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South Korea looks to ease name pain for London
Fri,30 Mar 2012 03:13 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - South Korea is planning to unify the spelling of athletes names in English at this year's London Olympics to ease confusion among foreign journalists and fans, local media reported on Friday. The initiative will lead to a universal enforcement of the system revised in 2000, in which Koreans are required to use their family name before their given names, in accordance with the National Institute of the Korean Language. ... Full Story
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Urine-soaked eggs a spring taste treat in China city
Thu,29 Mar 2012 03:08 AM PDT
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A man walks into a primary school toilet where containers are placed to collect urine passed out by boys, in DongyangDONGYANG, China (Reuters) - It's the end of a school day in the eastern Chinese city of Dongyang, and eager parents collect their children after a hectic day of primary school. But that's just the start of busy times for dozens of egg vendors across the city, deep in coastal Zhejiang province, who ready themselves to cook up a unique springtime snack favored by local residents. Basins and buckets of boys' urine are collected from primary school toilets. ...


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Wife shot dead by husband after dog poops in house: police
Wed,28 Mar 2012 04:24 PM PDT
Reuters - DALLAS (Reuters) - A 76-year-old Texas man was charged with murder for shooting his wife and two dogs after one of the animals pooped in the house. Police arrested Michael Stephen Stolz after a five-hour standoff at the man's home in the Dallas suburb of Lewisville late Tuesday. He was charged with murder in the shooting death of his wife, Bernice Stolz, and remained in the Denton County Jail on Wednesday on a $250,000 bond. Stolz told officers he shot his 49-year-old wife and the couple's two dogs after the German Shepherd mix defecated on the floor on Saturday, said Lewisville Police Capt. ... Full Story
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Medvedev reassures Russia his cat is safe
Wed,28 Mar 2012 05:52 AM PDT
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File photo of U.S. President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama looking at Russian President Medvedev's cat at the presidential residence Gorki outside MoscowMOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev reassured Russians on Wednesday that his cat Dorofei was safe after reports that it had run away made him an object of satire on Twitter. "About the cat. A source close to #Dorofei says he has not got lost anywhere. Thank you all for your concern!" Medvedev tweeted from a trip to Asia. By then a newly created Twitter account in the cat's name had almost 400 followers and attracted many remarks making fun of Medvedev's subordinate relationship to President-elect Vladimir Putin. "It's simple. ...


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Referee dishes out five red cards in dressing room
Wed,28 Mar 2012 01:41 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A referee sent off five players in the dressing rooms after a post-match brawl at an English League Two (fourth tier) game between Bradford City and promotion-chasing Crawley Town. "I can't believe this has happened," Bradford manager Phil Parkinson, who had three players shown red cards after the 2-1 home defeat on Tuesday night, told the BBC. "I have never been in a situation before where a ref has come into the dressing room, pulled players on one side and sent them off. He wouldn't allow me in there. ... Full Story
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Couple to wed live on Country Music Awards show
Tue,27 Mar 2012 12:00 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A New Jersey couple, who unexpectedly found love during the grief of bereavement, plan to marry on a country music awards show on Sunday and be serenaded by Martina McBride. Country fans Christina Davidson, 31, and Frank Tucci, 33, will exchange wedding vows live on television during the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, show organizers said. Martina McBride and Train frontman Pat Monahan will perform their new single "Marry Me" as the couple marry onstage in what is thought to be a first live wedding during an awards show. ... Full Story
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Austrian saws off own foot to avoid work - report
Mon,26 Mar 2012 06:52 AM PDT
Reuters - VIENNA (Reuters) - An unemployed Austrian man sawed his foot off, apparently to avoid being found fit to go back to work. Hours before an appointment on Monday for the labor office to check on his health, the 56-year-old man held his left leg against an electric saw in his home workshop and severed his foot just above the ankle, Austrian broadcaster ORF reported. Bleeding profusely, the man from the province of Styria then threw the foot into an oven, hobbled to his garage and called an ambulance. An emergency operation was unable to reattach the foot, ORF said. ... Full Story
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Ready, steady...stack at Japan competition
Mon,26 Mar 2012 05:23 AM PDT
Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - More than 100 people gathered to vie for the title of Japan's fastest hands, competing to stack a set of plastic cups into a pyramid in the shortest time possible. The 2012 Sport Stacking competition allowed competitors to show off their skills in a "sport" that organizers say teaches eye-hand coordination, improves reaction time and uses as much energy as archery, bowling or volleyball. Using the 12 specially designed plastic cups, contestants took part in either individual, team relays or with a partner, with each person allowed to use only one hand. ... Full Story
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Borat anthem played by mistake at medals ceremony
Sat,24 Mar 2012 01:22 AM PDT
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British actor Sacha Baron Cohen, in character as a Kazakh TV reporter known as 'Borat', holds a boomerang and can of beer at his film's premiere in Sydney(Reuters) - Kazakhstan's shooting team demanded an apology after a spoof national anthem from the comedy film Borat was played instead of the real one at a medal ceremony in Kuwait, the BBC reported on Friday. The team's coach told Kazakh media the organizers of the Kuwait tournament had downloaded the parody from the internet by mistake and had also got the Serbian national anthem wrong. Footage of Thursday's original ceremony shows gold medalist Maria Dmitrienko listening solemnly to the anthem before smiling. The ceremony was later rerun. ...


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Danish lottery winners go from riches to rags
Fri,23 Mar 2012 09:02 AM PDT
Reuters - COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Three hundred Danes who thought they'd won enough money on the lottery to last them several lifetimes were brought down to earth with a bump minutes later when they learnt their actual prizes wouldn't even pay for a weekend break. State lottery company Danske Spil blamed "human error" for a glitch that held out the promise for part of Tuesday of jackpots ranging from an astronomical 1 billion Danish crowns to a mind-blowing 280 billion ($49.7 billion). The shamefaced lottery firm shattered the 302 winners' dreams by email an hour and a half later. ... Full Story
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Norwegian gains instant fame as taxpayers' everyman
Thu,22 Mar 2012 12:20 PM PDT
Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - A 36-year-old business consultant became Norway's best known taxpayer this week after the government accidentally displayed his records to everyone who logged onto its tax website. Kenneth Belcovski's name is on every Norwegian taxpayer's lips this week after a glitch on the Norwegian government's 2011 tax website redirected people logging on to check their declarations to a page detailing Belcovski's tax details. ... Full Story
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Messi's footwork part of anti-Syria conspiracy: TV
Thu,22 Mar 2012 07:08 AM PDT
Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Barcelona footballers don't just have a slick passing game, they can also secretly indicate arms smuggling routes to Syria, a pro-government Syrian television channel claimed this week. Without a hint of irony, Addounia TV superimposed a map of Syria on a screen to show how Lionel Messi and his team-mates, representing smugglers, had kicked a ball, representing a weapons shipment, into Syria from Lebanon. The subtle signals to rebels were transmitted when Barcelona played Real Madrid in December, said the channel, which is owned by a cousin of President Bashar al-Assad. ... Full Story
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Pink-haired student invited back to school
Wed,21 Mar 2012 10:08 AM PDT
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Delaware middle school student Moore stands in front of the mirror with pink hair at her residence in Newark, Delawar(Reuters) - A school that barred a sixth grader after she dyed her hair pink with her parents' blessing to celebrate her good grades lifted its ban on Tuesday following an outcry from civil rights advocates. After missing three days of classes, pink-haired Brianna Moore headed back to Shue-Medill Middle School in Newark, Delaware, on Tuesday after administrators reversed their decision after a call from the Delaware branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). "We're on our way right now," said Kevin Moore as he drove his 12-year-old daughter to school. ...


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400-pound gorilla escapes, bites zookeeper at Buffalo Zoo
Tue,20 Mar 2012 03:03 PM PDT
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400-pound adult male gorilla, is seen in this undated handout photo from the Buffalo ZooBUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A 400-pound adult male gorilla escaped his cage at the Buffalo Zoo on Monday, biting a female zookeeper before being tranquilized and captured in what a SWAT team leader called, "the scariest thing I've ever done." Zoo officials said Koga, a 24-year-old silverback gorilla, took advantage of an unlocked door in his living quarters on Monday morning and slipped into the space behind it, used by zoo personnel but closed to the public. ...


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Pink-haired student invited back to school
Tue,20 Mar 2012 03:01 PM PDT
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Delaware middle school student Moore stands in front of the mirror with pink hair at her residence in Newark, Delawar(Reuters) - A school that barred a sixth grader after she dyed her hair pink with her parents' blessing to celebrate her good grades lifted its ban on Tuesday following an outcry from civil rights advocates. After missing three days of classes, pink-haired Brianna Moore headed back to Shue-Medill Middle School in Newark, Delaware, on Tuesday after administrators reversed their decision after a call from the Delaware branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). "We're on our way right now," said Kevin Moore as he drove his 12-year-old daughter to school. ...


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Great-great grandmother, 101, breaks paragliding record
Tue,20 Mar 2012 02:03 PM PDT
Reuters - SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A great-great grandmother in America was declared the oldest woman to paraglide tandem on Tuesday after taking to the air to celebrate her 101st birthday. In confirming the feat, Guinness World Records said Mary Allen Hardison's historic flight near Salt Lake City on September 1 last year was "pushing record breaking to new heights." Hardison, of Ogden, Utah, said she decided to go paragliding after her 75-year-old son Allen took up the sport. "Just because you are old doesn't mean you have to sit on your duff all day," Hardison told Reuters. ... Full Story
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North Korean triplets born thanks to "honey tonics"
Tue,20 Mar 2012 07:09 AM PDT
Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - Impoverished North Korea celebrated the arrival this week of its 415th set of triplets, thanks to infusions of honey tonics and a legacy of care bestowed on triple births by the country, state news agency KCNA reported on Tuesday. The triplets were born to Kim Sun Ok, who works in a shoe factory in capital Pyongyang, and her husband Kim Kyong who works in a factory producing soju, a fiery Korean liquor. ... Full Story
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400-pound gorilla escapes, bites zookeeper at Buffalo Zoo
Mon,19 Mar 2012 02:37 PM PDT
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A silverback mountain gorilla is seen during a census inside Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, about 550 km (341 miles) west of Uganda's capital KampalaBUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A 400-pound adult male gorilla escaped his cage at the Buffalo Zoo on Monday, biting a female zookeeper before being tranquilized and captured in what a SWAT team leader called, "the scariest thing I've ever done." Zoo officials said Koga, a 24-year-old silverback gorilla, took advantage of an unlocked door in his living quarters on Monday morning and slipped into the space behind it, used by zoo personnel but closed to the public. ...


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Poo for tea: China's pandas brew a top drop
Mon,19 Mar 2012 09:56 AM PDT
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Employees collect tea leaves fertilised by panda droppings during a media event at a tea farm in Ya'anYA'AN, China (Reuters) - China's national treasure, the giant panda, will become even more precious if one businessman succeeds in using their dung to grow organic green tea he intends to sell for over $200 a cup. An Yanshi, an entrepreneur in southwest China, grows the tea in mountainous Ya'an in Sichuan province using tons of excrement from panda bears living at nearby breeding centers. The first batch of panda dung tea will be sold in lots of 50 grams that will cost some 22,000 yuan ($3,500) each, a price An said makes it the world's most expensive tea. ...


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Rare bunny crushed to death by cameraman at German zoo
Fri,16 Mar 2012 10:02 AM PDT
Reuters - BERLIN (Reuters) - A fawn-colored baby rabbit tipped for fame in Germany as he was born without ears was accidentally trampled and killed by a cameraman who had come to a zoo to film him, German media reported this week. "I can't believe it. The rabbit was so sweet. It is a huge tragedy," zoo manager Uwe Dempewolf told Bild newspaper. The rabbit, due to be named "Til", had hopped behind the cameraman during filming in his small hay-strewn stall at the zoo in Limbach-Oberfrohna, and was crushed as the cameraman took a step backwards. ... Full Story
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U.S. man buried under mound of pinto beans dies
Fri,16 Mar 2012 08:14 AM PDT
Reuters - DENVER (Reuters) - A 56-year-old man was killed when he was buried under a 20-foot (six-meter) mound of pinto beans at a warehouse in eastern Colorado where he worked, police said. Raymond Segura Jr. was pronounced dead at the Brush, Colorado, facility of the Kelley Bean Company on Thursday after efforts to reach him alive were unsuccessful, Morgan County Undersheriff Dave Martin said. "We moved several tons of beans to get to him," Martin said in a telephone interview. Martin said emergency personnel were summoned to the site at 11:30 a.m. ... Full Story
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Greek parties - and pirates - spring up ahead of election
Fri,16 Mar 2012 07:32 AM PDT
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To match GREECE-PARTIES/ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek voters will have a long list of parties to choose from in an election to be held by early May, as new groups spring up on the left and right, including one band of Internet-savvy "Pirates". While many of them will win nowhere near the 3 percent of the vote needed to enter parliament, they can still chip away at support for those backing the international bailout Greece needs to avoid immediate default. ...


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No joke: Italy lawyers strike for better pay, job security
Fri,16 Mar 2012 12:00 AM PDT
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A lawyer holds a sign titled ROME (Reuters) - This is not a lawyers joke. Italian lawyers have gone on strike - again - and they say that in their struggle for better working conditions and pay they are looking for inspiration to none other than Mahatma Gandhi, the little lawyer who liberated India. "Lawyers are going through difficult times," said Maurizio De Tilla, president of the United Lawyers Organisation, as he led a protest of about 2,000 lawyers outside one of Rome's main court buildings. ...


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Thieves evade lasers to nab Italian shipwreck's bell
Thu,15 Mar 2012 10:34 PM PDT
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Italian firefighters are lowered from helicopter onto grounded cruise liner Costa Concordia, off west coast of Italy at Giglio island in this still image taken from videoROME, March 15 - Underwater thieves have evaded an array of laser systems that measure millimetric shifts in the Costa Concordia shipwreck and 24-hour surveillance by the Italian coast guard and police to haul off a symbolic booty - the ship's bell. The giant cruise liner capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio after hitting a rock on January 13, killing at least 25 people. Seven people are still unaccounted for. ...


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Korean, educated and female? Find a matchmaker
Wed,14 Mar 2012 10:07 PM PDT
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The Black Eagles perform during Seoul Air Show 2005 media day at the Seoul Military AirportSEOUL (Reuters) - If you are thirty-plus and a woman with a masters degree in South Korea, you may need the help of a matchmaker to find love -- and your worried mother may even end up doing the legwork for you. As women in this rich Asian country have become better educated, with five times as many now getting advanced degrees as in 1995, they have also become more choosy and are less likely to settle for the role of meek spouse traditionally expected of Korean women. ...


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"Antiques Roadshow" find could fetch $1 million at auction
Wed,14 Mar 2012 01:44 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five rhinoceros horn cups that had been appraised on the popular television show "Antiques Roadshow" could fetch $1 million when they will be sold at auction next week, Sotheby's said. Douglas Huber, a Vietnam veteran from Oklahoma, had brought his set of Qing Dynasty carved rhinoceros cups, which he started collecting in 1969, to a filming of the show in Tulsa, Oklahoma last year. Appraiser Lark Mason valued the set of five intricately carved horns at $1 million to $1.5 million -- the highest value in the show's long history. ... Full Story
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Airport security to passengers: Please leave grenades home
Wed,14 Mar 2012 09:55 AM PDT
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Handout combination photo shows handguns that were confiscated by the TSANEW YORK (Reuters) - Most airline passengers pack a toothbrush and fresh underwear in their luggage, while others carry land mines, grenade launchers, swords and mortar shells. Not only does the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) confiscate four handguns a day among the contraband it takes from airline customers, its agents once seized a stun gun concealed as lipstick and found a dagger hidden inside a hairbrush, according to weekly updates on The TSA blog. ...


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Cows worldwide to mourn superstud Jocko the bull
Wed,14 Mar 2012 07:38 AM PDT
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A French farmer leads a bull as preparations continue on the eve of the public opening of the 49th Paris International Farm Show in ParisNANTES, France (Reuters) - Dairy cows across the world are mourning the loss of "Jocko", ranked as the world's third most-potent breeding bull, who has died of natural causes leaving behind as many as 400,000 offspring. Jocko Besne had an industrious 17-year career donating some 1.7 million sperm straws that were used in France and abroad to keep alive the Prim'Holstein cattle strain, the main strain of black-and-white milking cow used in France. ...


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Threatening letters suspect appears in court in Washington state
Tue,13 Mar 2012 09:59 AM PDT
Reuters - TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A man suspected of sending about 100 threatening letters to members of Congress and the media last month made his first appearance on Monday in federal court in Washington state, where a judge ordered him sent back to Oregon. The mass mailing of the menacing envelopes, which were postmarked in Portland and contained a white powdery substance later determined to be harmless, triggered a security alert on Capitol Hill and among several media outlets. Authorities have yet to discuss a possible motive for the letters. ... Full Story
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Chasing cell phone, U.S. teen gets stuck in trash chute
Tue,13 Mar 2012 08:35 AM PDT
Reuters - ATLANTA (Reuters) - A suburban U.S. teenager had to be rescued from an apartment complex trash chute after accidentally throwing away her cell phone and getting stuck when she tried to retrieve it, police said. The 19-year-old woman from Atlanta, Georgia had ordered food from a fast food restaurant early Sunday and mistakenly dropped her cell phone in the food bag, said Dunwoody, Georgia police spokesman Tim Fecht. After she threw the bag into the trash chute at the apartment complex she realized her phone was missing. She got stuck as she reached for the bag, Fecht said. ... Full Story
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That's not a salad, it's a symphony
Tue,13 Mar 2012 07:30 AM PDT
Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Vendors at the local market in Beijing could be forgiven for thinking that Nan Weidong and Nan Weiping run a restaurant. But the bags stuffed full of vegetables the brothers lug back home are used for a very different purpose -- musical instruments. The two grew up surrounded by vegetables in China's central Anhui province, but their music teacher father encouraged them to learn conventional instruments from a young age. As teenagers, they joined a local theatrical troupe. ... Full Story
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Vampire books, iPads form new UK inflation benchmark
Tue,13 Mar 2012 05:08 AM PDT
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The new iPad with the iPhoto application on the screen is on displayed in the demonstration room after the Apple event in San FranciscoLONDON (Reuters) - Tablet computers like Apple's iPad and teenage fiction such as the popular vampire-themed "Twilight" series now form part of Britain's official inflation benchmark, the country's statistics agency said on Tuesday. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the new entrants replace items that have fallen out of favor - such as glass casserole dishes used for slow-cooked meals and the cost of developing photographic film. The ONS samples a vast range of goods each month to track how the prices change due to inflation. ...


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Bulgaria seizes snakes, crocodiles in suitcases
Mon,12 Mar 2012 08:37 AM PDT
Reuters - SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian customs officials seized a large number of live reptiles, insects and crabs - some of them dangerous - stashed in suitcases in a bus travelling from the Czech Republic, they said on Monday. The alleged trafficker, a Bulgarian national, was arrested for trying to smuggle 49 turtles, 15 chameleons, six komodo dragons, four Cayman crocodiles and other animals including pythons and poisonous tree frogs, officials said. "The animals were destined for sale on Bulgarian territory," Nikoleta Elenkova, a spokeswoman for the customs office, told Reuters. ... Full Story
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China's faux Bordeaux stirs wine market
Sun,11 Mar 2012 10:58 PM PDT
Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Master of Wine Jeannie Cho Lee could tell instantly when she tasted fake wine at a Hong Kong dinner party. "Just from colour and the nose, once you taste it, it was confirmation that it wasn't the genuine wine," she said. But not everyone possesses Lee's acumen. China's booming appetite for fine wine in recent years has fueled a rampant counterfeit market that industry insiders fear could be turning local buyers off. ... Full Story
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Whitney Houston's daughter hears mom talk to her
Sun,11 Mar 2012 10:47 PM PDT
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Oprah Winfrey talks with Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of the late singer Whitney Houston during an interview in Atlanta, GeorgiaLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Whitney Houston's daughter on Sunday said she still hears her mom encouraging her "keep moving, keep going," and the pop star's sister-in-law revealed new details of the day Houston died in their first public interviews since the singer's death. Bobbi Kristina Brown, 19, told talk show host Oprah Winfrey that she was "doing okay ... I'm doing as good as I possibly can" since her mother was found lifeless in the bathtub of her room at the Beverly Hills Hilton hotel on February 11, the eve of the music industry's Grammy Awards. ...


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France's Sarkozy "sorry" for tomato attack: source
Sun,11 Mar 2012 01:30 PM PDT
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France's President Sarkozy, candidate for the 2012 French presidential election, delivers his speech during a campaign rally in VillepintePARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has apologized in person to a policewoman who said she was the victim of a tomato attack involving the president's teenage son, a police official said on Sunday. The suspects, who hurled a tomato and a marble at the officer from the presidential palace last Thursday, were narrowed down to 15-year-old Louis Sarkozy and a friend he was with at the time, the official told Reuters. "She said she saw a child's face at the window, without being able to say for sure whether it was Louis," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. ...


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Smoking Slovak children burn down castle
Sun,11 Mar 2012 09:33 AM PDT
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The Krasna Horka castle is seen on fire in the village of Krasnohorske Podhradie near RoznavaBRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Two Slovak children were suspected of burning down a large gothic castle in eastern Slovakia when their experimentation with smoking went wrong, police said on Sunday. Police were investigating two boys on suspicion that they set grass at the foot of the Krasna Horka castle on fire on Saturday when they tried to light up cigarettes, said Jana Mesarova, police spokeswoman for the eastern Slovak region of Kosice. Children under the age of 15 cannot be prosecuted in Slovakia. ...


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French vintners slowly make friends with Facebook
Fri,9 Mar 2012 03:42 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - French wineries, like over-tired children, are kicking and screaming but slowly making their way onto social media, a survey released this week found. The survey of 528 wineries in the United States and France conducted by ABLE Social Media Marketing found that while 94 percent of U.S. vintners were on Facebook, only 53 percent of their French counterparts were. But the French are coming online, albeit slowly. A similar study by ABLE's corporate predecessor mysocialwinery.com conducted in 2010 reported less than 20 percent of French winemakers were using the social network. ... Full Story
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U.S. regional dictionary gets in last word as it wraps up work
Fri,9 Mar 2012 03:36 PM PST
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Michael Doucet holds his Grammy after winning Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album at the 51st annual Grammy AwardsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Dictionary of American Regional English has finally reached its final word - "zydeco" - as researchers wrap up almost 50 years of work charting the rich variety of American speech. The dictionary's official publication date is March 20 but lexicographers and word fans have been celebrating ever since its fifth and final volume emerged earlier this year. "It truly is America's dictionary," Ben Zimmer, a language columnist and lexicographer, told a Washington, D.C. news conference on Thursday. ...


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Flight attendant on plane rants about crashing
Fri,9 Mar 2012 02:23 PM PST
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American Airlines planes taxi past a terminal at Miami International airport in MiamiCHICAGO (Reuters) - A female flight attendant who started ranting about a possible crash over the public address system of an American Airlines plane on Friday was subdued by passengers and crew as the plane returned to the gate, passengers said. The incident at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport led the pilot to taxi back to the gate, where police and FBI agents took the unidentified flight attendant for a psychiatric evaluation, airport spokesman David Magana said. ...


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