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Sunday, October 02, 2011

Japanese man leaves £80,000 for earthquake victims in toilet

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Japanese man leaves £80,000 for earthquake victims in toilet
An unknown individual in Japan has left ten million yen for victims of the country's earthquake and tsunami in a public toilet.
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'Fashion accessory' dogs being dumped in record numbers at animal shelter
Women who bought small dogs as 'fashion accessories' so they could look like Paris Hilton are now dumping them in record numbers.
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World Zombie Day to Bring Out the Living Dead

This October flesh-eating corpses could be shambling the streets of a city near you. Oct. 8 has officially been coined World Zombie Day and events across the United States are searching for victims this month.
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Aussie bikini babes set new Guinness World Record

The Gold Coast is officially the bikini capital of the world after 357 women donned the two-piece to set a new world record.
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Now Middleton family website promotes ‘sculpt your own prince’ clay doll
Now the website, for which the Duchess of Cambridge used to work, has selected its gift of the year - a clay doll that can be sculpted into a ‘Handsome Prince’.
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Thomas the Tank Engine forced to carry 'decorated tree' for 'winter holidays' as Christmas is banned on Sodor
Thomas the Tank Engine has been accused of joining the politically correct bandwagon after Christmas was written out of one of his adventures.
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JC Penney's new sexist men's clothing ad (video)
After their "I'm Too Pretty To Do My Homework" T-shirt snafu, JC Penney has made another fashion flub with a new sexist television ad.
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Virgin Mary appears outside a Sanger liquor store?
Some people say they have seen the image of the Virgin Mary appear outside Johnny Liquor store in Sanger.
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Denmark imposes world's first fat tax
Denmark has become the first country in the world to impose a fat tax, after a week in which consumers hoarded butter, pizza, meat and milk to avoid the immediate effects.
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Plane Hits Ferris Wheel in Australia
An ultra-light plane crashed into a Ferris wheel at a rural festival in eastern Australia on Saturday, trapping two children on the ride and two adults in the aircraft for hours. There were no serious injuries.
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Britain has hottest October day on record
National weather service the Met Office says Saturday's temperature reached 29.6 degrees Celsius (85.3 Fahrenheit) at Gravesend in southeast England.
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Gun lovers' ashes turned into ammunition
Two Alabama game wardens have devised a smoking send-off for avid hunters and gun enthusiasts.
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The TV advert that talks to your dog
Pet food firm uses sounds humans can't hear to make Fido sit up and take notice
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2 Crashes, 2 Missing Men, 2 Different Results

Two separate missing persons cases. Two families wracked with worry for days. Two wrecked cars, nearly on top of each other. One man alive, the other dead.
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Brazilian Officials Upset Over Gisele Bundchen Lingerie Ad

A Brazilian government agency says it wants a TV ad starring a lingerie-clad Gisele Bundchen to be taken off the air because it is sexist.
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Woman having miscarriage 'not a high priority'
The story of a local woman who suffered a miscarriage after hospital staff allegedly told her "a pregnant, bleeding woman is not a high priority," has a touched nerve in this southern Ontario community.
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Travel firm bans over-80s in case they ‘spoil’ the fun for everyone else by being too slow
A holiday firm has banned anyone over 80 from joining its tours – because they ‘spoil’ the fun for everyone else.
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Woman charged with stealing bull semen
A western Ohio woman has pleaded not guilty to charges that she took frozen bull semen valued at $110,000.
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