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Mickey Mouse and mayonnaise: North Korea has never had it so good
In a small-scale relaxing of North Korea’s rigid isolation, Kim Jong Un is allowing new kinds of Western and American pop culture symbols to appear in...
Lincoln’s locks: Tuft of Honest Abe’s fetched $25,000 at auction
A lock of slain U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s hair and items connected to his assassin were top sellers on Saturday at an auction that fetched...
Head of state: Lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair sells for $25,000
A lock of slain U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s hair and items connected to his assassin were top sellers at an auction that raised $803,889 (£536,302)...
Lock of Abe Lincoln’s hair sells for $25,000 at Dallas auction
A lock of slain U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s hair and items connected to his assassin were top sellers on Saturday at an auction that fetched...
Hong Kong police hunt schoolgirl over $4.6m diamond heist
Hong Kong police say they are hunting a girl aged between 12 and 14 years old over the theft of a diamond necklace worth more than HK$36 million (US$4.6...
Florida man seeks trademark on ‘Je Suis Charlie’ slogan
A Miami-area man is seeking to profit from the phrase “Je Suis Charlie,” which became a rallying cry after a terrorist attack in Paris that...
Crowd of 500 strangers saves cancer-stricken dad from eviction
A cancer sufferer from Nottingham declared victory over bailiffs looking to evict him after a 500-strong crowd of strangers formed a blockade around his...
Doris the deer dies despite efforts of Olympic Long Jump champion Rutherford
Olympic Long Jump champion Greg Rutherford has revealed the sad ending of the story of an injured deer he carried home in an attempt to help it. The British...
iPad thieves arrested after celebratory selfie syncs to victim’s iCloud
This story is almost too good to be true. Two men arrested in Houston are accused of stealing an iPad and using it to take selfies that they unknowingly...
Man, you better not feed the bears: Expert proposes chocolate bait ban
An American bear expert is proposing to ban chocolate being used as bait after four black bears were found dead at one trapping site in New Hampshire due...
Bear expert proposes chocolate bait ban after four die from overdose
An American bear expert is proposing to ban chocolate being used as bait after four black bears were found dead at one trapping site in New Hampshire due...
Owl’s about that? Tokyo cafe provides bird of prey with your hot drink
A cafe in Japan is offering customers an hour with an owl. Tokyo’s Fukuro no Mise (Shop of Owls) charges around £11 to queue for an hour to get...
Party pooper: Five-year-old invoiced for $25 after missing birthday bash
The parents of a five-year-old boy have been threatened with court action because he missed a schoolfriend’s birthday party and left the hosts out...
Snooze and lose: Teenage couple on U.S. crime spree caught sleeping on the job
Two teenage sweethearts suspected in a crime spree of stolen vehicles and pilfered cheques across America’s South have been taken into custody in Florida,...
Teenage sweethearts on U.S. crime spree caught sleeping on the job
Two teenage sweethearts suspected in a crime spree of stolen vehicles and pilfered cheques across America’s South have been taken into custody in Florida,...
1882 Winchester rifle ‘left resting against a tree for more than a century’
Researchers are trying to crack the mystery surrounding the discovery of a weathered, rusted Winchester rifle in the mountains of remote eastern Nevada.
Researchers puzzled by discovery of 1882 Winchester rifle
Researchers are trying to crack the mystery surrounding the discovery of a weathered, rusted Winchester rifle in the mountains of remote eastern Nevada.
Thumbs up: Hitchhiker snags lift from Uruguay’s president and first lady
The man who stopped for hitchhiker Gerhald Acosta offered to give him a ride, but only as far as the presidential palace.
Man scooped up by California rubbish truck survives ride
A man searching for his wallet in a trash bin in Northern California was scooped up by a garbage truck and taken on a long ride.
The force was with him: Star Wars costume prevents deadly snake bite
A Star Wars fan has been saved from a venomous snake bite by his stormtrooper outfit.
Kurt Cobain’s suicide note on a T-shirt sparks outrage
Kurt Cobain’s suicide note has now been replicated in its entirety into a baseball shirt that can be purchased on eBay.
DiCaprio, De Niro and Scorsese star in fake $70M film for casino
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are following up “The Wolf of Wall Street” with an even more extravagant production.
Bottoms up: Beer brewed with whale testicles to hit store shelves in Iceland
Here’s a whale of a story: An Icelandic brewery has created a beer made with smoked, salted and cured whale testicles as the perfect gift idea for men.
Muslim cleric bans ‘anti-Islamic’ snowmen as flakes fall in Saudi Arabia
A prominent Saudi Arabian cleric has whipped up controversy by issuing a religious ruling forbidding the building of snowmen, described them as anti-Islamic.
'Uncivilized traveller' record threat for 25 removed from Chinese plane
Police in China detained 25 passengers after a member of their tour group opened three emergency exit doors while the plane was taxiing, forcing it to...
Dead loss: Witch doctor fails to revive corpse because of tiredness and bananas
Furious Kenyan villagers said they wasted a day waiting for a “witch doctor” to bring a corpse back to life after he failed because he was...
Diaper-wearing volunteers guard Filipinos for Black Nazarene feast
Three hundred volunteers in diapers were on hand on Friday to form human barricades during a jam-packed open-air Catholic Mass in Manila before a statue...
Interstate pileup leaves South Dakota road covered in 500 pounds of fries
A six-vehicle pileup on Interstate 90 in South Dakota left the road covered in 500 pounds of McDonald’s french fries.
Russia says transsexuals, those with “sexual disorders”, unfit to drive
Transsexuals, transvestites and others thought to have “sexual disorders” have been barred from driving in Russia for medical reasons under...
Dog abandoned at Scottish station along with suitcase full of belongings
A dog has been found abandoned at a Scottish railway station along with a suitcase containing his belongings.

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