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    Welcome to the killing fields cafe... (Reuters)

Reuters - A new Cambodian cafe is offering diners a slice of life under
 the Khmer Rouge, with a menu featuring rice-water and leaves, and
 waitresses dressed in the black fatigues worn by Pol Pot's ultra-Maoist
 guerrillas.

    Bookmaker blasted over 'Last Supper' ad (Reuters)

Reuters - Irish bookmaker Paddy Power was fending off the wrath of
 Christians in overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Ireland on Friday over an
 advert depicting Jesus and the Apostles gambling at the Last Supper.

    Santa compensated for dead reindeer (Reuters)

Reuters - Santa Claus will receive $5,000 in compensation from the
 Danish air force after an F-16 fighter jet frightened one of his
 reindeers to death.

    Dollars to doughnuts... (Reuters)

Reuters - Australia's highest court has upheld a A$471,000 compensation
 payout to a pastry cook who cut her little finger while reassembling a
 doughnut machine, court officials said Friday.

    Media boasts land top hooker in jail (Reuters)

Reuters - A $2,000 an hour prostitute known as New York's No. 1 Escort
 pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of money laundering and
 prostitution that stemmed from her bragging in the media about her
 work.

    Mexican panda home after failed Tokyo love match (Reuters)

Reuters - Mexican giant panda Shuan Shuan was back in her Mexico City
 enclosure on Thursday, jet-lagged and chewing glumly on a pile of
 bamboo leaves after failing to find passion with a suitor in a Tokyo
 zoo.

    Mating game is never over for male swallows? (Reuters)

Reuters - Men who put on a little pot belly after marriage can give
 thanks that they are not barn swallows. A study published on Thursday
 shows females of that species keep shopping around even after mating.

    Gas prices high? Try an eco-friendly, $3.5 mln Skycar (Reuters)

Reuters - If that Hummer is draining your cash at the gas pump, Neiman
 Marcus Group Inc. has the perfect holiday gift: A fuel-efficient, $3.5
 million "Skycar" that flies 350 miles per hour and burns
 environmentally friendly alcohol.

    World toilet summit lifts lid on public hygiene (Reuters)

Reuters - Delegates to the annual World Toilet Summit in Northern
 Ireland's capital Belfast could be forgiven for feeling flushed this
 week after sitting down for a three-day debate on the finer points of
 public sanitation.

    Recipe for perfect sandcastle (Reuters)

Reuters - A lesson learned by centuries of beachcombers has been
 distilled to a physicist's formula: to make the perfect sandcastle, use
 eight parts sand to one part water.

    Chinese chimp quits smoking after 16 years (Reuters)

Reuters - A chimpanzee in a northwest China zoo has quit smoking after
 16 years with the help of her keepers, official media reported.

    Investigation Brewing Over Jailhouse Yeast (AP)

AP - Add yeast to the list of items not allowed in jails. The Mesa
 County sheriff's department recently confiscated two toothpaste tubes
 full of brewer's yeast that somebody tried to smuggle into the county
 jail.

    Soccer-mad Mexico whoops up teenage world cup win (Reuters)

Reuters - Soccer-mad Mexico donned a wide-brimmed sombrero and jumped
 for joy in green, red and white on Sunday to celebrate its first ever
 World Cup win, unfazed by the under-17 age limit on the teenage team.

    Clowns ease anxiety in young patients -study (Reuters)

Reuters - A clown in the operating room may relax anxious children who
 are about to undergo surgery, but the entertainer has to learn to keep
 out of the way, Italian researchers said on Monday.

    Seattle Considers Banning Lap Dances (AP)

AP - Strippers who venture too near the laps of their dollar-bill-waving
 patrons have exposed an unexpected prudish streak in this West Coast
 bastion of tolerance and liberalism.

    Reported 10th planet Xena has moon named Gabrielle (Reuters)

Reuters - Xena, the possible 10th planet in our solar system, has its
 own moon, a dim little satellite called Gabrielle, its discoverers
 reported.

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