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Man used cell phone to bug ex-girlfriend
HASSELHOLM, Sweden, May 14 (UPI) -- A Swedish man has been given a suspended sentence for converting a cell phone to a bugging device to confirm his suspicions about his ex-girlfriend.
United Press International – May 14, 2008 6:10 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
HASSELHOLM, Sweden, May 14 (UPI) -- A Swedish man has been given a suspended sentence for converting a cell phone to a bugging device to confirm his suspicions about his ex-girlfriend.
United Press International – May 14, 2008 6:10 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Green aliens, UFOs said to visitReuters - Aliens from outer space have been visiting Britain for years and UFO sightings doubled after the film Close Encounters was released in 1977, according to secret files collating reports by members of the public.
Yahoo! – May 14, 2008 5:54 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
RAF Regiment uses condoms for advertising
LONDON, May 14 (UPI) -- The Royal Air Force is using instructions on the many uses of condoms as a tactic to lure young British men to sign up in the RAF Regiment.
United Press International – May 14, 2008 5:45 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
LONDON, May 14 (UPI) -- The Royal Air Force is using instructions on the many uses of condoms as a tactic to lure young British men to sign up in the RAF Regiment.
United Press International – May 14, 2008 5:45 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
WWII vet ticketed for misplaced recyclable
NORWICH, England, May 14 (UPI) -- Trash collectors in Norwich, England, town refused to pick up a 96-year-old man's garbage after he put two bottles in the blue barrel instead of the green box.
United Press International – May 14, 2008 5:05 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
NORWICH, England, May 14 (UPI) -- Trash collectors in Norwich, England, town refused to pick up a 96-year-old man's garbage after he put two bottles in the blue barrel instead of the green box.
United Press International – May 14, 2008 5:05 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
'Boot boy' gets Mercedes as tip
BIRMINGHAM, England, May 14 (UPI) -- Oliver Kapo's boot boy, James McPike, was hoping for a pair of old boots after a season's service to the British soccer star, but all he got was a new Mercedes.
United Press International – May 14, 2008 4:47 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
BIRMINGHAM, England, May 14 (UPI) -- Oliver Kapo's boot boy, James McPike, was hoping for a pair of old boots after a season's service to the British soccer star, but all he got was a new Mercedes.
United Press International – May 14, 2008 4:47 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Wedding day fireworks land Ethiopian groom in jail
Reuters - Bridegroom Kedir Mohamed wanted hiswedding day to go with a bang and decided to celebrate byletting off firecrackers after the ceremony.
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Reuters - Bridegroom Kedir Mohamed wanted hiswedding day to go with a bang and decided to celebrate byletting off firecrackers after the ceremony.
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Fan knits tribute to 'Dr. Who,' BBC irked
LONDON, May 14 (UPI) -- A British fan of the long-running BBC show "Doctor Who" was threatened with legal action for creating knitted versions of the show's monsters.
United Press International – May 14, 2008 4:33 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
LONDON, May 14 (UPI) -- A British fan of the long-running BBC show "Doctor Who" was threatened with legal action for creating knitted versions of the show's monsters.
United Press International – May 14, 2008 4:33 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Tot left behind at Vancouver airport
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — An immigrant family left a 23-month-old boy in the Vancouver airport and learned he was missing only when contacted during the next leg of the trip.
Canoe.ca – May 14, 2008 2:58 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — An immigrant family left a 23-month-old boy in the Vancouver airport and learned he was missing only when contacted during the next leg of the trip.
Canoe.ca – May 14, 2008 2:58 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
"Snake man" slithers out of prison cell
Reuters - A man has escaped from his Austrian jail cell by squeezing through a food hatch in the door, police said on Wednesday.
Yahoo! – May 14, 2008 2:34 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Reuters - A man has escaped from his Austrian jail cell by squeezing through a food hatch in the door, police said on Wednesday.
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Watchdog raps Skins over "orgy" posterReuters - The advertising watchdog has banned a poster for a teenage TV drama series that featured a dishevelled, semi-naked young woman sitting on a bed, surrounded by couples apparently taking part in an orgy.
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