SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 20.7.9
CAPTION: GERMY AND TOURISTS
Blarney Stone in Blarney, Ireland - Market Theater Gum Wall in Seattle, Washington - St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy - Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California - Oscar Wilde's Tomb in Paris, France - These bacteria-infested attractions have topped an unusual list compiled by editors at TripAdvisor.com, a travel advice Web site. This summer, editors at the site named the five "germiest" tourist spots in the world.
Despite the H1N1 scare that went global this spring, tourists haven't stopped spitting out their gum and sticking it onto a wall already saturated with millions of gooey pieces, editors say. Nor do germ fears stop travelers from journeying to the pigeon-infested St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, where the birds often bestow droppings.
HEADLINE: Telstra customers charged for paying bills
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 20.7.9
CAPTION: PAY TO PAY BILL
TELSTRA customers who pay their phone bills in person will soon be charged for their efforts.
The telco giant yesterday introduced a range of steep fees in an attempt to herd its customers into making online BPAY payments and to eliminate costly face-to-face customer service.
The penny-pinching tactic will cost as much as 2 per cent of every bill and is set to save it "several hundred million dollars" a year.
From September 14, Telstra will charge a $2.20 administration fee for bills paid by mail or in person at a Telstra Shop or Australia Post.
HEADLINE: Skip school and 'lose the right to drive'
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 20.7.9
CAPTION: NO SCHOOL NO DRIVE
TASMANIAN students who skip school could soon face more than lunchtime detention under a Liberals plan.
Liberal leader Will Hodgman wants to stop students with bad school records getting their driver's licence for up to two years.
Those with high absenteeism rates, suspensions or expulsions could have to wait until after they turn 18 to apply for a learner's permit.
HEADLINE: I admit I'm a total idiot - now pay me $200K
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 19.7.9
CAPTION: ADMITS HE'S AN IDIOT
A BRITISH backpacker rescued after 12 days in near-freezing conditions admits he was "a total idiot" to venture ill-prepared into the rugged Blue Mountains bush.
Jamie Neale, 19, last night re-enacted his trek for Channel 9's 60 Minutes program, which paid him $200,000 for his story.
Mr Neale told the program he was badly under-prepared for the trip.
"I admit I'm a total idiot," he said.
"In the UK you can walk for a day and you'd end up in a pub.
"Out here you can get lost so easily and that. You should respect the fact, be more prepared...
HEADLINE: Why single women prefer dogs to men
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: news.com.au 19.7.9
CAPTION: A Dog's Life
Australia's single women are turning their backs on men and opting for a much more loyal and reliable companion - a dog.
"In the past year 60 per cent of our new business has come from young single women," Petcare owner Richard Durant said.
"It's a growing trend I've noticed over the last few years. These are women who live busy lives.
"They want company when they get home. In many cases you'll find the dog sleeps in their bedroom, and even in bed with them."
Dogs New South Wales president Dr Peter Higgins agreed.
"The fastest growing segment of dog owners in the inner city is young single women," he said.
"It's almost like a child substitute. They lead busy lives and they're not in a relationship.
HEADLINE: Teen Tricks Airline Execs Into Thinking He's a Tycoon
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 19.7.9
CAPTION: TYCOON OF THE TEEN FAKE KIND
A British teen from Yorkshire succeeded in persuading British aviation executives that he was a tycoon about to launch his own airline. Using the pseudonym Adam Tait, the smooth-talking 17-year-old told airport and airline executives that he had a fleet of jets.
Tait, who said he was in his twenties, even flew to Jersey to attend a 1½-hour long meeting with the director of its airport. Their talks were considered promising enough for a further meeting to be arranged, which was due to be held next week....
Other air industry bosses found themselves dealing by telephone or e-mail with Tait’s fellow executives, David Rich and Anita Dash, who proposed to launch a cut-price Channel Islands-based airline servicing most of Europe..
What no one realized was that Tait, Rich and Dash were all the same person: an aircraft buff with the gift of the gab and an overactive imagination.
HEADLINE: Nun Becomes Best-Selling Author With Cookbook
SOURCE AND DATE OF CLIP: FOXNews.com 19.7.9
CAPTION: Not quite the Flying Nun
KRAKOW, Poland — Emerging from the quiet of her convent, Sister Anastazja Pustelnik was confronted by a jarring image — her smiling face on posters plastered around town to hawk the cookbooks that have made the 59-year-old nun one of Poland's best-selling authors.
It's fame Sister Anastazja never bargained for when she left the material world as a young woman, expecting to toil in obscurity for God. But her ability to create easy-to-follow recipes for delectable cakes and traditional home cooking has resulted in five cookbooks since 2001 that have sold a combined 1.1 million copies in this country of 38 million...
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