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Friday 09 May 2008

9-5-2008 Headlines

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Posted by Jen Ogilvie at 10:47am

Mouse jacket grown, euthanized in museum lab

Omaha man uses steak knife to perform self-tracheotomy

NASA offers $5000 a month for you to lie in bed

Physicists create universe smaller than a marble

Cat urine makes mice macho

New idea in mortuary science: dissolving bodies with lye

World to end in 2012 (check back for updates)

More sightings of strange lights at Saltcoats

Steampunk moves between two worlds

Today's newshounds: Trevor Ouellette, Leon, Dave Honiball

Thursday 08 May 2008

8-5-2008 Headlines

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Posted by Jen Ogilvie at 10:42am

US boffin patents flying saucer

Fungi lock depleted uranium out of harm's way

Hiccup man pins hope on surgery

Researchers target tumors with tiny 'nanoworms'

Heading skyward to beat gridlock

Part of universe's missing matter discovered by XXM-Newton X-ray observatory

World record claim for Lego tower

Teenager survives 25,000-volt shock

Council orders man to take down Jolly Roger

Today's newshounds: Jennifer Hor, Adam McGechan, George Koprowicz, Blued0gg

Wednesday 07 May 2008

7-5-2008 Headlines

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Posted by Jen Ogilvie at 11:28am

Man fatally strikes neighbour in groin with excavator

Florida substitute teacher fired, accused of wizardry

Disfigured bald eagle to get a bionic beak

Munch-o-matic: scientists develop the artificial mouth

Plants text message farmers when thirsty

Mystery deepens over German poet Schiller's skull

Pregnant woman sees Jesus image in ultrasound

Chicken company scraps 'Hail Mary' ads after church complains

Today's newshounds: Leon, Warren Okuma, Bryan Krefft, George Koprowicz, Adam Pescott, Sue Hickey

Tuesday 06 May 2008

6-5-2008 Headlines

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Posted by Jen Ogilvie at 11:58am

'Sex pest' seal attacks penguin

Winter the dolphin gets bionic tail

Man pushes creation of panel to prepare city for space aliens

Study sheds light on spider sex

It's the hippopotahouse

The chi of Portland: High weirdness in Nirvana

Send your name to the moon with new lunar mission

Boomerang in zero gravity video

New French shrine 'could rival Lourdes'

Swedish ice circle

Photo of bus stop brings out the 'thought police'

Real Trekkie tricorder detects ailments

Nutcracker Man strangely preferred fruits

Sun's movement through Milky Way regularly sends comets hurtling

Scientist rediscovers rare plant unseen since 1985

Chemical compass helps bird brains

The missing finger that never was

Cloud rat rediscovered after 112 years

Families sue undertakers in body parts scandal

Two women report ghost has been having sex with them

Civil War cannonball relic kills Virginia relic collector

Today's newshounds: blued0gg, Dave Honiball, David A McIntee, Chris Woodyard, Steve Crowley, Dave Walsh, Leon, Mike Dash, Chris Woodyard, A Muller, Dirk van der Werff, George Koprowicz, Jennifer Hor, Sandra McGechan, Jayne Marie Kennedy, Sean Haggerty, Pookiagio

Friday 02 May 2008

2-5-2008 Headlines

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Posted by Jen Ogilvie at 10:29am

Fingerprints for ID demanded from a woman without arms

Caregiver abused elderly woman for having sex with evil spirits

Every Italian's tax bill published online

Pain ray really killer ray gun, many goats dead, says 'expert'

Man accused of trying to cash cheque for $360 billion

Dog walker spots 3ft-long crocodile near supermarket in Wales

500yr old treasure ship found

10 serial killers to snuggle with

'UFO' sighting in Saltcoats

Today's newshounds: Dave Honiball, Chris Woodyard, Kevin Buck, Django Flugelhorn, narin

Thursday 01 May 2008

1-5-2008 Headlines

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Posted by Jen Ogilvie at 11:44am

Starlings know if you're watching them

Sex toy closes airport

The man who grew a finger

Lesbians turn on lesbians in battle of Lesbos

Indian baby dropping ritual

Arrest in Baltimore town may settle light, noise mystery

'I died in Jerusalem in 1276', says researcher who underwent hypnosis to reveal a former life

Pervert discovered by psychic

Colossal squid's big eye revealed

Miners 'saw UFO'

Man shot in groin area on Love Lane

Three-headed coconut tree on sale for $1m

LSD inventor Albert Hofmann dies

Robot re-assembles itself

Today's newshounds: Leon, blued0gg, Christina Georgiou, Adam McGechan, Kevin Buck, Beth, subterrene, Danny, Declan Sheeran, David A McIntee, Dirk van der Werff, Jim Gorman Jr

Wednesday 30 April 2008

30-4-2008 Headlines

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Posted by Jen Ogilvie at 11:01am

Woman pinned by husband's dead body

Legless lizard and tiny woodpecker among new species discovered in Brazil

Man killed over nickname mix-up

New shrew discovered in Ireland

Mysterious explosion in Baltimore

Marching sand dunes stir up Mars mystery

Israeli military enlists robotic soldier

Bug has sex with orchids

Ghostly CCTV image baffles company staff

Flirting men to get haircut punishment

The universe is a mouse?

Today's newshounds: Martin Hamer, Trevor Ouellette, Warren Okuma, Iowahorse, Jimmy, George Koprowicz, Ginando, Tony Wood

Tuesday 29 April 2008

29-4-2008 Headlines

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Posted by Jen Ogilvie at 10:27am

Monkeys on the loose

Swimming orang-utans' spearfishing exploits amaze the wildlife experts

Turtle rescued from life of drugs

Police confront 'masked man with chainsaw'

Exorcist calls time on pub poltergeist

Dolphin dies after aerial collision at Discovery Cove

Six-legged kitty's life in the balance

Navy suspends search for missing ballooning priest

Today's newshounds: Blued0gg, Jennifer Hor, Martin Hamer, narin

Monday 28 April 2008

28-4-2008 Headlines

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Posted by Jen Ogilvie at 11:03am

Huge beaver rampages through Russian store "for vodka"

Man 'locked daughter in dungeon for 24 years'

Colossal squid comes out of ice

Anglers let big cash bonanza get away

Your virginity for Net neutrality

Humans may lose battle with bacteria

Molecular analysis confirms Tyrannosaurus Rex's evolutionary link to birds

Mystery of ancient supercontinent's demise revealed

Student 'twitters' his way out of Egyptian jail

Anne Frank greetings card found

Man survives 500-foot fall into Pennsylvania strip mine

"Beauty and the geek" jeans

Human line 'nearly split in two'

Balding penguin given wetsuit

Today's newshounds: George Koprowicz, PeniG, Jennifer Hor, Adam McGechan, Mike Dash

Friday 25 April 2008

25-4-2008 Headlines

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Posted by Jen Ogilvie at 11:13am

Cancer patient's pilgrimage to Lourdes

Church custodian on trial in Italy for weeping statue hoax

Italy's Padre Pio goes on display

Girl's suicide leaves dozens ill from fumes

Woman fights to keep nearly 150 cats at home

Carjacker stops to ask TV news crew for directions

Nevada dog finds its way home after a week, 77 miles

Did eaten bird claw through hawk?

Bugs use plants as telephones

Why you make the same mistake twice

Does the Earth's magnetic field cause suicides?

Today's newshounds: Mike Dash, Adam McGechan, Michael Riches, Trevor Ouellette

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