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Just in time for Mothers Day!
2008-05-01 16:44:00 PARIS (Reuters) - If anyone was wondering where French avant-garde novelist Michel Houellebecq got his talent for character assassination, the answer is clear: his mother. More About: Time , Mothers Day , Mothers , Just in time
Web sites promote ?hypermiling? to save on fuel
2008-04-30 23:46:00 PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - As U.S. gasoline prices hit records on almost a daily basis, an increasing number of motorists are following a radical driving technique designed to eke out every last mile from a tank of fuel. More About: Promote , Fuel , Web Sites , Sites , Save
Indian cricket in cheerleader cover-up
2008-04-30 22:51:00 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - One Indian cricket team has withdrawn cheerleaders from matches while others are being told to cover up, after protests that their dances and skimpy outfits were offensive to conservative Indians. More About: Cricket , Cover , Cover-up , Indian Cricket
Pink Floyd?s missing giant pig has landed
2008-04-30 22:46:00 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A giant inflatable pig that went missing from a Southern California music festival at the weekend has been found in tatters in a desert town. More About: Pink , Pink Floyd , Giant , Missing , Floyd
Families sue undertakers in body parts scandal
2008-04-30 22:13:00 PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Families who claim the corpses of more than 1,000 relatives were dismembered and sold in an illegal body-parts scandal sued funeral directors and others on Tuesday. More About: Body , Scandal , Parts , Body Parts
People urged to chip in for hydroelectric project
2008-04-29 17:13:00 DUSHANBE (Reuters) - The impoverished Central Asian nation of Tajikistan urged its people on Tuesday to give up their salaries to help build a new hydroelectric plant. More About: People , Project , Chip
Guy tears hair out over hairdresser?s phone
2008-04-29 17:08:00 BERLIN (Reuters) - Police helping a German man track down a nuisance caller discovered his tormentor for two years was a faulty card payment system in a hairdresser's shop. More About: Phone , Hair
Are lice art? Israelis scratch their heads
2008-04-29 16:50:00 BAT YAM, Israel (Reuters) - From pickled cows to elephant dung, the art world is no stranger to offbeat ideas. But a group of lice-infested Germans? More About: Heads , Scratch , Israelis
So, you don?t like the color, right?
2008-04-29 16:23:00 BEIJING (Reuters) - A 2 million yuan ($286,000) sculpture in northeastern China that took two years to build was dismantled days before its unveiling because a senior government official disliked the color, local media said on Tuesday. More About: Color
140kg man sues jail over losing weight
2008-04-29 03:18:00 People are spending thousands to loose extra weight but this overweight guy is not happy in loosing his weight. Broderick Lloyd Laswell, jailed for fatally beating and stabbing a man, then setting his home on fire; is not so happy in loosing weight. He is waiting a murder trail in Arkansas. He huge guy was 187 ... More About: Weight , Losing Weight , Jail
Manners are getting worse?
2008-04-28 19:14:00 LONDON (Reuters) - Britons are ruder than they were a decade ago, according to a survey on Monday that showed almost three-quarters of people think manners should be taught at school. More About: Manners
Are lice art? Israelis scratch their heads
2008-04-28 19:10:00 BAT YAM, Israel (Reuters) - From pickled cows to elephant dung, the art world is no stranger to offbeat ideas. But a group of lice-infested Germans? More About: Heads , Scratch , Israelis
Official sees ?destructive? Barbie influence
2008-04-28 19:08:00 TEHRAN (Reuters) - Imports of Barbie dolls and other Western toys will have destructive cultural and social consequences in Iran, the Islamic Republic's top prosecutor was quoted as saying on Monday. More About: Influence , Official , Sees
Nepali artist created longest painting in shortest time
2008-04-28 05:45:00 With an aim to set a new world record for the longest illustration, a noted Nepal i artist has created a 130-metre-long acrylic painting, taking less than 13 hours for the job. Kiran Manandhar, 51, created the painting titled `Abako Nepal` or the `Nepal of today` on April 25, 2008 at the 190-year-old structure `Dharahara`, known as ... More About: Painting , Artist , Time , Records
Fear Factor in Devotees mind make them Offerings in a Shrine
2008-04-25 23:27:00 Share This More About: Mind , Shrine , Fear , Make , Factor
State moves to ban fake testicles on vehicles
2008-04-25 18:03:00 TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Senate lawmakers in Florida have voted to ban the fake bull testicles that dangle from the trailer hitches of many trucks and cars throughout the state. More About: Vehicles , Fake , State , Moves , Testicles
Anglers let big cash bonanza get away
2008-04-25 18:02:00 HONG KONG (Reuters) - Three Hong Kong anglers thought they had hit the big time when they sold their rare giant fish for HK$20,000 ($2,560) -- but they missed out on a HK$1 million bonanza, a newspaper reported on Friday. More About: Cash
Ads seek ex-soldiers for smuggling jobs
2008-04-25 18:02:00 GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala is investigating radio advertisements seeking elite ex-soldiers, who have been known to work for drug cartels, to smuggle goods into Mexico, officials said on Thursday. More About: Jobs , Soldiers , Smuggling , Seek
Prized police catch escapes again
2008-04-25 18:00:00 MANILA (Reuters) - The leader of a notorious gang of armed robbers in the Philippines, re-arrested by police after months on the run, escaped again on Friday in a scene straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster. More About: Police , Catch
Vikings acquitted in 100-year-old murder mystery
2008-04-25 17:59:00 OSLO (Reuters) - Tests of the bones of two Viking women found in a buried longboat have dispelled 100-year-old suspicions that one was a maid sacrificed to accompany her queen into the afterlife, experts said on Friday. More About: Murder , Mystery , Year , Vikings
Thousands flock to exhumed body of saint
2008-04-24 21:24:00 SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy (Reuters) - The exhumed body of Padre Pio, a saint considered a miracle worker by his devotees, attracted thousands of pilgrims on Thursday when it went on display 40 years after his death. More About: Body , Flock , Saint
Stuntman hurt on Bond set in Italy
2008-04-24 18:18:00 LONDON (Reuters) - A stuntman was seriously injured in an accident on the Italian set of the latest James Bond movie, the production company said. More About: Italy , Hurt , Stuntman
Nose-picking lawmaker to shout his last good-bye
2008-04-24 18:15:00 TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's cabinet will soon lose one of its more colorful members who was notorious for sleeping in parliament, shouting at legislators, picking his nose in public and shoving a journalist. More About: Nose , Good , Shout , Picking
Getting paid to drink
2008-04-24 18:14:00 LONDON (Reuters) - Found: drinking companions to join elderly gentleman for a friendly beer at his local pub. More About: Drink , Paid
Megan Fox named world’s sexiest woman
2008-04-24 18:06:00 Actress Megan Fox , 21, was named the world’s sexiest woman by FHM Online’s annual online poll. Fox, actress in last year’s hit movie “Transformers”, grabbed the title from last year’s sexiest women Jessica Alba, who dropped to No. 3 in the 2008 list of 100 Sexiest Women in the World . Fox debuted on the list ... More About: Woman
Hobocop robot chases homeless people near pub
2008-04-24 15:48:00 A bar owner has started using a homemade robot to patrol the streets and scare away homeless people. Welcome to the future. More About: People , Robot , Homeless
Penis theft panic hits city…
2008-04-24 15:47:00 KINSHASA (Reuters) - Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft. More About: City , Theft , Penis , Hits , Panic
Cigarette packs patch up hole in chest
More articles from this author:2008-04-24 03:47:00 Never mind nicotine patches - a DIY patient is using cigarette packets to cover up a gaping hole in his chest. More About: Chest , Patch , Hole , Cigarette , Packs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
