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Mum tells Westwood to say sorry for swearing (Reuters)

elegant — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:27:50 +0000

Reuters – Lee Westwood was forced to apologize after his mum caught him swearing on live television at last week’s Qatar Masters, the world number three said on Tuesday.

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Anfield cat becomes Internet hit (Reuters)

elegant — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:43:16 +0000

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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Magnetic soap: New tool for oil spill cleanup? – Mother Nature Network

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:41:01 +0000

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Women are a mystery to British physicist Hawking (Reuters)

creative — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:07:01 +0000

Reuters – The biggest mystery in the universe perplexing one of the world’s best known scientists is — women.

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Whale sperm, orgasmic feet top 2011 bad science list (Reuters)

publisher — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:11:28 +0000

Reuters – From whale sperm to colon cleansers to the shape of a woman’s foot when she has an orgasm, celebrities did not disappoint during 2011 with their penchant for peddling suspect science in the world’s media.

Russian media tycoon probed over talk show punch-up (Reuters)

publisher — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:58:41 +0000

Reuters – Russian billionaire and British media magnate Alexander Lebedev is being investigated for throwing a punch at a fellow entrepreneur on a prime time television talk show, prosecutors said Tuesday.

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More beer, fewer brawls at Germany’s Oktoberfest (Reuters)

publisher — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:41:54 +0000

Reuters – Revelers at Germany’s Oktoberfest, the world’s largest folk festival, consumed a record 7.5 million liters (1.65 million Imp gallons) of beer during the 17-day party which ended on Monday in blazing sunshine.

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Man dressed as Gumby tries to rob store (Reuters)

creative — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:14:00 +0000

Reuters – In the world of animated TV, it’s no stretch to say that good-natured Gumby is far down the list of characters that would commit armed robbery.

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Scientists find genetic link to depression (Reuters)

creative — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:46:19 +0000

Reuters – Scientists say they have discovered the first solid evidence that variations in some peoples’ genes may cause depression — one of the world’s most common and costly mental illnesses.

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Critics use "The Simpsons" to lampoon Mexico’s Slim (Reuters)

publisher — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:07:53 +0000

Reuters – Attacks on Carlos Slim’s hold on Mexico’s telecoms market intensified on Monday when a secret group opposed to the world’s richest man rubbished his core business in a newspaper advert called “The Slimsons”.

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