Hugs, not harassment: Facebook groups slam day of violence against redheads
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:57:00 CST
TORONTO - Have no fear, redheads - it appears this Nov. 20, you were more likely to be hugged than harassed, consoled rather than kicked.
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Tourism website includes Toronto museum addition on ugly buildings list
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:00 CST
TORONTO - A tourism website has put an addition to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto on its second annual list of the "World's Top 10 Ugly Buildings."
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Florence museum: lost Galileo relics, a tooth and 2 of astronomer's fingers, found again
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:00 CST
ROME - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday.
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Overweight students at university in US told to take fitness class or risk diplomas
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:00 CST
PHILADELPHIA - A university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.
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Canadian stamp sells for more than a quarter of a million at New York auction
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:09:00 CST
NEW YORK - A 12 pence Canadian stamp more than a century old has sold for US$260,000 at a New York auction, the highest price ever paid for a single Canadian stamp.
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Volunteers in US state strive to save Santa letter service after Postal Service puts it on ice
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:38:00 CST
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A group of volunteer Santa Claus "elves" in Alaska's frigid interior is determined to save a popular holiday letter service featuring the North Pole's most beloved icon.
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Dry run for World Laughter Games planned for Toronto on Saturday
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:50:00 CST
MONTREAL - Ah, Vancouver. Basking in the glow of international attention as it prepares to host the 2010 Winter Olympics. Little does it know there is a move afoot in Toronto to shanghai its worldwide sports thunder.
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Turkey that challenged US highway traffic and taunted toll collectors is captured
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:30:00 CST
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - A wild turkey that has been running wild along the New Jersey Turnpike won't have to dodge Thanksgiving traffic.
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Anatomical art once owned by Ben Franklin go on display at Philadelphia hospital
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:50:00 CST
PHILADELPHIA - Centuries before X-rays, CAT scans and ultrasounds gave doctors a view inside the human body, the best images medical students often had were illustrations drawn by artists of bodies in a morgue.
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Toronto Zoo gorilla picks son's name by choosing one of five fruit piles
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:31:00 CST
TORONTO - Charles the gorilla eyed a bank of cameras for a minute Wednesday morning before languidly reaching for a piece of fruit, unwittingly selecting his 2 1/2-month-old son's name.
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Police: In self-made videos, US teens steal Christmas presents
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:42:00 CST
UPPER DARBY, Pa. - A suburban Philadelphia police chief says two teenagers are being held after officers arrested them and found video recordings they made of themselves burglarizing homes.
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Officials investigate after basketball-sized chunk of ice crashes through roof of US home
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:21:00 CST
BRUSH, Colo. - A basketball-sized chunk of ice crashed through the roof of a family's home after apparently falling from an airplane passing overhead.
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Gotta have faith: Woman leaves $40,000 at shrine for safekeeping, gets it back a week later
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:08:00 CST
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A woman quietly left $40,000 worth of rare U.S. coins near a Catholic shrine for safekeeping so the Virgin Mary could watch over her life savings while she was out of town, and apparently it worked: The money was returned to her when she got back a week later.
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After 50 years of mistaken identity, Cleveland zoo discovers Mary the tortoise is male
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:34:00 CST
CLEVELAND - Zookeepers in Cleveland are the ones feeling slow because after more than 50 years, the tortoise they called "Mary" is actually a male.
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Moldovan army gives soldiers extra onions and garlic to fight swine flu after 24 fall sick
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:42:00 CST
CHISINAU, Moldova - Moldova's army is feeding its soldiers onions and garlic to help them ward off swine flu.
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AP Interview: Brazil short skirt woman shocked at her fame, wants to finish her tourism degree
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:19:00 CST
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brushing back freshly dyed blond hair as she posed for pictures, the Brazilian woman whose short pink dress got her kicked out of college said Tuesday she's enjoying her newfound fame, but wants to go back to school - with a security guard.
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Toronto Zoo's Charles the gorilla to pick son's name through his snacks
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:50:00 CST
TORONTO - For some parents the process of selecting their child's name is filled with long discussions, baby name books and never-ending lists, but for Charles the gorilla it will be as easy as choosing his morning snack.
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San Diego Zoo's newest panda cub named Yun Zi - 'Son of Cloud'
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:31:00 CST
SAN DIEGO - A baby panda born at the San Diego Zoo has been named Yun Zi - Chinese for "Son of Cloud."
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World's 3rd oldest woman, 114, dies in nursing home near Buffalo, N.Y.
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:03:00 CST
WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. - A 114-year-old woman believed to be the third-oldest person in the world has died at a nursing home near Buffalo, N.Y.
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South Carolina Statehouse gets smaller Christmas tree because of recession
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:02:00 CST
COLUMBIA, S.C. - You can call it the recession tree.
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