India ministers quit after caught watching porn in parliament (Reuters)
Reuters – Three Indian politicians from a morally conservative party, including a women’s affairs minister, resigned on Wednesday after being caught watching pornography on a mobile phone during a session of state parliament.
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Anfield cat becomes Internet hit (Reuters)
Reuters – A cat that invaded the famous Anfield turf for three minutes during Liverpool’s 0-0 Premier League draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Monday has become an internet celebrity.
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Miami named most miserable U.S. city (Reuters)
Reuters – Warm sun, white beaches, and million-dollar mansions notwithstanding, Miami has captured the dubious distinction of being the most miserable city in the United States, according to a new poll.
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China bans toddler palm-reading assessments (Reuters)
Reuters – China has banned kindergartens in a northern province from offering palm-reading tests that the schools had claimed could predict toddlers’ intelligence level and potential, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
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Italian shoemaker pays record rent at London store (Reuters)
Reuters – Italian luxury shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo is close to agreeing a deal to pay a record UK rent at its Bond Street store that will break the 1,000 pounds ($1,576) per square foot mark for the first time, a source familiar with the deal told Reuters.
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Babette’s errant email cripples German parliament (Reuters)
Reuters – The German parliament’s email system was hampered for several hours for more than 4,000 staffers and deputies when hundreds of workers responded to an errant email sent by one staffer named “Babette” to all 4,032 co-workers.
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Four-year-old U.S. boy pulls out marijuana at school (Reuters)
Reuters – A four-year-old U.S. boy who announced to his teacher at school snack time that he wanted to share pulled nine bags of marijuana out of his jacket pocket, police said on Wednesday.
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Irishman makes "billion-euro home" of shredded notes (Reuters)
Reuters – An unemployed Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros ($1.82 billion), a monument to the “madness” he says has been wrought on Ireland by the single currency, from a spectacular construction boom to a wrenching bust.
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$5 here, $37 there: Americans’ indulgences add up (Reuters)
Reuters – Those venti lattes add up.
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London’s Big Ben is leaning, parliament sinking: reports (Reuters)
Reuters – The landmark clock tower containing Big Ben at Britain’s Palace of Westminster, is tilting, while media reports Monday said the mother of all parliaments was slipping into the River Thames, raising fears over its future.
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