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  • Black nativity angers Italy's "White Xmas" party

    Reuters – Mon Dec 14, 1:03 pm ET  

    ROME (Reuters) - A nativity scene featuring a dark-skinned Jesus, Mary and Joseph that has gone on display in a Verona courthouse has created heated debate in a city with strong links to Italy's anti-immigration Northern League party. Full Story »

  • More than 3,000 detained in porn crackdown

    Reuters – Mon Dec 14, 1:02 pm ET  

    BEIJING (Reuters Life!) - Chinese police have detained some 3,470 people so far this year during a crackdown on online pornography and closed thousands of pornographic websites, state media said on Saturday. Full Story »

  • Anger over elaborate emission cuts hoax

    Reuters – Mon Dec 14, 1:01 pm ET  
    Petro-Canada's Edmonton Refinery and Distribution Centre... Reuters

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada condemned on Monday a series of elaborate hoax emails and a fake website story that claimed the country would cut emissions of greenhouse gases by a much greater amount than previously announced. Full Story »

  • Rotating house puts family in a spin

    Reuters – Fri Dec 11, 12:25 pm ET  
    An octagonal, three-bedroom, family home built on a rotating... Reuters

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian family is turning heads with a rotating house that can guarantee a different view every time they wake up. Full Story »

  • Teens ignore laws against texting while driving

    Reuters – Fri Dec 11, 12:24 pm ET  
    A driver sends a text message while stopped at an intersection... Reuters

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Karen Cordova, a 17-year-old high school student and part-time supermarket cashier, admits she sometimes texts friends while driving home from work late at night, lonely and bored. Full Story »

  • "Secret agent" busted in late night car chase

    Reuters – Thu Dec 10, 12:33 pm ET  

    BERLIN (Reuters) - German police arrested a man who claimed to be a "secret agent" after a high speed chase in pursuit of a car with a blue flashing light on its roof. Full Story »

  • No more endangered eel at top supermarket

    Reuters – Thu Dec 10, 12:33 pm ET  
    Eels curl up in a bucket in the polders surrounding the Southern... Reuters

    AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Smoked eel on toast looks set to become an even rarer treat at Dutch parties, as the main supermarket group in the Netherlands plans to stop selling the endangered fish from 2010. Full Story »

  • Alpine enthusiasts, "don't drink and ski"

    Reuters – Thu Dec 10, 12:31 pm ET  

    PARIS (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday warned its skiers and snowboarders to avoid excess alcohol when taking to France's ski slopes, after a spate of drink-related deaths and serious accidents. Full Story »

  • Christmas cheer saves woman from speeding fine

    Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 1:53 pm ET  

    BERLIN (Reuters) - A young woman in Germany who burst into tears when police fined her for speeding received an early Christmas present when another woman caught for the same offence paid the charge. Full Story »

  • Cigarettes kill, but don't tell smokers?

    Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 1:52 pm ET  
    A smoker lights up a cigarette in a public place near the Stade... Reuters

    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Cigarette pack warnings that remind smokers of the fatal consequences of their habit may actually make them smoke more as a way to cope with the inevitability of death, according to researchers. Full Story »

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