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Could Paula Deen's words bring down her empire?

Jun 21, 2013 – 9:00 AM
NEW YORK (AP) Paula Deen should hope for more fans like Jennifer Everett of Tyler, Texas, who carried a shopping bag filled with $53 worth of merchandise from the celebrity chef's Georgia store on Thursday. A day earlier, it was revealed that Deen admitted during questioning in a lawsuit that...
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Paris tackles rudeness to tourists with new manual

Jun 19, 2013 – 8:10 PM
PARIS (Reuters) - One of the world's most visited cities but also famous for its rudeness, Paris has embarked on a campaign to improve its reputation and better cater to the needs of tourists. Waiters, taxi drivers and sales staff in the French capital all too often come off as impolite, unhelpful...
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Morris the cat runs for mayor of Mexican city

Jun 16, 2013 – 4:53 PM
MEXICO CITY (AP) This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes. Morris, a black-and-white kitten with orange eyes, is running for mayor of Xalapa in eastern Mexico with the campaign slogan "Tired of Voting for Rats? Vote...
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Months later, Sarah Palin back as Fox News analyst

Jun 13, 2013 – 11:47 PM
NEW YORK (AP) Sarah Palin is rejoining Fox News Channel as an analyst less than half a year after they decided to part ways. The former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate has signed on as a contributor to Fox and the Fox Business Network, it was announced on Thursday....
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New diet craze offers five days of feasting for two days of famine

7:24 PM
By Constance Watson LONDON (Reuters) - Forget abandoning carbohydrates or detoxing. The new dieting craze sweeping Britain and taking off in the United States lets people eat whatever they like - but only five days a week. "The Fast Diet", also known as the 5:2 diet, is the brainchild of TV...
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China's 'first lady' Peng avoids California limelight

Jun 9, 2013 – 7:18 PM
By John Ruwitch RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - China's photogenic "first lady" Peng Liyuan played steel drums in Trinidad, strolled hand-in-hand with a coffee farmer's daughter in Costa Rica and snapped pictures with her iPhone in the shadow of Mayan ruins in Mexico. But the glamorous...
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Ventura dangles idea of 2016 presidential bid

Jun 2, 2013 – 5:57 PM
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Just back from his part-time home in Mexico, former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura dangled the idea Friday that he could run for the U.S. presidency in 2016. Ventura eagerly volunteered the possibility while at Minnesota's Capitol and pushed back against skepticism that he...
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Engineering students use dance to solve problems

May 29, 2013 – 1:17 PM
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) Engineering students at Northwestern University are getting a leg up on the competition. They're learning to swing dance in a for-credit class called Whole Body Thinking. Joe Holtgreive (HOHLT'-greev), an assistant dean at the McCormick School of Engineering, started the class...
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Abandoned Chinese baby rescued from toilet pipe

May 28, 2013 – 11:51 PM
BEIJING (Reuters) - Firefighters in eastern China have rescued an abandoned newborn baby boy lodged in a sewage pipe directly beneath a toilet commode, state television reported, in a case which has sparked anger on social media sites. There are frequent reports in Chinese media of babies being...
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Ohio man, 87, skydives to aid sick great-grandson

May 27, 2013 – 11:48 PM
WAYNESVILLE, Ohio (AP) An 87-year-old World War II veteran has parachuted from a plane in an Ohio to support his ailing great-grandson. Clarence Turner of Fairfield made the jump Saturday with an instructor. He says he wanted to generate attention for the plight of 10-month-old Julian Couch,...
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South Africa: Soweto resident shows off her snakes

9:37 PM
JOHANNESBURG (AP) Tourists have long flocked to the home-turned-museum of former President Nelson Mandela on Vilakazi Street, a lively strip of restaurants, curio sellers and street performers in the South African township of Soweto. Now the area has a growing attraction: big snakes, and lots...
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Austrian overcomes fear of heights to aim for slackline record

May 25, 2013 – 12:54 PM
FRANKFURT, May 25 - An Austrian man tip-toed along a line strung 185 meters (607 feet) off the ground in Frankfurt on Saturday, attempting to set a new world record for "highlining" despite his fear of heights. Reinhard Kleindl, 32, used only his arms to balance as he walked twice along a 30-metre-long...
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Prosecutor in Berlusconi sex trial receives mail with bullets

May 24, 2013 – 12:23 PM
MILAN (Reuters) - The prosecutor in former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's sex trial has received a series of anonymous letters of threats, including one with two bullets, Milan's chief prosecutor said on Thursday. The letters against Ilda Boccassini have become more frequent since she requested...
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Brown hounded for calling Manila 'gates of hell'

6:53 AM
MANILA, Philippines (AP) Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital. The book "Inferno," which is being sold in the Philippines, describes a visitor to the city who is taken aback...
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Jon Stewart's humor a hit with millions of envious Chinese

May 20, 2013 – 10:14 AM
By Jane Lee SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Humor may not always translate well, but Jon Stewart is picking up millions of fans in China, where his gloves-off political satire is refreshing for many in a country where such criticism is a rarity - especially when directed at their own leaders. A recent...
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Winning ticket for $590.5 million Powerball lottery sold in Florida

May 19, 2013 – 7:29 PM
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A single winning ticket for a record Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on Saturday, but there was no immediate word about who won one of the largest jackpots in U.S. history. The winning numbers from Saturday...
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Idaho man sentenced to seven years for killing zoo monkey

May 16, 2013 – 8:11 PM
By Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) - An Idaho man who admitted to breaking into a Boise zoo last year and killing a monkey was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday, court records show. Michael Watkins, 22, of Weiser, Idaho, in March pleaded guilty to attempted grand theft, a felony, and...
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China probes reports of film director Zhang Yimou's seven children

May 9, 2013 – 11:11 AM
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have begun investigating reports that Zhang Yimou, one of China's best-known movie directors, has seven children in violation of strict family planning rules, which could result in a fine of 160 million yuan ($26.05 million), state media said on Thursday....
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Utah cabin had uninvited guests 60,000 bees

May 6, 2013 – 1:03 PM
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) It was the biggest beehive that that Ogden beekeeper Vic Bachman has ever removed a dozen feet long, packed inside the eaves of a cabin in Ogden Valley. "We figure we got 15 pounds of bees out of there," said Bachman, who said that converts to about 60,000 honeybees....
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Bono's one-time Sydney holiday home sells for record $55.4 million

May 2, 2013 – 12:54 AM
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Sydney harborfront mansion has been sold for a record-setting A$54 million ($55.4 million) to a Chinese-born businessman, reinforcing the city's growing status as a hot property destination, newspapers said on Thursday. On the market for six years, the luxurious eight-bedroom...
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