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Pet shop owner claims fish is 43, weighs 20 pounds 9 Mar 2010 at 3:31pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- It sounds fishy but a New York City pet shop owner says it's true. Buttkiss, the black pacu he owns, is 43 and weighs 20 pounds. A pacu is a breed that's related to the piranha. Steve Gruebel owns Cameo Pet Shop in Queens. He got Buttkiss in 1967 when he was just a wee thing. He sold him a year later when Buttkiss was two inches long. But in 1970, Buttkiss was returned when he outgrew the buyer's tank....
NYC chef creates breast milk cheese 9 Mar 2010 at 3:28pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- Breast milk cheese, anyone? A Manhattan chef has posted a recipe on his blog for what he calls "My spouse's mommy milk cheese." Daniel Angerer co-owns Klee Brasserie with his wife Lori Mason. A photo on his blog features the cheese encrusted with maple caramelized pumpkin and Concord grapes. They had an overabundance of milk for their newborn, Arabella Caroline. When their small freezer ran out of space, Angerer decided to experiment....
Ex-president's body stolen for ransom, Cyprus says - 9 Mar 2010 at 1:06pm - NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus said Tuesday ransom was the motive of thieves who stole the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, found in a shallow grave Monday three months after it disappeared from its tomb.
Ex-president's body stolen for ransom, Cyprus says (Reuters) - 9 Mar 2010 at 1:06pm - Reuters - Cyprus said Tuesday ransom was the motive of thieves who stole the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, found in a shallow grave Monday three months after it disappeared from its tomb.
Chocolate-powered racecar makes sustainability sexy - 9 Mar 2010 at 12:54pm - BOSTON (Reuters Life!) - Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top speed of 135 miles per hour and can go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds.
Chocolate-powered racecar makes sustainability sexy (Reuters) - 9 Mar 2010 at 12:54pm - Reuters - Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top speed of 135 miles per hour and can go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds.
Residents flee Angolan village invaded by elephants - 9 Mar 2010 at 12:50pm - LUANDA (Reuters) - Wild elephants rampaged through a southern village in Angola last weekend, destroying farms and dozens of houses and prompting most of its 4,000 residents to flee to neighboring Namibia, a local official said Tuesday.
Residents flee Angolan village invaded by elephants (Reuters) - 9 Mar 2010 at 12:50pm - Reuters - Wild elephants rampaged through a southern village in Angola last weekend, destroying farms and dozens of houses and prompting most of its 4,000 residents to flee to neighboring Namibia, a local official said Tuesday.
Pa. suit: Bank wrongly repossessed home, took bird 9 Mar 2010 at 8:43am
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A Pittsburgh-area woman is suing Bank of America, claiming it wrongfully repossessed her home and saying that a bank contractor trashed the house and took her parrot....
New Zealand woman sells souls to highest bidder 8 Mar 2010 at 11:33pm
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- The rare spirits that went under the gavel at a recent online auction in New Zealand weren't aged brandies or hard-to-find liqueurs....
Canada drops plans for politically correct anthem (Reuters) - 8 Mar 2010 at 1:28pm - Reuters - Don't mess with a century-old tradition even if it is sexist, Canadians told the Conservative government this week, forcing Ottawa to scrap plans to make the country's national anthem gender-neutral.
Canada drops plans for politically correct anthem - 8 Mar 2010 at 1:28pm - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Don't mess with a century-old tradition even if it is sexist, Canadians told the Conservative government this week, forcing Ottawa to scrap plans to make the country's national anthem gender-neutral.
U.S. blacks, Hispanics losing more sleep over worries (Reuters) - 8 Mar 2010 at 1:24pm - Reuters - Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than whites and Asians to lose sleep over job and money worries, a sleep survey released on Monday found.
U.S. blacks, Hispanics losing more sleep over worries - 8 Mar 2010 at 1:24pm - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than whites and Asians to lose sleep over job and money worries, a sleep survey released on Monday found.
Seal meat to be on menu at Canadian Parliament (Reuters) - 8 Mar 2010 at 1:24pm - Reuters - Canada's parliamentary restaurant will be serving seal meat on Wednesday in a gesture of defiance aimed at a European Union ban on imports of seal products.
Seal meat to be on menu at Canadian Parliament - 8 Mar 2010 at 1:24pm - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's parliamentary restaurant will be serving seal meat on Wednesday in a gesture of defiance aimed at a European Union ban on imports of seal products.
Woman charged in breast milk assault on jailer 7 Mar 2010 at 1:04pm
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) -- A woman in jail for public intoxication was accused of assaulting a jailer by squirting breast milk at her. WYMT-TV reported that a 31-year-old woman was arrested Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of public intoxication. But as she was changing into an inmate uniform, she squirted breast milk into the face of a female deputy who was with her....
McDonald's parking spot dispute turns violent 7 Mar 2010 at 10:08am
LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) -- A long-running argument over a favorite McDonald's parking spot has resulted in an assault conviction. A Colorado jury on Friday convicted 52-year-old Vernon Brandt of Loveland of felony third-degree assault for a 2008 fight with 85-year-old Richard Albers....
Accused scratch-off thief returns to same store 7 Mar 2010 at 10:04am
BARTOW, Fla. (AP) -- A Winter Haven man was arrested after authorities said he took a winning scratch-off ticket back to the store he had stolen it from a day earlier. The Polk County Sheriff's Office reported that a 22-year-old man stole $70 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets from a Circle K store on Sunday. One of the tickets revealed a $50 prize....
Police: Woman again tries using cabs to steal TVs 7 Mar 2010 at 9:59am
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) -- Police said a North Pole woman accused in December of stealing televisions and hiring a cabbie as her getaway driver is now accused of trying it again. The Fairbanks Dail News-Miner reported that a 27-year-old woman was charged with second-degree felony robbery and misdemeanor theft in the Friday incident, which occurred just one week after she posted bail in the similar case last year....
Woman allegedly stabs ex after looking at phone 7 Mar 2010 at 9:56am
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) -- Las Cruces police said a woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her ex-husband. Police said a 27-year-old woman was charged with three counts of aggravated battery against a household member and one count of battery. She was being held on $15,000 bond at the Dona Ana County Detention Center. The woman's ex-husband was taken to a hospital for treatment of his wounds after the Thursday night altercation....
Granny camps out 43 hours for grandson's ice cream 7 Mar 2010 at 9:46am
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) -- Here's one Wisconsin grandmother who makes time for her grandson. Michelle Cuestas of Green Bay used two vacation days and camped out for 43 hours to make sure her grandson would be first in line for the 2010 opening of a Stevens Point ice-cream landmark....
Aussie underwear has gone bananas (Reuters) - 5 Mar 2010 at 2:11pm - Reuters - Australian underwear company AussieBum has been monkeying around and the result is a range of men's underwear made with bananas.
Aussie underwear has gone bananas - 5 Mar 2010 at 2:11pm - SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Australian underwear company AussieBum has been monkeying around and the result is a range of men's underwear made with bananas.
Hamas bans men from women's hair salons in Gaza - 5 Mar 2010 at 2:09pm - GAZA (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Thursday banned men in the Gaza Strip from working in women's hair salons, vowing to arrest and try offenders.
Hamas bans men from women's hair salons in Gaza (Reuters) - 5 Mar 2010 at 2:06pm - Reuters - The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Thursday banned men in the Gaza Strip from working in women's hair salons, vowing to arrest and try offenders.
Pilot with fake licence arrested at airport - 4 Mar 2010 at 10:53am - AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Swedish pilot with a fake commercial license was arrested in his cockpit at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport as he prepared to fly 101 passengers on a Boeing 737 to Turkey, Dutch police said Wednesday.
Pilot with fake licence arrested at airport (Reuters) - 4 Mar 2010 at 10:53am - Reuters - A Swedish pilot with a fake commercial license was arrested in his cockpit at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport as he prepared to fly 101 passengers on a Boeing 737 to Turkey, Dutch police said Wednesday.
London stage fright: rats, mice and fleas: survey - 4 Mar 2010 at 10:52am - LONDON (Reuters) - Performers in London's West End are having to cope with a different kind of stage fright in the form of mice, rat and flea infestations in theatres, according to a new survey by actors' union Equity.
London stage fright: rats, mice and fleas: survey (Reuters) - 4 Mar 2010 at 10:52am - Reuters - Performers in London's West End are having to cope with a different kind of stage fright in the form of mice, rat and flea infestations in theatres, according to a new survey by actors' union Equity.
Chinese youth accused of not being fighting fit (Reuters) - 4 Mar 2010 at 10:52am - Reuters - China must urgently address the physical fitness of the nation's youth or run the risk of raising a generation incapable of fighting the Japanese in a future war, the head of the country's top sports university said Thursday.
Canada may adopt gender-neutral national anthem (Reuters) - 4 Mar 2010 at 10:51am - Reuters - "O Canada," the country's national anthem, has included the line, "True patriot love in all thy sons' command," for nearly 100 years.
Child's play at air traffic tower sparks inquiry (Reuters) - 3 Mar 2010 at 11:56am - Reuters - An investigation is underway into why a young child, apparently under an adult's supervision, was allowed to direct air traffic at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, U.S. authorities said on Wednesday.
Army nixes raid after Facebook leak? (Reuters) - 3 Mar 2010 at 11:56am - Reuters - The Israeli military called off a raid in Palestinian territory after a soldier posted details, including the time and place, on social networking website Facebook, Israel's Army Radio reported Wednesday.
"Hurt Locker" producers sued days before Oscars (Reuters) - 3 Mar 2010 at 11:55am - Reuters - A U.S. Army sergeant on Tuesday sued the makers of Oscar-nominated film "The Hurt Locker" five days before the Academy Awards, claiming the central character in the film is based on him.
Marriages last longer than living together? (Reuters) - 2 Mar 2010 at 12:35pm - Reuters - U.S. marriages last longer than unions where couples live together outside matrimony, the Centers for Disease Control reported on Tuesday.
Tanks a lot... (Reuters) - 1 Mar 2010 at 11:08am - Reuters - About 100 modern Russian tanks have been discovered abandoned on the side of a road in the country's Ural mountains, footage published Saturday by websites showed.
Panda found eating like a pig (Reuters) - 1 Mar 2010 at 11:07am - Reuters - Hunger drove a wild panda to break into a Chinese farmer's pig pen and eat their food, which was meat and bone, rather than bamboo.
Baby born in traffic jam as leader drives by (Reuters) - 26 Feb 2010 at 1:00pm - Reuters - A Pakistani woman gave birth to a baby girl in an auto-rickshaw stuck in a traffic jam when police closed roads to let President Asif Ali Zardari's motorcade drive by.
Man must pay for injury caused in suicide bid (Reuters) - 26 Feb 2010 at 11:25am - Reuters - A court ruled that a Russian man must pay more than 100,000 rubles ($3,330) for medical bills and damages to the parents of a girl he hit when he jumped from a window in a suicide attempt.
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