NEWSLITE
Sure US president Barack Obama could always hit the nuclear button if he really wanted to launch something -- but we think it's safer if he sticks to marshmallow cannon, wait what?When Obama came across an 8th grader named Joey from Phoenix at a...
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NEWSLITE
When Arnold Schwarzenegger went into hospital to have a operation on his shoulder, he couldn't believe who was in the next bed… Sylvester Stallone.In an amazing coincidence* the two action stars had been booked in to have treatment on their...
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NEWSLITE
They were thought to have died out 4,000 years ago, but a video has emerged which some people claim shows a woolly mammoth -- though others insist it's a hoax.Shot in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug region of Siberia -- reportedly by a...
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NEWSLITE
Millions of British children have never been to an art gallery, theatre or stage show, it was revealed yesterday.The ‘culture starved’ generation emerged in a study carried out among 2,000 parents of five to 12-year-olds throughout the...
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UPI
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Authorities in Los Angeles said a naked man was lowered from a downtown radio tower in a makeshift pulley system.
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UPI
ABINGTON, Mass., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Some residents of the three towns that used to comprise Abington, Mass., said they found the contents of a 100-year-old time capsule disappointing.
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XINXIANG CITY, China, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A set of parents in China said they expected a large baby, but they were shocked when their son came out weighing a potentially record-setting 15 1/2 pounds.
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REUTERS
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The usually frigid Canadian city of Winnipeg - often nicknamed Winterpeg - has been so mild and dry this winter that a popular snow-sculpting competition has been forced to truck in 200 loads of fake flakes for this...
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UPI
JOLIET, Ill., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Authorities in Illinois said a 19-year-old visitor to a juvenile detention center was arrested when he pulled pot out of his pockets during security screening.
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UPI
CHICAGO, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Chicago officials said they have yanked a 15-year-old's design for a city parking sticker due to the "perception" it may incorporate gang signs.
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