Mortuary builds slabs that can hold 50st bodies to cope with Britain's rising obesity problems

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Mortuary builds slabs that can hold 50st bodies to cope with Britain's rising obesity problems
The state of Britain's obesity problem has been laid bare as a mortuary that can take 50st corpses prepares to open.
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Poisoned cat meat killed China billionaire
The sudden death of a billionaire in southern China is causing police to ask: Was it murder by cat meat?
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Bonnie and Clyde's guns up for auction in Mo
A Tommy gun and a 1897 Winchester shotgun seized during a raid of a Joplin hideout of the legendary outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde will be put up for auction later this month in Kansas City.
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Cop Allegedly Tracks Down Issued Speeding Ticket to Ask Woman on Date
A suburban Chicago police officer used a $132 speeding ticket he issued to track down a woman and ask her for a date, saying the least he could do for costing her so much money was to buy her dinner, a lawsuit filed by the woman alleges.
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'Lost World' of Sea Creatures Discovered Near Antarctica
A "lost world" of sea creatures was discovered near Antarctica, British scientists announced Wednesday.
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7-Year-Old Receives Liposuction Voucher as Stocking Stuffer
For her latest birthday, Poppy Burge received a voucher for breast implants. This Christmas, she got a voucher for liposuction in her stocking.
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British firm creates weapon that fires water cooler bottles which can smash down walls
A British company has invented a new weapon for use in the war against terror which uses ordinary water cooler bottles as ammunition.
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Murder mystery at Sandringham: Woman's body found dead yards from royals' Boxing Day shoot 'could have been there for four months'
The remains were discovered in a copse close to where senior members of the Royal Family had gathered to enjoy their Boxing Day shoot.
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NASA photographs detailed images of Aristarchus Crater on the moon
A NASA orbiter has returned close-up pictures of a crater on the moon that's twice as deep as the Grand Canyon.
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Santa concerns led to deadly Conn. fire
Smoldering embers blamed for a Christmas morning house fire that killed three girls and their grandparents had been taken out of a fireplace so the children would not worry about Santa Claus coming down the chimney.
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Cat Survives Two Euthanasia Attempts at Utah Shelter
A stray cat that survived two trips to a Utah animal shelter's gas chamber now has a new home.
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Mountain Dew can turn mouse into jelly: Pepsi; soft drink giant declares gross fact amid lawsuit
Man says company destroyed disgusting evidence of a tainted can of soda
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The Original General Lee to Jump the Auction Block
The original “General Lee” from “The Dukes of Hazzard” TV series is set to cross the block at the Barrett-Jackson collector car auction in Scottsdale, which starts on Jan 17th.
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Injured Florida Man, Allegedly Steals Ambulance To Go To Hospital
It was an emergency.
That excuse might sometimes get you out of a speeding ticket, but Hubert Lee Credit couldn't justify allegedly stealing an ambulance to drive himself to the hospital, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
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N.C. man arrested for stealing and pawning 1996 Olympic torch
Asheville police have arrested a 43-year-old man who allegedly stole a torch used in the Atlanta Olympics and sold it at a pawn shop for $200.
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Loch Ness Monster's Home Not on the Level
Just as the bubble in a carpenter's level moves back and forth depending on the surface it rests upon, Scotland's Loch Ness tilts back and forth according to the movement of the ground beneath it caused by the tides on the nearby North Sea.
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Baby recreates classic movie scenes
A six-month-old baby who poses with props to recreate classic movie scenes has become an internet sensation.
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Swiss message in bottle found in Africa after 30 years
A 48-year-old Swiss was astonished to receive a letter this Christmas from South Africa in reply to a message in a bottle he first set adrift on the river Rhine 30 years ago.
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Cops In MA Sent To Retrieve Overdue Library Books From 5-Year-Old
The chief of police in Charlton, Massachusetts sent a uniformed police officer to pay a visit to a home and demand the return of two overdue library books.
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