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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After 173 years, court considers raja's will
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
Reuters - An Indian court is set to reopen
the country's oldest pending case 173 years after it was first
lodged in the eastern city of Calcutta, then the administrative
and commercial capital of British colonial rule.
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Diana's dressmaker loses fight over name
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
 Reuters - Princess Diana's wedding dressmaker,
Elizabeth Emanuel, has no right to regain her own name as a
trademark, Europe's highest court ruled on Thursday.
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'Aliens Will Talk To Us By 2025'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
Aliens will be talking to us within the next 20 years, according to space boffins.Dr Seth Shostak of the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence group said they may have even already landed.
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Today In History - March 30, 2006
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
Today is Thursday, March 30th, the 89th day of 2006. There are 276 days left in the year.
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China may put Mao back on the map -- in Antarctica
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
 Reuters - Amundsen and Scott may have to share
billing with Confucius and Mao Zedong when China publishes a
new map of Antarctica.
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School Sends Boy With Spiked Hair Home
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
AP - All 7-year-old Dallas Saenz wants to do is express his personality, but school officials in this Panhandle town have countered that the first-grader's Mohawk hairdo is disruptive.
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Prison ban deals with sticky peanut butter situation
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
Tennessee prison officials have banned peanut butter in their facilities because inmates were hiding guns, drugs and cellphones ...
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Watch Out: Park Infested With Bird Poop
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
 AP - The area around Lake Eola has it all — a sparkling fountain, waterside cafe, swan boat rides and a bevy of bird droppings.
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Stolen Bird's Squawks Lead to Return
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
AP - Squawks heard by smokers on break led to the end of a purloined cockatoo caper with the $2,000 bird back on its perch at a New Jersey pet store.
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Cop Wrestles Pot Bags Out of Dog's Mouth
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
AP - This Prada's bag was no designer purse. A Boston detective searching the apartment of a drug suspect wound up wrestling a sack containing 108 bags of marijuana out of the clenched jaws of a pitbull named Prada.
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(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
AP - A cat stuck in a wall at a house under construction initiated his rescue when he caught the attention of a prospective buyer by meowing and waving his paw out a small hole.
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U.S. Army relaxes tattoo rules to attract recruits
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
Reuters - The U.S. Army, which missed its
recruiting goal last year, has relaxed its policy banning
certain types of tattoos in a bid to attract new soldiers who
otherwise would have been barred from serving.
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(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
AP - An ambulance company has responded to oversize needs in southern Nevada by providing an ambulance equipped to handle patients weighing 500 pounds or more.
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Watch Out Below: Park White With Bird Poop
(AP)
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(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
Reuters - In the latest battle between
big business and biodiversity, the fate of a unique small,
brown snail that lives in a place called Happy Valley on the
west coast of New Zealand hangs in the balance.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
A Redford, Michigan man says he is tired being ignored by his wife and he's going on strike.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
A severed fire hydrant in Pasadena, Calif., sent a fountain of water high in the air, showering an adjacent building and flooding the streets in the area.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
For spring break, some college students set out for sun-drenched beaches or cheap European cities. Skyler Bartels headed for the local Wal-Mart.
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Fla. Judge Blames ADHD for Hasty Arrests
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
AP - A judge who had 11 people arrested for accidentally going to the wrong courtroom told an ethics board he was "horrified" by what he had done and blamed the problem on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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German prostitutes retrain as nurses, telemarketers
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
Reuters - German prostitutes are signing up for a
career change, training to become nurses to tend to the
country's ageing population or working phones as telemarketers.
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U.S. Fugitive Spotted Dancing In Syrian Video
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
The family of a man murdered in Chicago is demanding answers after the fugitive suspect was apparently spotted in an online video partying in the Middle East.
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Anger boiling? Smash plates at Philippine eatery
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
Ardith Vescara is an angry young woman.
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Crazy Cat Terrorizes Connecticut Town
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
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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Making it easier to apologize
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
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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Rep. DeLay wants pistol-packing permit back
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
 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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Teen truant exposed by "burglar" boyfriend
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
Reuters - German police discovered a truant
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spotted a man climbing into her window and reported a burglary,
authorities said Wednesday.
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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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Four beautiful words: All You Can Eat..
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
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-meter) maze of tables.
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Next, he should try finding the Great Wall
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
Reuters - A drunk driver just 100 yards from
Australia's iconic giant monolith once known as Ayers Rock
stopped police to ask the way to the 1,100-foot-high rock.
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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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Law Professor Bans Laptops in Class
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
AP - A University of Memphis law professor has banned laptop computers from her classroom and her students are passing a petition against it.
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Student Spends Spring Break at Wal-Mart
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
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German teen truant exposed by "burglar" boyfriend
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
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Kindergarten Student Brings Gun to School
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
AP - A kindergarten student was expelled for 10 days after he brought a .22-caliber gun to school, officials said.
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Solar Eclipse Sweeps Sky
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
Tourists and scientists gathering at spots around the world for the first total eclipse in years, a solar show sweeps northeast from Brazil to Mongolia and blots out the sun across swathes of the world's poorest lands.
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Student Lives at Wal-Mart for 41 Hours
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
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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
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deadlines, and Susan can't say no to volunteer projects, social
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Church ousts dominatrix from vicarage
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
Reuters - A South African dominatrix has
given up her battle to live in a vicarage, telling the church's
congregation they can "shove" the disputed residence, a local
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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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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
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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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(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
Reuters - Entrepreneurial Chinese are to be given
a chance to become CEO of their own company in a new reality
show similar to U.S. hit "The Apprentice", starring tycoon
Donald Trump, organisers 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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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
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Man Returns Purse Stuffed With $1M In Jewelry
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Mar,29
John Suhrhoff found a Louis Vuitton bag on a Sausalito park bench with $1 million worth of jewelry and cash. But the respiratory therapist didn't think of heading to a pawn shop -- he took the bag to police Monday afternoon.
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