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A baboon called Fred, back ground, sits inside a car with a baboon called AP

Furry felons rob SAfrican tourists, steal food

AP – 1 hr 33 mins ago

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons. Full Story »

  • Utah man makes wrong turn, sees train approaching

    AP – 1 hr 42 mins ago  

    OGDEN, Utah - A man whose car became stuck on a set of railroad tracks bailed out before a commuter train plowed into it. Danny Ray Olsen, 62, said he took a wrong turn in Ogden and got his 1998 Nissan Sentra high-centered between two sets of rails Monday evening. He said he saw lights approaching in his rearview mirror and decided to get out. Full Story »

  • Agent showing house finds pile of bones

    AP – 1 hr 53 mins ago  

    GIBSON, La. - A real estate agent showing a house got to the basement and found about 100 human bones in a corner. James Kenny, a forensic investigator with the Terrebonne Parish Coroner's Office, says the bones found Saturday were so old that dirt had saturated the marrow inside them. He says they probably are remains of Native Americans buried long before the house was built. Full Story »

  • Don't kiss Santa, he may have the flu

    Reuters – Mon Nov 23, 1:56 pm ET  
    Men dressed as Santa Claus pose in the assembly hall after a... Reuters

    BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Santa Claus should avoid kissing children and shaking their hands to prevent spreading the flu and should get vaccinated against the illness, Hungary's state health authority said. Full Story »

  • Darwin book worth up to $100,000 found on shelf

    Reuters – Mon Nov 23, 1:59 pm ET  
    A detail of British artist John Collier's 1883 painting of... Reuters

    LONDON (Reuters) - A first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," which had been kept in a toilet bookcase for years, will go on sale this week and is expected to fetch 40-60,000 pounds ($66-100,000). Full Story »

  • Aging Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas

    Reuters – Mon Nov 23, 8:33 am ET  

    WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children. Full Story »

  • Gang accused of killing to sell human fat

    Reuters – Fri Nov 20, 11:03 am ET  
    A forensic scientist displays human bones found in the jungle... Reuters

    LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics. Full Story »

  • Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling

    Reuters – Fri Nov 20, 11:04 am ET  
    Cartons of contraband cigarettes are put on display at the Finance... Reuters

    STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into the Nordic country, the Swedish Customs Office said Friday. Full Story »

  • Pa. prosecutor wants 'no-tip' charges dropped

    AP – 1 hr 18 mins ago  

    BETHLEHEM, Pa. - An eastern Pennsylvania prosecutor wants charges dropped against a couple who refused to pay a tip at a restaurant where they said they got poor service. Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said he's recommending that Bethlehem police drop the theft of services charges. Full Story »

  • Deputies use backhoe to find drugs in septic tank

    AP – 1 hr 38 mins ago  

    FRIERSON, La. - Flushed evidence doesn't go far if your toilet's on a septic system. DeSoto Parish sheriff's Lt. Toni Joe Morris said Tuesday that deputies brought in a backhoe when drug agents raided a home and business and met the owner coming out of a bathroom. Full Story »

  • Hitler's favorite car makes comeback?

    Reuters – 1 hr 51 mins ago  

    BERLIN (Reuters) - A car expert says he has tracked down Hitler's favorite Mercedes to a garage near the town that helped the Austrian-born Fuehrer become a German citizen. Full Story »

  • Using your plastic for plastic surgery..

    Reuters – 1 hr 52 mins ago  

    CARACAS (Reuters) - Unfazed by a recession and rampant inflation, image-conscious Venezuelans show no signs of cutting back on the facelifts, liposuction, and breast augmentation that have become de rigueur beauty treatments. Full Story »

  • Man robbed of $2 million bank withdrawal

    Reuters – 1 hr 54 mins ago  

    TAIPEI (Reuters) - A man in Taiwan was robbed of more than $2 million in cash that he had just withdrawn from the bank, a police official said on Tuesday. Full Story »

  • US Santas demand priority swine flu vaccine

    AFP – Tue Nov 24, 12:04 pm ET  
    A Santa Claus with children at a nursery school in Japan. US... AFP

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Santas want swine flu vaccine so that sneezing children don't give them an unwelcome present this Christmas. Full Story »

  • Sparkling reindeer-dung jewelry sells at Ill. zoo

    AP – Tue Nov 24, 4:50 am ET  

    BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Sparkly reindeer-dung necklaces are going on sale at an Illinois zoo that hopes to attract the same holiday shoppers who swept up its dung Christmas ornaments last year. Full Story »

  • Police: RI teen skipped school, robbed bank

    AP – Mon Nov 23, 8:38 pm ET  

    WARWICK, R.I. - Police say a 17-year-old Warwick boy who skipped school to rob a bank has been arrested after leaving fingerprints on the threatening note he passed to the teller. Warwick police Capt. Sean Collins said the boy handed a note riddled with misspellings to a teller Thursday, demanding money or "everyone will be shot." Full Story »

  • Me-OW! Cat survives Illinois outage-causing run-in

    AP – Mon Nov 23, 8:38 pm ET  

    CARROLLTON, Ill. - A cat went from meow to ow when officials say it accidentally made contact with a substation's fuse, causing an outage to about 1,500 homes and businesses in southwestern Illinois. The feline apparently survived the encounter early Monday in the Greene County city of Carrollton. Full Story »

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U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's "precarious" financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company. Full Story »

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