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  • Man makes living by selling the shirt on his back

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A T-shirt a day has kept unemployment at bay for an American man who is making about $85,000 a year by selling advertising space on his torso.

  • Driver suspected in Bank of France van heist

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    LYON, France (Reuters) - French police are looking for the driver of a security van suspected of driving off with more than 10 million euros ($14.85 million) after the man vanished, apparently after first clearing out his flat.

  • Miss England gives up crown over brawl reports

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    LONDON (Reuters) - Beauty pageant winner Miss England gave up her title on Friday after reports she had been involved in a nightclub brawl with another beauty queen.

  • Health worker fired for hockey flu shots

    Reuters - Friday, November 6

    CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Senior health officials in the Canadian province of Alberta said on Wednesday they had fired an unidentified worker for giving National Hockey League players preferential access to the H1N1 flu vaccine.

  • Wife's free handbag a "symbol of derision"

    Reuters - Friday, November 6

    LONDON (Reuters) - FIFA vice-president Jack Warner is returning a handbag given to his wife by England's 2018 World Cup bid because he says it has become "a symbol of derision, betrayal and embarrassment."

  • Giant snake capture was a hoax?

    Reuters - Friday, November 6

    MIAMI (Reuters) - A man who caught a 14-foot (4.2-meter) python in a Florida drain pipe was charged with perpetrating a hoax after wildlife officers discovered he owned the snake and put it in the pipe in order to stage the capture.

  • "Give pees a chance" student may face jail

    Reuters - Thursday, November 5

    LONDON (Reuters) - A university student who was photographed urinating over a war memorial was warned on Wednesday that he could be jailed for the "disgusting act."

  • Cheap mobile calls help more young couples elope

    Reuters - Thursday, November 5

    By Abdi Sheikh

  • Rebels ban musical ringtones on phones

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 4

    By Sahra Abdi

  • Beefeaters "harassed" lone female Tower guard

    Reuters - Tuesday, November 3

    By Kylie MacLellan

  • Space hotel says it's on schedule to open in 2012

    Reuters - Tuesday, November 3

    By Stuart McDill

  • Hotels come to the rescue of Taipei's pet dogs

    Reuters - Tuesday, November 3

    By Ralph Jennings

  • Bad drivers? Blame their genes

    Reuters - Friday, October 30

    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.

  • Looking into loos ahead of Euro 2012 soccer

    Reuters - Friday, October 30

    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.

  • No job? Less money? Divorce is off the budget

    Reuters - Friday, October 30

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financial woes often drive couples apart but the current recession seems to be having the opposite effect, with less couples able to afford the cost of a divorce.

  • Officials suggest legislators wed single mothers

    Reuters - Friday, October 30

    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.

  • Russian road roulette?

    Reuters - Friday, October 30

    SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian prosecutors are investigating a new gambling game in which drivers defy death by speeding through red lights for bets of up to 5,000 euros ($7,400), the chief prosecutor's office said Thursday.

  • Police: Man claimed God told him to steal car

    AP - Thursday, October 29

    LEXINGTON, Ky. - Police said a man who smashed a window at a car dealership claimed he was following a higher calling.

  • Iowa cops nab 'permanent marker' burglary suspects

    AP - Thursday, October 29

    CARROLL, Iowa - Police had no trouble identifying two men accused of trying to break into a Carroll apartment.

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