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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Cold War nuclear bunker for sale on eBay

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HEADLINE: Cold War nuclear bunker for sale on eBay
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/buyers-line-up-for-derbyshire-nuclear-bunker/story-e6frfku0-1225835449213
CLIP:
A COLD War-era nuclear bunker in Britain has been put up for sale on online auction site eBay, and by yesterday bidders had pushed the price up to more than £27,000 ($46,000).

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HEADLINE: Dad Branded A Paedophile Over Pic Of Son
SOURCE LINK: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Man-Accused-Of-Being-A-Paedophile-For-Taking-A-Photo-Of-His-Own-Son-While-Out-Shopping/Article/201002415560029?lpos=UK_News_Third_Home_Page_Article_Teaser_Region__9&lid=ARTICLE_15560029_Man_Accused_Of_Being_A_Paedophile_For_Taking_A_Photo_Of_His_Own_Son_While_Out_Shopping
CLIP:
A man who took a picture of his son while they were out shopping was accused of being a paedophile and threatened with arrest.

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HEADLINE: Naked photo opportunity draws thousands
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/thousands-gather-for-naked-spencer-tunick-opera-house-photos/story-e6frfku9-1225835418273
CLIP:
THOUSANDS of people have gathered at Sydney Opera House ready to strip down and have their photograph taken by renowned artist Spencer Tunick.

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HEADLINE: Jewel Thieves Rob Store, But Leave Child Behind
SOURCE LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587624,00.html?test=latestnews
CLIP:
Philadelphia police say a pair of thieves made off with some expensive jewelry but left behind a 4-year-old boy.

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HEADLINE: Pink-shorts senator has presidential bulge
SOURCE LINK: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7043899.ece
CLIP:
HE was supposed to be the he-man of the US Senate, a truck-driving triathlon-completing former male model who sends female colleagues into a swoon. But America’s newest senator showed a more feminine side this weekend with the revelation that he wore pink leather shorts on his first date with his future wife.

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HEADLINE: Air Canada flight cancelled due to giant rat on plane
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/giant-rat-on-plane-cancels-air-canada-flight/story-e6frfq80-1225835295835
CLIP:
HUNDREDS of passengers were ordered off a plane bound for London from Ottawa moments before it was due to take off after a huge rat was discovered on board. The Boeing 767 was waiting to taxi down the runway when a passenger spotted the rodent in an overhead locker, The Sun reports.

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HEADLINE: 'Fake doctor' treated over 400 patients
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/national/fake-doctor-balaji-varatharaju-treated-over-400-patients/story-e6frfkvr-1225835255318
CLIP:
A FORMER Adelaide University student has been charged with masqueraded as a doctor at a Northern Territory hospital. Balaji Varatharaju, 29, treated more than 400 patients while working in medicine, surgery and the emergency department at Alice Springs Hospital over more than six months, the Sunday Mail reports.

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HEADLINE: Fish rain down on Top End town
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/fish-rain-down-on-top-end-town-of-lajamanu/story-e6frfku9-1225835191966
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HEADLINE: 'Granddad Bandit' hits another bank
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/26/granddad.bandit/index.html?hpt=T2
CLIP:
A man dubbed the "Granddad Bandit," suspected in more than a dozen robberies, struck again this week, the FBI said Friday.

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HEADLINE: D.C. Couple Gets Surprise FedEx Marijuana Delivery
SOURCE LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587599,00.html?test=latestnews
CLIP:
A Capitol Hill couple got more than they bargained for after what they thought was a routine Fed Ex delivery. The box they received contained $120,000 worth of pot, MyFoxDC.com reported.

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HEADLINE: Rare Disorder Makes Baby's Skin Like 'Tree Bark'
SOURCE LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587499,00.html
CLIP:
A Chinese baby is suffering from a rare skin disorder that makes the skin peel off his body, ninemsn.com.au reported.
The baby has a severe case of lamellar ichthyosis...

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HEADLINE: Man Carjacked While Passed Out In Diabetic Coma
SOURCE LINK: http://www.latimes.com/wreg-coma-carjacking,0,1671533.story
CLIP:
Memphis Police say an 18-year-old and two other juveniles are behind bars facing charges of carjacking
Police say they took a man passed out from a diabetic coma out of his car

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HEADLINE: Student admits hanging noose in campus library
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/26/california.noose/index.html?hpt=T2
CLIP:
The University of California San Diego has suspended a student who admitted to hanging a noose in a campus library, school officials announced Friday.

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HEADLINE: Ala. Man Attacked With Worcestershire Sauce Bottle
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/26/ap/strange/main6247279.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.12
CLIP:
Police said a 38-year-old man was charged with beating another man at a motel with a sauce bottle and a fire extinguisher. Police said the suspect was being held at the Lauderdale County Jail

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HEADLINE: 'Matchmaking' in Middle School Angers Parents
SOURCE LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587496,00.html?test=latestnews
CLIP:
The Elwood Community School drama club in Elwood, Ind., is using their own matchmaking Web site for fundraising. The Web site was created by the school, and students in grades six through 10 can pay to find a compatible boyfriend or girlfriend, WISH-TV reported.

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HEADLINE: Belgium offers chickens to waste-cutting households
SOURCE LINK: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8539877.stm
CLIP:
Residents of a Belgian town are to be offered chickens as part of a campaign to reduce household waste. The town of Mouscron has 50 pairs of chickens that it will distribute to families with sufficient space to keep the birds in their gardens. ...

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HEADLINE: Theme park Thorpe Park urine competition
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/theme-park-thorpe-park-urine-competition/story-e6frfq80-1225834585539
CLIP:
WHO has Britain's smelliest urine? Thorpe Park - billed as UK's most extreme horror theme park - has decided to find out by asking visitors to provide smelly urine samples.
Visitors will be offered the opportunity to urinate in small plastic pots at special "deposit booths''.
It will then be judged for odour, with the most disgusting urinator winning $860 ...

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