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Airliner loses contact, overflies destination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Northwest Airlines flight carrying 144 passengers from San Diego to Minneapolis lost contact with air controllers for more than an hour and overflew its destination by 150 miles, officials said on Thursday.
October 24, 2009, 4:41 am -
U.S. airliner loses contact, overflies destination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Northwest Airlines flight carrying 144 passengers from San Diego to Minneapolis lost contact with air controllers for more than an hour and overflew its destination by 150 miles, officials said on Thursday.
October 23, 2009, 11:47 am -
Three-minute showers to conserve water?
CARACAS (Reuters) - Leftist President Hugo Chavez called on Venezuelans on Wednesday to stop singing in the shower and to wash in three minutes because the oil-exporting nation is having problems supplying water and electricity.
October 23, 2009, 8:17 am -
Probe after students eat fire, step on glass
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Authorities in Taiwan said on Thursday they would investigate a private training center after receiving testimony and videos showing that children were made to swallow fire and step on glass to build up their courage.
October 23, 2009, 8:16 am -
Fossils of tiny dinosaur on first public display
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fossils from the smallest dinosaur found in North America, a fleet-footed species only 28 inches (71 cm) long and weighing less than a rabbit, have gone on public display for the first time at a Los Angeles museum.
October 22, 2009, 1:20 pm -
Madoff's Mercedes station wagon up for auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Mercedes-Benz car once belonging to epic swindler Bernard Madoff will be sold at auction this week, U.S. authorities said on Wednesday.
October 22, 2009, 12:51 pm -
Pouring cold water on fashionista swimmers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's swimmers could face lifetime bans if they dye their hair, wear an earring or have brightly decorated fingernails.
October 22, 2009, 4:15 am -
Man pins treatment hopes on Bardot autograph
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A 50 year-old Russian coal miner suffering from lung disease is seeking a buyer for his prized possession, a signed photograph of sultry Brigitte Bardot, to pay for an operation, a popular tabloid reported on Wednesday.
October 22, 2009, 4:11 am -
Man staged nearly 100 car crashes in cash scam
LONDON (Reuters) - A Briton who cost the insurance industry some 1.6 million pounds by staging almost 100 car crashes as part of a scam to win fraudulent payouts, was jailed for 4-1/2 years on Wednesday.
October 22, 2009, 4:10 am -
Cheating husbands should be whipped?
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) - Most Bruneians want husbands who cheat on their wives to be whipped, according to a recent survey in the Muslim-majority country.
October 22, 2009, 4:09 am -
Risque British backpackers live riskily Down Under
CANBERRA (Reuters) - British backpackers holidaying in Australia are returning home with much more than a suntan, and could be driving the spread Down Under of sexually transmitted diseases with their risky behaviour, a study has found.
October 22, 2009, 12:23 am -
Japan pours cold water on fashionista swimmers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's swimmers could face lifetime bans if they dye their hair, wear an earring or have brightly decorated fingernails.
October 22, 2009, 12:22 am -
Elvis' hair leaves the building -- sold for $18,300
LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - A pile of hair believed snipped from Elvis Presley when he joined the U.S. Army in 1958 sold for $18,300 on Sunday, according to a Chicago auction house.
October 21, 2009, 6:48 am -
Robber pleads guilty after leech provides DNA
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man faces jail for armed robbery after police used blood from a leech to make a DNA match from a 2001 crime scene, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.
October 21, 2009, 6:47 am -
Man robs shop on way to interrogation: German police
BERLIN (Reuters) - A 41-year-old man in Germany due to face questioning over theft got himself in even more trouble by squeezing in another robbery on the way to the police station, police said.
October 21, 2009, 6:47 am -
Bird, planes and trains no challenge for Chinese mimic
BEIJING (Reuters) - Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Or is it a train? No, it's Chinese mimic Cheng Jiaqiang who can imitate about 100 sounds from birds singing and horses galloping to planes taking off and trains trundling along the tracks.
October 20, 2009, 8:26 pm -
European scientists find trawl of 32 new planets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - European astronomers announced they had found 32 new planets orbiting stars outside our solar system and said on Monday they believe their find means that 40 percent or more of Sun-like stars have such planets.
October 20, 2009, 2:34 am -
German police investigate kebab sauce after attack
BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - German police are investigating a chilli sauce to determine whether it was so spicy that it was capable of causing grievous bodily harm when used in an attack.
October 19, 2009, 11:43 pm -
Even Stankovic strike fails to excite Mourinho
MILAN (Reuters) - Inter Milan midfielder Dejan Stankovic scored on the volley from the halfway line in Saturday's 5-0 demolition job at Genoa -- but coach Jose Mourinho still got into an argument.
October 19, 2009, 11:40 pm -
Balloon boy case a hoax; charges coming, Sheriff says
DENVER (Reuters) - The flight of a home-made helium balloon that touched off a frantic rescue attempt for the young boy thought to be aboard was a publicity-seeking hoax, a Colorado sheriff said on Sunday.
October 19, 2009, 9:06 pm
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