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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Parrot given green light to stand in Belarus local election after ID was accepted

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Parrot given green light to stand in Belarus local election after ID was accepted
A parrot has been accepted to stand in a local election in Belarus after authorities approved his application.
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Cops flee police station after 'Goblin' delivered in suitcase
The bizarre creature, which had a terrible odour, was overpowered and burnt after wreaking havoc at the nick in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
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Couple Living 'Charlotte's Web' With 385-Pound Wonder Pig
This Toronto couple never intended to become the real-life characters from "Charlotte's Web," but that's exactly what happened when they welcomed Esther, a 385-pound so-called "mini pig" into their family.
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Teenager died ‘listening’ for train on track
A teenager was electrocuted when he put his ear on a live rail to listen out for a train, an inquest heard.
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Man Accused Of Riding Horse With Toddler While Drunk
Being accused of riding a horse while intoxicated is bad enough, but it's worse when you've got a 3-year-old child with you.
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Spanx and other shapewear can hurt your organs
By its nature shapewear is a tight squeeze, and in doing its job it compresses your stomach, intestine, and colon, with potentially unpleasant and even damaging results.
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Jelly Belly debuts first beer-flavored jelly bean
Jelly Belly debuted Draft Beer as its newest flavor on Saturday.
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'Anorexic' doll provokes outrage: 'Deeply worrying' toy which shuns food should be banned, say campaigners
Nenuco Won't Eat' has a magnet in her spoon which makes her head turn away when a child tries to feed her - it will go on sale in the UK in February
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Headless reindeer left outside village hall
Council workers in the village Lakselv met a grisly sight on arrival at work on Wednesday: a mutilated and headless reindeer had been placed, frozen solid, outside the council offices.
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Flying cork rips hole in 18th century painting
A local councillor for Milan inadvertently tore a hole in an 18th century painting when opening a bottle of sparkling wine during Christmas celebrations.
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Man shares post seeking his arrest on Facebook; is arrested within the hour
A man who shared a wanted picture of himself on Facebook was captured by police just 45 minutes later.
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Drink-drive suspect fails to spot cyclist trapped in his windscreen
A cyclist has recalled the moment he became lodged in the windshield of a car before telling its driver: ‘Hello, I’m the guy you hit on the bicycle’.
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Woman Belches As Loud As A Jet Engine
In 2008, she was declared the loudest female burper in the world with a belch officially measured at 104.75 decibels by Guinness World Records.
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Owl enlisted to tackle town’s pigeon problem
He’s a deadly hunter cleaning up a western border town. But the hired assassin removing the vermin that plague Oswestry is no cowboy film-style gunman. He’s Barney, the European eagle owl.
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