Village too Effin rude for Facebook

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Village too Effin rude for Facebook
A village called Effin has been banned from Facebook — because its name is considered offensive.
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Japanese and Russian Scientists May Be Able to Clone Mammoth
Japanese and Russian scientists might be able to clone a mammoth after confirming the presence of well-preserved bone marrow in a mammoth thighbone found in Siberian permafrost, Kyodo News reported.
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Girl Saves Mom's Life Using CPR Learned Watching 'Grey's Anatomy'
A 10-year-old Wisconsin girl saved her mom's life using CPR skills she learned watching the drama series "Grey's Anatomy."
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Larry King: I want to be frozen
"I want to be frozen on the hope that they'll find whatever I died of and bring me back," Larry King told a shocked group of dinner guests gathered at his Beverly Hills home for a party hosted by him and his wife, Shawn.
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Supply teacher suspended for giving pupil ride home
Teacher Martin Davis suspended for giving a lift home to a 17-year-old pupil who had forgotten his bus fare.
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Catch the sicko who fed a kitten to a python
A twisted pet owner was being hunted last night over a vile "Christmas video" of him feeding a playful kitten to a python.
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Cop dresses up as a fireman to rob
Nailed by his broken nose
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Rolf Harris painting of Bonnie Tyler found in family home turns out to be worth £50,000
Portrait had hung in house for 30 years
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Crematorium to Use Burning Corpses to Create Energy
Many industries are seeking out alternative energies to help cut costs and emissions, and crematoriums are no different. According to The Telegraph, crematoriums are required by U.K. regulatory agencies to cut emissions in half by next year, nixing them all together by 2020.
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Whistling donkey traffic violations leaves Irish courts in fits of laughter
An outbreak of irresistible silliness left a presiding judge, the local police officers, attorneys and even the defendant himself in tears of laughter at the Dingle District Court in County Kerry at the weekend.
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'Speed dating' a disaster for love-struck learner
A love-struck learner motorcyclist was so excited his new girlfriend said they could spend their first night together he led police on a 230km/h chase along the Monash Freeway.
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"Top Gear" host in hot water
People are demanding that the British Broadcasting Corporation fire Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson for saying striking public workers should be shot
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William Shatner and Carrie Fisher fight over whose franchise is better: "Star Trek" or "Star Wars"
William Shatner and Carrie Fisher are engaged in a full-on web battle as to whose space-themed franchise is better, Shatner's "Star Trek" or Fisher's "Star Wars."
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Vietnam police use fishing nets to capture motorbike street racers
Police in Vietnam have given a whole new meaning to the term "dragnet" – in a bid to end dangerous illegal motorbike street racing they are using fishing nets to catch their prey.
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Rembrandt painting identified by X-rays
A painting by an unknown artist has been identified as a Rembrandt after X-ray scans revealed a self-portrait of the artist lying below the surface.
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Female artist who is living naked with pigs for 104 hours
The former medical student is staying in a pen at the front of one of the galleries at Art Basel Miami 2011, and visitors can watch her, naked, through the window.
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Paramedic drove on laughing gas
A paramedic has been suspended after he was seen inhaling laughing gas while driving an emergency vehicle.
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Peckforton Castle fire: Bridegroom admits £6m arson
A bridegroom has admitted starting a £6m fire at a Cheshire castle where his wedding reception was being held.
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Man who tried to rob closed bank in Germany jailed
A man who tried to hold up a bank that had been closed for years has been jailed by a court in Germany.
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Fox carcass discovery closes restaurant
Health inspectors have shut down a Vietnamese restaurant in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt after they found a fox carcass there, apparently ready to be eaten or served to customers.
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Sweden's Christmas goat succumbs to flames
The giant 13 metre tall Christmas goat (Gävlebocken) in the main square of Gävle, on the east coast of Sweden went up in flames early Friday morning after an attack by unknown assailants.
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