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    Handsome men have edge in election wins: study (Reuters)

Reuters - Beauty may only be skin deep but it's apparently enough to
 carry an election, a new study says.

    Dads may be able to keep babies behind bars (Reuters)

Reuters - Sweden's prison service may allow babies to live in prison
 with their fathers, putting men on an equal footing with women in
 prison parenting, a prison service official said Thursday.

    Quarter of UK dogs are stressed out? (Reuters)

Reuters - Man's best friend has certainly not been treated that way.

    Commuters watch for "sumpnspicious" (Reuters)

Reuters - For Washington commuters, unattended bags or odd behavior
 spell "sumpnspicious."

    Date set for Da Vinci Code plagiarism trial (Reuters)

Reuters - Two historians are suing the publishers of Dan Brown's
 best-selling religious thriller "The Da Vinci Code" in a case which
 lawyers said Thursday was due to start early next year.

    European students launch satellite into space (Reuters)

Reuters - Students from more than 20 universities across Europe have
 designed, built and on Thursday launched their own satellite into
 space.

    Flemish wife calls Walloon spouse "lazy," arrested (Reuters)

Reuters - Belgium's history of linguistic bickering between Flemings and
 Walloons entered a new phase this week when police arrested a Flemish
 woman for calling her Walloon husband lazy, Belgian media said
 Thursday.

    Dutch Big Brother mother quits show after jibes (Reuters)

Reuters - A contestant on the Dutch "Big Brother" reality television
 show who gave birth in the house last week is quitting the program
 because she is fed up with housemates who accuse her of being a bad
 mother.

    Bon Voyage: Wisconsin Cat Sails to France (AP)

AP - When Emily the cat went missing a month ago, her owners looked for
 their wandering pet where she had ended up before -- the local animal
 shelter. This week they learned Emily sailed to France.

    Tamil Tigers search for catchy new anthem (Reuters)

Reuters - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels -- who already have a national
 flower and flag for their self-proclaimed state in the parts of the
 island they control -- are now on a quest for a catchy national anthem.

    Man Finds 56-Pound Mushroom in Missouri (AP)

AP - The mushroom Ty Whitmore found on a relative's farm near the
 northwest Missouri community of Maysville this week tipped the scales
 at 56 pounds -- and that was only part of it.

    Police on wild boar chase (Reuters)

Reuters - This wild piggy went to an upmarket hotel. This wild piggy
 went to an historic palace. And all the wild piggies were chased by
 South Korean police.

    Man Posing As Cop Shows Woman His Tattoos (AP)

AP - According to Independence County deputies, Steven Terrell's first
 mistake was telling Christine Gray that he was an undercover officer
 for the sheriff's department. Then he showed her his driver's license.
 Then he asked her for a date. Then he was arrested.

    Zimbabweans drown sorrows in mobile phone humour (Reuters)

Reuters - Zimbabweans are using mobile phones to spice up their lives
 with a bit of humour and take their minds off the daily grind of life
 in the shattered economy, scrounging for scant food and fuel.

    Police: Man Re-Enacts 'Halloween' Scene (AP)

AP - Police say something bad was bound to happen when a butcher knife,
 the movie "Halloween" and a group of drinking men came together at a
 Rogers motel room.

    Man in Handcuffs Escapes Police Cruiser (AP)

AP - Police are searching for a suspect who pulled a bit of a Houdini
 act while handcuffed in the back of a cruiser.

    Canadian family gets hope on snowy Road to Nowhere (Reuters)

Reuters - Authorities in the Canadian town of Iqaluit, near the Arctic
 Circle, are coming to the rescue of a family whose house routinely gets
 buried by snow each winter.

    Robber Blames Crime on Missing His Mother (AP)

AP - A man who led police on a high-speed chase after a bank robbery in
 May says he was driven to commit the robbery because he missed his
 mother.

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