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| Critics' darling Price scoops UK's Turner art prize Monday, Dec 03, 2012 01:56 PM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - British video artist Elizabeth Price won the coveted Turner Prize for contemporary art on Monday, delighting critics who had championed her film about a fatal fire in Manchester in 1979, describing it variously as "terrifying" and "exhilarating". The 46-year-old was the least familiar of four artists shortlisted for the annual prize, and she beat out the bookmakers' favorite Paul Noble to win a cheque for 25,000 pounds ($40,000) and earn instant recognition and acclaim. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cruel new fact of crustacean life: lobster cannibalism Monday, Dec 03, 2012 01:49 PM PST  LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Researchers studying Maine's lobster population, booming in recent years amid warming waters and disappearing predators, have detected something never before seen in the wild: lobster cannibalism. It has long been known that lobsters will attack and eat each other if confined together in a small space â€" hence the banding of claws on lobsters in supermarket tanks. ... Full Story | Top |
| Man jailed after trying to steal rhino head from museum Monday, Dec 03, 2012 11:05 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - A Londoner was sentenced to 18 months in jail on Monday after his attempt to steal a rhino head worth up to 500,000 pounds ($800,000) from a museum was thwarted by staff and visitors. Patrick Kiely, 29, pleaded guilty to trying to steal the stuffed specimen from Castle Museum in Norwich last February, because of the high value of rhinoceros horns, which are used in southeast Asian medicine and now trade for more than gold. ... Full Story | Top |
| Norway princess in secret India trip to play nanny Monday, Dec 03, 2012 07:41 AM PST  OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit secretly traveled to India in order to care for infant twins born to the surrogate mother of a gay palace employee unable to get a travel visa, the palace said on Monday. Armed with a diplomatic passport that granted her immediate access, the future queen jumped on a plane in late October when the employee, who is also a friend, and his husband were unable to travel to care for their newborns. "For me, this is about two babies lying alone in a New Delhi hospital," Mette-Marit said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Holiday fitness gifts trend from high-tech to basic Monday, Dec 03, 2012 07:28 AM PST  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Looking for the perfect holiday present for a fitness fan? Gift offerings this year range from apps that can store a run in the country to be viewed later to gadgets so sophisticated they measure quality of sleep as well as calories burned. There is also the revival of the humble foam roller, which experts say, like old-time push-ups, squats and planks, has never been more popular. Anita Golden, fitness manager at a Crunch gym in New York City, said she'll be giving clients a foam roller called the GRID. ... Full Story | Top |
| Turkey fines TV channel for "The Simpsons" blasphemy Monday, Dec 03, 2012 06:24 AM PST  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's broadcasting regulator is fining a television channel for insulting religious values after it aired an episode of "The Simpsons" which shows God taking orders from the devil. Radio and television watchdog RTUK said it was fining private broadcaster CNBC-e 52,951 lira ($30,000) over the episode of the hit U.S. animated TV series, whose scenes include the devil asking God to make him a coffee. ... Full Story | Top |
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