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Thursday, 19 February 2009 |
 A 200-pound pet chimpanzee has been shot and killed by police in Stamford, Connecticut in the United States after it got loose from its cage and attacked a woman. |
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Tuesday, 17 February 2009 |
 A woman who held the Guinness World Record for having the world's longest fingernails has lost them in a four-car accident in her hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah in the United States.
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Saturday, 14 February 2009 |
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A man in Boynton Beach, Florida located in the United States, was arrested for misusing the city's 911 emergency phone service. Jean Fortune, 66, called 911 to complain about a fast food order from Burger King he had not yet placed. |
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Friday, 06 February 2009 |
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A six-pound infant born in San Francisco, California has six perfectly formed and functional fingers and toes on his hands and feet, so that it isn't considered a disability or deformity, say doctors at Saint Luke's Hospital who were amazed by the oddity. |
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Friday, 30 January 2009 |
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Marvin Schur, a 93-year-old man from Bay City, Michigan has died after the electric company limited his electric use due to his failure to pay over US$1,000 in past-due payments. |
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Thursday, 29 January 2009 |
 Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir , an openly gay Icelandic politician currently serving as the nation's Minister for Social Affairs, is soon to be appointed to prime minister. The appointment will mark the first time ever that an openly gay individual has ever been appointed prime minister of a nation. So far, none have yet to be elected either.
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Saturday, 10 January 2009 |
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 British royal Princess Beatrice, age 20, has become the victim of thieves, who stole her prized £17,000 black 1 Series BMW while she and her police bodyguard were shopping in Devonshire Place in Kensington — leaving the vehicle's keys in the ignition.
The luxury car, which has a personalised number plate and contained some personal items, was a gift from her father, Prince Andrew, for her 17th birthday in 2005.
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Saturday, 03 January 2009 |
Portugese Maria de Jesus died Tuesday, at 115 years and 114 days old. The vegetarian, non-smoking, teetotal farmer had only visited a hospital once in her life, outliving her husband by 57 years, and two of her five children. The cause of her death is either unknown or has not yet been released.
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Wednesday, 31 December 2008 |
 The world’s largest Santa Claus ice sculpture has been built in China for the upcoming 25th International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Heilongjiang Province. In Harbin, city ice sculptors and organizers are building the giant Father Christmas, a 160 meters (525 ft) long and 24 meters high sculpture. It centers on an enormous face of Santa, complete with flowing beard and hat. |
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Monday, 15 December 2008 |
 An Iraqi journalist for an Egyptian Newspaper named Muntazer al-Zaidi was tackled by authorities after he threw his shoes at United States president George W. Bush during a press conference on Sunday in Baghdad. Bush had made a surprise last visit to Iraq to sign a new security pact brokered by Iraq and the U.S. |
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Saturday, 13 December 2008 |
 A Russian operator of mobile advertising, Superfon, registered a smiley as its trademark. Now the company intends to charge everyone who uses its trademark in its commercial advertising. Many well-known Russian companies have already said that they are not going to pay a ruble for that. The incident marked yet another attempt to claim the rights for the smiley in Russia.
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Friday, 05 December 2008 |
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A man from San Antonio, Texas in the United States, is being charged with assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault after he ran a woman off the road. The driver who caused the accident told police that God told him to do it. |
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
Newspapers and online sources today reported that a Canadian father sold a hard-to-find video game, which he bought for $90, for $9000 (Canadian), after finding his son smoking pot.
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
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A top 10 of irritating expressions has been compiled by researchers at Oxford University. Heading the list was the expression 'at the end of the day', which was followed in second place by the phrase 'fairly unique'. |
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 |
 A song proclaiming that United States president-elect Barack Obama is Irish has got more than 600,000 views on video sharing site YouTube , with many of those views coming after he was elected on November 4. |
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Thursday, 23 October 2008 |
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A woman in Italy was kept a prisoner in her own home by her husband for 50 years, police have revealed. The wife was only allowed out of the house when accompanied by him, and was not allowed to speak with anyone else. |
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