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| Police On The Hunt For Rare Plough Police are investigating the theft of a historic horse-drawn plough from Arltunga, east of Alice Springs. Police believe the Arltunga Pub was broken into sometime over the weekend by thieves who stol... Chuck Lionberger's Disney Dream Come True - Roanoke.com Chuck Lionberger is the go-to guy when it comes to Roanoke County Public Schools but what many people may not know is that the often-quoted school spokesman wears another hat -- one sprouting mouse ea... Kids Get Playboy, Not Bugs Bunny In Cable Mix-up Young viewers of kids TV shows in North Carolina got a glimpse of something far more risque than their favourite cartoons when a cable glitch broadcast two hours of the Playboy channel. "Due to a tec... Bizarre Attempted Murder Plot Outlined In Courtroom EDMONTON — Edmontonian Derek Thibert-Ayers was so depressed when he learned his close friend Michael Lee Hancock was seeing a woman he was infatuated with, he asked Hancock to kill him.Hancock almos... Bizarre Attempted Murder Plot Outlined In Courtroom EDMONTON — Edmontonian Derek Thibert-Ayers was so depressed when he learned his close friend Michael Lee Hancock was seeing a woman he was infatuated with, he asked Hancock to kill him.Hancock almos... Man Put Son, 4, For Sale On Craigslist sell his son on Craigslist for $5,000, KXLY-TV reported.Investigators believe the ad is not a hoax and have gotten a search warrant to find the person who posted the ad in February.In the posting, the... Biden Mistakenly Blesses Irish Leader's Mom CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP/Getty Images Vice President Joe Biden asked for God's blessing for the late mother of Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen during a White House celebration of St. Patrick's Day -- excep... Man Arrested After Bizarre Border Crossing A 19-year-old Vermont man was in police custody Wednesday night following a bizarre crossing of the Canada-United States border at Philipsburg.The incident under investigation by the Sûreté du Québ... Athletes Find Humor In Visually Impaired Biathlon (AP) ? WHISTLER, British Columbia - Even the Paralympic athletes who compete in biathlon sometimes have a hard time wrapping their heads around the idea of visually impaired people shooting ri... An Ode To Beckham London - Britain's poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy has written a poem about injured England footballer David Beckham, she revealed on Tuesday. Duffy's poem is entitled Achilles and compares Beckham t... Pittsburgh Man Finds Cold Intruder In Bed With Him PITTSBURGH - Police say a man broke into a Pittsburgh home and climbed into bed with its owner, apparently because he was drunk and cold following a rap concert. Nh Lawyer Fights Ban On Alleged Cussing Jogger PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - The attorney representing a jogger accused of yelling at police and citizens during his runs through Portsmouth, New Hampshire said an order barring his client from the city while h... Az Man Convicted Of Pulling Over Off-duty Officer PHOENIX - An Arizona man accused admonishing motorists of traffic laws while posing as a police officer apparently picked the wrong driver to pull over. Errant Spike Strip Leaves Calif. Drivers Flat NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Some drivers in Newport Beach said they were left flat after a spike strip fell out of a police car and punctured their tires. A police report said the strip, which is designed... Woman Accused Of Sending Text About Drugs To Agent ALTUS, Okla. - A Mangum woman has been arrested for allegedly sending a text message about illegal drugs to a drug task force agent. A warrant was issued for the woman for possession of a controlled s... Tenn. Senate Says Fish, Birds Ok In Barber Shops The Senate on Wednesday voted 30-1 for a measure allowing barber shops to display live fish and birds. A companion bill passed the House earlier this month and the legislation is headed to the governo... The Strange Sex Life Of Pipefish Paris - A skinny little fish called the pipefish is high on the list of wildlife oddities, for the male of the species is the one that gets pregnant. The fish is a close cousin of the seahorse and ... Hawaii Considers Law To Ignore Obama 'birthers' Birthers beware: Hawaii may start ignoring your repeated requests for proof that President Barack Obama was born here. As the state continues to receive e-mails seeking Obama's birth certificate, the ... Man Wakes Up In Bed With Alleged Burglar Police say a man broke into a Pittsburgh home and climbed into bed with its owner, apparently because he was drunk and cold following a rap concert. Homeowner Frank Fontana says he was in bed when the... Abuse Suspect, Fiance Wed On Hearing Day marriage of an abuse suspect and his fiance, who police say is the victim, and cleared the suspect of all charges, WBAL-TV reported.Judge Darrell Russell has been reassigned to chambers work. He will ... "it's A Dream Come True" -- Quotes From Montano's Debut "The smile you see on my face is the happiness I have coming here to Seattle. It's a dream come true and I am so happy to be here so I can't hide the happiness I have right now." Blind Soldier 'sees' With His Tongue A British soldier left blind by a grenade in Iraq has told how his life has been transformed by ground-breaking technology that enables him to "see" with his tongue. Lance Corporal Craig Lundberg, 24... Nh Lawyer Fights Ban On Alleged Cussing Jogger PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- The attorney representing a jogger accused of yelling at police and citizens during his runs through Portsmouth, New Hampshire said an order barring his client from the city while... Nh Lawyer Fights Ban On Alleged Cussing Jogger THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- The attorney representing a jogger accused of yelling at police and citizens during his runs through Portsmouth, New Hampshire said an order barring his cli... Low-flying Plane Scares Beachgoers flying a plane just feet above people at a beach, KPRC-TV in Houston reported.Saturday was supposed to be a beautiful day at the beach for Terry Rodery, his wife and his friends, all of whom belong to... La. Man Denied Beer Run Gets Very Testy THIBODAUX, La. -- A 25-year-old man did not take his inability to get more beer well. Lafourche sheriff's spokeswoman Lesley Hill Peters said the man was accused of breaking furniture and throwing a ... Gamestop Too Good To Be True Sometimes, I look at a stock’s valuations and think, “This is too good to be true.” At $19.50 a share, GameStop (GME) is trading at 8.6 times fiscal 2010 earnings and around 7.5 times fiscal 20... Pooch Plucked Twice From Ny Ice If Koozie the dog were a cat she would be down to seven lives. The 8-year-old mix-breed pooch had to be rescued - not once, but twice - from the broken-up ice of Steamy Text Messages Lands Couple In Jail A string of steamy text messages has resulted in a jail sentence for an Indian couple, local media announced Wednesday, in the latest case of passions clashing with the law in the cosmopolitan, yet oc... Gigaspaces Helps Software Vendors Achieve True Scalability, Cut Tco, And Saas-enable Their Applications NEW YORK, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- GigaSpaces eXtreme Application Platform (XAP) 7.X has been especially tailored to support the needs of software vendors and OEMs, dramatically lowering their develop... Kraft To Cut Salt In Foods Photo by David McNew/Getty Images Kraft Foods said it will cut the salt in its products sold in North America by an average of 10 percent over the next two years as food makers try to appeal to health... Mass. Dentist Used Paper Clips In Root Canals (03-16) 18:09 PDT Fall River, Mass. (AP) -- A former Massachusetts dentist is accused of placing paper clips instead of stainless steel posts inside the teeth of root canal patients while billing Med... Couple Dies While Having Sex In Car Donna Simpson wears a size 7XL. Her waist measures 85 inches. And she can barely walk 20 feet before having to sit down. WNBC's Pei-Sze Cheng reports. Rowdy Politics, Refined Tea Parties A Strange Brew World Tea Expo president George Jage sips a cup of tea in Las Vegas, Nevada last Thursday. Jage recently changed his Google alert to ?ea minus party.' Student Sets Memorization Record set a national record at the U.S. Memory Championship by remembering the first 178 digits of a randomly generated 500-digit number, WPLG-TV in Miami reported.He only had five minutes to study it."I pu... Airline Crew Face Jail Over Sexy Texts (Reuters) - Two Emirates airlines cabin crew have been ordered jailed for three months in Dubai over sexually explicit text messages, the latest in a string of indecency cases against foreigners, a ne... Top Private School In Poison Soup Mystery (Reuters) - An investigation has begun at one of Britain's most prestigious private schools after a member of staff was arrested on suspicion of trying to poison the pupils' soup, police said on Wedne... Love In A Cold Climate Lethal For Couple (Reuters) - A Russian couple having sex in a car parked in a tiny garage have died from carbon monoxide poisoning, Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday. Drive A Porsche Up Your Status With A Phone (Reuters) - As if a Porsche isn't enough of a status symbol, the German luxury sports car company's subsidiary, Porsche Design, is marketing a mobile phone that's exclusive to Porsche owners. Quest Uranium Advances 2010 Exploration Plans On Its Strange Lake Ree Project, Northeastern Quebec Highlights:- Quest expects to receive a 43-101 Preliminary Resource Estimate for its recently-discovered B-Zone rare earth deposit by the end of March or early April from Wardrop Engineering Inc. - Me... Women Could Win Free Human Eggs An American infertility clinic is offering free human eggs to one British participant for attending an informational seminar Wednesday in London. The promotion, which has been described by some as a r... Storage Unit Full Of Stolen Gowns Discovered storage unit full of women's clothing that's suspected to be stolen, reported KMGH-TV in Denver.A Denver man faces several charges in conjunction with the recovered clothing and other items. Quest Uranium Advances 2010 Exploration Plans On Its Strange Lake Ree Project, Northeastern Quebec Highlights:- Quest expects to receive a 43-101 Preliminary Resource Estimate for its recently-discovered B-Zone rare earth deposit by the end of March or early April from Wardrop Engineering Inc. - Me... Helicopter Rescues Horse Stranded On Ariz. Sandbar P HOENIX — It’s not every day you see a horse fly. But with the greatest of ease, a heavy-duty helicopter plucked a mustang named Colorado off a western Arizona river sandbar Tuesday morn... Five-year-old Uae Residents To Take Driving Lessons Five-year-old children in the United Arab Emirates will be able to take driving lessons in a new Traffic City, the National newspaper said. The police-monitored village will give children and teenage... Peruvian Surfer Teaches Alpaca To Catch The Waves Peruvian surfer teaches alpaca to catch the waves A Peruvian surfer has taught his pet alpaca to ride the waves, the Comercio newspaper said on its website on Wednesday. Domingo Pianezzi, 44, has spe... Scottish Schools Holding Sleep Lessons London - Schools in Glasgow are running a trial of "sleep lessons" to promote a healthy sleeping routine and change bad habits, such as late night television. The lessons aim to help children learn... Research Suggests That If You Are True To Yourself, Better Romantic Relationships Will Follow A new study examined how dating relationships were affected by the ability of people to see themselves clearly and objectively, act in ways consistent with their beliefs, and interact honestly and tru... Tragedy Gets Gospel Twist As Festival Unveils Programme A GOSPEL version of a Greek tragedy, a visually stunning mix of theatre and cinema, and a look at one of the most controversial explorations in Scottish history are among the highlights of this year's... Swiss Designer Creates Dinosaur Dung Watch G ENEVA — A Swiss watchmaker is hoping to raise a stink with an expensive timepiece that eschews the trade’s standard gold, diamond or titanium fittings for a more earthy substance —... Hooded Jedi Strikes Back London - When benefits claimant Chris Jarvis was asked to put down his hood in a Jobcentre in Southend, he said he was entitled to wear it because of his Jedi "faith". When he continued to wear the... Michael Jackson's Syringe 'up For Sale' The syringe that allegedly administered Michael Jackson's fatal dose of drugs is reportedly set to go on sale for £3.3million. The needle is believed to have been obtained secretly and is app... |
| Airline crew face jail over sexy texts
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Reuters - Two Emirates airlines cabin crew have been ordered jailed for three months in Dubai over sexually explicit text messages, the latest in a string of indecency cases against foreigners, a newspaper reported Wednesday. Top private school in poison soup mystery (Reuters) Reuters - An investigation has begun at one of Britain's most prestigious private schools after a member of staff was arrested on suspicion of trying to poison the pupils' soup, police said on Wednesday. Love in a cold climate lethal for couple (Reuters) Reuters - A Russian couple having sex in a car parked in a tiny garage have died from carbon monoxide poisoning, Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday. Drive a Porsche? Up your status with a phone (Reuters)
Pair faces jail time in Dubai over kiss (Reuters)
Female porn director swaps sex for British politics (Reuters) Reuters - A woman who has directed 300 "female-friendly" sex films is to test the liberal-mindedness of British voters and run for parliament in an election due within weeks. Help wanted: Space flight experience required (Reuters) Reuters - For astronauts worried about their future with NASA, good news: a private company is hiring. Man takes double hit from wife (Reuters) Reuters - A New Zealand man is recovering from injuries after being run over by his wife -- twice, local media reported on Friday. Paying to pick seats loathsome, many passengers say (Reuters) Reuters - Paying for extras has become routine for airline passengers but it doesn't mean they like it, with a poll showing more than half all travelers hate having to fork out to choose their seat. Want to live like a cowboy? Try Wyoming (Reuters) Reuters - Whether you want to live like a rock star or a cowboy, or become an urban gardener or just opt for the simple life, there is a town in America to suit everyone's taste. Old sea dog sets tongues wagging at Crufts (Reuters)
Nurses' union: Care does not include sex (Reuters)
The price you pay for being romantic... (Reuters) Reuters - A German woman, fearful that a burglar was trying to break into her second storey apartment, called police after she heard someone climbing up to her balcony shortly after midnight, police said Thursday. Japan's spouse hunters hone skills at marriage school (Reuters) Reuters - In search of Mr. or Mrs. Right, dozens of Japanese are attending a newly launched school in Tokyo that aims to turn them into marriage material. New Zealander auctions "ghosts" in a bottle (Reuters) Reuters - A New Zealand woman sold two vials that she said contained the ghosts of an old man and a young girl for almost NZ$2,000 ($1,410) after a fiercely contested online auction, local media reported. Air Canada learns that hockey trumps flying (Reuters)
"Dead" baby elephant calf born alive in Sydney zoo (Reuters)
Canada Parliament eats seal to defy "ignorant" EU (Reuters)
Cyprus holds two for theft of ex-leader's corpse (Reuters)
Residents flee Angolan village invaded by elephants (Reuters) Reuters - Wild elephants rampaged through a southern village in Angola last weekend, destroying farms and dozens of houses and prompting most of its 4,000 residents to flee to neighboring Namibia, a local official said Tuesday. |
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