News for 2009

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November 18, 2009

The robber who is too ugly for a life of crime

A big-eared bank raider nicknamed Shrek is behind bars today after being warned he is 'too ugly' to commit crime. Unfortunate David Holyoak, 33, has rather distinctive looks and his features make it easy for police to get his description and locate him. As Holyoak, of Whitefield, Mancheste...
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November 14, 2009

Word ‘meep’ banned from US school

Meep' has always been a four-letter word - but now it's taboo in one American school, after a high school principal banned students from saying it in the classroom. Best known as the noise made by orange-haired lab assistant Beaker from The Muppet Show, 'meep' has now been outlawed at Danvers...
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November 13, 2009

Britons pull out all the stops for record

Hair-raising, emotional and explosive - stunt-loving Britons showed plenty of power, passion and puff during an unprecedented record-breaking spree yesterday An 'Ironman' pulling an 8.5-tonne bus with just his ponytail, and dozens of London commuters spontaneously hugging strangers were among...
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November 13, 2009

Nazi gnomes invade Germany

You wouldn't normally think of garden gnomes as being leading advocates of fascist ideology, given that they're mostly concerned with sitting on logs in gardens, wearing hats, and fishing in small ponds. But these gnomes are a bit different - and 1,250 of them just appeared in a public squar...
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November 13, 2009

Girlfriends film four men taking naked car wash

ur men who had a naked car wash while their girlfriends filmed them are in trouble with the police. The men, aged between 19 and 23, have been charged with exposure and public nuisance. Police say they each paid for a wash before stripping nude and cleaning themselves in the soapy water while ...
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May 5, 2009

Rickshaw not shy of a coconut or two

This rickshaw is barely visible as it sputters along the road with its cargo of coconuts. Its owner was so desperate to get to market in Mysore, India, he put all his coconuts in one load. 'The husks were tied to each other using their own fibres. Crazy,' said CG Muthana, who took the shot...
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