Beer Train Derails, Dousing Denver Yard
A string of runaway rail cars spilled beer in downtown Denver Wednesday after they crashed into a parked locomotive and derailed.
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Japan's all-star speed eater suffers professional injury
A Japanese man who set a world record by wolfing down dozens of hot dogs within minutes has suffered a severe jaw injury due to his rigorous training, making his next title uncertain.
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Man names child "spider pig"
Spider Pig is the name given by Homer to his pet porker in the hit flick The Simpsons Movie.
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Sun Light Solar Lighter
Why waste matches or butane when you can spark up your smoke with solar energy?
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EU gives up on 'metric Britain'

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Couple divorce after online 'affair'
A Bosnian couple are getting divorced after finding out they had been secretly chatting each other up online under fake names.
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Police chief ready for zombie attack
A US police chief has stockpiled chainsaws - in case his city is invaded by zombies.
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USA Independence revoked - Effective Immediately on the order of Her Majesty
To the Citizens of the United States: In light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
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Ghost yacht found off Australia
Emergency services in Australia have launched a search for the three-man crew of a yacht found drifting off the North Queensland coast.
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Baby obtains gun license in US
Bubba Ludwig may only be 10 months old, but he has already successfully obtained a gun licence in the US state of Illinois.
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Mum drives son to rob jewelry store
A 36-year-old German mother-of-five drove her son to a jewellery store he wanted to rob..
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Indonesian fisherman nets ancient fish
An Indonesian fisherman has caught a coelacanth, an ancient fish once thought to have become extinct...
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'Dettol Man' cleans himself to death
A coroner has recorded a verdict of death by misadventure on a reclusive Manchester man whose obsession with cleanliness led local children to dub him "Dettol Man".
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Bush Sells Louisiana Back to the French
The White House announced today that President Bush has successfully sold the state of Louisiana back to the French at more than double its original selling price of $11,250,000.
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Vibrator robber jailed over raid
A robber who held up a bookmaker's shop in Leicester with his girlfriend's vibrator has been jailed.
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