A Serbian prisoner who burgled a house during his weekend release picked the wrong victim - the prison governor.
He was caught out when he returned to prison - and the governor spotted his own watch on the convict’s wrist.
Alija Cerimi stole jewellery, a watch and a mobile phone from the unnamed governor’s house in the [...]
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Kate Winslet’s body has been revealed as the inspiration for Jaguar’s new sportscar.
Winslet, 31, revealed she was in the mind of Jaguar’s chief designer Ian Callum when he created the new Jaguar XK.
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A dancing penguin was king of the Thanksgiving birds among movie-goers. The animated penguin romp “Happy Feet” remained the No. 1 movie with $37.9 million in ticket sales from Friday to Sunday, while the James Bond adventure “Casino Royale” stayed in second place with $31 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Over the Wednesday-to-Sunday holiday period, [...]
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Ohio-based company is recalling 46,941 pounds of turkey and ham products that officials fear could cause listeriosis, a potentially fatal disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday.
HoneyBaked Foods Inc. is voluntarily recalling the meat, which includes cooked, glazed and sliced ham and turkey, USDA said in a statement.
The meat, [...]
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LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters Life) - Congratulations! You can win the holiday of your dreams - a break from telemarketers — if you’re willing to moo, fake a murder scene, or follow a list of other diversionary tactics.
Those calls that always come when you’re sitting down to dinner, with a robotic script to give you [...]
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Michael Thau, the editor who helped director Richard Donner reassemble his version of Superman II, told SCI FI Wire that the upcoming DVD release restores footage that Donner shot but that was changed in the original theatrical release, including never-before-seen scenes of Marlon Brandon as Jor-El. Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut also deletes the [...]
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DENVER - A homeowners association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti-Iraq war protest or a a symbol of Satan.
Some residents who have complained have children serving in Iraq, said Bob Kearns, president of [...]
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SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - A boy has been born in Chile with a fetus in his stomach in what doctors said was a rare case of “fetus in fetu” in which one twin becomes trapped inside another during pregnancy and continues to grow inside it.
Doctors carried out a scan on the boy’s mother shortly before [...]
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November 23, 2006 — An elderly Brooklyn widow has told cops she slept in the same bed as her dead husband for three years, officials said yesterday.Joanne Iversen, 73, recounted her bizarre story after their shocked son discovered his dad’s skeletal remains under a blanket on his parents’ bed, and took her to the local [...]
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CLEVELAND - Ralphie Parker and Brian Jones know what it’s like to want something.
For Ralphie, the object of desire was an official Red Ryder, carbine-action, 200-shot, range model air rifle. (Go ahead, say it, “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.”) For Jones, the gotta-have-it item was Ralphie’s house — the one in “A Christmas Story,” [...]
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