Headline of the Day

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Tattoo Trauma: Teenager Left Seeing Stars

A teenager got the shock of her life when she asked for a few small tattoo stars and awoke to find half her face was covered in them.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090617/...s-870a197.html

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It's those Canadians again:

Scientists breeding cows that burp less

CANADIAN scientists are breeding a special type of cow designed to burp less, a breakthrough that could reduce a big source of greenhouse gases responsible for global warming.

Cows are responsible for nearly three-quarters of total methane emissions, according to Environment Canada.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-13762,00.html

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Wallabies get high in poppy fields, make crop circles

WALLABIES are breaking into Tasmania's poppy fields and getting high.

The strange occurrence that was revealed in a State Government Budget Estimates hearing, has also solved what some growers say has spurred a campfire legend about mysterious crop circles that appear in northern Tasmania's poppy paddocks.

These are opium poppies grown to serve pharmaceutical production.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...000540,00.html

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Chinese toddler claims to be world's youngest smoker

The FINANCIAL -- BEIJING, A two and a half year old Chinese boy from the city of Tianjin could be the world's youngest smoker, China Radio International (CRI) reported on June 23.

http://finchannel.com/index.php?opti...0857&Itemid=13

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Pet owner spots her lost cat on TV... strolling across the set of BBC's Question Time

It's possibly the most interesting thing to happen on BBC1's Question Time for years.

As David Dimbleby and the panel yakked on about political issues, proceedings were suddenly enlivened by the unexpected arrival of a cat.

And no one was more surprised than the ginger tom's owner Jackie Ellery, who was watching at home when her missing pet appeared.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...tion-Time.html

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House wrecked as man kills weeds with flame thrower

A German gardener's house was left a smouldering wreck on Friday after he set it on fire while trying to get rid of the weeds with the help of a flame-thrower, police said.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090703...t-86d1698.html

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Police move drunk badger off German road

GERMAN police called to clear a road of a dead badger found the animal in question had in fact gorged itself on over-ripe, fermented cherries and, blind drunk, staggered out into the middle of the road.

"The animal's stomach had turned the fruit to alcohol and the badger was, to put it crudely, drunk as a skunk,'' said police.

"In addition, the badger was suffering from diarrhoea studded with cherry stones.''

Prodding the reluctant beast with a stick, officers managed to persuade it to leave the road near the town of Goslar in northwestern Germany and to sleep off his night of excess in a nearby meadow.

"It could not immediately be established whether the badger got into trouble with his wife when he came home in such a state,'' the police said.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-13762,00.html

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Toy shop sorry over computer porn

Retail giant Toys R Us has apologised to a mother and her eight-year-old daughter after they came across pornographic images on a computer in one of its stores....

"She just touched the buttons and the screen sprang to life. There was no mistaking what I saw."



http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090710...n-6323e80.html

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Police harpoon, eat zander terrorising Lac Majeur

POLICE divers have ended the reign of terror of a huge fish that was attacking swimmers in a Swiss lake.

The zander, which was 70cm long and weighed eight kilos, was harpooned on Sunday after it bit six swimmers over the weekend, fish warden Fabio Croci said.

Two swimmers were treated in hospital for bite wounds up to 10cm long after being attacked on Lac Majeur, which borders Italy, he added.

Police divers at first tried to capture the carnivorous fish with a net, but when this failed they pursued the zander with a harpoon and managed to kill it.

The meat from the captured fish was served up to tourists at the lake.

"It is quite unusual for zanders to bite humans'', Mr Croci said, adding he suspected the fish was suffering from a hormonal imbalance which could be responsible for its aggression.

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Hair here, then there: Odd transplants take root

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31836945...kin_and_beauty

Doctors can now move follicles around to grow mustaches, beards, brows

what makes this odd is if you click on the link...to the right they have a cartoon with something that looks like Mr. Potatoe head with "hair" ...or ants moving all over the face.

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Smoking is bad for your wealth:

Man Charged $23 Quadrillion For Pack Of Cigs

A man who was charged more than 23 quadrillion dollars on his credit card for a packet of cigarettes has said he is relieved he won't have to foot the bill.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090716/...k-870a197.html

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This one goes into the Cleavage thread, as well:

Hooters goes bust after radio station sends bill

HOOTERS Girls will have to look for a new employer after poor management and a small advertising bill from radio station Triple M forced its Australian parent company to go bust.

The parent company of the famous eatery chain in Australia, which a NSW Supreme Court Justice described as "casual beach-theme restaurants", has been placed into liquidation with more than $4.8 million in debts.

Among the debts is a $5995 bill to Triple M Sydney for radio advertising which tipped the holding company into failure, the liquidator says.


http://www.news.com.au/business/stor...017672,00.html

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154.6-pound fish wins Ketchikan halibut derby

KETCHIKAN, Alaska. (AP) - Benny Geary needed only two words to describe how he emerged victorious in the 2009 Ketchikan Halibut Derby: "Got lucky."

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Cucumber truck hits buff near jumping crocs

A TRUCK driver had a lucky escape when his cucumber-laden rig rolled near a crocodile-infested river after hitting a buffalo yesterday.

The 22-tonne heavy rigid freight truck came to rest on its side when it ran into a power pole, spilling its load of cucumbers over the road.

The truck was travelling towards Darwin along the Arnhem Highway near the Adelaide River Queen Jumping Crocodiles tour site when it hit the large buff and rolled just after midnight.

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/200...11_ntnews.html

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Power-Crazed Super Ants Invade England

Swarming super ants with a fatal attraction to electricity have invaded one of England's finest National Trust gardens.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090801/...a-45dbed5.html

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School Forces Boy To Chain-Smoke 42 Cigs

A Malaysian schoolboy was forced to smoke 42 cigarettes in two hours by his English teacher after she found a cigarette in his locker, a newspaper has reported.

The punishment dished out to 16-year-old Mohd Alif Arifin left him unable to eat for nearly a week because he kept coughing and had swollen lips, the boy's aunt told the New Straits Times.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090806/...2-870a197.html

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Exploding toilet witnesses sought

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Wetsuit shields bald penguin in sun

A bald penguin has been fitted with a specially-designed wetsuit to protect it from the risk of sunburn.

Ralph, a nine-year-old Humboldt penguin at Marwell Wildlife, lost all of his feathers in one day, exposing his pale pink skin to the summer sun.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090813...n-6323e80.html

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Man arrested for drive-by faeces attack

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-23109,00.html

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Tiny isle bans pants on Sundays

MEN living on a tiny Fijian island have been ordered to wear a skirt instead of trousers on Sundays to avoid offending God.

The Methodist Church on Bua island has ruled that men must wear the traditional island sarong, called a sulu, on Sundays to learn to respect the significance of the holy day.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-23109,00.html