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Ex-Files: British military ends its UFO hot line

AP – Fri Dec 4, 4:22 pm ET

LONDON – The truth — and the UFOs — may be out there, but nobody in the British military is listening anymore. Full Story »

  • Fla. teen allegedly attacks dad for loud snoring

    AP – Thu Dec 3, 4:19 pm ET  

    OLDSMAR, Fla. - A Florida teenager has been charged with assaulting his father, reportedly because the man was snoring too loudly. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office reported that the teen, 18, first threw a magazine at his father, who was sleeping on a living room couch Tuesday evening. When that didn't work, deputies said the teen pushed his father onto the floor and punched him in the face. Full Story »

  • Would-be thief sends merciful NY store owner $50

    AP – Thu Dec 3, 4:14 pm ET  

    SHIRLEY, N.Y. - A Long Island convenience store owner who showed mercy to a would-be robber said he's received an apology note and $50 in the mail. The unsigned note said it was from the man who tried to rob Mohammad Sohail. It said the would-be robber has a new job, a new child, and is staying out of trouble. Full Story »

  • N. Korea's first designer jeans on sale in Sweden

    Reuters – Tue Dec 1, 12:58 pm ET  

    STOCKHOLM (Reuters Life!) - Designer jeans labeled "Made in North Korea" will go on sale this Friday at a trendy department store in the Swedish capital, marking a first foray into Western fashion for the reclusive communist state. Full Story »

  • Some kids still swallowing soda can safety tabs

    Reuters – Tue Dec 1, 1:00 pm ET  

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Beverage can tops are still finding their way into the stomachs of some children, especially teens, despite being redesigned in the 1970s to keep people from swallowing them, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Full Story »

  • Cost of school formals soaring as teenagers glam-up

    Reuters – Tue Dec 1, 1:01 pm ET  

    CANBERRA (Reuters) - Parents used to save for their children's weddings but now there's another major rite of passage to fund before they even leave home -- the school formal or prom, a booming industry which seems recession-proof. Full Story »

  • Goncourt winner Littell wins Bad Sex Award

    Reuters – Mon Nov 30, 3:44 pm ET  

    LONDON (Reuters) - Jonathan Littell, who won France's prestigious Prix Goncourt in 2006 for "The Kindly Ones," has picked up another prize for the same work -- the Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award. Full Story »

  • Rome taxis seek to wipe out tourist scams

    Reuters – Mon Nov 30, 3:45 pm ET  
    The Colosseum is seen in the background as taxi drivers block... Reuters

    ROME (Reuters Life!) - Rome's largest taxi cooperative is trying to improve the bad name of the city's cabbies, notorious among tourists to one of the world's best loved cities. Full Story »

  • Fla. Gov. Crist sent callers to telephone sex line

    AP – Fri Dec 4, 2:22 pm ET  

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Oops! In an embarrassing blunder, Gov. Charlie Crist mistakenly directed parents of uninsured children to call a toll-free sex line. Full Story »

  • Chicken stuffed with cocaine is recipe for arrest

    AP – Fri Dec 4, 2:11 pm ET  

    CHANTILLY, Va. - Customs inspectors at Dulles International Airport say a man from Guatemala was detained after he tried to carry a cooked chicken stuffed with more than $4,000 worth of cocaine. Full Story »

  • Iowa woman accused of shoplifting 418 items

    AP – Thu Dec 3, 5:43 pm ET  

    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - An Iowa woman is accused in a South Dakota shoplifting case that authorities say involved more than just a few items stuffed in a pocket. Sioux Falls police said a 51-year-old woman allegedly took $2,200 worth of items from the Lewis Drug Store, hauling stolen merchandise to her car in bags and then returning to the store for more. Full Story »

  • Ohio police say man tried to take their candy bars

    AP – Thu Dec 3, 4:34 pm ET  

    CINCINNATI - Talk about sticky fingers: Police arrested a man they say tried to take their candy bars. Full Story »

  • Police: Man hides in Ala. Wal-Mart, takes cash

    AP – Thu Dec 3, 4:06 pm ET  

    FAIRFIELD, Ala. - Fairfield police said a Mississippi man took holiday shopping to another level by hiding in a Wal-Mart and trying to leave with cash. Police said the man hid inside the Walmart on Nov. 25 after it closed at 11 p.m. and took $54,000 in cash and checks. A guard subdued the man when he tried to leave through locked doors. Police said money bags started falling from his clothes as he shook the doors. Full Story »

  • Police: Bubble gum bandits walk, talk and steal

    AP – Thu Dec 3, 4:02 pm ET  

    STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. - Police said a pack of bubble gum bandits is walking into suburban Detroit gas stations and chewing through the candy aisle. Police said the latest heist happened Nov. 21, when two suspects chatted up the clerk of a Speedway gas station in Sterling Heights, while a third suspect filched $318 worth of gum. Full Story »

  • What do cats do home alone? Cat cams have answers

    AP – Thu Dec 3, 3:05 pm ET  
    This undated image provided by Ketchum pr shows Leo-Hector with... AP

    LOS ANGELES - What do cats do when their owners are away? There was one way to find out — "cat cams." Full Story »

  • Groom creates viral storm twittering from altar

    Reuters – Thu Dec 3, 2:04 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Maryland groom has created an viral story storm after he interrupted his wedding last month to update his Facebook and Twitter accounts from the altar. Full Story »

  • Competitive Britons send nativity costs soaring

    Reuters – Thu Dec 3, 2:02 pm ET  
    A child touches a statue of Baby Jesus in the Church of the Nativity... Reuters

    LONDON (Reuters) - Gone are the days of shepherds in tea towels and tinsel-clad angels. Britain's competitive parents are forking out on luxury pashmina shawls and velour dressing gowns to make their child the star of the annual nativity play. Full Story »

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Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw and his wife said they escaped injury in a three-car accident on a New York City highway that killed one woman and injured a mail truck driver Friday afternoon. Full Story »

Technology News

Gift Guide: High-tech happiness for $100 or less

AP – Fri Dec 4, 12:08 pm ET

No one's going to blame you for keeping holiday gifts minimal this year. But if you want to round out your handmade cards, scarves, pickles and jam with a gadget or gizmo, here are a handful of our $100-and-under favorites. Full Story »

Sports News

U.S. soccer players were almost giddy Friday after a favorable World Cup draw gave them hope they'll reach the second round in South Africa next June. Full Story »