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Belgian girl admits lying about tattoos
A Belgian teen who claimed she had fallen asleep while being tattooed and woke up to find her face covered in stars has confessed to lying.
June 23, 2009, 2:20 pm -
German SPD drops minister who took limo to Spain
BERLIN (Reuters) - Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Germany's Social Democratic candidate for chancellor, dropped Health Minister Ulla Schmidt from his campaign team Wednesday after she provoked a furore by taking an official car to Spain.
July 30, 2009, 6:35 am -
Woman in court in trouser "test case"
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Sudanese woman facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers in public made her first appearance in a court packed with supporters Wednesday, in what her lawyer described as a test case in Sudan's decency laws.
July 30, 2009, 6:02 am -
Big spenders tend to marry big savers, researchers find
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Frustrated by your spouse's spending habits? It might be why you married them, according to a working paper titled "Fatal (Fiscal) Attraction" by professors of the Wharton School of Finance and Northwestern University.
July 29, 2009, 5:31 am -
Palin mask top pick for Halloween
Here's the hottest Halloween costume of the year - a mask of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
October 13, 2008, 3:00 am
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