Caves offer new tour — in Klingon (Reuters)
Reuters - Staff at the Jenolan Caves west of Sydney have added a new out-of-this-world attraction -- a tour in the Star Trek language Klingon.
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Pub lets clients drink between the lines (Reuters)
Reuters - On the way home from a hard day's work, Ferenc Nagy often gets the urge to pop into his favorite boozer for another round of binge reading.
Teenager survives fall from 16th story balcony (Reuters)
Reuters - A 15-year-old New Zealand boy has survived with minor injuries after falling 16-storeys from the balcony of his family's apartment onto a concrete floor, New Zealand media reported Monday.
“Darth Vader” strikes NY bank (Reuters)
Reuters - The Force was with a man when he robbed a bank wearing a Darth Vader mask and a cape.
PM Cameron calls time on jailhouse rock revival (Reuters)
Reuters - British Prime Minister David Cameron has said prisoners will not be allowed to hold parties behind bars after a minister proposed lifting a ban on arts events for inmates introduced by the previous administration.
Hot weather shrinks size of German fries (Reuters)
Reuters - French fries in Germany could be significantly shorter this year due to the heatwave that has baked Germany and much of Europe this month, the German Farmers' Association (DBV) said on Friday.
Police nab bandit who used underwear as mask (Reuters)
Reuters - An unemployed woman who said she was desperate for money has been arrested on charges she robbed an Oklahoma McDonald's with a white stretch girdle wrapped around her face as a makeshift mask.
NY “bouquet bandit” arrested for two bank robberies (Reuters)
Reuters - New York police arrested a man on Wednesday accused of robbing two banks -- with a bunch of flowers and a potted plant.
Romantic comedies affecting off-screen love lives (Reuters)
Reuters - Romantic comedies might provide 90 minutes of light-hearted fun but the happy-ever-after movies are also impacting people's real love lives, according to an Australian survey.
Chinese police beat official’s wife by mistake (Reuters)
Reuters - Plainclothes police severely beat the wife of a provincial official, mistaking her for one of many Chinese who petition government offices in the hope of redressing wrongs, the China Daily reported on Wednesday.