College bars students from posing for Playboy
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
 Reuters - Baylor University in Waco, Texas,
which bills itself as the world's largest Baptist college, has
threatened to discipline female students if they pose for
Playboy magazine, which is trying to recruit models from the
college.
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Phony doctor gives free breast exams
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
 Reuters - A 76-year-old man claiming to be a doctor
went door-to-door in a Florida neighborhood offering free
breast exams, and was charged with sexually assaulting two
women who accepted the offer, police said on Thursday.
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Third-Grader Steal's Teacher's Van For Ride
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
An 8-year-old boy swiped his teacher's car keys and took her minivan for a joyride, cruising safely home and into the record books as the city's youngest auto thief, police said.
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Company Offers Escapes From Bad Dates
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
Secure Networks USA LLC says it has just the escape route for painful dates: A plea you can prearrange online before your encounter.
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Retiree flushes fortune down the toilet
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
 Reuters - A German pensioner flushed bundles of
old banknotes worth a small fortune down the toilet because he
thought they were now worthless, police in the northern city of
Kiel said Thursday.
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Pensioner's 'worthless' banknotes block sewers
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
A German pensioner flushed bundles of old banknotes worth a small fortune down the toilet because he thought they were now worthless.
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Media circus comes to Africa in Jolie baby race
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
 Reuters - One superstar birth out the way, one
to go.
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Envoy recalled but refuses to go home
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
Reuters - India has recalled its top envoy in
New Zealand, officials from the two countries said on Thursday,
but the diplomat is apparently refusing to return home.
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Heroin stash found in sword blades
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
Reuters - Danish police said on Wednesday they
had found heroin worth more than $1 million that had been
smuggled into the country from Pakistan in the hollowed-out
blades of 25 antique sword replicas.
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Tamagotchis seek second wave of virtual pet owners
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
 Reuters - With straps loaded with tamagotchis
around their necks, siblings Takumi and Ayaka Mochizuki
traveled an hour to a Tokyo store so their virtual pets could
interact with a giant tamagotchi that was on tour.
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Crackdown on boozy stag parties abroad
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
Reuters - The Foreign Office is planning to crack
down on the "appalling" behavior of some British stag party
tourists abroad, according to a report Thursday.
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Man says politics pushed him to try suicide
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
Reuters - A Kenyan man who jumped into a
river because he was sick of his country's chaotic politics has
been convicted of trying to commit suicide.
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Football Fans Urged To Sing In German
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
English football fans are being urged to learn the German versions of well-known football chants ahead of this year's World Cup.It comes as the official England supporters' club calls on fans not to sing potentially offensive war-related songs at this summer's tournament, such as the Dambusters theme.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
A hairy pitch invader showed some nifty footwork during a Champions League match.A grey squirrel dashed on to the Highbury pitch when Arsenal played the Spanish side Villarreal.
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England fans urged to chant in German
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
Reuters - England fans are being encouraged to
learn the German versions of well known football chants before
the World Cup.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
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Texas college bars students from posing for Playboy
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
 Reuters - Baylor University in Waco, Texas,
which bills itself as the world's largest Baptist college, has
threatened to discipline female students if they pose for
Playboy magazine, which is trying to recruit models from the
college.
( read more )
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Woman Allegedly Smuggles Grenade Into Jail
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
A Salvadoran woman was detained after she tried to smuggle a military grenade and marijuana hidden in her vagina into the country's main prison, authorities said Wednesday.
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Third-Grader Takes Teacher's Van For Ride
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
An 8-year-old boy swiped his teacher's car keys and took her minivan for a joyride, cruising safely home and into the record books as the city's youngest auto thief, police said.
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Wis. Man Pleads No Contest Over Showerhead
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
A man accused of forcing a removable showerhead into his girlfriend's mouth and turning on the water pleaded no contest Wednesday to charges of false imprisonment and disorderly conduct.
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Cougar Bites Man Playing Fetch With Dog
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
A state wildlife agent believes a cougar was being playful when it bit a man on the leg as he was playing stick-toss with his dog at his home near Leavenworth.
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Hardee's Sandwich Piles Meat On More Meat
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Apr,20
As if the Hardee's family of Monster Thickburgers didn't offer enough meat, the company's latest version adds steak meat on top of an already large slab of beef.
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Cougar Bites Man Playing Fetch With Dog
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
AP - A state wildlife agent believes a cougar was being playful when it bit a man on the leg as he was playing stick-toss with his dog at his home near Leavenworth.
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Fake 'Doctor' Offers Door-To-Door Breast Exams
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
People are often annoyed at door-to-door sales people, but they were downright offended at what one man was offering to women who answered his knock. Police say the man went door-to-door carrying a doctors bag and offering free breast examinations, and actually got two women to take him up on his offer.
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Deputy Finds $1M Scratch Ticket on Easter
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
AP - Klickitat County sheriff's deputy Ed L. Gunnyon found a lot more than the standard Easter egg.
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Grandmother Wins $10 Million Playing Slots
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
An 84-year-old grandmother hit it big in Atlantic City, winning $10 million in the largest slot machine jackpot in the city's history.
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Hardee's Sandwich Piles Meat on More Meat
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
AP - As if the Hardee's family of Monster Thickburgers didn't offer enough meat, the company's latest version adds steak meat on top of an already large slab of beef.
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Wis. Man Pleads No Contest Over Showerhead
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
AP - A man accused of forcing a removable showerhead into his girlfriend's mouth and turning on the water pleaded no contest Wednesday to charges of false imprisonment and disorderly conduct.
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Third-Grader Takes Teacher's Van for Ride
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
AP - An 8-year-old boy swiped his teacher's car keys and took her minivan for a joyride, cruising safely home and into the record books as the city's youngest auto thief, police said.
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Woman Allegedly Smuggles Grenade Into Jail
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
AP - A Salvadoran woman was detained after she tried to smuggle into the country's main prison a military grenade and marijuana hidden in her vagina, authorities said Wednesday.
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English Fans Get World Cup Language Tips
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
 AP - The British government is giving English soccer fans attending the World Cup in Germany some helpful hints, including translations of phrases like, "Can I have a beer, please?"
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Thai Official Offers $25 for Crocodiles
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
 AP - A 1,000-baht ($25) reward will be given to anyone who catches one of the many crocodiles believed to be slithering through the canals of a central Thai district, an official said Wednesday, as search teams continued a hunt for the stray reptiles.
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Cage frees writer's animal instinct
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
A playwright in search of inspiration for a drama about pandas has spent much of the last week in a cage in a zoo in northern France.
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Study Rates Nations' Sexual Happiness
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
Sex is more satisfying in countries where women and men are considered equal, according to an international study of people between the ages of 40 and 80 by researchers at the University of Chicago.
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Texas Pooch Stuck In Pipe Rescued
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
A loose pooch found herself in a predicament Wednesday afternoon in North Fort Worth, Texas. Rescue crews think the dog was chasing a rabbit when her head got stuck in a large metal pipe.
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Loose Pooch Stuck In Pipe Rescued
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
Rescue crews think the dog was chasing a rabbit when her head got stuck in a large metal pipe. The curious canine was taken to animal control where vets greased her neck with baby oil and successfully removed the pipe.
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Gillespie reconsiders nude run
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
Reuters - Jason Gillespie elevated the humble role
of nightwatchman into the realm of the paranormal on Wednesday
with an unbeaten 201 on his 31st birthday.
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Queen Invites 99 To 80th Birthday Bash
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
Queen Elizabeth II has invited 99 guests to Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, and she won't need to ask anyone's age. All share the queen's birth date April 21, 1926.
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Ohio Taxpayers Late Due To Newspaper Error
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
About 400 taxpayers who mailed their returns late because of incorrect information in a newspaper will not be penalized by the federal government, an Internal Revenue Service spokesman said.
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Key West Taking Chickens Off Streets
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
AP - Some of this island city's most beloved residents are facing eviction.
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Serbia hopes to get satisfaction on Stones gig
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
Reuters - Serbia hopes to convince rock legends
The Rolling Stones to hold a concert in Belgrade this summer by
offering to fund all the preparatory work for the gig.
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Danish police find heroin stash in sword blades
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
Reuters - Danish police said on Wednesday they
had found heroin worth more than $1 million (559,000 pounds)
that had been smuggled into the country from Pakistan in the
hollowed-out blades of 25 antique sword replicas.
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Bras for miles: the cups runneth over...
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
Reuters - Women on the Mediterranean island of
Cyprus hope to form the world's longest chain of bras with the
twin aims of heightening awareness of breast cancer and winning
a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
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Global sex survey: guess who's satisfied
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
Reuters - Around the world, middle-aged and
elderly men tend to be more satisfied with their sex lives than
women in the same age group, a survey released on Wednesday
said.
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Steaua boss asks God for help against Middlesbrough
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
 Reuters - Steaua Bucharest's owner travelled to
Greece this week to ask God to help his club win the UEFA Cup.
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Cyprus seeks fame with longest bra chain
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
Reuters - Women on the Mediterranean island of
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PM would rather be a hockey player
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
says that while running the world's second largest country
isn't a bad job, he'd much rather be a hockey player.
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Japanese WW2 soldier returns home after 63 years
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
Reuters - A former Japanese World War Two soldier
who recently turned up living in Ukraine set foot in his
motherland Wednesday for the first time in more than six
decades for emotional reunions with surviving relatives.
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Look Hu's promoting Starbucks
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
Reuters - Less than 24 hours into his
visit to Seattle, Chinese President Hu Jintao was already
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B'Stard drops Tories for Blair
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,19
 Reuters - The most self-serving and principle-free
parliamentarian ever to disgrace the House of Commons is back
and he'll do whatever it takes to keep Prime Minister Tony
Blair in power.
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