Taiwan veterans seek young China brides
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
 Reuters - Huang Chiang-nan became a soldier at 17
and fought the communists in China before the Nationalist
armies were defeated and fled to Taiwan in 1949.
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Police Chase In Ohio Ends In Shooting
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
A police chase ended badly in Bluffton, Ohio on Saturday when the suspect turned and fired on Ohio Highway Patrol officers. Authorities released dash cam video of the chase on Monday.
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Ohio Police Chase Ends In Explosion
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
A robbery suspect in Ohio led police on a chase that ended in sparks.
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Rock, what rock? Drunk driver misses Uluru
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
A drink-driver has stopped police in central Australia to ask for directions to Uluru, just 100 metres from the world's greatest monolith.
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Games hosts try to polish Chinese manners
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Reuters - Some 30 years ago, no home in China was
complete without the collection of sayings of Chairman Mao
Zedong known universally as the Little Red Book.
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College Student in Wal-Mart for 41 Hours
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
AP - Some students set out for sun-drenched beaches and tropical party bars for spring break. Skyler Bartels, a 20-year-old Drake University sophomore, headed for the local Wal-Mart.
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'Severed Hand' Carried by Dog Was a Paw
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
AP - A report of what appeared to be a "severed hand" carried home by a pet dog created a short-lived news media sensation — until police announced it was a lion's paw from a local taxidermist's shop.
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Foetuses found in storage unit were 'self-aborted
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
ROME (Georgia) Police believe the remains of two foetuses found in a storage unit were self-aborted by the widow of a former college womens basketball coach who committed suicide. That information was the latest in the bizarre case that started last week when authorities in Bay County, Florida, received a tip that Sarah Jo Warner Izard had told friends there that she kept the remains of two foetuses in a storage shed in Georgia. ( read more )
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60-kilo tumour removed from woman
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
MADRID Spanish doctors have removed a giant tumour weighing 60 kilograms from a female patient at a hospital in the northern city of Cruces, regional Basque medical authorities said yesterday. ( read more )
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Woman kills daughter, commits suicide
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
KOLKATA,India: Anguished by the birth of three girl children, a young mother in a West Bengal village committed suicide by consuming insecticide after poisoning her daughters, one of whom died. ( read more )
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Headmaster held for sexually abusing minor girls
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Sundergarh (Orissa),India March 20 : The headmaster of an Orissa residential school has been arrested for sexually exploiting minor girl students. ( read more )
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Humphrey, cat of scandal, dies
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
LONDON - Humphrey, a stray cat who wandered in to the official residence of the prime minister in 1989 and caused a scandal when he "retired" in 1997, has died, a spokesman for Tony Blair said on Monday.
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Drunken driving stymies school board
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
The Akita prefectural board of education is at its wit's end over teachers who drink and drive.
The board set in May 2003 what are among the nation's toughest penalties for teachers caught driving under the influence of alcohol. Yet, cases still crop up every year.
In the worst ones, inebriated teachers have caused accidents resulting in injury.
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Husband, wife forced to consume human excreta
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Ranchi, March 21 : A couple on the outskirts of Jharkhand capital Ranchi was forced to consume human excreta for allegedly practicing black magic. ( read more )
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Jaipur cows to have electronic ID tags
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Jaipur,India March 24 : Vexed by the booming cow population on Jaipur's streets, the city authorities have decided to put electronic identity tags on the ears of the bovines.
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Parrot saves deaf man from fire
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
London, March 24 (DPA) A parrot was Friday credited with saving the life of his British owner from fire by mimicking the sound of the smoke alarm and running up and down his legs, according to reports. ( read more )
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Rapist uncle beaten to death
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Patna, March 25 : A man was beaten to death by a mob for allegedly raping and killing his minor niece in a village near here. ( read more )
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Man Catches Train, Forgets Baby in Car
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
WASHINGTON -- Commuters racing to catch the train typically forget things in the car - keys, wallets, briefcases. But a baby daughter?
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15-year-old fatally beaten at Milwaukee bus stop
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
MILWAUKEE A 15-year-old boy died after being beaten as he waited for a bus near his school, police said. Authorities on Friday were seeking four or five males they believed were involved.
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Girl chops off tongue to appease deity
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Bhubaneswar,India March 27 : A 17-year-old girl in Orissa chopped off her tongue to appease a Hindu goddess, police said Monday. ( read more )
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Mother accused of abducting her kids
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
RALEIGH, N.C. A woman accused of abducting her two young children from their father, then dressing like a man so she could assume his identity, agreed Monday to return to Arizona where she faces kidnapping charges, authorities said.
Shellie White, 30, was taken into custody Friday in Roanoke Rapids, where police said she and a woman lived together as the children's father and mother.
The arrest came more than two years after White was charged with custodial interference in the children's disappearance, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Her ex-husband, Ernest Karnes, had custody of the children at the time and learned Friday that they had been found.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
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Concerns mount for stolen croc
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
The Rockhampton City Council, in central Queensland, is trying to find a crocodile that has been stolen from the city's zoo.
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Luck of the Irish extends to expats
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Ireland is to extend a system of paying a special bounty of $A4,300 to its citizens who reach 100 years of age to anywhere in the world.
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Buffet Sets World Record With 510 Dishes
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
 AP - It's time to raise a glass of bubbly — the maker of the Alka-Seltzer antacid tablet has set a record for creating the world's largest buffet.
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Vegas spread is world's largest buffet
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Reuters - Even in this over-the-top town famed
for all-you-can-eat spreads, nobody had ever seen one quite
like this: Forty soups, 100 salads and 150 desserts perched
upon a 500-foot (152-metre) maze of tables.
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Hiker Returns Purse With $1M in Jewels
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
AP - John Suhrhoff found the Louis Vuitton bag on a Sausalito park bench during a lunch stop in the scenic city following a weekend hike.
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Woman Gets Ring Back After Flushing It
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
A $15,000 diamond ring is back on the hand of its owner, five weeks after it was accidentally flushed down a toilet.
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Three Kids In Family Have Same Birthday
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
It's almost as if they planned it Angie and Bob Deering's three children all have the same birthday. And they're not triplets.
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Poll: Americans See, Hear More Profanity
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
This is a story about words we can't print in this story. You probably hear these words often, and more than ever before. But even though we can't print them we do have our standards we can certainly ask: Are we living in an Age of Profanity?
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Crazy Cat With Six Toes Terrorizes Conn.
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Residents of the neighborhood of Sunset Circle say they have been terrorized by a crazy cat named Lewis. Lewis for his part has been uniquely cited, personally issued a restraining order by the town's animal control officer.
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Man Accidentally Divorces Wife In Sleep
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Village elders ordered a Muslim man in eastern India to leave his wife after he accidentally divorced her in his sleep, a news report said Tuesday.
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Boy, 3, Gets Trapped Inside Toy Machine
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Devin Haskin isn't the first little boy to find the inside of a toy machine too enticing to resist. When the 3-year-old boy crawled through the discharge chute of a Toy Chest claw machine at a Godfather's Pizza, he ended up on the other side of the glass surrounded by stuffed animals.
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Three Kids in Family Have Same Birthday
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
AP - It's almost as if they planned it — Angie and Bob Deering's three children all have the same birthday. And they're not triplets.
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Boy, 3, Gets Trapped Inside Toy Machine
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
AP - Devin Haskin isn't the first little boy to find the inside of a toy machine too enticing to resist. When the 3-year-old boy crawled through the discharge chute of a Toy Chest claw machine at a Godfather's Pizza, he ended up on the other side of the glass surrounded by stuffed animals.
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Conn. Driving Instructor Is 93
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
AP - As a driving instructor, Morton Morrison finds that he can still teach the "kids" something new about driving safely.
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DeLay wants pistol-packing permit back
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Reuters - Rep. Tom DeLay, once one of the most
powerful figures in the U.S. Congress, wants his right to pack
a pistol restored after the state of Texas revoked his permit
following his indictment last year.
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Canadian province makes it easier to apologise
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Reuters - A Canadian province
wants to make it easier for people to say they are sorry
without the fear of being sued.
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Crazy Cat With Six Toes Terrorizes Conn.
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
AP - Residents of the neighborhood of Sunset Circle say they have been terrorized by a crazy cat named Lewis. Lewis for his part has been uniquely cited, personally issued a restraining order by the town's animal control officer.
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Cannabis Food Label Ring Busted
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
US police have uncovered a bizarre drug ring in which members were lacing sweets, chocolate and soft drinks with cannabis.Armed raids at five properties revealed a sophisticated operation where drugged foods were being labelled like ordinary products.
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'Flatulent Chair' Teacher Wants £1m
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
A female teacher is claiming £1m in damages after she was forced to sit in a chair that made flatulent sounds.
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Fishnet Tights Snare 'Garage Robber'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
An alleged robber has been caught because of his distinctive fishnet tights, according to police.The man is accused of stealing £165 from a petrol station in Monterey, California.
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Crying Game: £1m Lost On One Kick
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
A punter has lost out on a bumper £1m payout - all because of a missed penalty.
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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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Doorbell Causes Canine Confusion
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
A Dutch family is being hit with tax bills because officials keep mistaking their barking doorbell for a real dog.In Holland, dog-owners must pay an annual tax on their pets.
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Briton's Wallet Found On Aussie Reef
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
A British backpacker's missing wallet has been returned by an Australian diver who found it perched on the Great Barrier Reef 10 metres below the surface.Daniel McShee, from Cornwall, realised the wallet had gone when he tried to buy drinks in a bar in Cairns.
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Officials Flunk New Citizenship Test
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Civil servants in Austria have been left with red faces after making several mistakes on a new citizenship test for immigrants.Officials even got the man who wrote the national anthem wrong.
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World's Oldest Animal Dies Aged 255
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
A giant tortoise thought to be one of the world's oldest creatures has died at Calcutta Zoo.Local lore said Addwaita the Aldabra tortoise was around 250-years-old. She had been at the zoo since 1875.
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Castro Burns His Pants To Survive
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Cuba's Fidel Castro has such a burning desire to survive assassination he sets his pants on fire.He is so fearful of being bumped off he orders his underwear to be burnt rather than sent to the laundry where it could be infused with lethal chemicals.
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Be A Space Tourist Soon... For A Price
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Mar,28
Space tourism to an orbital space station could become a reality by 2050 - but at a huge cost to travellers, it has been revealed.Those looking for this kind of astronomical adventure are likely to have to fork out around £575,000 for the privilege, a report prepared for Churchill Travel Insurance has found.
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