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    Cow slaughter backfires for man (Reuters)

Reuters - A man who twice missed while trying to shoot a friend's cow
 only to accidentally shoot a passer-by in the leg was fined Wednesday
 for what an Australian court described as a freak accident.

    Sexy postcards won't have stamp of approval? (Reuters)

Reuters - The "Girl from Ipanema" may soon have to cover up, at least if
 she wants to appear on a postcard in Rio de Janeiro.

    Rome bans goldfish bowls (Reuters)

Reuters - The city of Rome has banned goldfish bowls, which animal
 rights activists say are cruel, and has made regular dog-walks
 mandatory in the Italian capital, the town's council said Tuesday.

    Gang tattoos hinder job prospects? (Reuters)

Reuters - First lady Laura Bush said on Tuesday that young people are
 more likely to get jobs if they avoid tattoos, as well as drugs and
 alcohol.

    Alien abductees prone to false memories? (Reuters)

Reuters - Do you have memories of being abducted by aliens and whisked
 away in a spaceship?

    Drug seizure creates song and dance for opera (Reuters)

Reuters - Rehearsals for an Irish opera met with an unusual hitch after
 customs officers seized cocaine from a truck delivering theatrical sets
 to a Dublin theater preparing to stage one of opera's finest works.

    How to beat the heat in stifling Dubai - go skiing! (Reuters)

Reuters - Tourists tanning in the United Arab Emirates will also be able
 to ski and snowboard as if in the Alps when a huge indoor ski resort
 opens in December.

    White House asks spoof Web site to stop using seal (Reuters)

Reuters - The White House is not amused by The Onion, a newspaper that
 often spoofs the Bush administration, and has asked it to stop using
 the presidential seal on its Web site.

    Typing error has Israel "admit" to NZ spy mission (Reuters)

Reuters - Israel has blamed a clerical error for a government statement
 that appeared to admit that its Mossad intelligence agency operated in
 New Zealand last year.

    Church-going boosts economic well-being? (Reuters)

Reuters - Attending religious services may enrich the soul, but it also
 fattens the wallet, according to research released on Tuesday.

    Cabbie Accused of Tainting Food With Feces (AP)

AP - A taxi driver is on trial for allegedly tainting baked items at the
 grocery store by sprinkling dried feces on the food. Prosecutors have
 store surveillance videotapes of two alleged incidents in July.

    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 on
 Thursday.

    Farmer Finds 11-Foot Python Curled in Corn (AP)

AP - This year's harvest will be memorable for Fred Schuknecht, not so
 much for his crop of corn, but what he found in it -- an 11-foot
 python.

    Altruism lacking in chimpanzees (Reuters)

Reuters - Chimpanzees share many traits with humans but altruism, it
 seems, is not one of them, scientists said on Wednesday.

    Goat's Rotten Week Ends With Eviction (AP)

AP - First she was assaulted with spray paint, then kidnapped. Now,
 Sharon the goat faces eviction.

    Drug seizure creates song and dance for Irish opera (Reuters)

Reuters - Rehearsals for an Irish opera met with an unusual hitch after
 customs officers seized cocaine from a truck delivering theatrical sets
 to a Dublin theatre preparing to stage one of opera's finest works.

    Some Europeans Aren't Fans of Halloween (AP)

AP - It's almost Halloween -- and all those ghosts, goblins, tricks and
 treats are giving Hans Kohler the creeps. So the mayor of Rankweil, a
 town near the border with Switzerland, has launched a one-man campaign
 disparaging Halloween as a "bad American habit" and urging families to
 skip it this year.

    Brazil rodeos banned on foot-and-mouth fears (Reuters)

Reuters - Raucous bullriding rodeos were banned on Wednesday in Brazil's
 most populous state on fears they could further spread foot-and-mouth
 disease in the world's biggest cattle-raising country.

    Wis. Bridge Begins Raining $20 Bills (AP)

AP - It was a clear morning in Green Bay -- and then it began raining
 money. Traffic came to a halt on the congested bridge Wednesday after
 $20 bills from a money bag that had been accidentally dropped from an
 armored truck began blowing around and down to the Fox River banks
 below.

    New worries for S.Korea over national dish kimchi (Reuters)

Reuters - South Korean concerns about how safe it is to eat kimchi are
 growing after authorities banned imports of the spicy pickled dish from
 China last week because samples contained parasites found in human
 excrement.

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