Crime scene cleanup ad lifts Handel's Messiah
(Reuters)
2011-12-27 12:26:12
Reuters - Who says beautiful music and blood spatter cleanup can't go together.
Stressed Chinese fight back -- with pillows
(Reuters)
2011-12-25 22:43:51
Reuters - A whirlwind of pillows bearing the names of bosses and teachers filled the air as hundreds of Chinese gathered to blow off stress in Shanghai, staging a massive pillow battle.
Boston student re-united with 0,000 violin
(Reuters)
2011-12-25 11:53:21
Reuters - Christmas came early for a Boston music student who was reunited with the 0,000 violin she forgot in the overhead compartment of a regional commuter bus she rode last week, police said.
NORAD's Santa tracking set to launch on Christmas Eve
(Reuters)
2011-12-23 14:10:20
Reuters - With Santa's departure from the North Pole imminent, preparations to track his global trek were underway on Friday at an aerospace command center in Colorado.
Waiting for Congress, Obama takes dog Bo shopping
(Reuters)
2011-12-21 16:50:30
Reuters - With his wife and daughters already in Hawaii for the holidays, President Barack Obama took his dog Bo shopping on Wednesday as he waited for congressional leaders to mop up a payroll tax mess that has kept him in Washington.
Mystery buyer acquires vatican.xxx web address
(Reuters)
2011-12-21 16:44:15
Reuters - The Vatican said on Wednesday an unknown buyer had snapped up the internet address vatican.xxx, a domain combining its name with an extension reserved for pornographic content.
Hungary tech firm immortalizes Steve Jobs in bronze
(Reuters)
2011-12-21 15:40:12
Reuters - A Hungarian software company unveiled what it said was the world's first bronze statue of Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs Wednesday, calling him one of the greatest personalities of the modern age.
Canadian charity throws doomed bunnies a lifeline
(Reuters)
2011-12-21 15:00:05
Reuters - A Canadian charity, appropriately named EARS, is offering to help a Rocky Mountain town deal with its bunny problem, promising to neuter and spay the unwanted rabbits rather than let the city carry out its trap-and-cull proposal.
Florida town seeks nudist vacationers from Europe
(Reuters)
2011-12-21 12:49:04
Reuters - A west Florida community is spending ,800 in tax dollars to entice naked Germans to spend their summer vacations there.
Portugal police boss suspended for saucy X-mas email
(Reuters)
2011-12-21 11:04:22
Reuters - A Portuguese city suspended its police chief for sending a Christmas email greeting to its entire municipal workforce which contained images of scantily clad women and seasonal wishes for a great sex life.
California sperm donor at odds with federal regulators
(Reuters)
2011-12-20 16:17:20
Reuters - An electronics company engineer who the U.S. government considers a one-man sperm bank has fathered an estimated 14 children through free donations of his semen that he advertises over the Internet.
Disgraced duke's figure moved in Madrid wax museum
(Reuters)
2011-12-19 13:47:19
Reuters - Spain's royal family has lost one of its members, at least in Madrid's Wax Museum.
British sprinter raises 2012 sponsorship on eBay
(Reuters)
2011-12-17 15:30:24
Reuters - A top British sprinter desperate to run in his home London Olympics next year has raised 32,550 pounds (,500) in sponsorship by auctioning himself on eBay.
How watching football was nearly the death of a fan
(Reuters)
2011-12-16 10:32:57
Reuters - Watching your favorite football team trying to hang on to a precarious lead in the dying minutes of a match is enough to frazzle anyone's nerves, but for one Manchester United fan the stress was nearly too much.
Rostock want sellout virtual crowd in closed doors match
(Reuters)
2011-12-16 06:37:22
Reuters - Hansa Rostock are hoping their German second-division match against Dynamo Dresden will be a sell-out Sunday even though they have been ordered to play behind closed doors.