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Man bites police over a pet peeve (Reuters)

published Thu, Sep 02 2010 13:20 GMT
Reuters - Police arrested an 82-year-old man after he bit and kicked officers who had arrived to mediate in a dispute with a neighbor over a domestic pet.

First champagne, now 200-year-old beer salvaged in Baltic (AFP)

published Thu, Sep 02 2010 12:56 GMT
AFP - Divers salvaged the world's oldest drinkable beer from a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, just days after work began to retrieve dozens of bottles of 200-year-old champagne, local officials said.

Wyo. troopers examine human ashes in traffic stop (AP)

published Thu, Sep 02 2010 12:56 GMT
AP - The powdery substance that Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers found in a zip-close bag during a recent traffic stop didn't turn out to be drugs after all.

Snakes on a plane! British officials make weird finds (AFP)

published Thu, Sep 02 2010 12:34 GMT
AFP - British border officials said Thursday they had stopped dozens of weird animals being snuck into the country -- including a boa constrictor wrapped round a man's leg.

Vuvuzelas banned from European soccer competition (Reuters)

published Wed, Sep 01 2010 12:30 GMT
Reuters - Vuvuzelas have been kicked out of European competitions after UEFA said that the controversial plastic trumpets drowned out supporters and detracted from the emotion of the game.


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