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Cupid's arrow hits Olympic archers
(Reuters)
Reuters - South Korea's top male and female archers
capped gold medal performances at the Beijing Olympics by
announcing wedding plans just as the games ended, an archery
official said on Tuesday. more
"Grease to Greece" racers cross Europe on cooking oil
(Reuters)
Reuters - Fuelled only by used cooking fat, eight
teams completed a 2,500-mile car rally from London to Athens on
Wednesday in a bid to promote awareness of cheap and
environmentally-friendly bio-fuels. more
Shanghai police to shame jaywalkers on TV
(Reuters)
Reuters - Shanghai police will post photos and
videos of jaywalkers in newspapers and on TV in a bid to shame
them out of breaking traffic rules, local media reported on
Thursday. more
Mamba bite exposes illicit Tokyo snake collection
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Japanese man living with 51 venomous
snakes, including cobras and huge mambas, in his apartment in
central Tokyo was caught when he called an ambulance after one
of them bit him. more
Raccoon's courthouse crime spree ends with capture
(AP)
AP - The evidence in his office gave the judge pause: a half-eaten apple and some very distinctive footprints. more