Man, shot in head, notices five years later (Reuters)
2010-08-24 11:47:09
Reuters - A Polish man living in Germany went about his business for about five years without noticing he had been shot in the head because he was drunk when it happened. Police in the western city of Bochum said on Tuesday doctors found a .22 caliber bullet in the back of his head after the 35-year-old went to have what he thought was a cyst removed.

Dog who ate beehive wins unusual pet insurance award (Reuters)
2010-08-24 11:46:46
Reuters - A Labrador that ate a beehive containing pesticides and thousands of dead bees won an award on Monday that recognized the most unusual pet health insurance claim in the United States.

Egypt culture chief sleepless over Van Gogh theft (Reuters)
2010-08-24 11:44:24
Reuters - Egypt's culture minister blamed 'incompetent' security staff for the theft of a million Van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum and said worries for the safety of the country's art treasures are depriving him of sleep.

No musical instruments please, Vatican asks Britons (Reuters)
2010-08-23 13:56:29
Reuters - Pilgrims attending the large public events during Pope Benedict's visit to England and Scotland next month have been issued a long list of do's and don'ts including a ban on musical instruments and steel cutlery.

U.S. typo vigilantes correct errant signage (Reuters)
2010-08-23 13:55:47


Woman buries brother, discovers dead son (Reuters)
2010-08-20 12:58:58
Reuters - A French woman discovered her 42-year-old son had been buried in the same cemetery where she was attending her brother's funeral, after she had tried to invite him to the ceremony, a newspaper said Friday.

Harry the croc picks Labor in Australia snap poll (Reuters)
2010-08-20 12:56:30
Reuters - Dirty Harry the saltwater crocodile has picked, or should that be bitten, Australia's Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard to win Saturday's cliffhanger general election.

Robber nabbed after mocking police in email (Reuters)
2010-08-19 10:50:53
Reuters - A German bank robber led his pursuers straight to him after taunting police in an email over their efforts to catch him. Authorities in the southern city of Wuerzburg said on Wednesday the 19-year-old sent emails to police and two newspapers to point out factual errors in the report of his bank raid in the town of Roettingen a week ago.

Pilots on alert for high-flying vulture (Reuters)
2010-08-19 10:50:32
Reuters - Britain's air traffic controllers put pilots on alert this week after a vulture which can soar as high as 30,000 feet escaped from her handlers during a display.

Vuvuzelas make it into the Oxford dictionary (Reuters)
2010-08-19 10:49:45
Reuters - The ever-present hum of the vuvuzela during this year's soccer World Cup catapulted the plastic trumpet to prominence and now it has earned a place in the Oxford Dictionary of English.

Canadian police find bears guarding pot crop (Reuters)
2010-08-19 10:49:13
Reuters - A pair of marijuana growers in Western Canada appear to have been using bears to protect their illegal crop, but the well-fed animals proved to be a bit lax in their guard duties, police said on Wednesday.

Singapore extends jail term for Swiss graffiti man (Reuters)
2010-08-18 12:54:08
Reuters - A Singapore court on Wednesday extended a jail term for a Swiss man by two months to seven and maintained an earlier ruling that he receives three strokes of the cane for trespassing and spray-painting graffiti on a train.

Comic character's McDonald's binge sparks Gallic outcry (Reuters)
2010-08-18 12:53:46
Reuters - A new McDonald's ad featuring Gallic champion Asterix enjoying a burger and fries has sparked outrage among French comic purists who see it as an insult to their national heritage.

All that glitters isn't gold, some of it is wine (Reuters)
2010-08-17 11:35:56
Reuters - Like gold, top wines are highly prized, represent wealth and are selling near their historical highs.

Athlete blames cat over drunk driving charge (Reuters)
2010-08-17 11:35:11
Reuters - Cricket star Graeme Swann told a police officer who stopped him for drunk driving that he had had to go out to buy screwdrivers to rescue his trapped cat, a court heard Monday.

Skateboarding priest becomes YouTube hit (Reuters)
2010-08-16 09:35:18
Reuters - A Hungarian Roman Catholic priest has become a YouTube hit with his distinctive method of spreading the word on wheels.

Aboriginal elder leads police to body -- but wrong one (Reuters)
2010-08-13 12:13:49
Reuters - An Aboriginal elder who claimed to have seen the location of a missing child in a dream has led Australian police to a body -- but it was not the corpse of a child but of an adult woman.

Officials ordered to quit club following outcry (Reuters)
2010-08-13 12:10:32
Reuters - More than 30 Chinese government officials have been ordered to relinquish their membership of a luxurious golf club in the wealthy eastern city of Wenzhou after a torrent of online criticism, state media reported on Friday.

Top food was olives in time of the ancient mariner (Reuters)
2010-08-12 13:56:47
Reuters - A huge quantity of olive stones on an ancient shipwreck more than 2,000 years old has provided valuable insight into the diet of sailors in the ancient world, researchers in Cyprus said Thursday.

Traffickers hide cocaine under rare python (Reuters)
2010-08-11 12:02:08
Reuters - Italian police seized a rare albino python in Rome Wednesday in a raid on a group of drug traffickers who used the snake to guard cocaine and intimidate customers who owed them money.