Topic: - on January 17, 2003 at 10:17:24 AM CET
Python afraid of mice
A python rescued by animal welfare activists in India is reportedly afraid of mice.
Newspaper Mid-day reports that the six-foot snake, found abandoned in a flat in Bombay, backs away from live food.
The python, along with a rat snake and a monitor lizard, were among reptiles rescued from the flat after its owner went missing.
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Topic: - on January 17, 2003 at 9:24:32 AM CET
Man Pierces Record with 702 Needles
With speed-metal music on his headphones and a picture of his deceased mother beside him, a 34-year-old Canadian pinned down the world record for body piercing on Wednesday.
Finishing with one in each nipple, Brent Moffatt pushed 702 needles into his body in a little less than eight hours. Most went into his legs and feet.
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Topic: - on January 16, 2003 at 7:17:23 PM CET
Lifestyles of the Rich and Homeless
He's on the verge of becoming a millionaire, but Bob Molchan is still happy living under the bridge.
It's just past noon, and Bob Molchan is at the bar, sipping his first Budweiser. He's ordered the liquid lunch.
This is a man who lived for more than 20 years under a bridge, where West 3rd Street crosses over the railroad tracks just south of Browns Stadium. He has always kept a modest appetite. Coffee, cigarettes, and the occasional meal usually left his pockets empty by day's end. Leftover bucks were spent recreationally -- on beer. Asked why he's spent his life on the street, Molchan points an accusing thumb at the mug, a tall, blond 22-ouncer. "It's this."
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Topic: - on January 16, 2003 at 3:56:08 PM CET
Penguins Puzzle San Francisco Zookeepers
A few penguins swimming leisurely at the San Francisco Zoo is nothing new. But dozens of them doing laps in unison for hours has zookeepers perplexed. "We've lost complete control," said Jane Tollini, the zoos penguin keeper. "It's a free-for-all in here. After 18 years of doing this job, these birds are making mincemeat of me." It all started in November when six newcomer Megellannic penguins, formerly of Sea World in Aurora, Ohio, were brought in.
Since then the penguin pool at the San Francisco Zoo has been a daily frenzy of circle swimming by all of the 52 birds at once.
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Topic: - on January 16, 2003 at 3:50:07 PM CET
Swiss pull out all the stops to protect Davos forum
The Swiss government approved a plan Wednesday that grants army protection to those attending the World Economic Forum next week and has agreed to send up to 2,000 soldiers, create a no-flight zone over Davos and grant the military the right to shoot down unauthorized planes.
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Topic: - on January 15, 2003 at 5:10:11 PM CET
Space centre to screen proof of UFOs
Images claiming to be proof of alien UFOs will be shown to members of the public at the National Space Centre later this month. Hundreds of the objects were captured on film by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (Soho), a spacecraft a million miles from Earth observing the sun. The glowing, saucer-shaped "craft" were apparently moving in a way that suggested intelligent control.
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Topic: - on January 15, 2003 at 3:04:41 PM CET
10 Most Wanted US Government Documents
We asked the public to identify categories of data that should be on the Web. Hundreds of citizens responded. From that list we narrowed it down to the Ten Most Wanted.
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Topic: - on January 15, 2003 at 2:31:18 PM CET
Exploding frying pans recalled
About 8,700 frying pans sold through America's Home Shopping Network are being recalled because they can "explode" while in use, according to U.S. safety regulators.
Two consumers have been burned from hot oil and there have also been eight reports of property damage involving the frying pans, the Davenport, Iowa-based Innova reported to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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Topic: - on January 15, 2003 at 10:17:32 AM CET
Canine Cupid killed in Jordan
A dog trained to carry messages between two Jordanian lovers has been stoned to death after his secret mission was discovered.
The three-year-old German Shepherd, named Big Joe, was carrying a marriage proposal when he was intercepted by the girl's brother last week.
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Topic: - on January 15, 2003 at 9:49:18 AM CET
Giant Lava Lamp found in Soap Lake
Theme structures built for cities throughout the world are constructed to draw attention and tourists. As someone said, “never underestimate the power of awe.” Paris has the Eiffel Tower, Seattle has the Space Needle and Soap Lake has the worlds largest Lava Lamp!
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Topic: - on January 14, 2003 at 6:18:09 PM CET
Ghost Ship Packed with Rotten Fish Found at Sea
Australian police said on Tuesday they were baffled by the discovery of a ghost ship full of rotting fish -- but no crew or life rafts -- drifting off the remote northwest coast of Australia.
The 65-foot High Aim 6, registered in Taiwan and flying an Indonesian flag, was intercepted and boarded by the Australian navy last week about 185 miles west of the fishing port of Broome after it was spotted drifting aimlessly.
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Topic: - on January 14, 2003 at 6:15:59 PM CET
Naked Chef
Jamies kitchen up for award
They were among society's rejects, and the nation watched them burn, drop and destroy dishes as they struggled to learn to cook - but now they are making some of the best food in London and are in line for the capital's top restaurant awards.
Jamie Oliver's restaurant Fifteen in Hoxton - set up to give jobless teenagers the chance to become top chefs - has been shortlisted for the title of New restaurant of the year in the Tio Pepe Carlton London Restaurant Awards.
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