"Fatal Tower Block Fire Blamed On TV Fault " "A fire which killed six people in a tower block was started by an electrical fault in an old television, police have confirmed." " The portable TV set, which...
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BAGHDAD — Three or more explosions Monday ripped through a busy shopping district in northern Baghdad's Adhamiyah neighborhood, killing at least 28 people and wounding at least 68.North of Baghdad in Baqouba, a...
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" A gutsy pensioner foiled a raid on a jewellery shop when he ripped the balaclava off a hoodie wielding a sledgehammer. The elderly man wrestled the robber and unmasked him, shocking the offenders so much that...
Barry, you're gonna love this one. Just be sure to read the commentary on the original article."PANGUITCH, Utah — One Utah community is cheering a special bear — but don't call him Smokey. Investigators say a...
A true miracle for Kim, who survived from "Final Destination" in Madrid Plane."A stream miraculously saved the life of a British woman hurled, still strapped to her seat, from the exploding Spanair jet.Teacher Kim Tate, 30, was thrown into a stream from the MD-82 jet, in...
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Update: thanks to the ever-alert eye of NP member Vinny, I've learned that the first publication of this story was by JayR_ Patron, here. Do stop by his column, too, please. A jumbo jet drops 20,000 feet in flight, and the passengers all live to tell the story. But what...
This man really loves his late wife... "A widower has spent more than 10 years piecing together thousands of fragments of love letters torn up by his late wife. Ted Howard, 82, of Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, wrote...
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Head of a waxwork of Adolf Hitler's has been restored and it will be reinstalled at the Germany's Madame Tussauds . "A waxwork of Adolf Hitler will return to Berlin's new Madame Tussauds as soon as experts have restored the head ripped off by a demonstrator on its...
"TWO people were killed and nine injured in an explosion that ripped through a 12-storey apartment building in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. A local prosecutor said initial signs were that the...
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The few getlemans with the power to control the prices of the fuel don't stop to raise the prices days after days. We all have seen here (Vancouver) how the prices has raised in only two month 20cent per litre....
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"From the Associated Press:Authorities in central Wisconsin say at least five people have been hurt as tornadoes and powerful storms ripped through the area today.A line of severe storms blew across central and southeastern Wisconsin with baseball-sized hail and winds howling...
I am not joking! According to an ABCNews.com article, Preparation H Finds Place in Club Circuit, Preparation H is the new drug of choice among men at New York City night clubs.No, there hasn’t been an...
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The Pittsburgh Penguins managed to beat the Detroit Red Wings’ to win Game 5 after triple-overtime last night. The Penguins and Red Wings’ will now play Game 6 tomorrow night."Not so fast Motor City....
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People in Colorado are assessing the damage from Thursday's huge tornado that killed one person and injured 13. Dozens of homes and farms were damaged as the tornado swept through the north of the state....
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Multiple small towns and hamlets were evacuated in northern Alberta over the weekend after wildfires consumed almost 2,000 hectares of land. Hot weather and dry brush often leads to massive wildfires in Western...