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Not so deadly? Chance Tulsa spider misidentified (AP)

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:37:53 GMT

AP - A spider that was found in a Tulsa grocery store may not have been as deadly as originally thought.

Rhode Island strip club to host job fair (AP)

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:27:15 GMT

AP - Here's a job opportunity you won't need to buy a new wardrobe for.

NJ considers ban on bare-it-all 'Brazilian' bikini wax (AP)

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:34:17 GMT

AP - New Jersey is drawing the line when it comes to bikini waxing. The state Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling is moving toward a ban on genital waxing after two women reported being injured in their quest for a smooth bikini line.

Michigan man claims firing from job over waistline (AP)

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:17:37 GMT

AP - A 61-year-old Michigan man has sued his former employer, claiming he was fired from a $75,000-a-year salesman's job because of his waistline.

Man loses tooth as bowlers brawl over etiquette (AP)

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:34:17 GMT

AP - Police said a dispute over bowling etiquette led one man to assault another with a 16-pound ball, knocking out one of the man's teeth. They said a 24-year-old man hit a man in the face with the bowling ball during a melee involving six bowlers at the Rocklin AMF Lanes. Two groups got into a fist fight about 12:40 a.m. Thursday after two bowlers approached the lane at the same time. They couldn't agree which should go first.

Bob Dylan's toilet smell blows in the wind (Reuters)

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:23:04 GMT

Reuters - Bob Dylan has sung about wind many times -- winds of change, the "Idiot Wind," and the winds that hit heavy on the borderline.

Group fed up with baffling government jargon (Reuters)

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:23:44 GMT

Reuters - Autonomous benchmarking of best practices toward coterminous, holistic governance and stakeholder engagement... just does not cut it any more.

Porn star strips in Milan bourse protest (Reuters)

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:24:46 GMT

Reuters - An Italian pornographic actress stripped down to her panties at the Milan stock exchange on Tuesday to protest against the financial crisis, police said.

Soccer fan shoots player dead (Reuters)

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:58:23 GMT

Reuters - An Iraqi soccer fan shot dead a player of the opposing team as he tried to score an equalizing goal in the final minutes of a match, police said on Monday.

Driving lesson on runway, pilot averts crash (Reuters)

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:59:07 GMT

Reuters - A Philippine plane with 80 passengers aboard was seconds away from a crash when a man teaching his girlfriend to drive sped across the runway as the aircraft landed, newspapers reported Tuesday.

Local councils declare war on jargon (Reuters)

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:33:06 GMT

Reuters - Autonomous benchmarking of best practices towards coterminous, holistic governance and stakeholder engagement ... just doesn't cut it any more.

More Americans go fishing as recession deepens (Reuters)

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:31:40 GMT

Reuters - From his wooden fishing shack on Lake Winnipesaukee's thinning skin of ice, Mike MacDonald doesn't need to think twice about why more Americans are going "fishin'" in the deepening U.S. recession.

Octogenarian Gandhi disciple puts best foot forward (Reuters)

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:11:11 GMT

Reuters - At first glance he looks like India's independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, wearing only a knee-length wraparound and slippers, but Bagun Sumbarai is a seasoned politician bidding for a sixth stint in parliament.

Baggy-trousered Aussie teen fined for cheeky flash (Reuters)

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:16:17 GMT

Reuters - An Australian teenager wearing baggy trousers and no underwear was fined after his pants fell down just as a female police officer was walking past, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

Bob Dylan's toilet smell blows in the wind (Reuters)

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:15:15 GMT

Reuters - Bob Dylan has sung about wind many times -- winds of change, the "Idiot Wind," and the winds that hit heavy on the borderline.

Woman accused of church theft blames Satan (AP)

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:34:19 GMT

AP - A woman accused of taking more than $73,000 from the Arlington church where she was an administrative assistant blames the devil. Papers filed with a theft charge Wednesday in Snohomish County Superior Court say the 62-year-old Arlington woman told detectives "Satan had a big part in the theft."

Southern Chinese city to reinvent the wheel (Reuters)

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:46:30 GMT

Reuters - China is planning to build the world's highest ferris wheel in the southern city of Guangzhou to give tourism in the city a lift, state media said on Wednesday, stealing thunder from the capital Beijing.

NC woman hopes to cash in after dog's deposit (AP)

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:34:19 GMT

AP - A North Carolina family's dog didn't eat the children's homework, he ate mom's money. Kelley Davis said she had an extra $400 in cash to deposit after working extra hours as a physical therapist. She told the News & Observer of Raleigh that on Friday she planned to deposit the money, but it wasn't in her pocket.

China detains not-so-sophisticated drug smuggler (Reuters)

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:52:51 GMT

Reuters - Chinese police have detained a Nigerian who nervously left a suitcase packed with 87 kg (190 lb) of marijuana at the airport, only to get caught trying to recover it the next day, Chinese media said Wednesday.

Colorado woman with flammable water fears blast (AP)

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:34:20 GMT

AP - A woman said she lives in constant fear and is terrified her home could blow up because of natural gas that has managed to seep into her water supply. Amee Ellsworth can turn on a faucet in her kitchen or bathroom, flick a lighter and watch flames shoot up from the sink. And Ellsworth said she's afraid she or her neighbors are at imminent risk of an explosion.