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NY election mix-up: 'Osama' on the ballot
(AP)
AP - Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama."
Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers
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AP - The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.
Woman, 72, moves after finding snakes in apartment
(AP)
AP - When 72-year-old Gladys Dressner first saw two snakes last in her new apartment last month, she froze. Days later, when an eight-inch snake crawled across her bed, she screamed. Finally, after stepping on a baby black rat snake, she moved.
Woman accused of serving pot-laced cake to guest
(AP)
AP - West Hartford police said they charged a 51-year-old woman with assault, reckless endangerment and tampering with evidence after she allegedly served a marijuana-tainted ginger cake to her real estate agent.
What happens after you flush? RI offers new tour
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AP - Ever wonder what happens after you yank the chain on the old commode? Rhode Island is offering tours of several wastewater treatment facilities during what its dubbed the first annual "Rhode Island Water Infrastructure Month."
Crackdown on tight trousers cancelled
(Reuters)
Reuters - South Sudan's president shut down a police investigation Wednesday that saw scores of young women arrested for "disturbing the peace" by wearing tight trousers.
How safe is your city? Put it to the bicycle test
(Reuters)
Reuters - How long will an unchained bicycle last on a city street before someone steals it?
For sale: Yourself, in Legos
(Reuters)
Reuters - For the golf enthusiast who still has $1 million to spare after the Wall Street meltdown: a backyard golf course custom-designed by champ Jack Nicklaus for Christmas.
Soccer player drowns in ritual swim
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Zimbabwean soccer player drowned in a crocodile infested river during a ritual to cleanse his team of bad spirits before a match, a state newspaper said on Tuesday.
Naked swimmer evades police in Tokyo palace moat
(Reuters)
Reuters - A bald, naked man who said he was a British tourist went swimming in the moat of Japan's Imperial Palace on Tuesday, climbing the palace wall, throwing rocks and splashing water at police before being taken into custody.
German village remembers Prussia's Scottish general
(Reuters)
Reuters - A German village was on Saturday unveiling a monument to the Scottish-born Prussian Field Marshall James Keith, in a rare act of remembrance in a country that has spend decades distancing itself from its military past.
Virgin shark got pregnant in Virginia aquarium
(Reuters)
Reuters - Scientists using DNA testing have confirmed the second-known instance of "virgin birth" in a shark -- a female Atlantic blacktip shark named Tidbit that produced a baby without a male shark.
Nicaragua's Ortega says crisis is God punishing U.S.
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Reuters - Nicaragua's leftist President Daniel Ortega, a U.S. foe since the Cold War, said God was punishing the United States with the financial crisis for trying to impose its economic principles on poor countries.
Iceland for sale -- collect in person
(Reuters)
Reuters - Great scenery and wildlife but financial situation in need of repair -- collect in person.
Visit China's Forbidden City -- as a virtual eunuch
(Reuters)
Reuters - Culture fans thousands of miles from Beijing can now visit its famous Forbidden City, through a three dimensional recreation of the vast palace that also allows them to dress up as an imperial eunuch and meet a courtesan.
Dog dies after saving man in Trinidad from fire
(AP)
AP - A man whose dog rescued him from a house fire in Trinidad said the animal died after running back into the burning building. Trinidad & Tobago Express newspaper quoted Anderson Marcano as saying that he woke up because the dog kept barking and tugging at his pants. Marcano said he smelled the smoke and was shocked to find his house on fire.
How safe is your city? Put it to the bicycle test
(Reuters)
Reuters - How long will an unchained bicycle last on a city street before someone steals it?
Cambodian couple saw house in half in divorce
(AP)
AP - A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy.
Brazen Vietnam thief robs police station
(Reuters)
Reuters - Vietnamese authorities are hunting for a brazen masked criminal who robbed a district police station, state media reported on Thursday.
Man wins $200K in Powerball twice in same year
(AP)
AP - For a Kansas City man, 2008 has been a great year when it comes to playing the Missouri Lottery. Arthur Watkins, 53, has won slightly more than $400,000 in two Powerball drawings within a four-month period.
