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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gives $US42m to improve toilets
The man who reinvented computers and made PCs a household item in most wealthy nations, Microsoft tycoon turned philanthropist Bill Gates, is now focusing his attention on recasting the toilet.
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Protester tries to hit Murdoch with cream pie during phone-hacking hearing
Rupert Murdoch was attacked as he gave evidence to lawmakers in London about the phone-hacking scandal tonight - by a man wielding a cream foam pie.
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330-year-old atlas bought for £250 expected to fetch £100,000 at auction
The beautiful book was prudently purchased in 1949 for £250 - and now the widow of the buyer has decided to sell it.
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Woman eaten by escaped lion
A woman has been eaten by a lion after it escaped from a game reserve in Kenya.
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Naked woman pulled from pipe
Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey said police do not know why a naked, crying woman crawled into a sewer pipe emerging from a cliff 25 feet above the Kennebec River.
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Woman fakes birth to evade police
New Zealand police believe a pregnant woman conned officers into thinking she was in labour in order to evade arrest after a pursuit.
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Video Shows Enraged Chihuahua Fending Off Would-Be Robbers
As the store owner begins putting money in a backpack carried by one of the men, the owner's Chihuahua begins barking incessantly and jumping at the men, chasing them out of the store and down the street.
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Homeless woman tries to sell three-day-old baby at Taco Bell
A homeless woman accused of trying to sell her three-day-old baby son to a fellow customer at a Taco Bell restaurant in Washington state appeared in court.
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Watching Harry Potter in 3D could identify vision problems
Eye experts claim the 3D version can help identify potential sight problems among movie fans.
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Summer posers caught mid-air in new photography craze: 'Leisure dive'
A website has flourished after compiling hilarious pictures of divers striking a comedy pose in mid-air before they hit the water.
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Top Chinese gymnast found begging on the street
One of China's most promising young gymnasts, who seemed destined for Olympic glory before his career ended in injury, has been found begging on the streets of Beijing.
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Phone hacking: LulzSec take down The Sun
UK - THE internet pranksters who attacked the CIA and gaming giants Sony and Nintendo have taken down The Sun website.
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Bride wears veil for mug shot after wedding day arrest
A Michigan woman headed straight to jail after her wedding ceremony Saturday.
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I'm not cruel to dwarves, says Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais has denied suggestions he is cruel to dwarves after it was claimed he loved to watch them fight on the set of his new sitcom.
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Drunken Man Arrested at Sheriff's Church
Authorities in Tennessee say a drunken man was arrested after wandering into a church where the sheriff had been worshipping.
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Police Give Alligator Warning In Stirling, Ontario
An eastern Ontario police chief is warning area residents to be cautious when dipping their toes in a local creek.
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Ohio Church Holds Mock Casey Anthony Retrial During Sunday Service
In Touch With Christ Christian Center included a mock retrial of Casey Anthony, the now-infamous woman from Florida who was released early Sunday after being found not guilty of killing her 2-year-old daughter.
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Woman too busy texting to pull over
Police say a 36-year-old Windsor, Ont., woman took them on a brief pursuit without even realizing it, because she was too busy texting behind the wheel to notice.
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Indian woman pulls truck with teeth
CBS News RAW: In a public stunt, Seema Bhadoria of Bhopal, India pulls a truck with her teeth. Bhadoria has previously pulled seven airplanes, a 450-ton ship and eight vans, for which she holds a Guinness World Record.
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