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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Man jailed for microwaving hamster

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An unemployed construction worker who microwaved his favourite hamster to death was jailed for nine weeks ... READ MORE

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EMERGENCY crews rescued a 23-year-old German tourist today after a hole he spent hours digging at a beach on Spain's Canary Islands collapsed and buried him up to his head. ... READ MORE

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A 17-YEAR-old Australian schoolboy said he unwittingly caused a massive hacker attack on Twitter that sent users to Japanese porn sites and took out the White House press secretary's feed. ... READ MORE

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A SCHOOL has been slammed by animal protection groups after staging a possum-throwing contest. ... READ MORE

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A WOMAN charged with the deaths of two of her children allegedly locked them and their three siblings in a tiny cupboard so she could go and visit a friend, ... READ MORE

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Environmentalists are going gaga for a street lamp in Cambridge, Mass., that is powered by dog poop. ... READ MORE

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A COUPLE who gassed themselves in a car were STRANGERS who had met for the first time just hours before their suicide pact. ... READ MORE

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It was always thought the Titanic sank because its crew were sailing too fast and failed to see the iceberg before it was too late. ... READ MORE

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The last home of the Grateful Dead's lead guitarist is on the market. ... READ MORE

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AN evil young mother has been jailed for duct taping her toddler son to a wall. ... READ MORE

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... her “addiction” to the energy drink was so powerful, at one point she was spending $1,500 a month for her daily overdose. ... READ MORE


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Cops are hunting a dim-witted burglar who stole four laptops and then was caught on web cam when he logged into the victim's iChat account ... READ MORE

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Two New York residents are accused of trying to steal used cooking oil from a New Jersey restaurant. ... READ MORE

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A Miramar handbag seller who went to police after he was duped with counterfeit $100 bills by a buyer found himself behind bars ... READ MORE

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The world's first virtual community dedicated purely to chocolate, launched last week in Switzerland ... READ MORE

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Police in Brazil say they have caught an Italian man who managed to amass $259,000 in traffic fines and other penalties linked to his van. ... READ MORE

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Police in southern Oregon say a woman charged with robbing a bank in Grants Pass stopped to pick up her children at school on the way home. ... READ MORE


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Women sacrificing comfort to wear high heels could be wasting their time because men do not even notice, a study claims. ... READ MORE

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SOME 280 crocodiles escaped a breeding facility in the Mexican state of Veracruz officials said overnight, after weekend flooding ... READ MORE

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What if you could skip that cup of coffee in the morning and opt for a delicious brownie instead to get your daily caffeine fix ... READ MORE

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A MANOR house that is claimed to be one of the UK's most haunted properties has failed to sell at auction. ... READ MORE

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Mother Nature - rather than Moses - could have parted the Red Sea as described in the Bible, according to scientists in Colorado. ... READ MORE

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A Florida cop's plan to fake a crime scene to get his ex-girlfriend and fellow officer to talk to him got him ... READ MORE

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Some students in an New Zealand school got an unexpected surprise when the smell of pot wafted into their classroom from the police station next door ... READ MORE

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QUEEN Beatrix of the Netherlands was at the centre of a security scare today when a glass candlestick was hurled at her ceremonial coach. ... READ MORE

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Pa. Man Sues Township Claiming Free Speech Rights Were Violated Over Sewer Sign ... READ MORE

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A Montana resident believed to be the world's oldest man is celebrating his 114th birthday. ... READ MORE

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BRITAIN'S intelligence agency MI6 has published the first authorised history of its early years, revealing the exploits of both real-life James Bonds and its worst traitor. ... READ MORE

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They are small, maybe the size of your fingernail, but they could cause huge economic damage. We're talking about stink bugs. ... READ MORE

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A Canadian woman is the first patient (ever) to undergo an operation in which doctors cut her body in half to remove a tumor—and survive ... READ MORE

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