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German beer drinking slide stopped by warm weather (Reuters)

creative — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:42:31 +0000

Reuters – A steady slide in beer consumption in Germany was stopped cold last year thanks to warmer weather, the federal statistics office said on Monday.

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German beer drinking slide stopped by warm weather
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Agents intercept military flare in mail (Reuters)

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:42:22 +0000

Reuters – Federal agents at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport averted “a potential catastrophic event” when they stopped a package containing a live military flare from being loaded onto a flight to Japan, a federal agency said on Monday.

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Agents intercept military flare in mail
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Former Freemen leader found dead in prison cell

admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:42:30 +0000

The former head of the Montana Freemen, an anti-government separatist group that held the FBI at bay for 81 days in 1996, has been found dead in his cell at the federal Supermax prison in southern Colorado.

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Former Freemen leader found dead in prison cell

FAA won’t punish pilot in NJ toilet paper drop (AP)

admin — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:52:27 +0000

AP – The Federal Aviation Administration won’t take any action against a New Jersey pilot who tossed rolls of toilet paper from a small plane onto an athletic field as a test run for a streamer drop at an upcoming high school football game.

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FAA won’t punish pilot in NJ toilet paper drop
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Man who kept body on ice in California is deported (AP)

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:37:18 +0000

AP – Federal officials have deported a New Zealand drug dealer who kept his dead girlfriend’s body on dry ice in a swanky Newport Beach hotel after she died of an overdose.

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Man who kept body on ice in California is deported
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