Biologist battles killer pythons in Florida park
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
 Reuters - The man
leading efforts to eradicate giant Burmese python snakes from
Everglades National Park sounds almost fearful, and certainly
not optimistic, when he talks about the chances of wiping out
an invasive species he calls "the enemy."
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Coyotes Prowl Into Chicago
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
A pack of city-dwelling coyotes has a Chicago family worried about the safety of their children and pets after the animals were seen prowling a nearby vacant lot.
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Iceland tops Internet broadband league
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
Reuters - Iceland had the highest concentration
of broadband Internet users in 2005, but the United States
still leads in absolute numbers with more than double the
connections of Japan, a survey showed on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka turns back the clocks
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
Reuters - For Buddhist monks and astrologers,
when Sri Lanka permanently puts its clocks back thirty minutes
at midnight on Friday, the island is putting itself back in
sync with the stars and planets.
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Employer's joke dashes maid's Playboy hopes
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
Reuters - An Indonesian maid posed in her
underwear for pictures her female employer promised would
appear in the Indonesian version of Playboy, but complained
after receiving no payment, a Malaysian social group said on
Wednesday. Playboy magazine caused a stir at its launch in
Indonesia last week, despite having less skin on display than
U.S. issues of 50 years ago.
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Pilot caught trying to fly plane while drunk
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
Reuters - An Indian low-cost airline suspended a
pilot after he was found drunk shortly before he was due to fly
an aircraft with about 100 passengers on board, officials said
on Wednesday.
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Court: Ads Violate Filmmakers' Integrity
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
AP - A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a TV station violated the artistic integrity of two filmmakers by interrupting their movies with commercial breaks.
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US Sailors took sham brides to boost pay
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
Reuters - Eight U.S. sailors at a Florida naval
station fraudulently married Polish and Romanian women in order
to collect extra housing allowances, according to federal
charges filed on Tuesday.
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Today In History - April 12, 2006
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
Today is Wednesday, April 12, the 102nd day of 2006. There are 263 days left in the year. The Jewish holiday Passover begins at sunset.
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Accused Burglar Takes Cameras, Leaves Tape
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
- A man accused of burglarizing a laundromat in Elko figured he made a clean escape over the weekend when he took off with the store's six video surveillance cameras.
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Elephant Eats Scores Of Cookies, Gets Sick
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
Sri Lanka's most celebrated elephant, "Raja," has fallen ill after eating scores of cookies, chocolates and other rich food offered to him as part of Buddhist new year celebrations.
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Owner To Get Back Motorcycle Taken In 1971
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
Authorities recovered a motorcycle that was stolen in 1971 and plan to return it to its original owner this week.
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Canada offers top pay at Afghan coffee shop
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
Reuters - Canada is willing to pay top
dollar so that its soldiers in Afghanistan are served the kind
of coffee and treats they crave.
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Elephant Eats Scores of Cookies, Gets Sick
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Wednesday Apr,12
 AP - Sri Lanka's most celebrated elephant, "Raja," has fallen ill after eating scores of cookies, chocolates and other rich food offered to him as part of Buddhist new year celebrations.
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Village People 'Cop' Arrested Again
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
The original policeman from the disco hitmakers the Village People is in trouble with the law -- again.
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Teen Accused of Making 1,000 911 Calls
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
AP - A teenage girl acknowledged making about 1,000 fake 911 calls from her cell phone, laughing, taunting and saying, "You can't catch me," police said Monday.
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Accused Burglar Takes Cameras, Leaves Tape
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
AP - A man accused of burglarizing a laundromat in Elko figured he made a clean escape over the weekend when he took off with the store's six video surveillance cameras.
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Motorcycle, rider reunited after 35 years
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
Thirty-five years after it was stolen, police in Long Beach, California have recovered a motorcycle as it was being shipped to an unsuspecting person in Finland who bought it in an online auction.
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Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
A world record attempt in Dubbo for the longest tattoo session has been declared official.
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Judge Makes Reluctant Juror Sit on Bench
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
AP - Legal experts are questioning the legitimacy of a punishment levied by a federal judge after a suburban Detroit man balked at serving on a grand jury.
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World War II Secret Weapon: the Prune
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
AP - The humble prune is set to be recognized as one of the secret weapons of World War II. A London auction house, Spink, is selling two grizzled prunes that it says were destined to be stuffed with maps or other documents and smuggled to prisoners of war. The prunes were part of the memorabilia collection of a British spy.
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Owner to Get Back Motorcycle Taken in 1971
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
AP - Authorities recovered a motorcycle that was stolen in 1971 and plan to return it to its original owner this week.
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Public opinion mutes Dutch saxophonist
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
Dutch police have confiscated the saxophone of a busker who played so badly that his audience complained.
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Cosmonaut Aims To Hit Golf Ball In Space
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
There won't be a fairway or a green in sight, and it's a far cry from Augusta National, but the international space station could be turned into a driving range this summer.
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U.S. says sailors took sham brides to boost pay
(Reuters)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
Reuters - Eight U.S. sailors at a Florida navy
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to collect extra housing allowances, according to federal
charges filed on Tuesday.
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Cosmonaut Aims to Hit Golf Ball in Space
(AP)
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
AP - There won't be a fairway or a green in sight, and it's a far cry from Augusta National, but the international space station could be turned into a driving range this summer.
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Mexican boy is veteran bullfighter
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
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How Much?! The World's Priciest Sarnie
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
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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Man Rings Up £125 Trillion Phone Bill
Posted by: The Dude, Date: Tuesday Apr,11
Next time your phone bill causes your eyes to water, spare a thought for a customer in Malaysia.Yahaya Wahib has just been landed with a bill from Telekom Malaysia for £125 trillion.
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Sip 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 julep.
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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
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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
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Woman, 82, gets ticket for slow crossing
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Jewish "sex commando" targets Israeli porn websites
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Sip Slowly: a $1,000 Mint Julep
(AP)
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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
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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
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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
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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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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 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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