Friday, May 6, 2011
And in Canada: NDP deputy leader doubts bin Laden photos exist…
The deputy leader of Canada's new Official Opposition party says he doubts the U.S. has photos of Osama bin Laden's body. Thomas Mulcair, who stands in for NDP [For our Americans:Socialist] Leader Jack Layton in the House of Commons when he is away, told CBC's Power & Politics with Evan Solomon that...
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
And in New Jersey: Town Limits When Roosters, Hens Can Hook Up…
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A U.S. town has adopted an ordinance that regulates when chickens and roosters can hook up in backyard henhouses. Roosters must show they're disease-free and they better not crow about their conquests. Hopewell Township residents can have up to a half-dozen hens on...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
And in London: A Kate Stand-In Stars in Official Dress Rehearsal…
If practice makes perfect, the Royal Wedding should come off without a hitch. Early Wednesday morning, about one thousand members of the British military ran through the wedding service, and their objective seemed clear: to safeguard bride Kate Middleton without obscuring the crowd's view of her...
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Friday, April 22, 2011
And in England: Police Call in Doctor to Tell Them Headless Man is Dead…
When police pulled a headless body from a river, you would not have thought it needed a doctor to confirm the person was dead. But there are rules and procedures to follow. And a medic was duly called in to declare that the man in question was actually ‘life extinct’. Yesterday a coroner expressed...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
And All Over the Place: Digby du Pont Causes Problems…
At the age of 20, New Yorker Digby du Pont can thank his parents for a life that would make most envious. With his well-heeled parents he has travelled to all seven continents, visiting the Taj Mahal in India and the Pyramids at Giza, and cruising in the Indian Ocean along the way. Dressed in the...
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Monday, April 18, 2011
And in Germany: Pilfering Party Member Gets Flushed Out…
A German politician has been caught short after janitors collared him red-handed pilfering toilet paper rolls from the gents in the town hall during a sting operation, authorities said Wednesday. Janitors' suspicions were raised when more than 200 rolls vanished and they laid a trap for...
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Friday, April 15, 2011
And in Zirakpur: High-Level Conference Planned…
High drama prevailed at a village near this Punjab town Friday with a local politician climbing up a tree and refusing to come down till Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal personally came to listen to his grievances. Avtar Singh Nagla, who had unsuccessfully contested the 2007 state assembly...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
And in Seattle: Get Ready for the ‘Spring Sphere’ Hunt…
Show most children an Easter egg and they'll refer to it as just that, regardless of their cultural background. So when one teacher asked 16-year-old Jessica, who was volunteering at their elementary school in Seattle, to refer to the eggs as 'spring spheres' she was stunned. The sophomore, who...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
And in the Indian Ocean: ‘Catch and Release’ of Pirates…
British Navy seizes 17 armed Somalis, gives them halal meat and nicotine patches... then sets them free! When a Royal Navy warship captured a crew of Somali pirates, it seemed like a rare chance to strike back at the ruthless sea gangsters. The 17 outlaws were armed with an arsenal of AK 47s and...
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Monday, April 4, 2011
And Whenever You Smell Lavender: If You’re a Guy, Run...
Lavender and other fragrant oils may cause breast growth in boys. Pediatric endocrinologist Clifford Bloch of the University of Colorado at Denver diagnosed three otherwise healthy boys – ages four, seven and ten – with prepubertal gynecomastia, a rare condition that that leads to breast growth in...
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