Reuters - A crocodile that escaped from
a travelling circus in Ukraine and evaded capture for six
months died on Friday after two days back in captivity,
officials said.
Reuters - Venezuelan businesses spent years
conspiring against President Hugo Chavez, but the government
now says they have found a new way to play dirty — hiding
toilet paper to sway Sunday's vote on expanding Chavez's
powers.
Reuters - A U.S.-based television channel
investigating the existence of the legendary Yeti in Nepal has
found footprints similar to those said to be that of the
abominable snowman, the company said on Friday.
AP - Irish police were hunting for a beer bandit who stole 450 full kegs from the Guinness brewery — the largest heist ever at Ireland’s largest brewer.
Reuters - Italian police burst into the
room of a suspected Mafia mobster in Sicily and arrested him as
he watched a television show about the arrest of a Mafia boss,
investigators said on Friday.
Reuters - Troubled sumo champion Asashoryu returned
to Japan on Friday with bows and apologies for secretly playing
soccer when he said he was too ill to wrestle.
AP - Tourists in the northern reaches of Sweden are often hunting for a moose to eat, but one area will soon welcome them to eat inside a moose. A giant, wooden moose.
AP - More than two decades after Aaron Giles lost his identity bracelet, he’s finding how it was discovered tough to swallow. A meat cutter at Olson Locker in Fairmont came across the shiny object in a chicken gizzard and saw a name, address and phone number engraved on it.
AP - Tourists in the northern reaches of Sweden are often hunting for a moose to eat, but one area will soon welcome them to eat inside a moose. A giant, wooden moose.
AP - More than two decades after Aaron Giles lost his identity bracelet, he’s finding how it was discovered tough to swallow. A meat cutter at Olson Locker in Fairmont came across the shiny object in a chicken gizzard and saw a name, address and phone number engraved on it.
