Michael Caine Trapped In Attic Dressing Room Overnight New Orleans

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 8:21 AM EDT (Sky.com)

British film star Michael Caine spent the night trapped in an attic dressing room while filming in New Orleans. The actor had reportedly fallen asleep while taking a break from filming a crime caper entitled Now You See Me. His dressing room was in the attic of an old disused …

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Funeral museum offers coffins and tombstones

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 5:46 AM EDT ()

An exhibition of hearses and coffins is on offer at Vienna’s Funeral Museum. A 1,000-piece collection of exhibits at the Funeral Museum gives an intriguing insight into funerary tradition, burial rituals and the Viennese population's fascinating relationship with death.  …

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What can you pay for with 1p and 2p coins? Not an £800 tax bill …

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 5:14 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

A care home manager has been fined £1,118.62 after he settled an £804 debt to his accountant with five crates of mostly 1p and 2p coins. He had been to the bank especially, he said: be glad that you weren't behind him in the queue. So what did Robert Fitzpatrick, th …

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Italian university switches to English

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 5:12 AM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

From opera at La Scala to football at the San Siro stadium, from the catwalks of fashion week to the soaring architecture of the cathedral, Milan is crowded with Italian icons. Which makes it even more of a cultural earthquake that one of Italy's leading universities - the Pol …

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Shocked family wake to find a Lexus at the bottom of their swimming pool.

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 5:10 AM EDT ()

A family from California were taken aback when they woke up to find a Lexus at the bottom of their swimming pool.

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Dinosaurs struggled with arthritis just like humans

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 5:09 AM EDT (Telegraph)

Researchers studying a giant eight metre pliosaurus found evidence of an arthritis like disease in its jaw. Usually capable of ripping other dinosaurs to bits with its 20cm teeth, the gammy jaw would eventually have stopped her feeding and led to her death 150 million years ag …

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Hope for family who want to keep fox as pet

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 4:45 AM EDT ()

A decision to let an 83-year-old man keep his wild boar at home has given hope to another French family who have been separated from the wild fox they adopted two years ago. Bamby the boar was taken in by Yvan Blaise in February 2011. He said he would rather die than be separa …

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All this from ONE stone: Jewellery from world's largest diamond goes on display at Buckingham palace

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 12:00 PM EDT (the Mail online)

# The Cullinan Diamond, weighing 3,106 carats in its rough state, was first discovered in 1905 at a mine near Pretoria in South Africa # It was originally thrown away as it was thought it to be too large to be a diamond # Once recovered, it was presented to King Edward VII as g …

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Nerve rewiring helps paralysed man move hand

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 11:40 AM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

A paralysed man has regained limited use of his hand after pioneering surgery to bypass damage to his spinal cord. His injury meant his brain could not "talk" to his hand, meaning all control was lost. Surgeons at the Washington University School of Medicine re-wired his nerv …

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Heart Attack Victims Cut Risk With 2 Drinks, Harvard Study Says

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 9:20 AM EDT (Bloomberg.com)

Men who have two drinks a day after surviving a first heart attack have a lower risk of death from heart disease than non-drinkers, Harvard researchers said, adding to evidence that moderate alcohol use may be healthy. Men who survived a heart attack and who drank two alcoholi …

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Banksy Jubilee graffiti springs up overnight on London street

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 5:49 AM EDT (Telegraph)

A new piece of street art purporting to be from graffiti artist Banksy has appeared on a London street in what could be a dark commentary on the upcoming Jubilee celebrations.

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Old table lamp turns out to be £550,000 Ming vase

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 5:42 AM EDT (Telegraph)

An old vase that had been crudely turned into a lamp sold for £550,000 because it was a rare 15th century Chinese object from the Ming dynasty

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Shark attacks: A magnetic solution?

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 4:07 AM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

An American chemist says he's found a substance - several, in fact - that can repel some of the most fearsome predators in the ocean. He wants to use his discovery to protect them, and us. Eric Stroud stands on a pier on the island of North Bimini in the Bahamas. He looks down …

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Traffic jam trap police to stay silent

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 3:24 AM EDT (Dutchnews.nl)

The lawyer for a suspected petrol thief caught in a police-made traffic jam has accused the public prosecutor of hampering his attempt to get at the truth. The suspect, a 47-year-old man from Tilburg, is accused of driving off from a petrol station without paying. In order to …

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The wrong Carlos: how Texas sent an innocent man to his death

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 2:44 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

A few years ago, Antonin Scalia, one of the nine justices on the US supreme court, made a bold statement. There has not been, he said, "a single case – not one – in which it is clear that a person was executed for a crime he did not commit. If such an event had occu …

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Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld Found Guilty of War Crimes

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 4:47 PM EDT ()

An international tribunal has found Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and their legal advisers, Alberto Gonzales, David Addington, William Haynes, Jay Bybee and John Yoo guilty of the crimes of conspiracy to allow torture in Guantanamo Bay, Bagram and Abu Ghraib.

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Pictures of lizard biting a cat's tongue

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 2:31 PM EDT (the Mail online)

This cat ended up biting off more than it could chew when it decided to go after a lizard. For when the feline made a play for the reptile the tiny creature latched on to its tormentor's tongue - and wouldn't let go. The lizard took the phrase 'cat got your tongue' and gave i …

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Starlings make shape of one big bird as they try to escape falcon

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 2:15 PM EDT (The Sun Newspaper Online)

At first glance this incredible picture may look like one huge bird hovering in the sky, but the amazing outline is actually formed by a flock of starlings. The birds made the unbelievable formation as they came under threat from a nearby peregrine falcon. Once the flock had  …

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Baby crushed by lamp post days after blundering engineer cut

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 2:13 PM EDT (This is London)

A baby boy was killed by a falling lamp post five days after a blundering engineer cut its metal support structure, an inquest heard today. Tommy Hollis died a day before his first birthday after the post smashed on to his buggy as he was being pushed by a nanny in Chiswick.  …

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Burglar flees, scared stiff by mummified corpse

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 2:09 PM EDT (The Local - Germany's news in English)

A burglar got more than he bargained for when he broke into a flat and found the mummified corpse of a woman who had died five years previously. He was so terrified he fled.

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Columbia University Cleaner Graduates With Classics Degree After 14 Years Of Free Study Hours

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 8:30 AM EDT (Sky.com)

A university cleaner has graduated with a degree in classics after combining his work duties with a study programme for 14 years. Gac Filipaj, 52, was feted by fellow students and dons at Columbia University as he received the award 20 years after he fled war-torn Yugoslavia.  …

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Teenage hackers 'tried to change school grades'

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 7:01 AM EDT (The Local - Germany's news in English)

While most students worry about exam results, two north German high school pupils are suspected of hacking into the school’s computer system to change their grades. They could end up in prison.

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Are donkeys really stubborn, asks university conference

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 3:21 AM EDT (Telegraph)

The question of whether donkeys are stubborn or simply "misunderstood" has been discussed at a conference held by a leading British university.

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'Queen's knickers' for sale on eBay

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 2:51 AM EDT (Telegraph)

The undergarment, which has already attracted bids of more than £3,000, is embroidered with the letter E – presumably for “Elizabeth” – and a picture of a crown. They are purportedly being sold by the estate of Baron Joseph "Sepy" de Bicske Dobron …

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The drug that could stop alcohol making you feel drunk - but scientists don't want to increase people's tolerance

Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 1:45 AM EDT (the Mail online)

Doctors are testing a drug that could stop alcohol making people drunk. The researchers believe iomazenil, taken before drinking, might negate some of alcohol’s effects on the brain. Tests in a driving simulator will determine whether the drug makes volunteer drinkers s …

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    A care home manager has been fined £1,118.62 after he settled an £804 debt to his accountant with five crates of mostly 1p and 2p coins. He had been to the bank especially, he said: be glad that you weren't behind him in the queue. So what did Robert Fitzpatrick, th …

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