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HEADLINE: Toothless man robs dentist
SOURCE: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/wacky/toothless-man-robs-dentist/story-e6frev20-1225820961827
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AN armed man missing his front teeth has robbed several people, including a dentist, and stolen four cars in a crime spree lasting less than an hour, Sydney police say.
The robberies began at Bondi Junction about 9.20am (AEDT) today when the man entered a house in St James Street and threatened a woman with a piece of wood before taking off in her Citroen.
A short time later, he used a knife to threaten staff at a dental surgery on Bellevue Road, Bellevue Hill, demanding cash before stealing a Toyota Yaris.
The car was later found by police dumped in Brassie Street at North Bondi.
"He entered a nearby house in Niblick Street, again producing a knife and threatening the resident before demanding the car keys.
He then drove off in a green BMW,'' police said
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HEADLINE: Illegal immigrant hidden in a suitcase
SOURCE: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/illegal-immigrant-hidden-in-suitcase/story-e6frev00-1225821063355
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The 15-year-old Afghan boy was discovered curled into foetal position inside the case while his 17-year-old brother was hidden in the foot well covered with blankets.
Officers immediately arrested the Greek driver of the car, Alexandros Lepesiotis, 42, and charged him with illegally smuggling people into the country
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HEADLINE: Hotel offers human bed-warming service
SOURCE: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/holiday-innl-offers-human-bed-warming-service/story-e6frfku0-1225821073702
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HOLIDAY Inn will offer a free five-minute human bed warming service at its London Kensington hotel throughout next week.
Sky News reports that if requested, a willing member of the hotel staff will jump in your bed, dressed head to foot in an all-in-one sleeper suit, until it's feeling nice and toasty.
"Like having a giant hot water bottle in your bed" is how Holiday Inn spokeswoman Jane Bednall described the idea.
Dr Chris Idzikowski, director of the Edinburgh Sleep Centre, said the idea actually could help people drop off to sleep.
"There's plenty of scientific evidence to show that sleep starts at the beginning of the night when body temperature starts to drop,” he said.
"A warm bed - approximately 20 to 24C - is a good way to start this process whereas a cold bed would inhibit sleep.
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HEADLINE: Club offers free drinks by bust size
SOURCE: http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/singapore-overeasy-nightclub-offers-free-drinks-by-bust-size/story-e6frfq80-1225821051666
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A NIGHTCLUB in Singapore is offering free drinks to women according to their bra size according a report in the China Press, MyFox National reported.
"Fill My Cups" nights are all the rage at the OverEasy nightclub, complete with promotional posters proclaiming "Booze for your boobs."
The stunt has been called both humorous and distasteful.
"I think the concept is funny but I would not degrade myself by being a part of it," a 19-year-old women told The New Paper, a local
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HEADLINE: Teen drove into ditch, vanished
SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/18/grace.coldcase.swanson/index.html?hpt=T2
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New York It was the last day of classes, and Brandon Swanson, a 19-year-old freshman at Minnesota West Community and Technical College, was celebrating with his friends.
Swanson called home shortly after midnight May 14, 2008, telling his parents he needed a ride because he had driven into a ditch in the neighboring town of Lynd, Minnesota. Annette and Brian Swanson immediately set out in their pickup to look for their son and his green Chevy Lumina sedan.
"We got in the pickup to go to this spot where he felt he was," Brian Swanson recalled. He thought he knew exactly where his son was, about 10 minutes from their home in Marshall.
"He was absolutely positive he knew where he was," Brian Swanson said. The parents stayed on the phone, talking to their son as they headed to pick him up.
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HEADLINE: Robot maid cleans house and heats food
SOURCE: http://www.news.com.au/technology/robot-maid-cleans-house-and-heats-food/story-e6frfro0-1225820844795
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SOUTH Korean scientists have developed a walking robot maid which can clean a home, dump clothes in a washing machine and even heat food in a microwave.
Mahru-Z has a human-like body including a rotating head, arms, legs and six fingers plus three-dimensional vision to recognise chores that need to be tackled, media reports said today.
"The most distinctive strength of Mahru-Z is its visual ability to observe objects, recognise the tasks needed to be completed, and execute them,'' You Bum-Jae, head of the cognitive robot centre at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, told the Korea Times.
"It recognises people, can turn on microwave ovens, washing machines and toasters, and also pick up sandwiches, cups and whatever else it senses as objects.''
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