NOTICE to the FBI photographer


You raided my house and I never got your name - m4w

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Nicked for doing 406mph


DRIVER Peter O’Flynn was stunned to receive a speeding notice claiming a roadside camera had zapped him — at an astonishing 406MPH.

The sales manager, who was driving a Peugeot 406 at the time, said: “I rarely speed and it’s safe to say I’ll contest this.”

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Family fears for famous scientist Stephen Hawking


THE world's greatest living scientist, Stephen Hawking, was in hospital yesterday under round-the-clock surveillance.

His family fear he is being earmarked by a deranged attacker who might try to sabotage the equipment and medicines that are keeping him alive.

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Condom-in-soup lawsuit settled


Seafood restaurant chain McCormick & Schmick's Monday settled a lawsuit brought by a California woman who said she suffered severe emotional distress after she discovered a condom in her clam chowder, a company spokesman said.

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Grandmother 'was drugs mastermind'


A wheelchair-using grandmother was the mastermind behind an international drug-trafficking gang, a court has heard.

Eileen Cresswell, 63, of Chequers Road, Gloucester, organised couriers to travel to the West Indies and bring back cocaine in their shoes, Bristol Crown Court was told.

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Wild boar breaks into Berlin flat


A wild boar searching for food broke into a Berlin apartment, hospitalising a man by biting him in the leg before fleeing back into the woods, police say.

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Woman Charged With Stealing 50 Glass Eyes


Police charged a woman Friday with stealing 50 antique glass eyes from a hospital display case on Christmas Eve.

Melissa Jane Wink, 36, of Owensboro, was charged with theft by unlawful taking over $300.

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Train coincidence tracks gem thief


A thief who stole a £20,000 diamond was caught after the owner of the shop he had robbed spotted him on a train.

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A World Drinking Record


Latvian police said a drunk picked up with around twice the blood-alcohol level considered deadly had probably set a world record but would wake with a hangover to match.

The unidentified middle-aged man was unconscious but stable after a blood test showed 7.22 parts per million of alcohol, police spokeswoman Ieva Zvidre said.

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Actually an austrian is the record holder 7.4 parts per million of alcohol
Nein der rekordhalter ist ein österreicher old shit

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Website to snare net paedophiles


An international operation has been launched to trap internet paedophiles who search online for images of abused children.

Police forces in Britain,the US and Australia are setting up websites which claim to contain pornographic photographs of youngsters. Anyone entering the sites will be able to continue through a series of pages ending at a screen which tells them they could face prosecution.

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Dieter Bohlens Tresor auf Parkplatz gefunden


Nach dem Einbruch in die Villa des deutschen Musikproduzenten Dieter Bohlen in Tötensen (Niedersachsen) ist nun auch der gestohlene Tresor wieder aufgetaucht. Ein Spaziergänger habe den leeren Geldschrank auf einem Parkplatz in Hanstedt gefunden, teilte ein Polizeisprecher heute mit.

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Bull charges one last time


A 500kg bull fell off a truck headed for a slaughterhouse today, blocking rush-hour traffic, charging at anybody that approached and shaking off tranquiliser darts until police shot and killed it.

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