AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch brewer with a penchant for competition has laid claim to creating the world's strongest brew: a beer that is some 60 percent alcohol by volume.
Brewer claims world's strongest beer
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Escaped tiger found after massive South Africa search
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Rangers captured an escaped tiger at a South African farm on Wednesday after a two-day helicopter search that had dominated news broadcasts.
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Teenager survives fall from 16th story balcony
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A 15-year-old New Zealand boy has survived with minor injuries after falling 16-storeys from the balcony of his family's apartment onto a concrete floor, New Zealand media reported Monday.
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Police: Ohio driver in chase stopped at red lights
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2010-07-30T13:20:39Z
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Cincinnati police say a speeding driver tried to flee arrest while obeying red lights....
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Police: Cheeseburger found in SC woman's gas tank
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2010-07-29T22:20:53Z
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina woman found out fast food won't make your car go fast. The Herald of Rock Hill reported Thursday a 30-year-old woman made a complaint to police after she took her car to a Rock Hill mechanic last week because it would suddenly stop running....
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D.C. Sniper Tells Shatner Others Backed Out Of Spree
In an interview with actor William Shatner on a cable TV special, Lee Boyd Malvo said two men planned to join him and John Allen Muhammad in their 2002 shooting spree. He said Muhammad killed one of the men when he reneged.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Prodigal gun: Man reunited with stolen revolver
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2010-07-29T22:19:36Z
TERRELL, Texas (AP) -- A rural East Texas man has been reunited with his long-lost gun more than two decades after it was stolen. According to a Kaufman County Sheriff's Office statement, burglars took Bruce Garner's H&R nine-shot revolver from the Terrell man's home soon after he moved there in June 1989....
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500-pound alligator rounded up in SC lagoon
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2010-07-29T20:26:50Z
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) -- As gators go, the one found in a South Carolina lagoon was downright gargantuan. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported that an 11-foot-long, 500 pound alligator was removed from a lagoon on the resort island on Wednesday. It took three gator wrestlers from the Critter Management company and a truck to pull the gator from the lagoon near a church....
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Fla. deputy shoots himself in leg during training
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2010-07-29T19:18:12Z
CRESTVIEW, Fla. (AP) -- An Okaloosa Sheriff's deputy is on leave after shooting himself in the leg during a training exercise at a firing range. Miguel Rojas accidentally hit himself Tuesday when deputies were forced to use their less-dominant hand to shoot. The 35-year-old caught his finger in the trigger guard while trying to holster his gun. The bullet broke a small bone in Rojas' leg, but the injury didn't require surgery....
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Acupuncture patient says she was locked in office
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2010-07-29T19:16:04Z
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) -- Police in Bellingham, Wash., say an acupuncture patient called 911 for assistance after she says clinic workers apparently forgot about her and locked up the office....
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Vicar conducted 360 sham marriages
LONDON (Reuters) - A vicar was found guilty on Thursday of conducting hundreds of sham marriages between African nationals and cash-strapped eastern Europeans to allow illegal immigrants to gain residency in Britain.
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Brewer claims world's strongest beer
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch brewer with a penchant for competition has laid claim to creating the world's strongest brew: a beer that is some 60 percent alcohol by volume.
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Churchill's dentures fetch nearly $24,000
LONDON (Reuters) - A partial set of British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill's gold-mounted dentures has fetched 15,200 pounds ($23,770) at auction, over three times the estimate.
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Churchill's choppers sold at auction in England
By SYLVIA HUI
2010-07-29T13:04:25Z
LONDON (AP) -- A partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill - described as the teeth that saved the world - sold at auction Thursday for 15,200 pounds ($23,723.)...
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Saggy pants foolish but legal, NYC judge rules
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2010-07-29T13:36:21Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- Wearing saggy pants is not a crime, just foolish....
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The Mustard Museum: Passion For A Condiment
Summer is full of distinctive flavors, but one condiment stands above them all: mustard. Hot dogs just aren't the same without it. And in Wisconsin, there's a museum devoted to the simple spread. It all started with one man collecting unique mustards.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Cheeseburger stuffed in car's gas tank
The 30-year-old told police she noticed her car was running “rugged” late last week, according to a Rock Hill police report. The car would stop running, and let her start it again only to cut off a few minutes later.
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Cat Gives Birth to Dog in Georgia Says Owner: Video
A Woman in Georgia is Claiming That Her Cat Has Given Birth to a Dog.
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Man masked as Darth Vader robs bank
A man dressed as the Star Wars antagonist Darth Vader robbed a bank in Setauket, New York. The robber was dressed in a character themed mask and blue cape. Armed with a hand gun, the robber stole an undetermined amount of cash from the Chase bank branch.
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Rude awakening
Man falls asleep with his gun. You know where this is going, don't you?
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