Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Man yanks own head off - wire attached to tree and speeds away in vehicle - gruesome suicide

A man decapitated himself after a domestic dispute by putting a wire round his neck, attaching it to a tree and accelerating away in a van in front of police in Yorktown, Virginia, USA.

Officers tried to talk him out of the vehicle, but he sped away and was pulled out of the Explorer SUV - with his head separating from his body.

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Garbage landslide after typhoon - people missing after rubbish floods city - amazing pictures


At least five people were missing after rubbish flooded through Baguio, a city in northern Philippines, after Typhoon Nanmadol smashed down walls of a garbage dump.

The typhoon has killed at least 26 people and made thousands homeless.

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Seven snakes down trousers - and three tortoises - man arrested at US airport

An American man was arrested at Miami airport when he tried to smuggle seven snakes and three tortoises wrapped in bags and stuffed down his pants.

He was caught after going through a body scanner.

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Shears go through man's eye socket and into head - horror gardening accident - video, USA


An 86-year-old Arizona man survived after a pair of pruning shears went through his eye socket and half way into his head when he fell while trimming plants in his garden.

The handle of the shears penetrated six inches into Leroy Luetscher's head - and, amazingly, he survived with nothing more than slight swelling and minor double vision.

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Angry woman strips naked at airport customs - Bermuda

A woman was so angry when customs officials in Bermuda asked her if she had anything to declare she stripped naked in front of passengers at the airport.

Loukai Philips had just arrived from London and was reported to be irate because she is always searched when flying home to the island.

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Owl swoops on prey - brilliant picture by boy, 9


A brilliant picture taken by a nine-year-old boy shows the moment an owl swooped on a mouse.

Allen Shank, 9, of Dayton, Virginia, US, took the picture using infrared sensors and flashes to freeze the action.

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Friday, August 19, 2011

Couple dial ambulance to save cat - 999 emergency number medics think it is child, 5

A couple dialled the UK emergency number 999 for an ambulance to save their 5-year-old - but they failed to say that it was their cat.

Medics raced to the scene believing a child was in danger from a heart attack, only to find the couple cradling their five-year-old pet, which later died.

A spokesman for the ambulance service said: ‘We would remind people that 999 is a lifeline.’

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Brighton and Hove Albion - brilliant video



If you liked my video on The Seagulls' opening game (and it is still getting some good viewing), you'll love this brilliant cinematic video of the game against Doncaster.

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Earthquake jolts Japan - 6.8 magnitude off Fukushima

A strong earthquake - measuring about 6.8 - has been reported off Fukushima, Japan.

No damage has yet been reported.

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Huge sandstorm in US - video - sweeps across Phoenix, Arizona


A huge sandstorm that swept across Phoenix, Arizona, USA, has been captured on video.

According to the BBC, it is the third time this year that such a storm has raged in the American south West.

The storm is called a haboob and is traditionally seen in the Sahara desert.

BBC video



HABOOB (Wiki link)

Picture: a haboob in Texas in 2009 (Wiki)



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US-China basketball match brawl - video - not so friendly game ends in a fight

A basketball match between teams from America and China ended in a fight in Beijing after a foul led to punches and chairs being thrown.

The Georgetown Hoyas, from Georgetown University, are on a goodwill trip to coincide with a visit by US Vice President Joe Biden.

Biden did not attend the match, which was abandoned.

BBC video

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Sniffer dogs can be used to detect lung cancer, claim German scientists

Doctors in Germany say that sniffer dogs can be used to detect lung cancer, according to a BBC report.

Scientists don't know exactly what chemical the dogs can sniff out, so a programme to screen people could be a long way off.

It is thought that tumours produce "volatile chemicals" which a dog can detect.

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Spacecraft to be fired at asteroid in test to save Earth - rumours of comet collision denied

A spacecraft will be fired into an asteroid to prepare for one being on a collision course with Earth, according to the Telegraph.

The European Space Agency will attempt to push an asteroid off course and collect data.

The news comes as NASA denies claims that comet Elenin, found last December, is on course to hit Earth.

Rumours have been sweeping the web that the comet will plunge the Earth into darkness, or, indeed, smash into the planet.

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Saved by fridge as house blows up - Minnesota woman survives explosion, USA

A woman was saved by her fridge when her house exploded after a suspected gas leak.

Janice Harms, of Clara City, Minnesota, sheltered by the Frigidaire as the house collapsed. "That's what kept me from getting flattened," she told reporters.

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Lorry hangs from building after crash - video - New York, US



A salt lorry was left dangling from the second floor of a repair centre at an industrial area in New York, USA, after the driver smashed through a wall.

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World's fattest woman wants to be fatter - 52 stones (728 pounds) and growing - Arizona, US


Susanne Eman, of Casa Grande, Arizona, USA, eats 20,000 calories a day and is the fattest woman in the world at 52 stones (728 pounds). Now she is trying to get even fatter, according to the Sun.

The 32-year-old wants to be an enormous 115 stones (1,610 pounds). "The bigger I get, the better I feel," she says. "I feel confident and sexy". Susanne would then beat Carol Yager, of Flint, Michigan, who is thought to have reached 114 stone before she died in 1994 aged just 34.

According to the Sun, Susanne is already heavier than three baby elephants - or the combined weight of the four-man Manchester United defence.

THE SUN

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Two killed as car falls 330 feet off cliff

Two people were killed when their car plunged 330ft off a cliff on to a beach at Culver Down on the Isle of Wight. Their bodies were recovered by a lifeboat at the notorious suicide spot.

THE SUN

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

UK riots: some sentences 'too severe', say MPs and justice campaigners

Some of the sentences handed out to people involved in the UK riots are too severe, according to MPs and justice campaigners.

Liberal Democratic MP Tom Brake believes they should be about "restorative justice" not retribution.

But a Tory MP disagrees. Gavin Barwell said a clear message should be sent that the country would not tolerate such behaviour.

Two men have been jailed for four years for using Facebook to incite riots and another man has been given an 18 month sentence for having a stolen television.

In my opinion, we should edge to wards "zero tolerance". Harsh sentences are justified if they stop looters and rioters.

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Rare Asian fishing cats born in Ohio





Three Asian fishing cats were born at a zoo in Ohio as part of a programme to protect rare species. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium said the two male kittens and one female kitten were born at the end of July.

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Shark kills man on honeymoon - Seychelles

A British man has been killed in a shark attack while on his honeymoon in the Seychelles.

Ian Redmond, 30, survived the attack while snorkeling but could not be saved, according to police. He had lost an arm and suffered hip injuries.

It was the second killer attack in the same area of the Indian Ocean this month and police have stopped people diving until the shark is caught.

Mr and Mrs Redmond, from Lancashire, were on the second week of their honeymoon.


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Student dies over Niagara Falls - slips while posing for picture - video



A Japanese student is presumed to have died after she lost her balance and was swept over Niagara Falls.

The girl, aged 19, was straddling the rails with an umbrella and slipped above Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of Niagara.

Niagara Parks Police Chief Doug Kane said: "This is the first accident of its kind I can recall in my 35 years of policing."

No body has yet been found, so she has officially been recorded as missing.

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Monday, August 15, 2011

Asylum seeker housed in £2m townhouse in London

An asylum seeker and his family have been housed in a London townhouse worth £2 million because they said their old six-bedroom house was too far away from their relatives, according to the Sun.

Saeed Khaliif, his wife and eight children were living in Coventry with their £1,000 a week rent paid by the state.

But after claiming the home was too far from relatives, they were re-housed in one of London's upmarket areas where rent can be up to £8,000 a month.

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Underwear to beat the beer belly - figure hugging boxer shorts

Supermarket chain Asda has apparently developed "control underwear" that helps to hide a man's beer belly.

Called Manx after the female brand Spanx, the high-waisted, stretch fabric boxer shorts are said to suck in beer bellies and be invisible under normal clothes, according to the Telegraph.

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Woman drinks 28 pints of lager a day - more than drink-drive limit every hour

Dawn Marsden, 31, should be dead, according to the Sun. For Marsden, of Hartlepool, Teesside, drinks 28 pints of cheap lager a day.

A court was told that she steals to fund her habit.

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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Man digs himself out of grave - killer who buried victims alive caught

A man who dug himself out of his own grave has helped police to track down a killer who tortured victims for their credit card PIN numbers and buried them alive.

Police, who raced to the site of the burials near Budapest, Hungary, are said to have found four bodies - and there could be more.

The survivor said he was lured to a "drinks party" in woods near Budapest.

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Full-court press in suspenders - women strip down for Basketball Lingerie League


Women dressed in just their bras, panties and suspenders are playing in the Lingerie Basketball League in Los Angeles.

Organisers hope the scantily-clad players will attracted more men to the women's game.

What a crazy idea!

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Amazing pictures, video of stage collapse in America - four die at Indiana State Fair


Pictures on the Mail site show the moment a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair, killing four people and injuring dozens of others.

Strong winds caused the stage to collapse at the fairground in Indianapolis as country music band Sugerland were about to perform.



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Friday, August 12, 2011

'Pippa Butt Lift' - plastic surgery boom in America inspired by Pippa Middleton's bottom


An American plastic surgeon says that people are queueing up to have a Pippa Middleton bottom.

The boom in requests for plastic surgery, called the 'Pippa Butt Lift', follows her appearance as maid of honour at the royal wedding of her sister, Kate Middleton (now the Duchess of Cambridge), to Prince William (the Duke of Cambridge) in Westminster Abbey.

Dr Constantino Mendieta, of Miami, says the 'Pippa Butt Lift' craze has taken the US and, indeed, the world by storm.

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Panasonic DMC-GF3 Review

In a review of the latest digital camera from Panasonic, the photography site dpreview rates the new DMC-GF3 as 'a satisfying camera to use that is small and light enough to carry around all day'.

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Bull chased through New York streets - video

An escaped bull was chased through the streets of New York by butchers when it escaped from a slaughter house in Queens.

The chase was captured on video.

Bull Rampages Through Queens: MyFoxNY.com


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Rent a garden by the hour - only in New York

A small garden between two buildings in Manhattan, New York, is for rent by the hour. And the 'owners' can do what they like in this strange place to find a back garden with a deck and grill.


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UK Riots: man attacked in Ealing dies

Richard Mannington Bowes, 68, who was attacked during riots in Ealing, west London, has died. He suffered head injuries while trying to stamp out a fire on Monday and was in a coma.

Police have launched a murder inquiry.

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Gaddafi says Cameron should go - bizarre call after UK riots

Col Gaddafi, who has used the army to crush protests in Libya, says British Prime Minister David Cameron should quit because he has unleashed "violent repression" on "peaceful protesters".

Clearly, the lunatic Libyan leader doesn't know what "violent repression" or "peaceful" mean.

The Iranians have also echoed his call, but that's hardly a surprise.


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Horse rescued by lifeboat - swims half a mile out to sea after being spooked


An RNLI inshore lifeboat crew was called out to save a horse that was swimming more than half mile off the coast of Kent in the English Channel.

The horse called Shallimah had thrown its rider after being spooked and then decided to go for a swim off Sandwich.

Walmer lifeboat helmsman Andrew Howland said: "This was one of the most unusual rescues I've carried out."

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Pony trapped inside tractor tyre - released by firefighters in Germany


A pony trying to graze on fresh grass under a huge tractor tyre slipped and fell head first. It then became trapped, with one leg poking out and its head pushed into the ground.

German firefighters used cutting equipment to release the animal.

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Explosion rips through LA building - search for missing people

Firefighters have been searching for missing people after a huge explosion ripped through a Los Angeles buildings.

Two men were seriously injured and a third suffered minor injuries as the explosion tore apart a commercial building.

The LA Fire Department found a broken natural gas line but do not yet know what sparked the explosion.

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Woman dies after falling into recycling bin - Toledo, Ohio, USA

An American woman has died after falling into a recycling bin.

Sheila Decoster, 65, was found upside down in a 65-gallon bin at her home in Toledo, Ohio. She is thought to have lost her balance and slipped into the bin.

There was bruising on her body, probably from when she tried to tip up the bin to escape, but she then suffocated.

BBC

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Men die in riots - run over by car while 'protecting neighbourhood', claim

Three men have died in Birmingham after they were hit by a car during another night of unrest in British cities. Locals claim the men were protecting their neighbourhood from rioters and police have launched a murder inquiry.

Another man has died in hospital after he was found shot in a car amid riots in south London this week.

There was violence in several English cities last night, although London was quite as thousands of extra police were drafted in.

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Monday, August 08, 2011

Brighton and Hove Albion Amex promo video

Here is the Brighton and Hove Albion promo video that featured on the screens during the opening scenes of The Seagulls' first match in the Championship at the American Express Community Stadium on Saturday.

The opening scenes can be seen in this video





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Saturday, August 06, 2011

Brighton and Hove Albion's first game at the American Express Community Stadium - video



Video of the opening scenes at Brighton and Hove Albion's first Championship game at the American Express Community Stadium, Falmer.

Brighton beat Doncaster Rovers 2-1 after substitute Will Buckley scored twice in the final few minutes.

PICTURE: © UKPIX.COM

LINK TO THE PROMO VIDEO THAT FEATURES ON THE SCREENS IN THIS FILM

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Friday, August 05, 2011

Man and bike fall into pothole - China video

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F-16 jets scrambled as woman, 75, flies into restricted airspace with no radio










Two F-16 jet fighters were scrambled when Myrtle Rose, a 75-year-old pilot, flew her Kitfox Model 2 light aircraft into restricted airspace during president Barack Obama's visit to Chicago.

They were scrambled when air traffic controllers couldn't contact Myrtle, of South Barrington, Illinois, because she didn't have a radio!

She was reported to have been a bit "surprised".


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Town's police force quits after drug attacks - Mexico smuggling route to US

The entire police force of 26 officers in Ascension, a town in northern Mexico, has resigned after two of its number were killed by drug traffickers.

The town is on a drug-smuggling route into the US and is used by a powerful cartel.

Federal and state police, plus the army, have been brought in to maintain order.

BBC

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Smelly shepherd who didn't wash before sex 'raped wife', court rules

An Italian court has ruled that a smelly shepherd who refused to wash before having sex with his wife is guilty of raping her.

The appeal court said Mario should not have been cleared of the attack on his wife Lucia in Catania, Sicily.

Mario was said to have a habit of "returning from tending sheep in the fields and imposing sex on his wife without cleaning himself up beforehand".

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Mr Bean in supercar crash - Rowan Atkinson hurt

Actor Rowan Atkinson, who played Mr Bean and Blackadder, was hurt when his McLaren F1 supercar hit a tree and caught fire.

He walked away from the crash and is said to have been taken to hospital with a shoulder injury.

The McLaren F1 is one of the fastest production cars in the world. It has a top speed of 230mph and costs about £650,000.

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Japan earthquake: vibrations nearly reached space

Vibrations from the earthquake that devastated Japan in March were so powerful that they almost reach space, according to a National Geographic report.

Vertical motion from the ground shaking and the swelling tsunami produced vibrations that pressed up against the air.

The process is well known from other quakes, but the Japan disaster caused the biggest effect to measured.

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Thursday, August 04, 2011

US exports chopsticks to China - shortage helps Georgia company

A company in Georgia, USA, is exporting millions of chopsticks to China. The firm is operating around the clock to meet the demand caused by a shortage and they hope to be exporting 10 million a day by the end of the year.

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Crazy laws in Italy - even building a sandcastle on the beach can be illegal

Building a sandcastle, ball games on the beach and even collecting shells and sand are all illegal at Eraclea near Venice, Italy.

They are just some of the crazy Italian by-laws, listed by the Telegraph, that can catch the unsuspecting traveller. They also cost a packet in fines if you are caught.

Other illegal activities in some towns include:

. Having noisy sandals

. Amorous embraces in parked cars

. An unattended towel put down to beat the Germans to a good beach spot

. Feeding pigeons in Venice

. Sitting on the steps of a monument


You have been warned!

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Bird eaten by plant - dead blue tit found in Monkey Cup pitcher




A blue tit was killed by a Nepenthes x mixta (Monkey Cup pitcher) carnivorous plant, according to a Sun story.

The plants, native to South East Asia, usually eat insects but have been known to consume mice in the wild. It is highly unusual for them to kill fully-grown birds.

The plant had been cultivated by Chelsea Flower Show prize winner Nigel Hewitt Cooper, of West Pennard, Somerset.

SUN

MONKEY CUP PITCHER (WIKI)

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Gangster Ronnie Kray was bisexual - confession on secret recordings


Ronnie Kray, the notorious East End gangster, confessed to an author that he was bisexual, according to a Sun story.

He had kept his sex life secret from his brother Reggie until he was 25.

Ronnie, who died in 1995 aged 61, shot dead George Cornell in a pub in London's East End after being called a "fat poof".

When he was in Broadmoor Hospital, the high-security psychiatric institution, he told author Robin McGibbon: "I'm bisexual, not gay. Bisexual."

SUN

THE KRAY TWINS (WIKI): gangsters in the East End of London

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Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Baseball-size hailstones pound New York - freak storm in Queens - video

Hailstones the size of baseballs were reported in a freak storm centred on the Queens area of New York city.

Car windows were said to be smashed and outdoor furniture damaged as people ran for cover.





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Hidden camera reveals wildlife hotspot in Africa - amazing pictures




Amazing pictures have been snapped by a hidden camera in Kenya, Africa.

Check them out at the BBC: LINK

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Man killed by lightning as he scatters brother's ashes on mountain - Italy

An Italian has died after being hit by a bolt of lightning as he scattered his brother's ashes at a beauty spot near Trieste, Italy.

Federico Dean, 41, was scattering the ashes of his younger brother, Matteo, 35, who had died in a motorbike accident.

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Florida mayor shuts down police force after marijuana found in her garden - video

Oak Hill eliminates police department: MyFoxORLANDO.com



A MAYOR in Florida has shut down the entire police department after 10 marijuana plants were found in her garden and allegations of corruption. The sheriff's department was then called in to run enforcement in the area.

Mayor Mary Lee Cook, 84, of Oak Hill, Florida, said she believed someone from the force planted the cannabis on her property to damage her reputation.

She called a special meeting to present other complaints against the police chief and, during a discussion, commissioners said it was best to "terminate the entire department".

The sheriff's department says Mayor Cook was not aware of the drugs on her property and had not been charged.

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Paul Daniels hurt as puppet Sooty throws a pizza - magician hit in the mouth while filming

The Magician Paul Daniels was taken to hospital after he was hit in the face in a bizarre incident when a pizza was thrown by the puppet Sooty.

Daniels, 73, was filming for ITV's The Sooty Show and suffered a black eye.

The Sun says he had complained about the first take of the scene because the pizza had not been thrown hard enough.

He got more than he bargain for when the puppet, operated by Richard Cadell, hurled the pizza a second time.


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Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Al Capone son threat to murder Teddy Kennedy - weeks after Senator Robert Kennedy was killed


FBI documents have revealed that the son of gangster Al Capone had threatened to assassinate Edward Kennedy - three weeks after the senator's brother Robert Kennedy was gunned down in Los Angeles.

Albert "Sonny" Capone was heard in a Miami restaurant in 1968 saying Edward Kennedy might "get it too".

The story has fuelled speculation that mobsters were involved in the assassination of President John F Kennedy in 1963.

Ted Kennedy died of cancer in 2009 and Albert "Sonny" Capone died in 2004.


PICTURE: (from left) Robert F. Kennedy, Edward Kennedy, President John F Kennedy. Taken in 1962

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Boyfriend 'killed with stiletto heel' - say American police

Police in the US say that a woman has been charged with murder after allegedly killing her boyfriend with a stiletto heel.

They believe that Robert F Higdon, 48, was killed on Sunday after a dispute outside a trailer home in Augusta, Georgia.

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A colony for dwarves - haven for 'little people'

A man who is just 117cm tall wants to set up a colony for dwarves.

Alejandro Doron Jr, who works in a "dwarf bar" in Manila, in the Philippines, says he wants to set up the colony because of constant taunts and verbal abuse.

There have been dwarf towns in the past in Coney Island, New York and Kunming, China.

GUARDIAN

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Monday, August 01, 2011

Woman claims surgical sponge left inside her for 15 years after operation - Australia

Helen O'Hagan is suing a doctor in Sydney, Australia, because she claims that he left a surgical sponge inside her after surgery - and it's been there for 15 years.

The surgeon has retired and says the case should be dismissed because she has taken so long to bring legal action.

He claims not to remember treating her… and that he always counted every instrument at the end of an operation.

TELEGRAPH STORY


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Landlady fined £300 for putting up homemade no smoking signs in pub

The landlady of a pub in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, has been fined £300 for putting up homemade no smoking signs while she waited for the official ones to arrive.

A court ordered her to pay the fine after it was found that she violated regulations.

And the pub's name? The Judge and Jury, of course.

MAIL STORY

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Mount Etna eruption - video

Mount Etna erupted at the weekend, with flames shooting 250 metres and lava flowing down the slopes of the volcano in Sicily.

GREAT BBC VIDEO

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