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Waist-deep in mud, British PM rescues distressed sheep
LONDON (Reuters) - Bogged down by a stagnating economy and sinking poll ratings, British Prime Minister David Cameron ventured into a new swamp when he waded waist-deep into mud to rescue a drowning s...
April 3, 2013, 4:07 am
April Fool becomes yet another marketing gimmick
By Alastair Macdonald
April 2, 2013, 1:22 am
LONDON (Reuters) - The April Fool is dead. Or at least the gentle jester of the common folk has been converted into a corporate colossus controlled by global marke...
Octogenarian Japanese climber aims for Everest record
An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had heart surgery four times is heading to Mount Everest to try for a third ascent of the world's highest peak.
April 1, 2013, 7:53 pm
Google says to shut down YouTube in early April Fools' gag
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc, getting a headstart on the annual tradition of April Fools' pranks, released a YouTube clip on Sunday declaring that the world's most popular video website will s...
April 1, 2013, 10:29 am
After 55 years, Ohio's Easter Eggshelland comes to an end
By Kim Palmer
March 31, 2013, 4:47 am
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - After more than 50 years, loyal fans have one last chance to visit the Easter bunny and other Easter-themed mosaics made of thousands of brightly col...-
Tokyo bar offers cocktail of booze and Buddhism
By Hyun Oh
March 29, 2013, 5:55 pm
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Buddhist monk Yoshinobu Fujioka enjoys bringing his congregation together, one cocktail at a time.
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Obese airline passengers should pay extra, economist says
(Reuters) - Airlines should charge obese passengers more, a Norwegian economist has suggested, arguing that "pay as you weigh" pricing would bring health, financial and environmental dividends.
March 29, 2013, 11:14 am
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More than 300,000 homes are foreclosed "zombies," study says
By Barbara Liston
March 29, 2013, 9:50 am
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A national survey found 301,874 "zombie" properties dotting the U.S. landscape in which homeowners in foreclosure have moved out, leaving ... -
Restaurant meals for kids fail nutrition test: consumer group
By Diane Bartz
March 28, 2013, 11:23 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The menus offered to children by most U.S. restaurant chains have too many calories, too much salt or fat, and often not a hint of vegetables or fr... -
Pennsylvania stadium aims to please fans with urinal video games
By Joe McDonald
March 28, 2013, 7:15 am
(Reuters) - Play doesn't need to stop for sports fans taking a bathroom break at a Pennsylvania minor-league baseball stadium that has installed video games in men's roo... -
"Devil's Advocate" convicted in London of being fake lawyer
LONDON (Reuters) - An Italian man known as the "Devil's Advocate" who said he provided legal representation to the likes of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, was not a genuine lawyer but a fraudster...
March 28, 2013, 6:03 am 
Going, going, gone - dodo bone up for sale in London
LONDON (Reuters) - A rare four-inch fragment of a dodo bone will go on sale in Britain in April, around 300 years after the flightless bird and icon of obsolescence was hunted to extinction.
March 28, 2013, 6:00 am
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Rhode Island city drops fine for allegedly foul-mouthed cockatoo
By Daniel Lovering
March 28, 2013, 5:03 am
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Rhode Island city has dropped its case against a woman who was fined $15 for violating a noise ordinance after her pet cockatoo allegedly swore a... -
U.S. film festival cancels award to UK film after tax scam
LONDON (Reuters) - A U.S. film festival has withdrawn an award given to a British movie about a Gulf War veteran seeking justice after a London court jailed five people for making the movie as part of...
March 27, 2013, 6:54 am 
Battle rages over bones of England's Richard III
By Michael Holden
March 27, 2013, 2:42 am
LONDON (Reuters) - King Richard III is at the center of a new fight over the location of his final resting place, just weeks after the remains of the last English king...-
"Shameful" sexist Ford car ads spark outrage in India
MUMBAI (Reuters) - A series of car ads, including one showing women bound and gagged in the trunk of a Ford driven by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has prompted Internet outrage in ...
March 26, 2013, 8:48 pm 
Want to browse? That'll be $5 thanks
A Brisbane specialty grocery store owner is charging customers to browse after becoming fed up with people who enquire but don't buy.
March 26, 2013, 7:22 pm
"Panda-monium" as giant pandas arrive in Canada from China
By Fred Thornhill
March 26, 2013, 6:46 am
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada got a taste of international panda diplomacy on Monday with the arrival of two "Very Important Pandas" at the start of a 10-year loan to two...
Sochi organisers store snow, just in case
By Gennady Fyodorov
March 26, 2013, 3:21 am
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - While Moscow digs itself out of a huge snow storm that hit the Russian capital in the last few days, organizers of the Winter Olympics are ...
No sex please, we're Balinese
Officials on the Indonesian island of Bali are considering putting up "no sex" signs at Hindu temples after an Estonian couple were caught in the act.
March 8, 2013, 7:09 pm
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