Churchill’s dentures fetch nearly $24,000 (Reuters)
Reuters – A partial set of British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s gold-mounted dentures has fetched 15,200 pounds ($23,770) at auction, over three times the estimate.
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Churchill’s dentures fetch nearly $24,000
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Japan robots chat, play — and help find lost specs (Reuters)
Reuters – Robots that can chat, find misplaced glasses, draw aeroplanes and play with your children are attracting thousands of visitors during an expo in Tokyo as Japan adapts to changes in society.
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Japan robots chat, play — and help find lost specs
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NY "bouquet bandit" arrested for two bank robberies (Reuters)
Reuters – New York police arrested a man on Wednesday accused of robbing two banks — with a bunch of flowers and a potted plant.
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Coast Guard training prompt 911 calls in Alaska (AP)
AP – To some 911 callers, it looked like a fiery plane crash just offshore of downtown Anchorage. Others thought it was a boat in trouble.
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Coast Guard training prompt 911 calls in Alaska
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Farm boy Oosthuizen celebrates Open win with new tractor (Reuters)
Reuters – British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen has shunned the glamour of a new Ferrari or Porsche and instead spent some of his 850,000-pound winnings on a custom-built tractor.
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Green light: Chinese oil spill, British seas and BP’s Photoshop faux pas – The Guardian
msnbc.com Green light: Chinese oil spill , British seas and BP's Photoshop faux pas The Guardian Oil spills • China recruits 800 fishing boats to disperse Yellow Sea oil slick • BP accused of ignoring internal report of Deepwater leak • BP oil spill : … PetroChina Dalian Refinery Running at 95% After Oil Spill at City's Port Bloomberg Official: 'Severe threat' as China oil spill grows The Associated Press China oil spill after pipe blast 'worse than thought' BBC News AFP
Bridge game fights "led man to murder wife" (Reuters)
Reuters – A British man murdered his wife after constant arguments about her ability to play bridge, a court heard Tuesday. Stephen Green, 52, is accused of stabbing his wife Carole to death in January, after fights about her card playing.
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Bridge game fights "led man to murder wife"
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Antiques dealer faces jail over Shakespeare folio (Reuters)
Reuters – An unemployed British antiques dealer with a taste for the high life faces jail after he was convicted Friday of handling a stolen copy of a rare first collection of Shakespeare’s plays.
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Antiques dealer faces jail over Shakespeare folio
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British non-stick chewing gum wins U.S. okay (Reuters)
Reuters – A non-stick chewing gum that can be easily removed from pavements, shoes and clothes has been cleared for sale in the United States, its British maker said on Friday.
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British beauty queen stripped of crown for lying (Reuters)
Reuters – A British beauty queen has been stripped of her title after pageant organisers discovered she lied about her age and place of residence on the application form for the contest.
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