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Airport X-ray suitcase surprise: Poisonous snakes

PodcastDec 28, 2011

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Surprised airport workers in Argentina found hundreds of wriggling poisonous snakes and endangered reptiles inside the baggage of a Czech man who was about to board a flight to Spain.Karel Abelovsky, 51, was made to open his baggage at Buenos Aires' international
Berkshire completes deal to buy Omaha World-Herald

IndustryDec 27, 2011

OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) _ Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has completed the purchase of company chairman Warren Buffett's hometown newspaper, the Omaha World-Herald.The deal announced Nov. 30, for $150 million and the assumption of $50 million in debt, ended one of the newspaper industry's last sizable employe
Report: Schwarzenegger and Shriver may get back together

TelevisionDec 27, 2011

Los Angeles (dpa) - Maria Shriver is considering putting herdivorce from former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger onhold, celebrity website TMZ.com reported Monday. Shriver, who is a scion of the Kennedy political clan, filed fordivorce from the action movie star-turned-Republican polit
Vigorous star-forming galaxy at cosmic dawn discovered

ScienceDec 27, 2011

An international team of astronomers has discovered a vigorous, star-forming galaxy that existed about 750 million years after the Big Bang. This galaxy, named GN-108036, was a remarkable source of star formation at the so-called "cosmic dawn.” It was generating an exceptionally large amount of star
French breast implant maker faced US lawsuits

HealthDec 27, 2011

NEW YORK, Dec 26, 2011 (AFP) - Breast implants made by troubled French firm PIP have been at the heart of multiple lawsuits in the United States, where they were sold up until 2000, documents filed with the US government show.Tens of thousands of women worldwide have been fitted with the implants, w
Old fruitcake brings $525 for charity

Food&BeverageDec 27, 2011

How much is a 70-year-old fruitcake worth? For a winning auction bidder the answer is $525, which will go to help the homeless in Ohio, the cake's owner said.The fruitcake was baked and sold by a Cincinnati-area Kroger store in 1941 and wound up back at the store in 1971. A note left with the return
Texas police: Man in Santa suit killed 6 relatives

PodcastDec 27, 2011

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Police in a quiet Fort Worth suburb worked Monday to piece together a family history after a man dressed in a Santa Claus suit apparently shot six relatives and himself on Christmas.Grapevine police spokesman Sgt. Robert Eberling said the shooter showed up in the costum
Fired football coach alleges outside pressure on player selection

SoccerDec 26, 2011

The recently fired head coach of the national football team on Monday claimed to have come under pressure from senior officials in his player selection, an allegation promptly rejected by a high-ranking football executive.(Yonhap News)Cho Kwang-rae, dismissed earlier this month, said three senior of
Earth has two moons now

ScienceDec 26, 2011

The Earth has always had a second moon, new study has claimed. When astronomers in Arizona found a mysterious titanium white object orbiting the Earth in the fall of 2006, it looked like a spent rocket stage The full moon rises behind the ancient temple of Posseidon, in Sounio about 73 kilomet
'Anonymous' hackers target US security think tank

TechnologyDec 26, 2011

LONDON (AP) _ The loose-knit hacking movement ``Anonymous'' claimed to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor. One hacker said the goal was to pilfer funds from individuals' accounts to give away as
Christmas attacks in Nigeria by sect kill 39

CultureDec 26, 2011

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) _ Terror attacks across Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people, with the majority dying on the steps of a Catholic church after celebrating Christmas Mass as blood pooled in dust from a massive explosion.Authorities on Sunday acknowledged they could not bring
Iranian woman to face death by stoning or hanging

PodcastDec 26, 2011

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) _ Authorities in Iran said Sunday they are again moving ahead with plans to execute a woman sentenced to death by stoning on an adultery conviction in a case that sparked an international outcry, but are considering whether to carry out the punishment by hanging instead.Sakineh Moh
Entertainment industry overheats

Dec 25, 2011

The number of people making a living off the entertainment industry surged 40 percent last year, a sign that more wannabe stars are betting on the booming industry. Those who registered themselves as an actor, singer, model or a TV personality exceeded 170,000 in 2010, the National Tax Service said,
US woman stranded by snow 9 days in her car

PodcastDec 25, 2011

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona (AP) -- A U.S. university student said she had nothing to eat but two candy bars while her car was stuck in the snow for nine days in a remote area of Arizona. In neighboring New Mexico, a family found themselves struggling to breathe after nearly two days in their SUV, which was
France to pay for removal of risky breast implants

HealthDec 25, 2011

PARIS (AP) -- France took a costly and unprecedented leap Friday in offering to pay for 30,000 women to have their breast implants removed because of mounting fears the products could rupture and leak cheap, industrial-grade silicone into the body.Tens of thousands of other women elsewhere in Europe