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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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Gem that Finders Call Carolina Emperor Being Compared to Crown Jewels of Russian Empress Catherine the Great ... READ MORE

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A JAPANESE beach town is attracting male tourists by offering them a virtual girlfriend. ... READ MORE

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A MAN who bought a mobile phone online, only to find it was the same one that was stolen from his car ... READ MORE

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... police say a Toby Keith fan named Forrest Frankenstein threatened them and beat his head against a partition in their cruiser after his arrest. ... READ MORE

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A hiker on Blewett Pass shot himself in the butt when he put a handgun in his back pocket. ... READ MORE

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Older people forget who they have just spoken to because the effort of talking consumes so much of their dwindling mental resources, a study found ... READ MORE

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teams of chefs cook up bull, boar, camel, ostrich and even kangaroo testicles. READ MORE

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Police say a Bakersfield doctor apparently tried to force her way into the home of the man she was dating by sliding down the chimney. Her decomposing body was found there days later. ... READ MORE

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The golfer's club snagged a rock, causing a spark that lit the rough ablaze and eventually attracted 150 firefighters to the scene. ... READ MORE

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A Burbank man has been charged with misdemeanor theft after allegedly trying to steal four racing car tires Saturday night from the winning team at the Chicagoland Speedway. ... READ MORE

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A KINKY businessman couldn't bear it when his girlfriend dumped him - so he paid £15,000 to recreate her as a life-sized sex doll. ... READ MORE

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A judge spared a convicted murderer from death row, but the inmate decided to end his life anyway. ... READ MORE

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A HUSBAND suffered nasty burns — after he tried to get rid of a spider lurking in his toilet with a makeshift flame thrower... READ MORE


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U.S. authorities say a California man jealous over a message on his girlfriend's Facebook page tortured and imprisoned her for four days while their children were in the house. ... READ MORE

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A New Hampshire high school student shocked so severely in shop class that his heart stopped beating is suing his teacher, the school district and the city of Dover... READ MORE

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A little black dress that doubles up as a mobile phone is to be launched in Britain. ... READ MORE

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DOCTORS outfits may never look the same again with a $1 iPhone app replacing the traditional metal stethoscope for doctors around the world, its creator said today. ... READ MORE

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A TEENAGER has been jailed over an aggravated burglary that a judge likened to a scene from the movie Reservoir Dogs ... READ MORE

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MORE than 450 people rode inflatable sex dolls down river rapids at the eighth annual installment of a bizarre but popular Russian race ... READ MORE

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The fluid that spews out the top of a dolphin or whale's head when it exhales can provide scientists with valuable genetic information ... READ MORE

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A would-be burglar who tried to break into a South Carolina restaurant found himself in a tight and a greasy situation. ... READ MORE

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The parents of a Cleveland boy have pleaded guilty to hog-tying and duct-taping him to a coffee table on a nightly basis for months. ... READ MORE

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The body of a mountain climber from Maine has been discovered in a melting glacier more than two decades after the man fell 1,000 feet to his death in the Canadian Rockies, a park official said... READ MORE

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Police said a baptism party where some uninvited guests arrived turned into a brawl that resulted in gunfire. Police were dispatched to the Progressive Men's Club at 2 a.m. Saturday after a caller reported gunfire. ... READ MORE

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Elderly people are still being left to go hungry on NHS wards, a charity claims. ... READ MORE

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Esteban Rojas won't let 2,300 feet of rock stand between him and a church wedding with the woman he loves. ... READ MORE

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Female motorists fire back after a survey found one in five men couldn't relax when their 'better' half drives... READ MORE

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A JUROR has been removed from a Detroit-area trial after writing on Facebook that the defendant was guilty. The problem? The trial wasn't over. ... READ MORE

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SOCIALITE Paris Hilton now claims the purse containing cocaine that led to her Friday night arrest in Las Vegas belongs to her, but the cocaine belonged to a friend. ... READ MORE

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