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Missing wedding ring found on carrot 16 years after it was lost

January 4, 2012
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A WOMAN has miraculously found her white gold wedding ring on a carrot in her garden – 16 years after it disappeared. Lena Paahlsson of Sweden took the white gold ring off while baking with her daughters during Christmas 1995, but it vanished from the kitchen counter where she had put it. The family...
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Human Barbie gets daughter Poppy, 7, liposuction voucher for Christmas

January 4, 2012
Appropriate? Sarah Burge has given her daughter a £7,000 liposuction voucher for Christmas

Mummy, just what I always wanted! Girl, 7, gets £7,000 liposuction voucher for Christmas from ‘Human Barbie’ mum By SADIE WHITELOCKS A seven-year-old who received a voucher for a boob job on her last birthday has received yet another inappropriate gift from her surgery-obsessed mother: A £7,000 voucher for liposuction. Little Poppy Burge received the...
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Spanish village of Juzcar votes to stay blue after being painted for The Smurfs in 3D film to stay tourist attraction

December 20, 2011
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Decided to stay Smurf blue … The Spanish village of Juzcar has become the mecca for Smurf fans after the success of the animated movie.. (AP Photo/Sergio Torres) THE inhabitants of a Spanish village which was painted entirely blue for the filming of box-office smash hit The Smurfs movie voted to keep their houses...
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NY cops scolded for mocking pigeon called Fred at WTC Ground Zero

December 11, 2011
NY POST: CHAD RACHMAN FOWL BALL: A cop on duty at the 9/11 Memorial plaza yesterday is in the line of fire of Fred the pigeon, who has been pestering police from his perch atop this fence

NEW York police were admonished for mocking a dive-bombing pigeon at Ground Zero after a bizarre battle between cops and the angry bird. Fred, an unmistakable brown and orange pigeon, recently took up residence on a metal fence surrounding the World Trade Center’s memorial plaza — and has been dive-bombing cops stationed nearby ever...
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Fake doctor jailed over free breast exam scam

December 4, 2011
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An elderly man who pretended to be a doctor offering free door-to-door breast exams has been sent to prison for a year on sexual assault charges. When Phillip Winikoff, now 81, walked around a Florida apartment block in 2006 carrying a black doctor’s bag and claiming to be from a local hospital, two women...
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‘Gay’ penguins to be torn apart

November 8, 2011
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A relationship between two ‘gay’ penguins has fascinated keepers at Toronto Zoo, but the couple is to be separated and will each be paired with a female for breeding. The two birds have shown signs of mating behaviour usually only seen between male and female birds, including preening each other and sleeping together at...
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US airport agent in trouble over vibrator joke

October 27, 2011
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A US airport security agent who found a vibrator in the baggage of a transatlantic traveller, and then advised her in writing what to do with it, is facing disciplinary action. The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said Wednesday that a handwritten note that lawyer and blogger Jill Filipovic found in her checked luggage...
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Life-size Lego man washes up on US beach

October 27, 2011
The giant Lego man had beachgoers puzzling.

A giant Lego man that washed up on a beach in the US had crowds puzzling after Legoland insisted it did not place it there. Jeff Hindman told the Herald-Tribune he spotted the 2.4-metre figure during a Tuesday morning walk on Siesta Key Beach in Florida and dragged it ashore. The Lego resembles those...
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14 year old boy lives playboy lifestyle after scamming banks

October 24, 2011
A woman is suing Australias big four banks for their alleged role in a scam her son masterminded / File

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy who masterminded a massive money laundering scam splashed out $200,000 on shopping sprees, luxury holidays and pamper sessions.The NSW teen funded his celebrity lifestyle by selling fictitious products on eBay from 2007 – at one stage, earning more than $6000 a day. The then 14-year-old went on a string of shopping...
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African Animals Getting Drunk From Ripe Marula Fruit

October 23, 2011
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Nicholas Bakalar for National Geographic News Almost anyone who has read a travel brochure about Africa has heard of elephants getting drunk from the fruit of the marula tree. The lore holds that elephants can get drunk by eating the fermented fruit rotting on the ground. Books have been written asserting the truth of...
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