Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes off Vancouver Island

(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off Vancouver Island on Saturday, some 209 miles west of Victoria, the capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There was a report on the USGS website of the quake centered in the Pacific Ocean being felt in Vancouver, the largest city in British Columbia. The quake struck at 12:05 p.m. local time, the …

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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes off Vancouver Island

Greek man claims for 19 kids-none real, police say (Reuters)

Reuters – A former Greek policeman who invented 19 fictional offspring to claim benefits for what would have been the largest family in Greece has been arrested for benefit fraud, police said.

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Six-pack hunks: more than Singapore can bare? (Reuters)

Reuters – Shirtless men clad in red sweatpants have been lining up for days in Singapore’s prime shopping district, part of an advertising gimmick revealing not just muscle but also a gradual unpeeling of the city state’s puritanical ways.

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1,810-pound Wis. pumpkin named world’s heaviest (AP)

AP – Guinness World Records has confirmed that a massive pumpkin grown in Wisconsin is officially the world’s heaviest.

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