Canada’s winter so tame, festival buys fake snow (Reuters)
Reuters – often nicknamed Winterpeg – has been so mild and dry this winter that a popular snow-sculpting competition has been forced to truck in 200 loads of fake flakes for this year’s annual event.
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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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New record set at Wing Bowl eating extravaganza (Reuters)
Reuters – More than 17,000 mostly beer-fueled spectators packed a Philadelphia indoor arena on Friday for the city’s annual early morning eating extravaganza in which competitors vie to eat the most chicken wings.
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Wanted: Retirees to live in Ecuador for a month free (Reuters)
Reuters – Interested in adventure and exploring new places? An international magazine is looking for volunteers to spend a month in Cuenca, Ecuador to test its potential as a retirement destination.
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Big freeze stops famed Brussels statue from peeing (Reuters)
Reuters – The Manneken-Pis, a bronze statue of a young boy urinating that is a symbol of Brussels and a major tourist attraction, has had to stop peeing because of sub-zero temperatures, Belgium’s tourist office said on Wednesday.
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German city’s parking fines are just the ticket (Reuters)
Reuters – German authorities are giving parking violators in one city an unexpected break by issuing tickets without fines.
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San Francisco airport unveils yoga room for travelers (Reuters)
Reuters – Just cleared airport security and in need of a little deep breathing and stretching relaxation?
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German beer drinking slide stopped by warm weather (Reuters)
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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School Game Reveals How Children Subtly Learn Racism (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | I’m just now done shaking my head over the Georgia school that incorporated slave beatings in a math word problem for elementary students and now I hear this. Also from Georgia, The Huffington Post reports a group of third graders allegedly played a game of tag during recess in which students were told by teacher to be slaves or slave catchers. The school investigated the incident after several parents complained and concluded the students’ claims were unfounded.
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Year of the Dragon may burn Putin, light up for Pacino (Reuters)
Reuters – The coming Year of the Dragon will bring actor Al Pacino good fortune, but Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin needs to watch out — he may lose vast sums of money.
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