Archive for June, 2010
June 25th, 2010
Reuters - Stressed-out city executives looking to get away from it all have the chance to buy their own rural village in New Zealand, complete with a pub and population of 40.
June 25th, 2010
Reuters - A cat that had both its back legs severed by a combine harvester can walk again after being fitted with prosthetic limbs in a world-first operation.
June 25th, 2010
Reuters - An octopus born in England and living in a German aquarium that has correctly picked the winner of Germany's three World Cup results so far on Friday tipped Joachim Loew's side to beat England in Sunday's match.
June 25th, 2010
Reuters - A Chinese court in the far western region of Xinjiang has sentenced a leading Tibetan collector of antiquities and environmentalist to 15 years in jail for robbing graves, his lawyer said on Friday.
June 24th, 2010
Reuters - A French convict who killed his cellmate and ate his lung was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Thursday.
June 24th, 2010
Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has axed the traditional lavish Bastille Day garden party in the grounds of his Elysee Palace residence as a symbolic savings measure, parliamentary sources said on Wednesday.
June 24th, 2010
Reuters - Scientists studying swingers -- straight couples who regularly swap sexual partners and indulge in group sex at organized meeting -- say they have higher rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) than prostitutes.
June 23rd, 2010
Reuters - A Canadian zoo has recovered a Bengal tiger and a pair of camels that went missing last week after thieves made off with the truck and trailer in which they were traveling.
June 23rd, 2010
Reuters - Offering up lion burgers as a tribute to the World Cup in South Africa is getting a Phoenix valley restaurant into controversy.
June 23rd, 2010
Reuters - A drunk driver trapped after overturning his car cracked open another can of beer while he waited for emergency crews to rescue him, a New Zealand court was told.
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