Husband accidently throws away $50,000 worth of wife's jewellery

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Husband accidently throws away $50,000 worth of wife's jewellery
A Caloundra man is petitioning his local council to scour local tips after accidentally throwing out $50,000 worth of his wife's jewellery before their 23rd anniversary last week.
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Drunk shrimp boat skipper parks on island
The captain of Räkbåten Tor, a vessel completing one of the last shrimp cruises of the summer season, is suspected of being drunk at the helm after guiding the ship onto an island in Lake Mälaren on Saturday.
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South African Man Allegedly Paid Child to Pose as Dead Prey
A South African man is under fire after an image posted on Facebook surfaced showing him with a hunting rifle and a big grin kneeling in a classic hunter’s pose over his “prey” – what appears to be the lifeless body of a black boy.
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Watch a Historic, 140-Year-Old Bridge Get Swept Away by Vermont Floods
The Bartonsville Bridge in Bartonsville, VT is a historic piece of architecture. It was built in 1871 and was apparently one of the longest town lattice bridges in Vermont.
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YouTube: http://youtu.be/WyO18one8fU

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New dating site for Irish 'ugly people' a huge success
Thousands sign up for site for plain people
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Milk carton boat race in Latvia - video
Annual milk carton boat regatta takes place in Lielupe river.
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Bunglers tag lag’s false leg
Two bungling security workers have been sacked after fitting an electronic tag to a crook's false leg.
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Wears Wally: Fan has cartoon tattooed across back
This Where's Wally? fan knows exactly how to find his favourite cartoon character – he's on his back.
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Topless women take to Toronto streets
About 20 topless women from GoTopless.org marched on Toronto's Queen Street East after the parks department turned down their request to mark National Go Topless Day at Ashbridges Bay park on Sunday.
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LINK: http://www.torontosun.com/2011/08/28/topless-protest-in-to

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Paintball Shot Ruptures Woman's Breast Implant
A woman’s breast implant ruptured after she was shot in the chest last week with a paintball pellet.
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First-Grader Faces In-School Suspension for Growing Hair Long to Donate to Cancer Victims
A 6-year-old boy was placed into in-school suspension during his first week of elementary school in San Antonio, Texas, for violating the school dress code.
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Care home staff placed bets on patient's death
Three workers at a nursing home in Växjö in south central Sweden have been sacked after they were discovered to have placed bets on when one of the patients would die.
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Simon Cowell Wants to Be Cryogenically Frozen
In an interview with GQ titled, "Simon Cowell Is a Very Odd Boy," Cowell, 51, reveals that he plans to be cryogenically frozen.
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Flats overrun by maggots from rotting corpse
Two Sundsvall neighbours were horrified to discover last week that the reason for an invasion of maggots and flies in their apartments was because the person living next door to them had died and the body had lain undiscovered and rotting for two and half weeks.
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Elk totals police car, sends officers to hospital
Two police officers were taken to hospital in Skåne in southern Sweden on Saturday after their squad car collided with an elk.
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DC TV Reporter Does Hurricane Live Shot Covered in ‘Raw Sewage'
A local news reporter from Washington, D.C. ended up getting covered in what is probably the remnants of raw sewage as he delivered live hurricane reports from Ocean City, Md.
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Ospreys return to Wales for first time since the Gunpowder Plot
With his wings outstretched and a satellite receiver on his back, Einion the osprey is unaware that he is making history –one of the first of the beautiful birds of prey to hatch in Wales for more than 400 years.
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Signed Beatles record sells for more than £9,000
A copy of the Beatles hit single Please Please Me, signed on both sides by the Fab Four, has sold for more than £9,000 at auction.
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Lifelong Conservative supporter gets Layton's farewell words tattooed on his arm
He's a lifelong Conservative supporter, but Troy Oakley was so moved by Jack Layton's farewell words to Canadians he now has them tattooed on his arm.
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