Archive for April, 2010

Man steals electricity with meat hook (Reuters)

Empty meat hooks in a Meat Market in London February 28, 2001. REUTERS/Ian WaldieReuters - German police are investigating a man for theft after he siphoned electricity off a high-voltage overhead transmission line for one month with the help of an ordinary meat hook, authorities said on Tuesday.


Driver’s thumbs insured for $13 million (Reuters)

Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain adjusts his sunglasses at Albert Park race track for the Australian F1 Grand Prix in Melbourne March 25, 2010. REUTERS/Daniel MunozReuters - Double world champion Fernando Alonso gave a 10 million euro ($13.33 million) thumbs-up to future Formula One success with Ferrari Monday.


Spitzer film recalls glory days, bares enemies (Reuters)

Reuters - Eliot Spitzer left a lot of enemies in his wake as the "The Sheriff of Wall Street" and some still have not forgiven the former state attorney general, who resigned in 2008 as governor of New York in a prostitution scandal.

Police barred from penis enlargement (Reuters)

Reuters - Forget about getting a job as a police officer in Indonesia's Papua if you have had your penis enlarged. You won't get it, according to local media reports citing the Papua police chief.

Britons believe the hills are alive with haggis (Reuters)

Reuters - One in five people in Britain thinks that haggis, the traditional Scottish dish made from the lung, liver and heart of a sheep, is an animal that roams the Highlands, according to a survey on Friday.

Circus comes to Turkmenistan again after long ban (Reuters)

Reuters - The circus came to town in Turkmenistan Friday...for the first time since the Central Asian nation's late leader banned the big top nine years ago.

Recession hits communion cash gifts (Reuters)

Reuters - Irish Catholic children preparing for their first communion will be getting less in cash gifts this year, a survey has found, as the long-running tradition takes a hit from the recession.

Police arrest “holy man” over sex scandal (Reuters)

Reuters - Police have arrested a Hindu holy man with thousands of followers across India and abroad after video footage emerged last month allegedly showing him frolicking with two women.

Domingo, Terfel, Fleming in British “proms” lineup (Reuters)

Reuters - Spanish tenor Placido Domingo, who has just returned to the stage after cancer surgery, will be among the highlights of this year's British "proms" music festival where he will sing in Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra"

Woman jailed over cheeseball murder (Reuters)

Reuters - An Australian woman who ran down and killed a man who threw cheese-flavored snacks at her car was jailed Thursday for 25 years.

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