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Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Backpackers turning streets into toilets

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HEADLINE: Backpackers turning streets into toilets
STORY LINK: http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/backpackers-turn-streets-into-toilets-while-waiting-to-sell-campervans/story-e6frfq80-1225836755540
CLIP:
BACKPACKERS are clogging busy streets and making themselves at home on the footpaths while they wait up to six weeks to sell their vans. The budget travellers, from mostly Europe, are also accused of using gutters as toilets.

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HEADLINE: Woman Claims Doc Gave Her 'Four Breasts'
STORY LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587846,00.html
CLIP:
Maria Alaimo wanted a breast augmentation, not a breast duplication. But "four breasts" is what the Staten Island mother got after a 2003 visit to Dr. Keith Berman, which was intended to enlarge the woman's breasts to a full 36 C cup.

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HEADLINE: Ky. Deputy Tries to Shoot His Way Out of Jail Cell
STORY LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587848,00.html
CLIP:
COLUMBIA, Kentucky — A Kentucky sheriff says a claustrophobic deputy has lost his job after accidentally locking himself in a jail cell and trying to shoot his way out of it.

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HEADLINE: Kiddie Controls the Skies at JFK
STORY LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587801,00.html
CLIP:
An investigation is underway after a child was heard giving instructions to a pilot from the air-traffic control tower at one of America's busiest airports.

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HEADLINE: Calif. Couple Who Removed Lawn Plead Not Guilty
STORY LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/02/ap/strange/main6259686.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.13
CLIP:
A California man who tried to save water and money by removing his front lawn is being taken to court. Quan Ha pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a misdemeanor count for violating Orange city code. He faces up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

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HEADLINE: Newlywed Couple Spends Wedding Night in Jail
STORY LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587792,00.html?test=latestnews
CLIP:
HYANNIS, Massachusetts — A newlywed couple spent their wedding night in separate jail cells after police said the bride tried to run over an old flame of the groom.

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HEADLINE: Man caught snorting drugs off police car
STORY LINK: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/man-caught-snorting-drugs-off-police-car/story-e6frfku0-1225836362150
CLIP:
GERMAN police have detained a nightclub reveller they caught trying to snort amphetamines off the top of their unmarked patrol car.

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HEADLINE: Boy develops fish scales at 14 months old
STORY LINK: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7344225/Boy-develops-fish-scales-at-14-months-old.html
CLIP:
This 14-month-old boy born without pores in his skin has baffled medics by developing fish scales.

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HEADLINE: Angry parents burn down school
STORY LINK: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/angry-parents-burn-down-school/story-fn3dxity-1225836328220
CLIP:
A GROUP of angry parents have burned down their children's school in the Philippines after the pupils weren't given as much food as they had been promised.

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HEADLINE: Fake Boston bridal show signs up thousands
STORY LINK: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/01/national/a163310S03.DTL
CLIP:
Scammers set up a Web site advertising a fake bridal show billed as the "biggest and most extravagant" and used it to steal from thousands of brides-to-be and their vendors, who were lured by chances to win "fabulous gifts and prizes," police and FBI experts said Monday.

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HEADLINE: Coming to a Freezer Near You: Pickle Pops
STORY LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2010/03/01/coming-freezer-near-bobs-pickle-pops/
CLIP:
... “Bob’s Pickle Pops,” made from pressed pickles and pickle juice, is a dream-come-true for those who prefer their frozen treats sour and salty to sweet and sugary. ..

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HEADLINE: Rare Buddhist flower found under nun's washing machine
STORY LINK: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7345137/Rare-Buddhist-flower-found-under-nuns-washing-machine.html
CLIP:
Rarely seen Buddhist Udumbara flowers, which blossom every 3,000 years, was found under a washing machine in Lushan Mountain, Jiangxi province, China. The Udumbara flower was found in the home of a Chinese nun in Lushan Mountain, Jiangxi province, China.

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HEADLINE: Call to castrate Knut the polar bear
STORY LINK: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/call-to-castrate-knut-the-polar-bear/story-e6frfku0-1225836324898
CLIP:
AN animal rights group has called for Knut the polar bear, who shot to global stardom as a cub in 2007, to be castrated to avert incest with his cousin.

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HEADLINE: Cow Feces, Urine to Keep Us Healthy
STORY LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587744,00.html
CLIP:
The status of cows in India is about to become even more sanctified, with an increasing number of research labs developing a line of medicines made of cow feces and urine, Agence France-Presse reported.

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