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A show of devotion: Faithful dog guards trapped canine companion for a week
Two missing dogs have been found safe after one loyally stood guard for a week when the other got trapped in the woods.
Candle in the wind up: Russian pranksters claim Putin hoax call to Elton John
A pair of Russian comedians say they impersonated Russian President Vladimir Putin in a prank phone call to British singer Elton John, Russian media reported...
Candle in the wind up: Russian pranksters behind Putin hoax call to Elton John
A pair of Russian comedians say they impersonated Russian President Vladimir Putin in a prank phone call to Sirr Elton John. Vladimir Krasnov and...
Candle in the wind up: Russian pranksters claim Putin hoax call to Elton John
A pair of Russian comedians say they impersonated Russian President Vladimir Putin in a prank phone call to British singer Elton John, Russian media reported...
Stand With Ahmed: No charges for Muslim student after clock mistaken for bomb
Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old Muslim teen, was led out of a Texas school in handcuffs after a teacher mistook his homemade digital clock for a bomb, prompting...
14-year-old Muslim student arrested for bringing homemade clock to school
A teenager was arrested after teachers thought his homemade clock looked like a bomb.
Double double trouble: Twins pregnant again with second set of twins each
Kerri Bunker and Kelli Wall know a thing or two about twins. The two women are identical twins who already each have one set of twins.
Former student pays his university parking fines … 40 years after graduating
It’s better late than never for Kent Broyhill, who sent $100 to his old university to pay parking fines he picked up more than 40 years ago.
Millionaire shuffles off her perch and leaves $100k nest egg to pet cockatiels
A Manhattan millionaire has left a $100,000 (£66,000) trust fund to her 32 pet cockatiels.
Scientists exploring wreck of sunken U-boat off Rhode Island
Scientists are using submersibles to explore a German U-boat sunk 7 miles off the Rhode Island coast the day before Nazi Germany surrendered in World War...
Men claiming discovery of Nazi ‘gold train’ go public
Two treasure hunters claiming to have discovered a Nazi “gold train” went public Friday for the first time but failed to reveal evidence of...
Holy See: Pope Francis pops into town to buy a new pair of glasses
Pope Francis slipped out of the Vatican Thursday for a personal errand: New glasses.
Passenger ‘started fires’ on Egypt-bound Monarch flight
A passenger has been tackled by cabin crew after starting two small fires on board a holiday jet.
Holy See: Pope Francis pops into town to buy new specs
Pope Francis slipped out of the Vatican Thursday for a personal errand: New glasses.
Lost sheep in baaaaaad need of a haircut is named world’s woolliest
About 40kg (88 lb) of wool has been sheared from a sheep found near Australia’s capital, the RSPCA said on Thursday, making him unofficially the...
Australia’s sheep in baaaaaad need of a haircut named ‘world’s woolliest’
Around 40 kilograms (88 lb) of wool has been sheared from a sheep found near Australia’s capital, the RSPCA said on Thursday, making him unofficially...
French woman’s pregnant tourist hoax angers Australian public
The Australian public was left angry and confused after a French woman who claimed she was pregnant and trying to find the father of her baby, confirmed...
Pregnant French tourist returns to Australia on a mission to find her lost love
It’s like something from a Hollywood movie - a French tourist with no family has travelled half way across the globe to track down the love of her...
‘Don’t rule out the help of psychics,’ British police told
Police officers searching for missing people should not rule out the help of psychics, according to suggested guidelines for the profession.
New museum will lift the lid on Japan’s obsession with hi-tech toilets
A new museum dedicated to a century of lavatories, from the first water flushing model to cutting-edge versions with odour-neutralisers and variable water...
Would you let your children experience what animal cruelty is like? These parents did…
An animal activist locked young children in fake cages so they could experience animal cruelty first-hand.
70th annual tomato battle paints Spanish town red
Thousands of half-naked revelers pelted each other with tomatoes on Wednesday in the town of Buñol in eastern Spain, bathing the streets with red...
Hospital launches fight to save vintage wine … but it may have turned to vinegar
The fate of 1,404 bottles of rare wine seized from a private collector will be decided by a judge next week after a hospital claimed them for its use.
Art attack! Boy trips and puts hand through 350-year-old $1m painting
A boy has ruined a £1m painting after tripping at a museum and putting his hand through the 350-year-old work of art.
Book club claims they were kicked off wine train because ‘they were black’
Members of a mostly black women’s book club say a luxe Napa Valley wine train kicked them off because of their race.
There’s a bear in our pool: Couple’s shock as animal takes a dip in hot tub
A couple had a shock when they discovered a black bear taking a dip in their hot tub pool.
Man rescued after being trapped in washing machine for THREE hours
Cats trapped up trees, dogs with their heads caught in railings, a man stuck inside a washing machine… all in a day’s work for firefighters.
Paw show: Prankster in ‘fairly realistic’ costume harangues bear and cubs
A prankster who dressed in a bear costume before running within ten feet of a wild bear and her two cubs feeding on a river has left gamekeepers bemused.
McDonald’s says ‘sorry’ after French workers forbidden to feed the homeless
McDonald’s has apologized for an incident in which workers in one of the U.S.
I’m sick of this family! TV anchor storms off set in Kardashian story rant
It’s something most have probably felt like doing at some time. A television news anchor stormed off set in America saying he couldn’t stand...

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