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5,000 gallons of molasses spill on Texas highway

19.07.2008 19:54    keralanext.com
Drivers heading to Sugar Land were rerouted Thursday after the afternoon accident shut down Texas 6 at Southwest Freeway for eight hours. City of Sugar Land spokeswoman Pat Pollicoff told The Houston Chronicle the road was closed until midnight Thursday


Vanishing spray aims to keep defenders in place

19.07.2008 19:54    keralanext.com
Referees will pace the regulatory 9.15 metres between the ball and the nearest defender and then spray a white line on the pitch to mark the correct position of the wall. The line then disappears from the pitch within a

With this fake wife, I divorce thee

19.07.2008 19:54    keralanext.com
Sanjib Saha presented a woman as his wife in a lower court in the eastern city of Kolkata this month. Both said they sought a mutual divorce, something the court granted immediately. Saha's real wife was then asked to leave

Works by pop art masters taken from Swedish museum

19.07.2008 19:53    keralanext.com
The pictures, two lithographs by Warhol and three by Lichtenstein, were together estimated to be worth between 3 million and 4 million Swedish crowns (250,000 and 335,000 pounds), said Carina Aberg of the family-run Aberg Museum. She said the thieves

Mass. turnpike driver gives toll attendant $100

19.07.2008 19:53    keralanext.com
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority spokesman Mac Daniel said agency rules prohibit toll takers from accepting gifts. He said the money will be donated to a charity selected by Bonarrigo and his fellow toll collectors.

Fla. officer fired for demanding free coffee

19.07.2008 19:53    keralanext.com
Lt. Major Garvin, a 15-year veteran, was fired July 8. According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Chief Mike Chitwood says Garvin recently failed a polygraph test that he insisted on taking. The coffeehouse's employees claim that since June 2007, Garvin

Last tsar leads Stalin in poll on greatest Russian

19.07.2008 19:53    keralanext.com
They are vying for first place in an online poll organised by Russian television to choose the greatest hero in the country's history. Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin is third. By Friday lunchtime, the last tsar led the survey with

Sex, blood and baby names traded for free U.S. gas

19.07.2008 19:53    keralanext.com
In Orlando, Florida, David Partin pledged to name his son after local radio hosts to win a $100 (50 pound) gas card as part of a contest. Partin will collect the card in December, when his son is born, if

Loud music makes customers drink faster

19.07.2008 19:52    keralanext.com
Their study, published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, found that turning up the music spurred drinkers to down a glass of beer about three minutes more quickly. To gauge the effect of sound levels on drinking, the

Dutch workers recover money flushed down toilet

19.07.2008 19:52    keralanext.com
The woman from the eastern town of Oldenzaal had just withdrawn 1,000 euros in 100-euro bills to spend on her forthcoming holiday. Nine of the notes slipped out of her back pocket and into the toilet bowl while she was

Firefighters threaten strike over weighty issue

19.07.2008 19:52    keralanext.com
Fire Brigades Union branch secretary Alan Paterson said that 22-year veteran Kevin Ogilvie should have been reassigned to other duties after he was found to be too heavy to fight fires. The union has decided to hold a ballot for

Man claims Subway baked knife into sandwich

19.07.2008 19:51    keralanext.com
John Agnesini, 26, a magazine designer, said he had already taken a few bites from the sandwich in late June when he spotted the knife jutting out from the bread's crust. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan state court, seeks $1

Two-thirds of Egyptian men harass women?

19.07.2008 19:51    keralanext.com
The forms of harassment reported by Egyptian men, whose country attracts millions of foreign tourists each year, include touching or ogling women, shouting sexually explicit remarks, and exposing their genitals to women. "Sexual harassment has become an overwhelming and very

Air hostess picks up chocolate bar, wins space trip

19.07.2008 19:51    keralanext.com
Mathilde Epron, 32, said she had bought a Kit Kat chocolate bar at her local supermarket but initially threw the wrapper in the bin, telling herself that "it's only others who win." Two hours later, thinking back to the competition,

Italian party takes aim at carry-outs

19.07.2008 19:51    keralanext.com
The League called for the Lombardy regional council to allow cities to bar from their historic centers businesses that are "incompatible with the historical context." "For example, fast food, Chinese restaurants, kebab, sex shops are types of commercial activity that

AHN - Maine Fisherman Reels In Drowning Man

19.07.2008 19:39    allheadlinenews.com
Bob Greene, 42, told the Portland Press Herald that he was having his morning coffee and reading the paper at 4:30 a.m. Thursday when he heard a noise he thought must've been a bird. About twenty minutes later, he saw

AHN - Botched Florida Robbery Ends With Burglar Killed By His Own Gun

19.07.2008 19:37    allheadlinenews.com
Jack Donaldson, 27, came home at lunchtime to find intruders in his apartment. One had a semi-automatic handgun. A struggle ensued and one robber, Lajuan Dandy, 39, dropped his gun. Donaldson picked it up and fired, killing the burglar.

Team subdues naked man on flight

19.07.2008 17:47    azcentral.com
An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger stripped nude and later tried to open an emergency exit door.

NY man loses prosthetic leg while skydiving

19.07.2008 17:47    azcentral.com
An upstate New York man says he's still upbeat despite losing the same leg twice.

McCain, Conan agree: Age jokes getting old

19.07.2008 17:47    azcentral.com
At a taping Friday night of NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, the Republican presidential candidate pretended to fall asleep in his chair.

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