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Taxis light remote airstrip for emergency take-off

Medevac plane was carrying three sick patients
In Singapore, a tug of war - over tug of war

A tangled tale heaving with controversy
Boy, 8, weds 60-year old woman

Newly-married couple not to stay together
Woman gives birth twice in 8 months

Babies are not twins
Man glues ex-girlfriend's fridge

Strange act leaves police and woman baffled
Miss USA hit with $5 million bill

Comments from Miss Pennsylvania Sheena Monnin were false, harmful and malicious
Tyga Instagrams Lamborghini after crashing it

All-wheel-drive Lambo features a 691-horsepower V-12 engine
End of the world: Gangnam Style?

Social networks and websites have been buzzing in recent days over doomsday prediction
Man irons face when phone rings

To add insult to injury, he banged his head against bathroom door as well
Doctors pluck a 2-inch feather from 'angel' baby's neck

The baby swallowed the feather, which pierced the inside of her cheek and then, over time, her body forced it out
Couple live in a gutter... happily ever after

Miguel Restrepo, his wife and their dog Blackie are two happy underground squatters
Real-life Twilight: Vampire on the loose

Get your garlic, crosses and stakes ready: a bloodsucking vampire is on the loose. Or so say villagers in the tiny
Businessman married 4 women on same day

A wealthy businessman married four women in one day at one wedding ceremony, according to press reports. The BBC had
Woman attacked by wolf, axes it to death

56-year-old sustained injuries but recuperating well
Hubby divorces, then sues wife for ugly baby

A husband divorced and then sued his wife for having an ugly baby. According to media reports, Northern China resident
Angelina Jolie lookalike sex-assaults cabbie

A female Hollywood star lookalike raped a man at knife-point, according to news media reports. An Angelina Jolie
5-year-old’s kick led to deadly copter crash

Child allegedly allowed to sit on lap in co-pilot's seat
Shark falls from sky onto golf course

The 2-pound leopard shark was apparently plucked from ocean by a bird and then dropped
Cancer patient sets hospital fire

60 people injured
Woman robs three banks to pay rent

Culprit caught after teller recognises her
Giant eyeball washes up on beach

Word that a giant eyeball washed up on a Florida beach has created a buzz on the internet and in the marine biology
Family used meteorite as doorstop

Meteorite was found in a cow pasture
Flight attendant stole passenger's iPad

Police found proof of woman using the device even though she plead 'not guilty'
Buy a diamond, get hunting rifle for free

Shop owner claims deal works as many customers are hunters
Dad-daughter dance violates law

Move termed as an example of political correctness gone awry
Boy, 8, dies while playing on obstacle course

Rope swing wrapped around child's neck while he played
Woman, 21, falls off cruise ship

Helicopters and boats pressed into action
Mother-of-three now keen to become a 'father' soon

A transgender from Arizona who grabbed the headlines a few years ago for giving birth to a daughter and then two sons,
Man lost at sea says shark saved him

Toakai Teitoi was stranded in the central Pacific for 15 weeks
Man says he started fire to chase away demons

Accused jumped from glass window to escape police
World's tallest dog measures 44 inches

Zeus stretches to 7-foot and 4-inches as it stands on hind legs
Mother, son beat man met on dating site

Victim suffered serious head injuries and left in critical condition
Fisherman survives 26 hours floating in fish crate

He kept up his spirits by singing
Morgue baby leaves hospital

Parents shocked to hear tiny whimper while bidding final goodbye
Bride-stealing custom all the rage in Bucharest

A white limousine screeches to a halt and a bride, resplendent in frothy gown and veil, is hauled outside by her
Woman left mom, 91, on toilet 2 days

A Cockeysville woman has been charged with manslaughter after police say she left her 91-year-old mother on the toilet
'Woman forced me to molest her'

Victim woke up to find her co-passenger touching her improperly
Record 900kg cheeseburger...

10-feet wide whopper tastes 'really good'
Postwoman uses daily route to distribute cocaine

Moved more than a kilogram of cocaine in two years
Man took 26 photos of bear before it mauled him

This is the first known fatal bear mauling in the park's nearly century-long history
Man builds 50 foot tennis racket

The New Yorker eyes the Guinness World Records
Woman aims at skunk, shoots husband

Fortunately, bullet did not damage any of his vital organs
Mall's roof cut in bid to steal Air Jordans

More than a dozen pairs abandoned on the roof
Jail's gardening back fires as prisoners grow pot

French jail where prisoners are allowed to grow their own produce
Woman hid 42-inch TV under skirt

The woman made it as far as a bus stop with the TV between her legs
Man sleeping in river mistaken for drowning victim

Man fell asleep while cooling off on a hot summer day
Hairy spider living in woman's ear for 5 days

Doctors flush spider out with saline solution
41-year-old housewife looks 20 years younger

She credits her beauty and figure to daily exercise and a healthy fruit-laden diet
Woman dressed as nurse in attempt to steal baby

Caught by a sensor worn by baby
Two 13-year old boys steal parent's car

Drive it hundreds of miles from Ohio to Kansas

Argentinian honey production in danger

Many Argentinian apiculturists decide to leave the Pampas in a bid to maintain the production and the quality of their
Dancer stars in Chadian film at Cannes

Chadian director Mahamat Saleh Haroun presents 'Grigris', the only African film in the competition for the Palme d'Or.
Pakistan's Imran Khan leaves hospital after fall

Pakistani politician Imran Khan leaves hospital, two weeks after breaking bones in his back in a fall at an election
Korea takes the fashion world by stealth

[video]Backed by some of the country's biggest conglomerates, Korean fashion labels are racking up revenues and

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5 silly mistakes that’ll make your colleagues hate you

These mistakes can also ensure you lose your co-worker’s respect: HR expert
Emirati woman burns ex-husband’s car in revenge

Woman drove to Khorfakkan from another emirate with a gallon of petrol
Meet the woman who says she's too pretty to work

Laura Fernee, who lives in Notting Hill, says her good looks are so powerful they are ruining her life and have forced

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