Topic: NEWS english - on December 8, 2003 at 1:19:10 PM CET
Transvestite potter wins Turner
Pottery artist Grayson Perry, who creates vases depicting subjects like death and child abuse, has won this year's Turner Prize.
Perry accepted the award in a dress, as his female alter-ego Claire, thanked his wife and said he was "stunned".
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 7, 2003 at 2:51:32 PM CET
New York versinkt im Schnee
Nach dem ersten Blizzard in diesem Winter versinkt New York im Schnee. Auf den Flughäfen La Guardia, Kennedy und Newark mussten ebenso wie in Boston mehrere hundert Flüge gestrichen werden. Zahllose Veranstaltungen wurden abgesagt.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 7, 2003 at 1:09:06 AM CET
Stylist's Hair Catches Fire at Gas Pump
A hair stylist was pumping gas into her car when her hair burst into flames.
"That scared me to death," said stylist Traci Marshall.
The fire was probably caused by static electricity from Marshall's hair rubbing against her clothes, said her husband, Camilla firefighter Lt. Bill Marshall.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 7, 2003 at 1:05:27 AM CET
A shining light to find the toilet
New device guides you in the dark — and warns you of the seat’s status. For every problem in this world I’m convinced that there’s someone out there working on a solution. I’m happy to announce that one of those problems has been solved. No longer does anyone have to fumble in the dark to find ... the toilet.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 5, 2003 at 4:39:15 PM CET
Ancient fossil penis discovered
Scientists have identified the oldest male fossil animal yet discovered. It is an ocean-dwelling creature from 425-million-year-old rocks in the UK.
Unusually, its soft parts are well preserved as well as its hard shell. It has limbs for swimming and feeding.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 5, 2003 at 2:25:22 PM CET
Plan for New Year's Eve Fireworks Revealed
The nation's biggest party takes place every New Year's Eve in Las Vegas. And it will be here before you know it.
Neon City is pulling out all the stops for 2004. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority wants to top last year's fireworks show. This year, they're promising a longer and more dramatic.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 4, 2003 at 6:11:16 PM CET
Beer-can entry's reception is a cold one
Festival of Trees organizers faced a dilemma this week when one of their 700 entries arrived constructed from 1,500 empty beer cans.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 4, 2003 at 3:04:28 PM CET
Storm in a tumbler as Scotch whisky companies fight over malt
Scotland's whisky companies were meeting to try to resolve a bitter row over product purity which has left small family-run firms lined up against a multinational drinks group.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 4, 2003 at 12:16:18 PM CET
Asia Hotel sues for $94m, awarded $10
IT had sued Starwood Asia Pacific Management for US$54.9 million ($94.4 million), but Asia Hotel Investments ended up being awarded $10 by the High Court of Singapore.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 3, 2003 at 8:56:35 PM CET
Eat worms - feel better
Who would deliberately drink a dose of gut worms? The answer is Anna Glanz, an ordinary mother-of-two from Iowa.
She's testing the remarkable theory that not all parasites are necessarily bad for us. Some of them may actually help us fight diseases.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 3, 2003 at 3:33:01 PM CET
How Much Is Privacy Worth?
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday over whether the federal government should reimburse individuals whose sensitive data was disclosed illegally, even if no harm can be proven.
At issue before the court, according to privacy advocates, is how valuable privacy really is.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 3, 2003 at 3:30:26 PM CET
NO PEAKING WHILE LEAKING
A glass-walled toilet that allows the user to watch the world go by while they do their business has opened outside the Tate Gallery.
Although those using the loo can look out, their modesty is preserved because the walls are made up of a one-way mirror.
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