Skip to content

User login

Home »

Politician raffles breast implants (Reuters)

August 27, 2010 by admin

Reuters - A Venezuelan politician is offering breast implants as a prize in a raffle to raise funds for his parliamentary election campaign.

Permission to laugh at election -- for now (Reuters)

August 27, 2010 by admin

Reuters - Brazil's election is a laughing matter again, at least for now.

Britain being "overrun" by street signs (Reuters)

August 26, 2010 by admin

Reuters - The British government has declared war on the profusion of unnecessary road traffic signs, railings and advertising boards, saying they blight towns' English character.

"Ordain women," London bus ads will urge Pope (Reuters)

August 26, 2010 by admin

Reuters - Pope Benedict will be confronted by posters on London's famous red buses during his trip to the British capital next month which will call for the ordination of women priests.

T-shirt explains Philadelphia's blunt speech (Reuters)

August 26, 2010 by admin

Reuters - For Mike Monteiro, a transplanted Philadelphian who now lives in California, his T-shirt says it all.

Police guard home of woman who put cat in bin (Reuters)

August 25, 2010 by admin

Reuters - The home of a woman filmed picking up a cat and throwing it into a rubbish bin is under police guard in Britain after her actions sparked outrage from animal lovers and even death threats.

Alternative tours draw travelers to Mexico (Reuters)

August 25, 2010 by admin

Reuters - While most travelers flock to Mexico to sip margaritas on white-sand beaches, a hardy few choose lesser-known tourist sites where they are chased down by immigration agents or risk their lives in dangerous slums.

Man, shot in head, notices five years later (Reuters)

August 24, 2010 by admin

Reuters - A Polish man living in Germany went about his business for about five years without noticing he had been shot in the head because he was drunk when it happened. Police in the western city of Bochum said on Tuesday doctors found a .22 caliber bullet in the back of his head after the 35-year-old went to have what he thought was a cyst removed.

Dog who ate beehive wins unusual pet insurance award (Reuters)

August 24, 2010 by admin

Reuters - A Labrador that ate a beehive containing pesticides and thousands of dead bees won an award on Monday that recognized the most unusual pet health insurance claim in the United States.

Egypt culture chief sleepless over Van Gogh theft (Reuters)

August 24, 2010 by admin

Reuters - Egypt's culture minister blamed "incompetent" security staff for the theft of a $55 million Van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum and said worries for the safety of the country's art treasures are depriving him of sleep.