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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New York scandal reveals underworld of gossip
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
 Reuters - A full-scale tabloid war has erupted
in New York over the integrity of the people who produce what
you might not believe anyway -- gossip.
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Sip this drink slowly: a $1,000 mint julep
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
As if custom-made hats, premium box seats and limo rides weren't enough, the Kentucky Derby will now feature the $1,000 mint ...
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Woman, 82, gets ticket for slow crossing
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
An 82-year-old woman received a $114 ticket for taking too long to cross a street. Mayvis Coyle said she began shuffling with ...
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Jewish "sex commando" targets Israeli porn websites
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
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Sip Slowly: a $1,000 Mint Julep
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
AP - As if custom-made hats, premium box seats and limo rides weren't enough, the Kentucky Derby will now feature the $1,000 mint julep.
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Caltech's Cannon Rescue Plan Flops
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
AP - Caltech went low tech to get back a prized campus icon.
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Engineers could aid bird flu vaccine effort
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
Reuters - Avian flu experts appealed on Monday
to engineers -- a group largely left out of flu preparedness
efforts -- to come up with potential breakthroughs for speeding
vaccine production in case of a deadly pandemic.
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Swiss Mystery Park needs savior to materialize
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
Reuters - Long ago, astronauts from outer space
visited earth to lay the foundations for human civilization,
Erich von Daeniken says.
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Animal rights activists admit dug-up grave case
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
Reuters - Four British animal rights protesters
have admitted plotting to blackmail the owners of a farm that
bred guinea pigs for medical research during a fierce six-year
campaign, police said Tuesday.
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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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European Probe Pulls Into Orbit Over Venus
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
After a 250 million-mile journey, a European space probe reached orbit around Venus on Tuesday on a mission to explore the planet's dense, hot atmosphere.
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Maine Adds Pets To Protection Orders
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
Spurred by growing evidence of a link between domestic violence and animal abuse, Maine has enacted a first-in-the-nation law that allows judges to include pets in protection orders for spouses and partners leaving abusive relationships.
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Caltech Cannon Returned From MIT Heist
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
Caltech's cannon was "rescued" Monday from its temporary spot on the MIT campus, where it was the center of the latest in a series of prank exchanges involving students at the two schools.
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Today In History - April 11, 2006
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Woman, 82, Gets Ticket for Slow Crossing
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
An 82-year-old woman received a $114 ticket for taking too long to cross a street. Mayvis Coyle said she began shuffling with her cane across Foothill Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley when the light was green, but was unable to make it to the other side before it turned red.
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Two Charged With Filing Fake Obituary
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
Two people who police say conspired to get off of work for a few days by filing a fake obituary with a newspaper have been arrested.
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Elderly cyclists 'making more of life'
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
A cycling group that includes several riders in their 70s will leave Port Augusta in South Australia's north today on a trip across the continent.
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Teacher To Donate Kidney To 10-Year-Old Student
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
A life-long lesson is taking on literal meaning for a 10-year-old Chicago boy whose teacher is giving up a kidney to save his life.
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British teen treks toward North Pole record
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
A British teenager has set off for the geographic North Pole in a bid to become the youngest person in the world to walk to the Earth's most northerly point.
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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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Neighbors Complain About Live Butcher Shop
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
AP - A proposed shop that would sell and butcher live chickens faces opposition from neighbors who fear the sounds and stench from the slaughter.
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Two Charged With Filing Fake Obituary
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
AP - Two people who police say conspired to get off of work for a few days by filing a fake obituary with a newspaper have been arrested.
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Woman, 82, Gets Ticket for Slow Crossing
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
AP - An 82-year-old woman received a $114 ticket for taking too long to cross a street. Mayvis Coyle said she began shuffling with her cane across Foothill Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley when the light was green, but was unable to make it to the other side before it turned red.
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British Teacher Loses 'Farting' Chair Case
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
AP - An employment tribunal has ruled against a British teacher who claimed a noisy chair made classroom life a misery.
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(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
AP - Rafita Mirabal does what few would when faced with an angry, 400-pound animal charging at him: He holds his ground.
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Shop worker finds cocaine instead of bananas
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - A supermarket worker's discovery of 20
kilograms (44 lb) of cocaine hidden in a case of fruit had
German police going bananas.
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Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
A Malaysian man said he nearly fainted when he recieved a $218 trillion phone bill and was ordered to pay up within 10 days or face prosecution, a newspaper reported Monday.
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Report: Malaysian man hit with $218 trillion phone bill
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
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"Mr. Switzerland" to entice women during World Cup
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - For women bored at the thought of this
summer's World Cup finals in Germany, neighbour Switzerland is
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How Much! The World's Priciest Sarnie
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
The world's most expensive sandwich, priced at £85, has gone on sale at Selfridge's department store in London.Between two slices of fermented sour dough bread is stuffed a filling of foie gras, black truffle, fine brie cheese and red pepper confit.
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Trivia reigns for Queen's 80th birthday
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
 Reuters - The Queen owns all the whales and
dolphins in British waters and has been given a string of
exotic gifts from Brazilian jaguars to a grove of Maple trees.
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Mysterious Iceball Hits Oakland
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Even the experts are having trouble explaining a solid block of ice that fell from the sky, crashed into earth and left behind a three-foot hole in the grass in an Oakland, Calif., park.
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Swiss Mystery Park needs saviour to materialise
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - Long ago, astronauts from outer space
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Erich von Daeniken says.
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Tijuana "zebras" latest casualty of Mexico drug war
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - Posing in a Mexican sombrero
for a souvenir photograph, a tourist pauses to rub the snout of
a zebra. Throwing back its ears it starts to shift, snort and
heave until a rasping bray erupts.
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Queen Elizabeth sent her first email in 1976
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Queen Elizabeth sent her first email as long as 40 years ago, according to a list of 80 facts about the monarch released by Buckingham Palace to mark her 80th birthday on April 21.
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Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
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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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Cop sees psychic in PM death threat?
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - An Australian police officer has been
suspended while authorities investigate a newspaper report that
he asked a psychic for help with enquiries into a death threat
made to Prime Minister John Howard.
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Bare buttocks cause stir
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - Bare buttocks plastered on billboards
in Nicosia are the talk of the town in the Cypriot capital, but
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Big Brother inmates released to vote
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - Contestants in the Italian version of
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house Sunday to let them vote in the general election.
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Best, worst places to live?
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
 Reuters - Zurich is the city with the highest
quality of life in 2006, while Baghdad, for the third year
running, has the lowest, a survey published Monday shows.
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The Queen sent first e-mail in 1976
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - The Queen sent her first e-mail as long
as 30 years ago, according to a list of 80 facts about the
monarch released by Buckingham Palace to mark her 80th birthday
on April 21.
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Bare buttocks cause stir in Cypriot capital
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
 Reuters - Bare buttocks plastered on billboards
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Pastor Refutes 'Da Vinci Code' For Palm Sunday
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
In Munster, Ind., a Family Christian Center pastor used Palm Sunday to mount a defense against the best-selling thriller "The Da Vinci Code," what he calls "the greatest attack on Christianity."
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Bomb Squad Called Out For Bag Of Doughnuts
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
An angry woman who dropped off a suspicious package at a Palm Desert fire station Sunday, motivating firefighters to call the bomb squad to investigate, was apparently trying to do a good deed. The suspicious package turned out to be a bag of doughnuts.
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Italians face jungle fever in ballot booth
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - What do flowers, flames, waving bears,
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Australia cop sees psychic in PM death threat
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Monday Apr,10
Reuters - An Australian police officer has been
suspended while authorities investigate a newspaper report that
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