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Spooked horse swims 3km offshore

May 18, 2012
Spooked horse swims 3km offshore

Beach goers and boaters along the coast of Central California are accustomed to seeing fascinating sea creatures large and small off its shore—but an Arabian horse? Some at first thought the gleaming white animal bobbing up and down on the waves near Santa Barbara was a seagull, but were surprised to learn it was...
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‘World’s oldest’ graphic art discovered

May 16, 2012
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Researchers have reportedly discovered what could be the oldest evidence of graphic imagery in a cave in southwest France. The New York Times reports a drawing of a female vulva, thought to be 37,000 years old, has been found on the collapsed roof of a rock shelter at the Abri Castanet site in the...
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The $1b new town where nobody’s home

May 10, 2012
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An artist rendering showing the $US1 billion scientific ghost town that will be developed in Lea County near Hobbs, New Mexico. Photo: AP A scientific ghost town in the heart of southeastern New Mexico oil and gas country will hum with the latest next-generation technology – but no people. A $US1 billion city without residents...
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Scotland’s Dull And America’s Boring Join Up

April 26, 2012
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James Matthews, Scotland correspondent The Dull and Boring plan was hatched after a resident of Dull, near Aberfeldy in Perthshire, cycled through Boring in Oregon. The Dull folk of Perthshire then contacted their Boring counterparts across the Atlantic with a view to striking up the partnership. It may be dull and boring but the two towns...
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Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July

April 22, 2012
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For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this July. Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. In a highly unusual response, the FBI set up...
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Injecting our guts with fecal bacteria from ancient mummies could cure obesity

April 7, 2012
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Antibiotics have depleted our gut flora and possibly made us fatter. Researchers look for answers in the flora of humans who lived in an era before modern medicine. By Bryan NelsonThu, Mar 29 2012 at 9:19 PM EST Photo: ZUMA Press It sounds outrageous, but King Tut’s stomach bacteria might hold the cure for obesity. Researchers...
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Church airbrushes out leader’s $30K watch

April 7, 2012
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This photo, posted on the church’s web-site caused a scandal when the site’s editors erased the patriarch’s watch. Photo: AP. Source: Sunday Herald Sun IT could have been an Easter miracle but the mystery of a “disappearing” $30,000 watch from the wrist of the most senior member of the Russian Orthodox Church has actually...
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The goose who wears sandals

April 6, 2012
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Gator the rescue goose’s adoptive parents, Bob and Lauree Strouse, were so concerned his feet would suffer on their walks, they got him a pair of sandals. Gator enjoys the freedom of St Augustine in his smart new sandals (Picture: Mercury) The couple designed the footwear to combat the hot and harsh concrete in...
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Man buys $2m Andy Warhol sketch for $5

April 3, 2012
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A British businessman is said to have stumbled on a never-before-seen Andy Warhol sketch at a US art sale – picking it up for less than $5. The 1930s sketch was hidden among other items Andy Field bought in Las Vegas, The Sun newspaper reported. The signed work is thought to have been etched...
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SES worker saves crash victim from morgue

April 2, 2012
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A crash victim was moments away from being taken to the morgue when rescue volunteers challenged paramedics’ advice and found he was still alive. The 30-year-old Melbourne man had been pronounced dead more than an hour earlier and covered with a plastic tarp when State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers found a pulse. The SES...
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