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Zoo flamingos lay first eggs
UPI - 17 minutes ago
Giving the Chilean flamingos in Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo more plantings appears to have been followed by an outbreak of romance and 10 eggs.

Bent cucumbers? With prices up, EU won't bin them
Reuters - 57 minutes ago
Twisted carrots, warped leeks and bent cucumbers may soon appear - officially - on EU shop shelves as Europe's farm chief overrides opposition from leading producer countries to her marketing ...
· EU states oppose plan to end 'bent cucumber' rule Reuters

Man arrested in torn pants fraud
UPI - 23 Jul, 17:40
A California man known for a series of UFO sighting hoaxes has confessed to attempting to defraud a restaurant for the value of a pair of torn designer jeans.

Protester's stunt sticks with British PM
UPI - 23 Jul, 17:40
A British protester - trying to make sure his message stuck in people's minds - glued himself to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
· It's Gordon here... Gordon Brown IOL
· Protester sticks by PM Ananova
· UK PM helps save world from aliens in comic book CNEWS

New Abercrombie ad prompts picket threat
UPI - 23 Jul, 17:40
A North Carolina man says he'll throw up a picket line at his neighborhood mall after no one would do anything about the latest racy Abercrombie and Fitch ad.

Sunscreen no longer blocked by Yankees
UPI - 23 Jul, 17:40
Team officials admit rules were 'too stringent' and are now allowing sunblock to be brought into New York's Yankee Stadium.

Newspaper misspells its own name on front page
Telegraph - 23 Jul, 17:00
No media organisation can claim to be immune from spelling mistakes, but a local paper in the US may have set a new standard for worst typo.

British villagers denounce garbage rules
UPI - 23 Jul, 16:30
Residents of a British hamlet say a requirement that they push their trash-holding 'wheelie bins' 1 1/2 miles to a nearby town is rubbish.

Bemused rescuers pick up penguins
BBC - 23 Jul, 16:30
Rescue teams investigating reports of a possible plane crash find two inflatable penguins in the water.
· Biometrics picks up the penguins BBC

Walk of Fame receives a makeover
BBC - 23 Jul, 16:30
Hollywood's iconic Walk of Fame stars are getting a makeover ahead of the tourist attraction's 50th birthday celebrations.
· Exclusive: Hollywood chimp Cheeta gets star on Walk Of Fame Mirror

Huge sand hotel open for business
BBC - 23 Jul, 16:30
The world's first ever sand hotel is made in Dorset and is accepting its first guests for £10 a night.
· Jim Denevan's sand art covers miles of desert Telegraph

Zoo drama as escaped chimp grabs gun
Metro - 23 Jul, 15:10
VIDEO: A chimp who climbed to the roof of a zoo to escape the heat defied the attempts of workers to get him down until they offered him a banana.

Black and white twins a million to one chance
Telegraph - 23 Jul, 13:20
Twins are sometimes hard to tell apart, but not Orlando and Natalia Balasco - because one is black and one is white.
· Twins separated at birth meet after 28 years Telegraph
· Do I know you? IOL

Firemen cut woman free from bracelet
Telegraph - 23 Jul, 13:20
A woman called in firemen to remove a bangle she had worn for 34 years when she failed to get it off her wrist.
· Thieves posed as firemen Ananova

Skinny Santa draws looks at Santa convention
Mail & Guardian - 23 Jul, 13:20
'A Santa in white!' screams a wide-eyed Danish boy as he catches a glimpse of a Santa Claus who has ditched his traditional red garb.
· Santas gather for annual convention Mail & Guardian

Cheese causes bomb scare
Metro - 23 Jul, 12:40
Utah grocery store evacuated after suspicious device found. Suspicious device turns out to be non-suspicious cheese.

Lesbos climax as lesbians lick Lesbians
Register - 23 Jul, 12:40
Lesbian activists from the sun-kissed Sapphic luuurv island of Lesbos have been roundly licked in their battle to prevent gay gals dubbing themselves lesbians, the Beeb reports.
· Lesbians vs lesbians Mail & Guardian
· Greek court rules lesbians are not just from Lesbos Reuters
· Women free to be lesbians in paradise NEWS.com.au
· Lesbian fight in Greece CNEWS
· Lesbos islanders lose lesbian case Ananova

China warns media about 'vulgar' ads
Reuters - 23 Jul, 12:20
China warned its already tightly controlled media on Wednesday that the government would not tolerate 'obscene, sexual, superstitious or base' advertisements over the Olympic period which may ...
· 'Olympic wedding' surge in China BBC

Rollercoaster-lover stays on ride for 20hrs
Metro - 23 Jul, 11:30
A high school teacher lasted 20 hours on a roller coaster in order to win a lifetime theme park pass.
· Roller coaster-lover stays on board for 20 hours Metro

Don't ask Olympic tourists age or wage, China warns
Reuters - 23 Jul, 11:10
Don't ask a tourist's age or wage, steer clear of sex and avoid religion: what many Chinese consider idle chit-chat has now become the latest area of censure in Beijing as it prepares for an ...

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