Offbeat

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  Proposals, spending for Valentine's Day

  Average spending to rise 8% to nearly $200

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  German city's parking fines are just the ticket

  German authorities are giving parking violators in one city an unexpected break by issuing tickets without fines. The

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  Spokane police say robbers wanted pizza, not money

  Spokane police say the thieves who held up a pizza delivery man didn't take money, just four pizzas the man was trying

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  2,200-year-old mummy 'had cancer'

  Researchers find cancer in ancient Egyptian mummy

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  Airport unveils yoga room for travelers

  San Francisco Airport has opened what it calls a first of its kind yoga room

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  Woman 'killed for giving birth to girl'

  Afghan police were on Monday hunting a man who allegedly killed his wife after she gave birth to the couple's third

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  Mystery blue jelly balls rain from the sky

  Have an exterior shell with a softer inner but no smell

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  Body of man lies at home for more than a year

  Neighbours wondered, but no one knocked to find out

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  Bank error in his favour but court says pay it back

  An unemployed Greenlander who suddenly found himself a krone millionaire thanks to a bank error and began giving away

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  Police catch serial underwear thief

  Thai police catch prolific underwear thief

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  German city says roadside 'sex meter' a success

  Bonn government's tax covers sauna clubs, erotic centres

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  Man blames ghost for beating up wife

  'It wasn't me - a ghost attacked my wife'

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  Breastfeeding drivers stun police

  Police alarmed at breastfeeding motorists

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  Indian tries a totally insane train dodging stunt

  Reckless man walks up to oncoming train... and survives

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  Indian teacher finds out he has $10bn in the bank

  Expected $200 interest payment; gets $700 monthly salary

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  Woman loses job for working too much

  Job lost for skipping lunch and working on project

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  At 35,000 ft, travellers told BA flight will crash

  Taped message played by accident in flight

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  World's most expensive parking lot at $4.5bn

  Ocean-floating car park carries cars of 3,000 sailors

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  Family finds crocodile in lounge room

  Intruder has been relocated to a crocodile farm

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  Hoodrat actress sues Amazon for revealing age

  Actress filed a million-dollar claim against Amazon

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  2012 doomsday: Birds fall from sky in the US

  100 blackbirds died on New Year's Eve after being spooked by fireworks

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  Woman allergic to water unable to cry or swim

  British woman Katie Dell suffers from a rare disease called aqua genic urticarial. She is allergic to water and cannot

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  Artist 'cracks' the secret code in Mona Lisa

  A New York artist believes he's "cracked the code" of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" painting. Ron Piccirillo claims

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  11/11/11 wedding ends in dowry dispute

  A Bangladeshi man who held his wedding at the auspicious moment of 11:11 am on November 11 had his hopes of a long and

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  World's oldest marathon runner unveils his secret

  Ginger curry and copious cups of tea for 100-year old runner

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  'Mom, the bear is eating me. Mom, it's agony'

  Teen phones mother for help as wild bears eat her and her father

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  Check out Gaddafi's 'safest car in the world'

  Maverick leader had designed the 'Libyan Rocket' himself

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  Video: ‘Talking’ dog wows the Web

  A video of a ‘talking’ dog teased by his owner has snapped up over 12 million views on YouTube. A Dutch Shepherd named