Bar staff spooked by ghost of landlord murdered at pub 116 years ago

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Bar staff spooked by ghost of landlord murdered at pub 116 years ago
Most pubs are used to seeing scuffles and disturbances on their premises, but they are usually not of the supernatural kind.
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Four youngsters arrested after Amish buggy crashes into police patrol car
Four young people were arrested today after an Amish buggy collided with a US police patrol vehicle in Sherman, upstate New York.
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School pupil parades bad grades on sandwich board as punishment
A Florida parent has forced his son to stand on a street corner wearing a sandwich board showing his bad school grades, in an unusual form of punishment.
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Record-breaking eight-metre high cake baked in China is world's tallest
More than 20 chefs in China worked around the clock to bake the world's tallest cake before it was devoured by over 3,000 hungry shoppers.
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Eight-year-old smokes two packs of cigarettes a day
An eight-year-old Indonesian boy smokes two packets of cigarettes a day.
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Switzerland: No to holidays, yes to sex stalls
Switzerland voted against more holidays, while Zurich approved an initiative to shift the sex trade out of the city centre in just two of a series of federal and local referenda held on Sunday.
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Getting older makes us happier, because we give up on our dreams
Contrary to popular beliefs about grumpy old men and women, people grow happier as they get older, research shows.
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Scottish serial bride prepares for fifth wedding aged 29
A Scottish serial bride who married four times before her 24th birthday is planning to tie the knot for the fifth time - at just 29.
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'We know you're dead, but please tell us if your circumstances change'
Bungling council's hugely insensitive benefits letter to grieving family of cancer victim
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Britain's first male mother breaks up with baby's gay father less than a year after birth
Britain's first male mother has already split from his gay partner – less than a year after the birth of their daughter.
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Coffee served with a cockroach at Perth McDonald's stores
Three McDonalds restaurants fined $50,000
Convicted of selling raw meat, insects in food
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Smoking Children Burn Down Slovakia Castle
Two Slovak children were suspected of burning down a large gothic castle in eastern Slovakia when their experimentation with smoking went wrong, police said on Sunday.
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Simon Cowell 'pays lapdancers for chats'
Simon Cowell reportedly paid lapdancers for chats during a recent visit to Stringfellow's in London.
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U2's Bono is cast as villain in latest twist to row over Spider-Man Broadway musical
As one of the most ambitious, extravagant and dynamic shows ever to hit Broadway, the $75 million Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark musical might have been expected to spin nothing but good fortune for songwriter Bono.
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Vintage mortar shell found at Texas home was live explosive
A vintage mortar shell found in the yard of a vacant Texas home was an actual live explosive.
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NYC woman dies after getting trapped inside clothing drop box
A New York City woman who climbed into a clothing drop box suffocated and died inside after the box's metal door closed on her head and trapped her Saturday, police said.
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Peru cyclists stage naked protest in Lima about safety
Hundreds of scantily clad and nude cyclists took to the streets of Peru's capital, Lima, to call attention to safety conditions on the city's roads.
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Vibrating package baffles Swedish postal workers
Another thrilling week in Swedish media, but did you hear the one about the Swedish chef, the biting thief, and the vibrating package that closed down a post office?
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