Tag: random musings
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December 03, 2006 03:11 AM EST --
Four people buried 450 years ago had been scared to death - by fairies.
According to the burial register for the parish of Lamplugh in Cumbria between 1656 to 1663 seven people were also 'bewitched'. . . . more
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November 27, 2006 05:59 AM EST --
Forget Friday the 13th - insurers say Monday the 27th is really the unluckiest day.
More people suffer mishaps when the 27th is a Monday than on any other day, insurers AA warn.
Their report, based on . . . more
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December 02, 2006 04:36 AM EST --
A York woman called in a plumber to check her noisy heating system - and found a tramp living in her attic.
Natalie Summers asked the workman to check the pipes after hearing creaking sounds above her . . . more
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December 10, 2006 10:55 PM EST --
By Geoffrey Lean, Environment EditorPublished: 10 December 2006
Meet the world's top destroyer of the environment. It is not the car, or the plane,or even George Bush: it is the cow. . . . more
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December 18, 2006 11:52 AM EST --
Teenagers do crazy things. They take drugs, have unprotected sex, ride with drunken drivers, and pretend to be asleep when it's time to do the dishes.
But it's not that they don't . . . more
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November 17, 2006 06:40 PM EST --
There are many incompetent people in the world. Dr. David A. Dunning is haunted by the fear that he might be one of them.
Dunning, a professor of psychology at Cornell, worries about this because, according . . . more
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November 11, 2006 02:59 AM EST --
Kids who are turned off by math often say they don't enjoy it, they aren't good at it and they see little point in it. Who knew that could be a formula for success?
The nations with the . . . more
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December 03, 2006 03:03 AM EST --
A man is recovering after shooting himself with his own crossbow.
Weapons collector Steve Samson, from Rochford, Essex, was cleaning the crossbow when the aluminium arrow speared seven inches into his . . . more
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December 09, 2006 03:45 PM EST --
A man had to call police for help after waking up in the lobby of a hotel wearing only a string vest.
The man had woken at 3am after sleepwalking virtually naked out of his hotel room, reports the Sun. . . . more
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December 15, 2006 08:37 AM EST --
A Clinton man arrested for burglary also was charged with theft for taking the handcuffs he was wearing when he escaped from officers, police said.
David Lee Griffin, 19, is accused of taking items from . . . more
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December 19, 2006 04:18 PM EST --
A North Carolina woman was arrested after complaining to a police officer that the crack cocaine she had just purchased wasn't very good, authorities said.
Eloise D. Reaves, 50, approached the Putnam . . . more
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November 14, 2006 02:25 PM EST --
A talking Jesus doll has been turned down by the Marine Reserves' Toys for Tots program.
A suburban Los Angeles company offered to donate 4,000 of the foot-tall dolls, which quote Bible verses, for . . . more
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November 14, 2006 03:20 PM EST --
A Romanian high school has introduced a new punishment for students who miss classes - cleaning the pigsties.
Officials of the Ion Mincu High School, in Vaslui, introduced the move because they said traditional . . . more
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November 28, 2006 01:43 AM EST --
Santa Claus is being banned from Christmas markets in Germany and Austria.
Anti-Santa campaigners claim Father Christmas was invented by Coca-Cola and detracts from the true spirit of the festive season. . . . more
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November 28, 2006 05:42 PM EST --
A Romanian woman was sent the body of her dead father in the post after a cemetery was sold to developers.
Aurelia Cenusa, from Severin, says clergy in her father's hometown of Darvari, 300 miles . . . more
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December 09, 2006 04:16 PM EST --
It is Saturday evening and the titles roll at the start of Naked Truth, a summary of the week's news on Moscow's M1 TV.
Svetlana Pesotskaya pouts at the camera and launches into a summary of President . . . more
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December 10, 2006 12:01 AM EST --
A Christmas party in Ireland was ruined after a camel ate all the food and drank the beer.
Gus sneaked out of his stable while staff at his equestrian centre were getting changed for the big night, reports . . . more
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December 10, 2006 10:46 PM EST --
A US thief was arrested after he repeatedly stopped during a police pursuit to smoke crack.
Police say the man, 45, from Stratford, Connecticut, had been driving a stolen car in Bridgeport.
The chase . . . more
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December 15, 2006 05:45 PM EST --
By Naomi KimThu Dec 14, 9:42 AM ET
Never mind how careful you are behind the wheel or how long you've been driving, the signs of the zodiac may be bigger factors behind your ability to avoid car . . . more
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December 16, 2006 02:51 PM EST --
A Czech man had a lucky escape after he plunged four floors onto the pavement below after mixing up the toilet and balcony doors.
Dusan Zdimala, 61, from Brno, fell 50ft but walked away with just light . . . more
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