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Mayor of Newark, N.J., carries woman from burning home
Sat,14 Apr 2012 06:27 AM PDT
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker speaks to the media outside a burned house in Newark, New JerseyNEWARK (Reuters) - The mayor of the struggling New Jersey city of Newark said on Friday he was no super hero, only a good neighbor when he broke free from his security detail in a burning house and rescued a woman. Cory Booker arrived at his Newark home on Thursday night to find his next-door neighbor's house ablaze. His neighbor said her middle-aged daughter was trapped upstairs and begged for help. ...


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Argentina's "Miracle Baby" takes turn for the worse
Fri,13 Apr 2012 04:14 PM PDT
Reuters - BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A baby declared stillborn and then later found alive by her parents at a morgue in Argentina was in critical condition on Friday after taking a turn for the worse overnight, a hospital official said. Doctors told Analia Bouter that her baby was stillborn when she gave birth in Argentina's northern Chaco province at the start of the month. But 12 hours after her birth, when Bouter and her husband pried open the wooden coffin inside the refrigerated morgue to see her one last time, they found the baby not only breathing but yawning and stretching her arms. ... Full Story
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Mayor of Newark, N.J., carries woman from burning home
Fri,13 Apr 2012 10:33 AM PDT
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker speaks to the media outside a burned house in Newark, New JerseyNEWARK (Reuters) - The mayor of the struggling New Jersey city of Newark said on Friday he was no super hero, only a good neighbor when he broke free from his security detail in a burning house and rescued a woman. Cory Booker arrived at his Newark home on Thursday night to find his next-door neighbor's house ablaze. His neighbor said her middle-aged daughter was trapped upstairs and begged for help. ...


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More Americans freezing than sleeping on assets: poll
Fri,13 Apr 2012 09:19 AM PDT
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To match Insight USA-POVERTY-FOODSTAMPS/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forget the mattress, a quarter of Americans who keep money in their homes are hiding it in their freezers, according to a new survey. The Marist poll showed that 27 percent of Americans preferred to literally freeze their assets, compared to 11 percent who chose to sleep on their savings. "One in ten -- 10 percent -- buries their dough in the cookie jar while nine percent leave their loot in some other household location," Marist said in a statement. ...


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German runaway Yvonne the cow nets moo-vie deal
Fri,13 Apr 2012 07:40 AM PDT
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Cow Yvonne and her son Frisi stand in their barn at Gut Aiderbichl in the eastern Bavarian town of DeggendorfBERLIN (Reuters) - Yvonne the German cow evaded helicopter searches, dodged the hunter's gun and even eschewed her calf and best friend for a life on the run. Now the tale of the runaway cow, who captivated the nation last year when she bolted from her farm to escape slaughter and roamed free in the Bavarian countryside for three months, will provide fodder for a Hollywood animated film. ...


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Unwelcome visitor leaves teeth wounds on Louisiana motel guest
Thu,12 Apr 2012 06:23 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A six-foot alligator which showed up at the front door of a Baton Rouge-area motel on Wednesday might have departed without incident had it not been for an overly helpful guest, who later checked out of the motel with puncture wounds. A housekeeper at the Super 8 Motel just off Interstate 10 in Port Allen, Louisiana, spotted the gator as it crossed the driveway toward the motel at about 3 p.m. She called a maintenance worker, who called the hotel manager to come take a look. "He came up right by our front door to the lobby," Assistant Manager Tiffany Dunnam said. ... Full Story
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UCLA apologizes for erroneous admissions notice snafu
Thu,12 Apr 2012 01:55 PM PDT
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A student walks on the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) campusLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As if college application season was not stressful enough for high school seniors, nearly 900 students seeking admission to UCLA were briefly led to believe they had been accepted to the highly competitive school, only to have their hopes dashed. The University of California, Los Angeles, has apologized for the confusion, which stemmed from an email notice sent to both newly admitted and wait-listed students saying their provisional scholarship aid had been increased and congratulating them on their admission to the campus. ...


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Argentine hospital blamed after "dead" baby found alive
Wed,11 Apr 2012 02:04 PM PDT
Reuters - BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A mother whose newborn baby was found alive in an Argentine morgue 12 hours after being declared dead on Wednesday blamed hospital negligence for the near-fatal mistake. Doctors told Analia Bouter that her baby was stillborn when she gave birth in Argentina's northern Chaco province on April 3. But when she and her husband pried open the coffin inside the refrigerated morgue, they found the baby breathing. "We knelt down and thanked God for this miracle," Bouter told reporters. "The doctor always treated the baby as if she were dead ... ... Full Story
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Ohio man charged after six puppies found in suitcase
Wed,11 Apr 2012 01:52 PM PDT
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English Bulldog puppies play at the Toledo Area Humane Society in Maumee OhioCLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio man has been charged with animal abandonment after a litter of six English bulldog puppies was found in a suitcase with a tag bearing his name, according to Humane Society authorities. Cyndi Condit, spokeswoman for the Toledo Area Humane Society told Reuters Wednesday that the man, identified as Howard Davis of Toledo, lived only two blocks from where the suitcase was found. The mother of the puppies was found pacing around the suitcase, which attracted the attention of a passerby. ...


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Kindergarten boy brings heroin to show and tell
Tue,10 Apr 2012 04:04 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - A five-year-old boy brought packets of heroin to a show and tell at his Connecticut kindergarten, leading to the arrest of his stepfather, police said on Tuesday. The child was proudly displaying packets of a powdery substance to his kindergarten classmates in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Monday when his teacher noticed what he was holding, Detective Keith Bryant of the Bridgeport Police Department said. "He was waving it around," Bryant said, adding that the teacher collected the packets and immediately notified her supervisors. ... Full Story
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When it comes to war, beer beats silver and gold
Tue,10 Apr 2012 11:05 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The Dutch drank their way to victory and independence from Spain in 1648 through the taxes they paid on beer, according to a report in the April issue of the Journal of American Association of Wine Economists. Economists Koen Deconinck of the University of Leuven and Johann Swinnen of Stanford University wrote that taxes on beer "played a crucial role in financing the revolt ... (and) were the single largest revenue source" for the outnumbered and outgunned Dutch, who were facing "the mightiest empire on earth. ... Full Story
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New Jersey man survives 4-inch nail in heart
Sun,8 Apr 2012 08:00 PM PDT
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Handout photo of a nail is shown in the chest of of Dennis Hennis before undergoing life saving cardiac surgery at Cooper University Hospital in Camden(Reuters) - A New Jersey man who survived accidentally shooting a 4-inch (10-cm) nail into his heart while trying to clear a jammed nail gun said on Friday he feels like he won the lottery. Dennis Hennis, 52, who was revived from cardiac arrest before being airlifted for surgery to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, laughed off Dr. Michael Rosenbloom's suggestion that he buy a lottery ticket. "I've already won the lottery," said Hennis of Vineland, New Jersey, in an interview. "I got a new grandson on my birthday on March 23 and a week later I'm almost dead. ...


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Wyoming town - population 1 - sells for $900,000 to Vietnamese buyer
Sun,8 Apr 2012 07:59 PM PDT
Reuters - SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - The town of Buford, Wyoming - population 1 - was sold for $900,000 to an unidentified buyer from Vietnam on Thursday after an 11-minute Internet auction that attracted worldwide interest. The tiny Western town garnered online viewers and bidders from 46 countries for the sale of 10-plus acres with a convenience store, gas station and modular home located in southeastern Wyoming between Cheyenne and Laramie. ... Full Story
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Wyoming town - population 1 - sells for $900,000 to Vietnamese buyer
Thu,5 Apr 2012 07:22 PM PDT
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Handout of a sign showing town owner Sammons on a road in BufordSALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - The town of Buford, Wyoming - population 1 - was sold for $900,000 to an unidentified buyer from Vietnam on Thursday after an 11-minute Internet auction that attracted worldwide interest. The tiny Western town garnered online viewers and bidders from 46 countries for the sale of 10-plus acres with a convenience store, gas station and modular home located in southeastern Wyoming between Cheyenne and Laramie. ...


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In Australia, the Easter...Bilby?
Thu,5 Apr 2012 07:20 PM PDT
Reuters - SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Easter Bunny's days as a furry seasonal icon may be numbered in Australia, as conservationists Down Under move to replace it with the Easter Bilby. The bilby is a rare marsupial that has long ears, a long muzzle, silky fur and a pouch like a kangaroo. Males grow to about the same size as a rabbit. But the animal is in trouble. Only some 600 are estimated to remain in the wild, and its habitat is being steadily eaten away by rabbits, which were introduced to Australia. ... Full Story
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Struggling waitress to keep $12,000 tip seized by police: attorney
Thu,5 Apr 2012 01:37 PM PDT
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$100 bills are seen at a bank in this picture illustration September 20, 2011(Reuters) - Police in Moorhead, Minnesota, will return a $12,000 tip they seized from a struggling local waitress, her attorney said on Thursday. Stacy Knutson, a server at the Fryn' Pan Restaurant in Moorhead, got the tip back in November from a customer who left a takeout box inside the restaurant. Knutson followed the customer out to parking lot and tried to give her the box but the woman told her to keep it. When Knutson opened it, she found $12,000 in cash. Knutson, a mother of five, called local police and turned in the cash as lost property. ...


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Malaysia denies tutus to blame for nixed ballet
Thu,5 Apr 2012 03:33 AM PDT
Reuters - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The abrupt cancellation of shows by a Singaporean ballet troupe in Malaysia has caused a tempest in a tutu, with the government saying the dancers applied too late for a permit to perform, and a local group blaming cultural concern over "indecent" costumes. 'Ballet Illuminations' by the Singapore Dance Theatre was supposed to run this weekend, and many tickets had been sold for performances of The Nutcracker and other works. But without a permit, the show cannot go on. ... Full Story
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Filipino Catholics observe Lent with gory rituals
Thu,5 Apr 2012 03:26 AM PDT
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A penitent prays before whipping his back during Maundy Thursday Lenten rites in Mandaluyong city, metro ManilaMABALACAT, Philippines (Reuters) - Hundreds of barefoot Filipinos marched on roads, carrying heavy wooden crosses and whipping their backs until they bled on Thursday in an annual gory religious ritual as the mainly Catholic Philippines observed near the end of the Lenten season. Many Filipino devotees perform religious penance during the week leading up to Easter Sunday as a form of worship and supplication, a practice discouraged by Catholic bishops, but widely believed by devotees to cleanse sins, cure illness and even grant wishes. ...


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Buy your own zip code: towns for sale in Montana, Wyoming
Wed,4 Apr 2012 08:34 PM PDT
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Handout of a sign showing town owner Sammons on a road in BufordSALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Buford, Wyoming, the nation's smallest town, will lose its long-time - and only - resident on Thursday when the outpost along Interstate 80 is auctioned off to the highest bidder. The minimum bid for Buford, 10-plus acres with a convenience store-cum-gas station situated between the capital city of Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming, is $100,000 for a sale to take place in town at noon local time. Buford is one of two tiny Western towns to be sold by owners whose spouses have died and whose adult children have moved on. Pray, Montana, population 8, is on the market for $1. ...


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Cheers! Toast the royal jubilee with English bubbly
Tue,3 Apr 2012 04:45 AM PDT
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A man cleans rows of sake wine at the Zuma restaurant in central LondonLONDON (Reuters) - English wine producers are eyeing 2012 as the year home-grown wine, especially sparkling varieties, could become a mainstream product as retailers throw their weight behind it to coincide with Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. Over the past decade improving quality, increasing volumes and solid performances at expert tastings have established English wine as more than a passion for amateurs, though it still accounts for less than 1 percent of the UK market. ...


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Tokyo chefs swell with anger over new blowfish laws
Mon,2 Apr 2012 08:41 PM PDT
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- PHOTO TAKEN 19MAY02 - Blowfish, TOKYO (Reuters) - With a scoop of a net Tokyo chef Naohito Hashimoto selects a poisonous blowfish, considered a delicacy in Japan, and with a few deft strokes of his gleaming knife starts the delicate process of preparing it for a customer. In moments, Hashimoto has separated the edible parts of the fish from organs filled with a poison more deadly than cyanide. For more than six decades, dicing blowfish in Tokyo has been the preserve of a small band of strictly regulated and licensed chefs, usually in exclusive restaurants. ...


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South Korea looks to ease name pain for London
Fri,30 Mar 2012 03:13 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - South Korea is planning to unify the spelling of athletes names in English at this year's London Olympics to ease confusion among foreign journalists and fans, local media reported on Friday. The initiative will lead to a universal enforcement of the system revised in 2000, in which Koreans are required to use their family name before their given names, in accordance with the National Institute of the Korean Language. ... Full Story
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Urine-soaked eggs a spring taste treat in China city
Thu,29 Mar 2012 03:08 AM PDT
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A man walks into a primary school toilet where containers are placed to collect urine passed out by boys, in DongyangDONGYANG, China (Reuters) - It's the end of a school day in the eastern Chinese city of Dongyang, and eager parents collect their children after a hectic day of primary school. But that's just the start of busy times for dozens of egg vendors across the city, deep in coastal Zhejiang province, who ready themselves to cook up a unique springtime snack favored by local residents. Basins and buckets of boys' urine are collected from primary school toilets. ...


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Wife shot dead by husband after dog poops in house: police
Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:24 PM PDT
Reuters - DALLAS (Reuters) - A 76-year-old Texas man was charged with murder for shooting his wife and two dogs after one of the animals pooped in the house. Police arrested Michael Stephen Stolz after a five-hour standoff at the man's home in the Dallas suburb of Lewisville late Tuesday. He was charged with murder in the shooting death of his wife, Bernice Stolz, and remained in the Denton County Jail on Wednesday on a $250,000 bond. Stolz told officers he shot his 49-year-old wife and the couple's two dogs after the German Shepherd mix defecated on the floor on Saturday, said Lewisville Police Capt. ... Full Story
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Medvedev reassures Russia his cat is safe
Wed,28 Mar 2012 05:52 AM PDT
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File photo of U.S. President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama looking at Russian President Medvedev's cat at the presidential residence Gorki outside MoscowMOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev reassured Russians on Wednesday that his cat Dorofei was safe after reports that it had run away made him an object of satire on Twitter. "About the cat. A source close to #Dorofei says he has not got lost anywhere. Thank you all for your concern!" Medvedev tweeted from a trip to Asia. By then a newly created Twitter account in the cat's name had almost 400 followers and attracted many remarks making fun of Medvedev's subordinate relationship to President-elect Vladimir Putin. "It's simple. ...


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Referee dishes out five red cards in dressing room
Wed,28 Mar 2012 01:41 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A referee sent off five players in the dressing rooms after a post-match brawl at an English League Two (fourth tier) game between Bradford City and promotion-chasing Crawley Town. "I can't believe this has happened," Bradford manager Phil Parkinson, who had three players shown red cards after the 2-1 home defeat on Tuesday night, told the BBC. "I have never been in a situation before where a ref has come into the dressing room, pulled players on one side and sent them off. He wouldn't allow me in there. ... Full Story
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Couple to wed live on Country Music Awards show
Tue,27 Mar 2012 12:00 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A New Jersey couple, who unexpectedly found love during the grief of bereavement, plan to marry on a country music awards show on Sunday and be serenaded by Martina McBride. Country fans Christina Davidson, 31, and Frank Tucci, 33, will exchange wedding vows live on television during the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, show organizers said. Martina McBride and Train frontman Pat Monahan will perform their new single "Marry Me" as the couple marry onstage in what is thought to be a first live wedding during an awards show. ... Full Story
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Austrian saws off own foot to avoid work - report
Mon,26 Mar 2012 06:52 AM PDT
Reuters - VIENNA (Reuters) - An unemployed Austrian man sawed his foot off, apparently to avoid being found fit to go back to work. Hours before an appointment on Monday for the labor office to check on his health, the 56-year-old man held his left leg against an electric saw in his home workshop and severed his foot just above the ankle, Austrian broadcaster ORF reported. Bleeding profusely, the man from the province of Styria then threw the foot into an oven, hobbled to his garage and called an ambulance. An emergency operation was unable to reattach the foot, ORF said. ... Full Story
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Ready, steady...stack at Japan competition
Mon,26 Mar 2012 05:23 AM PDT
Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - More than 100 people gathered to vie for the title of Japan's fastest hands, competing to stack a set of plastic cups into a pyramid in the shortest time possible. The 2012 Sport Stacking competition allowed competitors to show off their skills in a "sport" that organizers say teaches eye-hand coordination, improves reaction time and uses as much energy as archery, bowling or volleyball. Using the 12 specially designed plastic cups, contestants took part in either individual, team relays or with a partner, with each person allowed to use only one hand. ... Full Story
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Borat anthem played by mistake at medals ceremony
Sat,24 Mar 2012 01:22 AM PDT
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British actor Sacha Baron Cohen, in character as a Kazakh TV reporter known as 'Borat', holds a boomerang and can of beer at his film's premiere in Sydney(Reuters) - Kazakhstan's shooting team demanded an apology after a spoof national anthem from the comedy film Borat was played instead of the real one at a medal ceremony in Kuwait, the BBC reported on Friday. The team's coach told Kazakh media the organizers of the Kuwait tournament had downloaded the parody from the internet by mistake and had also got the Serbian national anthem wrong. Footage of Thursday's original ceremony shows gold medalist Maria Dmitrienko listening solemnly to the anthem before smiling. The ceremony was later rerun. ...


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Danish lottery winners go from riches to rags
Fri,23 Mar 2012 09:02 AM PDT
Reuters - COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Three hundred Danes who thought they'd won enough money on the lottery to last them several lifetimes were brought down to earth with a bump minutes later when they learnt their actual prizes wouldn't even pay for a weekend break. State lottery company Danske Spil blamed "human error" for a glitch that held out the promise for part of Tuesday of jackpots ranging from an astronomical 1 billion Danish crowns to a mind-blowing 280 billion ($49.7 billion). The shamefaced lottery firm shattered the 302 winners' dreams by email an hour and a half later. ... Full Story
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Norwegian gains instant fame as taxpayers' everyman
Thu,22 Mar 2012 12:20 PM PDT
Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - A 36-year-old business consultant became Norway's best known taxpayer this week after the government accidentally displayed his records to everyone who logged onto its tax website. Kenneth Belcovski's name is on every Norwegian taxpayer's lips this week after a glitch on the Norwegian government's 2011 tax website redirected people logging on to check their declarations to a page detailing Belcovski's tax details. ... Full Story
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Messi's footwork part of anti-Syria conspiracy: TV
Thu,22 Mar 2012 07:08 AM PDT
Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Barcelona footballers don't just have a slick passing game, they can also secretly indicate arms smuggling routes to Syria, a pro-government Syrian television channel claimed this week. Without a hint of irony, Addounia TV superimposed a map of Syria on a screen to show how Lionel Messi and his team-mates, representing smugglers, had kicked a ball, representing a weapons shipment, into Syria from Lebanon. The subtle signals to rebels were transmitted when Barcelona played Real Madrid in December, said the channel, which is owned by a cousin of President Bashar al-Assad. ... Full Story
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Pink-haired student invited back to school
Wed,21 Mar 2012 10:08 AM PDT
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Delaware middle school student Moore stands in front of the mirror with pink hair at her residence in Newark, Delawar(Reuters) - A school that barred a sixth grader after she dyed her hair pink with her parents' blessing to celebrate her good grades lifted its ban on Tuesday following an outcry from civil rights advocates. After missing three days of classes, pink-haired Brianna Moore headed back to Shue-Medill Middle School in Newark, Delaware, on Tuesday after administrators reversed their decision after a call from the Delaware branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). "We're on our way right now," said Kevin Moore as he drove his 12-year-old daughter to school. ...


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400-pound gorilla escapes, bites zookeeper at Buffalo Zoo
Tue,20 Mar 2012 03:03 PM PDT
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400-pound adult male gorilla, is seen in this undated handout photo from the Buffalo ZooBUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A 400-pound adult male gorilla escaped his cage at the Buffalo Zoo on Monday, biting a female zookeeper before being tranquilized and captured in what a SWAT team leader called, "the scariest thing I've ever done." Zoo officials said Koga, a 24-year-old silverback gorilla, took advantage of an unlocked door in his living quarters on Monday morning and slipped into the space behind it, used by zoo personnel but closed to the public. ...


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Pink-haired student invited back to school
Tue,20 Mar 2012 03:01 PM PDT
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Delaware middle school student Moore stands in front of the mirror with pink hair at her residence in Newark, Delawar(Reuters) - A school that barred a sixth grader after she dyed her hair pink with her parents' blessing to celebrate her good grades lifted its ban on Tuesday following an outcry from civil rights advocates. After missing three days of classes, pink-haired Brianna Moore headed back to Shue-Medill Middle School in Newark, Delaware, on Tuesday after administrators reversed their decision after a call from the Delaware branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). "We're on our way right now," said Kevin Moore as he drove his 12-year-old daughter to school. ...


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Great-great grandmother, 101, breaks paragliding record
Tue,20 Mar 2012 02:03 PM PDT
Reuters - SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A great-great grandmother in America was declared the oldest woman to paraglide tandem on Tuesday after taking to the air to celebrate her 101st birthday. In confirming the feat, Guinness World Records said Mary Allen Hardison's historic flight near Salt Lake City on September 1 last year was "pushing record breaking to new heights." Hardison, of Ogden, Utah, said she decided to go paragliding after her 75-year-old son Allen took up the sport. "Just because you are old doesn't mean you have to sit on your duff all day," Hardison told Reuters. ... Full Story
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North Korean triplets born thanks to "honey tonics"
Tue,20 Mar 2012 07:09 AM PDT
Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - Impoverished North Korea celebrated the arrival this week of its 415th set of triplets, thanks to infusions of honey tonics and a legacy of care bestowed on triple births by the country, state news agency KCNA reported on Tuesday. The triplets were born to Kim Sun Ok, who works in a shoe factory in capital Pyongyang, and her husband Kim Kyong who works in a factory producing soju, a fiery Korean liquor. ... Full Story
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400-pound gorilla escapes, bites zookeeper at Buffalo Zoo
Mon,19 Mar 2012 02:37 PM PDT
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A silverback mountain gorilla is seen during a census inside Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, about 550 km (341 miles) west of Uganda's capital KampalaBUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A 400-pound adult male gorilla escaped his cage at the Buffalo Zoo on Monday, biting a female zookeeper before being tranquilized and captured in what a SWAT team leader called, "the scariest thing I've ever done." Zoo officials said Koga, a 24-year-old silverback gorilla, took advantage of an unlocked door in his living quarters on Monday morning and slipped into the space behind it, used by zoo personnel but closed to the public. ...


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Poo for tea: China's pandas brew a top drop
Mon,19 Mar 2012 09:56 AM PDT
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Employees collect tea leaves fertilised by panda droppings during a media event at a tea farm in Ya'anYA'AN, China (Reuters) - China's national treasure, the giant panda, will become even more precious if one businessman succeeds in using their dung to grow organic green tea he intends to sell for over $200 a cup. An Yanshi, an entrepreneur in southwest China, grows the tea in mountainous Ya'an in Sichuan province using tons of excrement from panda bears living at nearby breeding centers. The first batch of panda dung tea will be sold in lots of 50 grams that will cost some 22,000 yuan ($3,500) each, a price An said makes it the world's most expensive tea. ...


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