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| Pot-protecting alligators greet U.S. police probing gunshots Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:56 PM PST OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Detectives who responded to reports of a shooting at a home in Washington state found a floor-to-ceiling stripper pole, 15 marijuana plants and two angry, five-foot alligators guarding them, police said on Tuesday. The alligators were kept in a room with the marijuana plants and hissed at detectives who opened the door, said Thurston County Sheriff's spokesman Lieutenant Greg Elwin. "This was a fairly atypical event," Elwin said. "We see brass poles from time to time, but there were alligators. ... Full Story | Top |
| China's top paper goes to town with "sexy" North Korea's Kim Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 09:18 AM PST  BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top newspaper went to town on Tuesday with a 55-page online picture spread of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un being named The Onion's "Sexiest Man Alive for 2012", appearing to fall for a spoof by the U.S. satirical website. Seemingly clueless as to the real nature of The Onion's tongue-in-cheek award for Kim, the People's Daily splashed full-page photographs of the portly young leader riding horses, clapping his hands, waving and clasping children's cheeks on his tours around North Korea. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gimme shelter and light therapy at Swedish bus stops Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 08:33 AM PST STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Commuters in the northern Swedish town of Umea are being treated to ultra-violet light therapy as the long, dark winter for which the Nordic state is renowned draws in. Energy company Umea Energi has decided to install ultra-violet lights at about 30 bus stops for people, which will be in place for the next three weeks. "This is so people can get a little energy kick as they are waiting," said Umea Energi marketing chief Anna Norrgard. Umea is about 600 km north of capital city Stockholm. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. chefs' solution for invading Frankenfish? Eat 'em Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 08:24 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The northern snakehead is known as "Frankenfish" and "rattlesnakes with fins," and some chefs say one way to stop the predatory, fast-spreading fish is obvious - with a fork. With a reputation as fearsome as its name, the voracious snakehead fish has intruded throughout much of the Potomac River basin in Virginia and Maryland in the last decade, snapping up anything that gets in front of it. Putting the torpedo-shaped snakehead on the menu is Washington-area restaurants' way of helping to control the Asian newcomer. ... Full Story | Top |
| Japan school trains wannabe "Santa-sans" Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 03:50 AM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Magic tricks and straight answers are all part of being Santa in Japan - at least according to Tokyo's Santa Claus Academy, which trains St. Nicks in a country with little Christian tradition and a Christmas that's far more retail than religion. On a recent weekend, 88 Santa wannabes packed the school in Tokyo's fashionable Roppongi district for a crash course in how to behave as "Santa-san," as the man in red is known in Japan. "There are many children who don't believe in Santa Claus anymore," said Masaki Azuma, head of the school. ... Full Story | Top |
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