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Marilyn Monroe crypt auction fails again
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A second attempt to sell a crypt on top of Marilyn Monroe's final resting place has failed, with not a single bid received for the burial spot in a celebrity-filled Los Angeles cemetery.
November 3, 2009, 10:34 am -
Scared of flying? Press the iPanic button
SYDNEY (Reuters) - People scared of flying can now press a button on their iPhone to help them deal with their panic.
November 3, 2009, 10:57 pm -
Beefeaters "harassed" lone female Tower guard
LONDON (Reuters) - Two guardians of Britain's historic Tower of London have been suspended after a female colleague, the first woman warden in their 524-year history, accused them of harassment.
November 3, 2009, 10:33 am -
Space hotel says it's on schedule to open in 2012
BARCELONA (Reuters) - A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and time frame for the multi-billion dollar project.
November 3, 2009, 10:32 am -
Hotels come to the rescue of Taipei's pet dogs
TAIPEI (Reuters Life!) - Taipei's dogs are living it up at hotels, complete with VIP suites and pools, that aim to ease the problem of strays that has plagued the city for decades.
November 3, 2009, 10:32 am -
CSKA Sofia suspend nine players for late night
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia suspended nine players for an unspecified period for staying out too late, the club said on Monday.
November 3, 2009, 5:56 am -
World's fastest man adopts world's fastest animal
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Olympic and world sprint champion Usain Bolt on Monday adopted a cheetah cub in Kenya's Nairobi National Park.
November 3, 2009, 4:48 am -
Meet Helen and Aphrodite, Cyprus's indigenous cats
NICOSIA (Reuters) - The island which gave the world its first domesticated cat 9,500 years ago is about to bag two breeds of its own, the slinky Aphrodite and the stocky Helen.
November 3, 2009, 4:06 am -
Bitten by the marathon bug? Pro offers tips
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The ING New York City Marathon of 2009 is history.
November 3, 2009, 3:57 am -
Thousands queue for last Big Mac in Iceland
Thousands of Icelanders lined up at McDonald's restaurants to order their last Big Macs before the U.S. fast-food chain abandons the crisis-hit island at midnight Saturday due to soaring costs.
November 3, 2009, 2:29 am -
Amazon Indians find Brazil plane crash survivors
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Nine people of 11 on a small plane survived a crash landing on a river in Brazil's Amazon rain forest after native Indians notified authorities, who dispatched a rescue mission, the government said on Friday.
November 3, 2009, 2:27 am -
Divers probe Mayan ruins submerged in Guatemala lake
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Scuba divers are exploring the depths of a volcanic lake in Guatemala to find clues about an ancient sacred island where Mayan pilgrims flocked to worship before it was submerged by rising waters.
November 3, 2009, 2:15 am -
I could have been making sushi, says Kobayashi
LONDON (Reuters) - Kamui Kobayashi feared his career was leading more to the kitchen of his father's sushi restaurant than Formula One until Toyota gave him the break that changed everything.
November 3, 2009, 1:59 am -
No eternity with Marilyn as crypt auction fails again
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A second attempt to sell a crypt on top of Marilyn Monroe's final resting place has failed, with not a single bid received for the burial spot in a celebrity-filled Los Angeles cemetery.
November 2, 2009, 9:05 pm -
Man sues deodorant maker over lacklustre love life
A man has launched a legal case against the makers of a deodorant after it failed to help land him a girlfriend.
November 2, 2009, 5:40 pm -
Big rise in City workers' drug problems
LONDON (Reuters) - Drug problems among workers in London's financial district have rocketed in the last year because of stresses caused by the recession, according to the founder of a rehabilitation centre.
October 31, 2009, 3:27 am -
Till death do us part: selling caskets online
Wal-Mart Stores is now catering to its shoppers' needs from cradle to grave.
October 30, 2009, 6:50 am -
Bad drivers? Blame their genes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - No need to curse that bad driver weaving in and out of the lane in front of you -- he cannot help it, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
October 30, 2009, 5:18 am -
Looking into loos ahead of Euro 2012 soccer
WARSAW (Reuters) - Patrols of two, wearing white overalls, are boldly entering toilets across Poland to check whether the country is loo-ready for the 2012 EURO soccer championships.
October 30, 2009, 5:17 am -
Officials suggest legislators wed single mothers
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian legislators in the poor conservative Muslim northeastern state of Kelantan should marry single mothers to help care for their children, a state representative suggested.
October 30, 2009, 5:16 am
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