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    Diver survives three days in ocean (Reuters)

Reuters - A former New Zealand navy diver left adrift at sea for three
 days survived by eating crayfish and sea slugs after he became
 separated from friends while diving near an island off the country's
 coast.

    Sikhs, Hindus seek open-air cremations (Reuters)

Reuters - Britain's Hindus and Sikhs want the right to stage open-air
 cremations on funeral pyres so their dead can take an unimpeded path to
 reincarnation.

    Paris Hilton ordered to stay away from man (Reuters)

Reuters - Hotel heiress Paris Hilton was ordered Tuesday to stay away
 from a Los Angeles party planner who claimed she called him a "lazy
 Mexican" and bombarded him with threatening phone calls.

    No pearly gate, breach in Vatican walls is way out (Reuters)

Reuters - It may not be pearly, but the Vatican is opening a new gate in
 its centuries-old walls.

    Race to top of Empire State Building (Reuters)

Reuters - Reaching the 86th floor of the Empire State Building, Thomas
 Dold let out a roar worthy of King Kong on Tuesday after climbing 1,576
 steps and breaking the tape to win the race up New York's tallest
 building.

    If at first you don't succeed... (Reuters)

Reuters - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi backed away from a
 pledge to change the law to let women inherit the throne Wednesday, one
 day after sudden news that a royal princess was pregnant revived hopes
 for a male heir.

    Family Claims Soup Contained a Dead Mouse (AP)

AP - A woman claims that her 89-year-old mother spooned a dead mouse
 into her mouth from a bowl of Campbell's bean with bacon soup.

    Tanzanian baby feeds on dog's milk - paper (Reuters)

Reuters - A Tanzanian mother went into hysterics when she found her six
 month-old baby suckling dog's milk, a local daily reported on Thursday.

    Long Strange Non-Trip for Woman, Two Dogs (AP)

AP - Debra Schwarz and her two dogs are taking the long way home. The
 really long way. The three are stranded in Eugene, with no available
 transportation.

    From battered wife to sleigh queen (Reuters)

Reuters - When Eric Maleson won a few thousand dollars in the Brazilian
 lottery in the late 1980s, he decided to spend them on a trip to the
 United States to learn English.

    House Burns While Man Makes a Food Run (AP)

AP - A man who went out for a few minutes to buy food came back to find
 his Northwest Washington house ablaze Wednesday. "A lady in the next
 block said, 'Is that your house?' I said, 'I hope not.' Up to that
 point I wasn't even sure," said Joe Howard.

    Intact tomb found in Egypt's Valley of the Kings (Reuters)

Reuters - An American team has found what appears to be an intact tomb
 in the Valley of the Kings, the first found in the valley since that of
 Tutankhamun in 1922, one of the archaeologists said on Thursday.

    Stuck Foghorn Wails Every Few Minutes (AP)

AP - The tranquility of Monterey has been disturbed by a foghorn stuck
 at the end of the Coast Guard pier. The switch is stuck on "on" and
 nobody in the area knows how to fix it, Petty Officer 1st Class Lance
 Benedict said Tuesday.

    NZ man charged in Pacific island murder (Reuters)

Reuters - A New Zealand man charged with the first murder on Norfolk
 Island in the South Pacific in 150 years admitted to police that he hit
 the murder victim accidentally with his car, a prosecutor said on
 Thursday.

    Woman Accused of Mailing Condom Explosives (AP)

AP - A former strip club waitress mailed condoms filled with a
 potentially explosive mixture to a television station, strip clubs and
 other places, saying she was tired of being mistreated by men,
 according to court documents.

    Going easy on pot smokers draws Iowa lawmaker's ire (Reuters)

Reuters - An Iowa sheriff's decision to hand out tickets instead of
 arrests for small amounts of marijuana invited a lawmaker's slap that
 it would be simpler to ban rock concerts and football games.

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