Topic: - on January 24, 2003 at 1:18:24 PM CET
Elephant Terror
A temple elephant named Ravipuram Govindan swings the body of his trainer Gopalakrishnan after the elephant suddenly attacked him while being taken to a temple festival in Cochin, India.
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Topic: - on January 24, 2003 at 1:09:56 PM CET
$32 million home a San Francisco record
Decadence has a new ceiling in San Francisco -- a $32 million mansion being billed as the city's most expensive ever.
The Parisian-townhouse-style home boasts views of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay and covers 17,000 square feet, plus a 5,000-square-foot guest house and a garden.
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Topic: - on January 24, 2003 at 12:58:56 PM CET
Spot the doctored photo
You can't believe everything you see when it comes to photographs. But can you spot when images have been altered?
Doctoring photos to massage the truth was once the preserve of Stalin, but now everyone's doing it.
Fake or not ?
¬> BBC
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Topic: - on January 24, 2003 at 12:53:01 PM CET
Harry Potter ecstasy
In the latest attempt to distinctively brand their illegal products, New York City drug dealers have begun peddling Ecstasy pills bearing images from the popular Harry Potter books and movies. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn this week charged 14 people with allegedly smuggling 400,000 pills of the popular club drug into the U.S. from Europe.
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Topic: - on January 24, 2003 at 12:48:25 PM CET
Jam Master Jay Sneakers Hit Stores
Fans of Run-DMC can now pay tribute to Jam Master Jay with their feet. On Tuesday (January 21), which would have been the slain turntable legend's 38th birthday, Adidas, in conjunction with JMJ's wife and three sons, released a special company's classic Superstar sneaker, this one called the Jason Mizell Ultrastar. The Ultrastars, which Jam Master Jay's three sons helped to design, feature both JMJ's name and picture on them.
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