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Tuesday, July 05, 2011

New York City rationing toilet paper at Coney Island

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NYC rationing toilet paper at Coney Island
Bathroom attendants are doling out a few measly squares per patron.
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Council spend £100,000 on 'McPath' to help pupils get safely from school to the nearest McDonald's
A footpath, already being nicknamed the ‘McPath’, is being built to make the half-mile walk safer.
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Microwaved pyjamas spark house fire
An elderly woman set fire to her Gold Coast home after putting her pyjamas in the microwave.
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World's narrowest house which is crammed into an alleyway is just 60 inches wide and hasn't even got room for stairs
The home - complete with bedroom, lounge, bathroom and kitchen - is just under 60inches wide.
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Mortar bomb used as school bell in Uganda
Anti-landmine activists in western Uganda were stunned to discover a primary school using an unexploded mortar bomb as a bell.
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Duct tape used to help prevent spread of diseases in hospitals
The Trinity Medical Center in the U.S. used red duct tape to create what it called a "red box" safety zone.
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Annual naked run takes place at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark
Runners brave naked dashSome very brave athletes have taken part in a naked dash in Denmark.
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VIEW YouTube HERE

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Tortoise stolen from pet store returned 'with only a few minor dings'
A 70-pound tortoise stolen Saturday from a Lincolnwood exotic animal store has been returned with only a few minor dings.
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'I had my 36J breasts reduced to stop being groped in the street,' says woman who was jeered every time she left the house
Gemma Westmoreland had her huge 34J breasts reduced - because she was fed up of being groped by strangers.
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Wrong body in the coffin: Family's grim discovery at funeral as hospital blunders
Two grieving families were sent the wrong bodies for burial after a mix-up by a London hospital.
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Trained falcon attacks woman
A 67-year-old woman is recovering after a trained falcon attacked her Sunday night.
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Fire Department rescues kitten with leaf blower



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5,200 year-old Ancient Egyptian drawing unearthed
Egypt's Antiquities Authority says archaeologists have unearthed a 5,200-year-old rock drawing depicting a royal festival during Ancient Egypt's earliest dynasty.
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Ontario court to rule on whether Canada's nudity laws are constitutional
Lawyers for a man charged after not wearing clothes at a drive-thru in central Ontario will try to convince an Ontario court judge Tuesday that it should no longer be a criminal offence to be nude in public.
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Japan finds rare earths in Pacific seabed
Japanese researchers say they have discovered vast deposits of rare earth minerals, used in many hi-tech appliances, in the seabed.
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Dead woman discovered after months in foreclosed home
Bank contractors, inspectors and even the new owner of a foreclosed home walked past the silver Chevy Nova in the garage numerous times before discovering the former homeowner — dead on the front seat.
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Pippa Middleton wows Wimbledon in see-through knitted dress
Pippa Middleton stunned Wimbledon in a see through-dress that left little to the imagination.
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Gastric band agony as 25-year-old woman's stomach explodes after she lost 14 stone
A young woman who had a gastric band fitted to help her lose weight ended up fighting for her life after it caused her stomach to explode.
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Scientists fight back for flatulent camels
The world's association of camel scientists fought back angrily over Australian plans to kill wild dromedaries on the grounds that their flatulence adds to global warming.
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