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  • Here is my job resumay

    Reuters – 2 hrs 38 mins ago

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Typing mistakes in a job application can kill a would-be employee's chance of landing a job as employers bet that a sloppy resume means the applicant will do a sloppy job.

  • In love? It's not enough to keep a marriage, study finds

    Reuters – Tue Jul 14, 12:45 pm ET

    SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Living happily ever after needn't only be for fairy tales. Australian researchers have identified what it takes to keep a couple together, and it's a lot more than just being in love.

  • Paris launches smile campaign to woo tourists

    Reuters – Tue Jul 14, 12:47 pm ET

    PARIS (Reuters) - Faced with a fall in tourist numbers due to the financial crisis and a reputation for unfriendliness, the Paris tourist board has made a simple request of the city's residents: smile.

  • Canadian boy floats unharmed down river on toy truck

    Reuters – Tue Jul 14, 12:47 pm ET

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A Canadian boy celebrating his third birthday was unhurt and apparently unfazed after he floated 12 km (7.8 miles) down a river riding atop his toy truck, police said on Monday.

  • Take off your bicycle helmet, big boy!

    Reuters – Mon Jul 13, 1:30 pm ET

    BERLIN (Reuters) - A Berlin brothel has come up with a novel way to negate the impact of the global economic crisis and target a new group of customers at the same time -- offering a discount to patrons who arrive on bicycles.

  • Travel agents offer sunshine insurance

    Reuters – Mon Jul 13, 1:30 pm ET

    PARIS (Reuters) - Sun-seekers whose holidays are spoiled by bad weather could be reimbursed after French travel agencies launched insurance cover for unwanted interruptions to the sunshine.

  • Phone firm's West Bank wall gag fails to amuse

    Reuters – Mon Jul 13, 1:28 pm ET

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A television advert for an Israeli mobile phone firm showing soldiers playing soccer over the West Bank barrier has sparked cries of bad taste and prompted Arab lawmakers Sunday to demand it be taken off air.

  • Clerics condemn theft of electricity

    Reuters – Mon Jul 13, 1:27 pm ET

    KARACHI (Reuters) - A Pakistani power utility has obtained a decree from top Islamic scholars condemning electricity theft, which it says is costing it millions of dollars a year.

  • Berlin "sex academy" offers tips for visitors

    Reuters – Sat Jul 11, 9:20 pm ET

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Wannabe Latin lovers can improve their technique by playing with the erogenous zones of naked mannequins at a new interactive exhibition that has now opened in Berlin.

  • Drunk badger disrupts traffic

    Reuters – Thu Jul 9, 6:53 pm ET

    BERLIN (Reuters) - A badger in Germany got so drunk on over-ripe cherries it staggered into the middle of a road and refused to budge, police said on Wednesday.

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