Widow throws party to find place in heaven
June 06, 2008 11:25 AM ET
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PATNA, India (Reuters) - A rich 80-year-old Indian widow has
spent thousands of dollars on a feast for 100,000 people in
the hope it would please the gods and open the doors of heaven
for her, local officials said.
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Don't abandon car in motion, says Cyprus motor code
June 06, 2008 12:24 PM ET
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NICOSIA (Reuters Life!) - Drivers in Cyprus have been told not
to abandon their car in motion, or wave their hands and legs
out of car windows.
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Lost cameras "phone home" to catch thieves
June 06, 2008 11:23 AM ET
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alison DeLauzon thought the snapshots and
home videos of her infant son were gone for good when she lost
her digital camera while on vacation in Florida.
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"Hockey Night" song skating on thin ice
June 06, 2008 11:23 AM ET
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The "Hockey Night in Canada" theme song,
a mainstay of Canadian households for 40 years and often thought
of as the unofficial second national anthem, may have launched
its final hockey game, according to the company that controls
use of the song.
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Add oil! Add oil!
June 05, 2008 02:52 PM ET
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing organizers are promoting an officially
sanctioned chanting routine for Chinese spectators at August's
Olympics, state media said Thursday.
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County votes to ban marijuana cultivation
June 05, 2008 02:49 PM ET
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mendocino County's reputation as a marijuana
haven of California may be going up in smoke.
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Retired U.S. justice O'Connor unveils video game
June 06, 2008 04:39 AM ET
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's first female Supreme Court justice
unveiled a videogame project on Wednesday to teach children
how courts work, saying she wanted to counter partisan criticism
that judges are "godless" activists.
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Phone study confirms people are creatures of habit
June 05, 2008 02:44 PM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers who tracked 100,000 people
using their cell phone signals confirmed on Wednesday that most
human beings are indeed creatures of habit.
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TV, guns, fridges - prisoner had it all
June 04, 2008 12:26 PM ET
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - With a plasma TV, a DVD player, $172,000
in cash, gym equipment, two refrigerators and a couple of guns,
Genilson Lino da Silva had everything he needed for a luxurious
life -- in his Brazilian prison cell.
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Curbing bike theft with thievery lessons?
June 04, 2008 01:01 PM ET
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch cyclists lobby group plans to teach
more people across the country how to steal bikes after lessons
it conducted in the big cities showed that bike owners became
more security-conscious after taking the lessons.
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