$130 million antique-stock claim against Coke fizzles
WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) – A 1917 stock certificate picked up at an estate sale that the owners had claimed was worth $130 million (80 million pounds) in shares of The Coca-Cola Co may actually be worth a lot less. The family of Tony Marohn, who bought the Palmer Union Oil Co stock certificate in 2008 for a few dollars, had said they were owed 1.8 million shares of Coca-Cola. But on Wednesday, one of their lawyers, David Margules, told a Delaware judge that due to previously unnoticed reverse stock splits, the stock was worth $12,000 to $15,000, a court transcript showed. …
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No need for kangaroo harvest reports: California governor
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California lawmakers won’t be briefed any longer on kangaroo harvests in Australia under a plan to scrap more than 700 reports required by state law that Governor Jerry Brown unveiled on Tuesday. Australia’s annual kangaroo harvest report, which California’s Department of Fish and Game is required to track and provide to lawmakers, is one of 718 “unnecessary bureaucratic” reports discovered in audits of state agencies and departments ordered by Brown in December, according to a statement from his office. …
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Philippine runners race to survive zombie horde
LAGUNA PROVINCE, Philippines (Reuters) – Natural and man-made obstacles studded the course of a Philippine race, but the real danger to the thousands of runners came from the hordes of “zombies”. About five thousand people dashed along the five km (three mile) course of the survival-themed race in Laguna Province, about 38 km south of Manila, dodging an assortment of the walking undead in the contest based on a popular U.S. race. …
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Shooting zombies is the fad among gun enthusiasts
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – One of Patrick Flanagan’s favorite movies as a kid was “Night of the Living Dead,” a 1968 horror film about a family trapped in a rural Pennsylvania house and attacked by zombies. “I really dug zombie stuff since then,” said Flanagan, 23, an unemployed concrete worker from Alton, in southern Illinois. So Flanagan combined his interest in zombies with another hobby – guns. …
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Argentine hospital blamed after "dead" baby found alive
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A mother whose newborn baby was found alive in an Argentine morgue 12 hours after being declared dead on Wednesday blamed hospital negligence for the near-fatal mistake. Doctors told Analia Bouter that her baby was stillborn when she gave birth in Argentina’s northern Chaco province on April 3. But when she and her husband pried open the coffin inside the refrigerated morgue, they found the baby breathing. “We knelt down and thanked God for this miracle,” Bouter told reporters. “The doctor always treated the baby as if she were dead … …
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Ohio man charged after six puppies found in suitcase
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man has been charged with animal abandonment after a litter of six English bulldog puppies was found in a suitcase with a tag bearing his name, according to Humane Society authorities. Cyndi Condit, spokeswoman for the Toledo Area Humane Society told Reuters Wednesday that the man, identified as Howard Davis of Toledo, lived only two blocks from where the suitcase was found. The mother of the puppies was found pacing around the suitcase, which attracted the attention of a passerby. …
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iBrain can ‘read your mind’; enlists Stephen Hawking
A team of California scientists have developed the world’s first portable brain scanner, and it may soon be able to “read a person’s mind,” playing a major role in facilitating medical breakthroughs. “This is very exciting for us because it allows us to have a window into the brain. We’re building technology that will allow
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Family claims $130 million in Coke stock sold at garage sale
In 2008, Tony Marohn visited a local estate sale where he paid a “nominal amount” for an antique oil stock certificate. And now, Marohn’s family is suing soda giant Coca-Cola, saying the certificate entitles them to 1.8 million shares of the company’s stock, worth an estimated $130 million. Marohn passed away in 2010, but not
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Malaysia denies tutus to blame for nixed ballet
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The abrupt cancellation of shows by a Singaporean ballet troupe in Malaysia has caused a tempest in a tutu, with the government saying the dancers applied too late for a permit to perform, and a local group blaming cultural concern over “indecent” costumes. ‘Ballet Illuminations’ by the Singapore Dance Theatre was supposed to run this weekend, and many tickets had been sold for performances of The Nutcracker and other works. But without a permit, the show cannot go on. …
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For sale in Singapore: $200,000 bottle of whisky
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A whisky made to mark the 60th year on the throne of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is on sale in Singapore for a mere S$250,000 ($198,500) a bottle – and it may well find a buyer. No doubt it’s a premium sip. Only 60 bottles of Diamond Jubilee were made by the Johnnie Walker unit of Diageo PLC from a blend of whiskies distilled in 1952.
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