.
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Ryanair flight landed at wrong airport
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
Reuters - A Ryanair flight landed at the wrong
airport in Northern Ireland after a pilot appeared to have made
"a stupid mistake," Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary
said on Thursday.
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Workaholics struggle to say 'No' to work
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
Reuters - Sam used to sneak into his office
before dawn so no one would know how many extra hours he
worked. Charles goes on all-night work binges to meet
deadlines, and Susan can't say no to volunteer projects, social
clubs, bridge games, choral singing, lectures and classes.
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World Cup handbook shows communist-era Croatia flag
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
Reuters - The organising committee for the soccer
World Cup in Germany apologised on Wednesday after it
accidentally printed a handbook for tournament volunteers
showing Croatia's communist-era flag.
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Workaholics struggle to say "No" to work
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
Reuters - Sam used to sneak into his office
before dawn so no one would know how many extra hours he
worked. Charles goes on all-night work binges to meet
deadlines, and Susan can't say no to volunteer projects, social
clubs, bridge games, choral singing, lectures and classes.
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The Beatles and Apple face off in court
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
Reuters - The Beatles and Apple Computer are set
to face off in court on Wednesday in a trademark dispute
triggered by Apple's move into the music business through its
popular iPod player and iTunes download service.
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PM says Mongolia gene pool source of sumo success
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
Reuters - The standout success of Mongolian
wrestlers in the ancient Japanese sport of sumo is due to a
favourable gene pool in their homeland, Mongolian Prime
Minister Enkhbold said on Wednesday.
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Mongolia gene pool source of sumo success, PM says
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
Reuters - The standout success of Mongolian
wrestlers in the ancient Japanese sport of sumo is due to a
favourable gene pool in their homeland, Mongolian Prime
Minister Enkhbold said on Wednesday.
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Vinnie In Doghouse Over Dope Test
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Actor and former footballer Vinnie Jones could be fined after his greyhound tested positive for drugs.Boavista failed a test for banned substances following its victory the £55,000 Irish Cup on February 26.
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Large lemons don't sour Cyprus
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Lemon trees in a village in Cyprus have stunned their owners by suddenly bearing fruit so huge they are almost as large as footballs.
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Footy better than love for British blokes
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
A new study has found British men show far more loyalty, commitment, and self-sacrifice towards their favourite soccer team than towards their partners.
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Is it a football? No, it's an enormous Cypriot lemon
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Reuters - Lemon trees in a village in
Cyprus have stunned their owners by suddenly bearing fruit so
huge they're almost as large as footballs. One tree has clumps
of lemons with diameters ranging from four to eight inches,
making visitors wonder if there's something in the water. But
the owners say it's all organic.
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Chancellor's apartment caught on museum camera
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Reuters - A 24-hour security camera on top of
Berlin's Pergamon Museum was able to film German Chancellor
Angela Merkel's Berlin apartment for several years before
authorities realized, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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