 Crunchy crickets going mainstream in Australia
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 01.10.2011 4:24  4 views  0 comments
 Reuters - Looking for a taste treat for a special snack? Perhaps a packet of chocolate covered bugs, chocolate-chip mealworms or cricket lollipops will hit the spot.
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Alabama company turns gun lovers' ashes into ammunition
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30.09.2011 21:55 4 views 0 comments
Reuters - There's something to be said for going out with a bang. Read more »
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Government did not pay $16 for muffins after all
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30.09.2011 21:46 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - The U.S. government did not pay $16 for each muffin served at a legal conference after all, the Justice Department inspector general's office said on Friday, contradicting an earlier report that caused an uproar. Read more »
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Wasabi alarm, beetle sex win Ig Nobel spoof prizes
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30.09.2011 18:21 1 views 0 comments
 Reuters - Prognosticators who predicted the end of the world and got it wrong, scientists who built a wasabi fire alarm, and researchers who studied how the urge to urinate affects decision-making were among the winners of spoof Ig Nobel prizes on Thursday.
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MP's wife guilty of stealing lover's kitten
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30.09.2011 16:44 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - The wife of an MP was found guilty of burglary on Friday after being caught on camera breaking into his lover's home and stealing her kitten. Read more »
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Nestle ad first to pitch at canine customers
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30.09.2011 16:36 2 views 0 comments
Reuters - Nestle, one of the world's biggest makers of pet food, said on Friday it had launched the first television commercial designed especially for dogs, using a high-frequency tone to grab their attention. Read more »
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Casino offers plastic surgery jackpot
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30.09.2011 15:47 2 views 0 comments
Reuters - Rolling the dice and playing the slots at one Atlantic City casino may have gamblers in New Jersey cashing in on an unexpected jackpot: botox, cheek implants or liposuction. Read more »
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Crunchy crickets going mainstream in Australia?
(Reuters)
30.09.2011 9:37 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - Looking for a taste treat for a special snack? Perhaps a packet of chocolate covered bugs, chocolate-chip mealworms or cricket lollipops will hit the spot. Read more »
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Turkish morgue is equipped for the living
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29.09.2011 21:32 3 views 0 comments
Reuters - Officials in a city in rural eastern Turkey, responding to an ancient local fear of being buried alive, have equipped the local morgue with the latest gadgetry in case any of the bodies stored there have been declared dead by mistake. Read more »
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Insurance broker launches pizza parlor policy
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29.09.2011 21:29 4 views 0 comments
 Reuters - In the specialized world of insurance, this one takes the cake -- or perhaps the pie -- a new policy called "SLICE" specifically designed to protect the owners of pizza parlors.
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Holly Madison insures breasts for $1 million
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29.09.2011 20:40 4 views 0 comments
Reuters - Reality TV star and model Holly Madison has insured her breasts for $1 million with Lloyd's of London, she told People magazine on Thursday. Read more »
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Belgium's "Mr Penguin" dreams of Antarctic funeral
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29.09.2011 16:47 4 views 0 comments
Reuters - Belgian pensioner Alfred David dreams one day he'll find eternal rest in the icy waters somewhere near Antarctica, dressed in his penguin suit and laid out in a coffin decorated with penguins. Read more »
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Doritos founder to be buried with iconic snack chips
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28.09.2011 13:30 3 views 0 comments
Reuters - The man credited with creating Doritos will be buried along with some of his beloved snack chips, his family told Reuters on Tuesday. Read more »
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Canada unveils larger, graphic anti-smoking labels
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28.09.2011 13:29 3 views 0 comments
Reuters - Canada unveiled some of the world's largest and most graphic anti-smoking labels on Tuesday on the grounds that smokers were starting to ignore existing warnings on cigarette packs. Read more »
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Robbed of phone, Tennessee woman summons help on Facebook
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27.09.2011 16:13 3 views 0 comments
 Reuters - Some people have complained about changes in Facebook, but not Rolanda Hill, who used the social media site to seek help after an armed robber broke into her home and stole her cell phone.
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Texas kills fancy last meal requests on death row
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23.09.2011 13:43 2 views 0 comments
Reuters - The Texas prison system on Thursday abolished the time-honored tradition of offering an opulent last meal to condemned inmates before their executions, saying they would get standard prison fare instead. Read more »
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Library lifts 1906 ban on Mark Twain book
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23.09.2011 13:43 3 views 0 comments
Reuters - A Mark Twain book with nude illustrations, added to a Massachusetts public library after a century-old ban was lifted, was plucked from the shelf within hours on Thursday. Read more »
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Porn magnate funds $1 million quest to embarrass Perry
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23.09.2011 13:42 2 views 0 comments
 Reuters - Pornographic magazine publisher Larry Flynt offered $1 million on Thursday to anyone with proof of "an illicit sexual liaison" involving leading Republican presidential candidate and Texas Governor Rick Perry.
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Two plead not guilty to harassing Palin attorney
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22.09.2011 15:08 2 views 0 comments
Reuters - A Pennsylvania father and son pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges they harassed an attorney for former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in phone calls authorities say followed their similar badgering of Palin herself. Read more »
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Arkansas' lost moon rock found in Clinton's files
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22.09.2011 15:07 5 views 0 comments
Reuters - For years, Arkansas historians have searched for a valuable lunar rock from the Apollo 17 mission, one of the moon rocks NASA presented to each state in the 1970s. Read more »
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