Archive for July, 2009

[audio] Last Mozzarella Stick Sacrificed In Herculean Display Of Good Manners

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Onion Radio News – with Doyle Redland


Russia’s Putin dons wet suit, tags Beluga whale (Reuters)

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Reuters – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a judo black belt who last year shot a tiger, Friday demonstrated his softer side by donning a wet suit and tagging a whale.

Russia’s Putin dons wet suit, tags Beluga whale (Reuters)

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Reuters – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a judo black belt who last year shot a tiger, Friday demonstrated his softer side by donning a wet suit and tagging a whale.

Those cadavers are mine, lawsuit alleges (Reuters)

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Reuters – The owner of a popular collection of “high quality” cadavers has sued the manager of an exhibition at New York’s South Street Seaport, seeking to prevent it from taking control of the bodies.

Those cadavers are mine, lawsuit alleges (Reuters)

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Reuters – The owner of a popular collection of “high quality” cadavers has sued the manager of an exhibition at New York’s South Street Seaport, seeking to prevent it from taking control of the bodies.

Spurs probe Twitter rant on striker Bent’s page (Reuters)

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Reuters – Tottenham Hotspur are investigating whether criticism of the Premier League club’s chairman on Darren Bent’s Twitter page were posted by the England forward, a spokesman for the club said Friday.

In Focus: New Neighbor Tested With Beer

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PESHTIGO, WI-Seeking to gauge the personality and character of new next-door neighbor Roger Lundback, Bob Iwanski surreptitiously subjected him to a beer test Monday.


“Smoking-ban murder” (Reuters)

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An employee of a bank smokes a cigarette at his workplace in Pontevedra, northern Spain December 15, 2005. REUTERS/Miguel VidalReuters – A restaurant owner in southwest Turkey was shot dead after he tried to prevent his customers from smoking to comply with a new law on the use of tobacco indoors, Hurriyet daily said on Thursday.

Underweight team told to eat at least 15 eggs a day (Reuters)

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Some of the thousands of eggs produced each day by caged hens are stacked up at an egg farm in San Diego County in this picture taken July 29, 2008. REUTERS/Mike BlakeReuters – India’s unfancied rugby sevens side must bulk up if they hope to make an impact at next year’s Commonwealth Games, eating seven meals and at least 15 eggs a day, the country’s South African coach said on Friday.

Phone lost 4 days at sea found, recharged, returned (Reuters)

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Reuters – A mobile phone lost at sea for four days washed up in perfect condition in Taiwan after drifting 37 km (23 miles) and was discovered by a park lifeguard who tracked down the shocked owner to return it, the finder said on Friday.