Peru lawmakers turn to stunts to get elected
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
 Reuters - In Peru's congressional election
campaign, every day can seem like April Fool's Day.
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WestJet asks customers to assume "winglet" pose
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
Reuters - Canada's WestJet Airlines Ltd.
issued a press release on Friday urging customers to help it
conserve fuel by imitating a winglet, the vertical extension at
the end of airplane wings, while in their seats during flights.
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Plumbers stall waterless urinals in Philadelphia
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
Reuters - Philadelphia's plumbers are seeing
red about an attempt to install "green toilets" in a new
high-rise building, saying their work may dry up.
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Man Totes Rifle to Retrieve Towed Truck
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
AP - Angry that his truck had been towed, a 64-year-old man was arrested at a busy intersection while walking on his way to get it back — with a loaded rifle.
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Accused Flasher, Cop Impersonator Arrested
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
AP - Police zipped up a series of flasher incidents with the arrest of a man who had exposed himself to two teens in a Wal-Mart and then impersonated an undercover police officer hunting for the suspect.
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Hal, The Central Park Coyote, Dies
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
Hal, the coyote who paid a visit to New York City and was captured as he loped around Central Park, died late Thursday as he was being tagged for release in the wild.
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Sibling Calves Born 21 Days Apart
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
AP - A cow recently gave birth to two calves within 21 days, but the pair aren't twins, experts say. The strange set of calves, born on Jim Jensen's farm southeast of Minden, prompted some confused discussion Wednesday afternoon among cattle specialists at University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension.
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Three Men Charged in 'Dungeon' Castration
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
 AP - At least six men came to western North Carolina, some from as far away as South America, to have their genitals mutilated in what police described Friday as a sadomasochistic "dungeon."
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Dodgeball Game Leads to Assault Charges
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
AP - A youth minister was charged with assault for allegedly knocking a 16-year-old boy down and kicking him in the groin after taking a head shot from the teen in a dodgeball game.
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Robber Locks Worker Inside Part of an ATM
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
AP - A worker servicing a bank ATM was bound with duct tape and locked inside the machine's building by a robber, police said.
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Feds Raid NASA Office In Porn Probe
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
Federal agents raided a NASA office in Washington on Wednesday during a child pornography probe, accusing an agency executive of viewing and trading illicit images and videos from his home and work computers, according to a court affidavit obtained by an investigative Web site.
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Cocaine smuggled in Virgin Mary statues
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
Reuters - Two men suspected of helping smuggle
cocaine to New York from Mexico inside statues of the Virgin
Mary were arrested Thursday, U.S. authorities said.
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Man crashes car after snake attacks him
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
A man crashed his car after a pet snake he had wrapped around his neck began attacking him, authorities said.
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Berlusconi recalls mystery seance to spook Prodi
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
Reuters - A 28-year-old mystery surrounding the
kidnap and murder of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro
came back to haunt centre-left leader Romano Prodi on Friday,
little over a week before Italy's general election.
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Stray humpback whale found in Baltic
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
 Reuters - A 10-metre (33-feet) humpback
has been spotted off the Polish coast of the Baltic Sea and
scientists said it was the first appearance of a whale there in
nearly three decades.
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Kennel Owner Won't Sell Puppy to Lesbian
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
AP - A Swedish court has imposed a 20,000 kronor ($2,600) fine on a woman kennel owner who refused to sell a puppy to a lesbian.
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Waterless Urinals Irk Philly Plumbers
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
Philadelphia's hoped-for bragging rights as home of America's tallest environmentally friendly building could go down the toilet as plumbers balk at a developer's plans to install 116 waterless, no-flush urinals.
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Salad Day Arrives For W.Va. Dieters
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
A massive 500-pound salad made from 110 heads of lettuce, 165 pounds of carrots and about 120 cucumbers was prepared in a swimming pool for dieters who lost 500 pounds.
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Rural S. Korea sees bumper crop of foreign brides
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
Reuters - South Korean men in rural areas are
having a tough time wooing local women with prospects of
spending a lifetime with them on the farm and are increasingly
turning to brokers to find foreign brides.
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Study fails to show healing power of prayer
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
 Reuters - A study of more than 1,800 patients who
underwent heart bypass surgery has failed to show that prayers
specially organized for their recovery had any impact,
researchers said Thursday.
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Much ado about Shakespeare's first folio sale
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
 Reuters - A complete First Folio edition of
William Shakespeare's plays, in prime condition and still in
its 17th century calf leather binding, is expected to fetch up
to 3.5 million pounds ($6.10 million) when it goes on sale in
July.
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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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Study: Prayers Unanswered For Patients
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
In the largest scientific test of its kind, heart surgery patients showed no benefit when strangers prayed for their recovery. The researchers emphasized that their $2.4 million study could not address whether God exists or answer prayers made on another's behalf.
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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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Agent Remembers Day Reagan Was Shot
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
When would-be assassin tried to kill President Ronald Reagan, a secret service agent from Chicago stepped into the line of fire and took a bullet for his Commander in Chief. Now 25 years later, memories of that day - and the president he saved - still remain.
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Bumper crop of foreign brides in S.Korea
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
 Reuters - South Korean men in rural areas are
having a tough time wooing local women with prospects of
spending a lifetime with them on the farm and are increasingly
turning to brokers to find foreign brides.
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Salad Day Arrives for W.Va. Dieters
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
AP - What better "weigh" to mark the loss of 500 pounds than a 500-pound salad.
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Shocked burglar runs into 17 sumos
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
A Japanese burglar who thought he was lucky to find an unlocked door was shocked to be arrested by 20 massive sumo wrestlers who were staying at the building.
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Today In History - March 31, 2006
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
Today is Friday, March 31st, the 90th day of 2006. There are 275 days left in the year.
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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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Rolling Stone hits China hurdle
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
Reuters - The fate of Rolling Stone in China
hangs in the balance weeks after the highly popular release of
the first issue, as a press watchdog cited problems with the
magazine's trade practices rather than controversial content.
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Cat Falls 80 Feet, Survives
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
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Fishers 'with forklifts' flock to Portland
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Friday Mar,31
Fishermen are flocking to Portland in Victoria's south-west.
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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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South Korea having problems printing its own currency
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
Reuters - While North Korea has been accused of
making almost flawless counterfeit U.S. $100 (57 pound) notes,
neighbouring South Korea has been having trouble printing its
new and perfectly legal 5,000 won ($5.13) note.
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Humble goldfish make splash for LA river project
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
Reuters - They're only two humble goldfish
but their four-week adventure has captured more attention than
years of efforts to beautify the trash-strewn concrete channel
otherwise known as the Los Angeles River.
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Six suffocate in Mexican well rescue attempt
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
Reuters - A Mexican man and his son were
killed when a well they were cleaning filled with carbon
monoxide, and a neighbour, two soldiers and a policeman died in
a botched attempt to save them, police said on Thursday.
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Drug ring smuggled cocaine in Virgin Mary statues
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
Reuters - Two men suspected of helping smuggle
cocaine to New York from Mexico inside statues of the Virgin
Mary were arrested on Thursday, U.S. authorities said.
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'Sketch Pad' Nude Club Owner Pleads Guilty
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
AP - The owner of a strip club that made international news with its "art night" promotion has pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor charges that he violated Boise's anti-nudity law.
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Clerk Faces Jail for Urinating in Soda
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
AP - A convenience store clerk pleaded no contest Thursday to felony charges of tampering after he urinated in a bottle of soda that was later drunk by a customer who became violently sick.
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Philly Plumbers Upset by Waterless Urinals
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
AP - This city's hoped-for bragging rights as home of America's tallest environmentally friendly building could go down the toilet.
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Misspelled Street Sign Confuses Police
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
When State Police were slow to find her home when she called to report a suspicious car, Connie Wojtyca wondered why. She found out that the delay was because her road was misspelled on street signs put up by the St. Clair County Road Commission.
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Special Ambulance Transporting Obese In Vegas
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
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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Winner Named For 'Home Office From Hell'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
If you work from an office in your home, you probably have a pretty good idea of the meaning of the word "frustrating." Jason Welshonse does. He runs a computer support and consulting firm and has just won a competition called the "Home Office From Hell Contest."
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Cop Wrestles Pot Bags Out Of Dog's Mouth
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
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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Police Chase Ends At Drive-Thru
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
A police chase of a suspected carjacker ended abruptly when the suspect took a wrong turn: into a Burger King drive-thru.
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Cat Stuck In Wall Waves Paw For Help
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
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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Man Crashes Car After Snake Attacks Him
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
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Police Chase Ends at the Drive-Thru
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Thursday Mar,30
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