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  • Detective learns hard way about ID theft - 09/02/2007 03:30PM

    COVINGTON, Tenn. - As a police detective who often counsels people on how to avoid identity fraud, Linda Gamblin wishes she had taken more of her own advice. A thief recently swiped Gamblin's debit ca... (more)

  • Brooklyn baby sports 12 fingers, 12 toes - 09/02/2007 03:30PM

    NEW YORK - Something was different about newborn Jeshuah Fuller, but his proud parents couldn't quite put their finger on it. Then his doctors, always on their toes, figured it out: Jeshuah was born w... (more)

  • Chewed up Vick cards sell for $7,400 - 09/02/2007 03:31PM

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. - They were the Michael Vick cards many animal lovers just had to get their paws on. The eBay auction for 22 Vick football cards, chewed up and slobbered on by two Missouri dogs, ende... (more)

  • Wasps give Japanese rice crackers a special sting - 09/02/2007 03:31PM

    TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese fan club for wasps has addedthe insects to rice crackers, saying the result adds a waspishscent to the traditional fare. The jibachi senbei, or digger wasp rice crackers, ... (more)

  • Jumbo gets the girl in smashing circus act - 09/02/2007 03:31PM

    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A lonely wild male elephant raided a female elephant stable at a circus in eastern India and wooedone of its residents to elope with him, a newspaper report saidon Thursday. The ... (more)

  • When Aussie diplomatic speak goes awry - 09/02/2007 03:31PM

    CANBERRA (Reuters) - In the world of internationaldiplomacy, the best chosen words or phrases can leave anaudience laughing, bewildered or simply lost in translation, ifthe experience of Australia ... (more)

  • Marijuana sprouts in Japan prison exercise yard - 09/02/2007 03:31PM

    TOKYO (Reuters) - The grass may be greener on the insidefor inmates at Japan 's Abashiri Prison, where marijuana shootshave been sprouting in the exercise yard. Prison official Takashi Nomura said abo... (more)

  • Suspected sex on the beach stirs Taiwan police - 09/02/2007 03:31PM

    TAIPEI (Reuters) - A suspected beach orgy involving 21adults, most of them over 40, has shocked a quiet village onthe palm-studded coast of south Taiwan, sparked massive mediacoverage and now a police... (more)

  • No wonder that water bill was so high - 09/02/2007 03:30PM

    PHOENIX - A woman who spent four years trying to figure out why her water bills were exorbitantly high now knows why: Her lines were switched with a neighbor's. Deanna Glener had endured unexpected wa... (more)

  • Helmsley leaves millions for her dog and cuts two grandkids - 09/02/2007 03:31PM

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Real estate billionaire Leona Helmsley left $12 million (6 million pounds) in her will for her dogTrouble but cut out two of her four grandchildren entirely. Helmsley , the "... (more)

  • Spain's high-living king to be audited - 09/02/2007 03:31PM

    MADRID (Reuters) - Spain 's King Juan Carlos , known for alove of yachts and fine living, has named an auditor for hisfinances following calls for details of his spending to be madepublic. Juan Ca... (more)

  • Don't trust Sat Nav - 09/02/2007 03:31PM

    LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The first official road signs towarn drivers about the dangers of trusting their satellitenavigation devices (satnavs) were introduced on Tuesday in aWelsh village. The sign... (more)

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