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    Erotic chat grounds for divorce? (Reuters)

Reuters - Erotic talk with a virtual partner in chatrooms on the
 Internet are enough grounds for a spouse to file for divorce, a legal
 magazine said Wednesday, citing a recent ruling in Belgium.

    Consumer feedback, Rio style.. (Reuters)

Reuters - An angry passenger on a crammed bus in the Brazilian city of
 Rio de Janeiro set the vehicle ablaze after it broke down and the
 driver ordered everyone off.

    Witchcraft training gets tax break (Reuters)

Reuters - Dutch tax authorities have allowed a woman to deduct the 2,210
 euros it cost her to take a one-year course in witchcraft, an inland
 revenue official said Wednesday.

    Elusive mouse grounds Qatari airliner for 13 hours (Reuters)

Reuters - A mouse upset the best-laid plans of an airline and nearly 250
 passengers in the Philippines, grounding a plane for 13 hours while
 engineers tried to smoke out the rodent.

    Russia's Putin sends in the plumbers (Reuters)

Reuters - Hours after President Vladimir Putin championed a Russian
 pensioner's complaint that she had to lug water home in buckets, the
 plumbers were on the way.

    Australians do their patriotic duty - birthrate up (Reuters)

Reuters - Treasurer Peter Costello urged Australians to "do their
 patriotic duty" and have more children but it seems they were doing it
 anyway, just for fun. A new study shows the birth rate hitting its
 highest level in seven years.

    Wendy's rewards $100,000 for info in finger case (Reuters)

Reuters - Wendy's International Inc. confirmed on Tuesday it would pay
 the $100,000 reward it promised for information that helped establish
 the origin of a piece of human finger a woman claimed she had found in
 a bowl of the burger chain's chili.

    Treasure hunters demand part of robot's find (Reuters)

Reuters - A debate is raging in Chile over who has the rights to a
 mythic treasure trove supposedly found by a robot metal detector on the
 islands that inspired the novel about castaway Robinson Crusoe.

    Did you say dogging or blogging? Brits confused (Reuters)

Reuters - Proponents of the latest Web trends were warned Tuesday that
 the rest of the world may not have a clue what they are talking about.

    Australian fish farmer rues 35,000 that got away (Reuters)

Reuters - Every fisherman has a tall tale but few will ever be able to
 brag about the 35,000 big ones that got away.

    Danish Santa Paid for Reindeer's Death (AP)

AP - The Danish Air Force said Thursday it paid about $5,000 in
 compensation to a part-time Santa Claus whose reindeer died of heart
 failure when two fighter jets roared over his farm.

    Racy fan mail sent to wrong Alonso (Reuters)

Reuters - A quiet bachelor who does not drive is being inundated with
 love letters because his name is Fernando Alonso and he lives in the
 same town as the newly-crowned Formula One champion.

    Ind. Man Falls Asleep While Siphoning Gas (AP)

AP - A man was charged with theft after authorities said he fell asleep
 while siphoning gasoline into a 55-gallon tank.

    Aardvark Makes Public Debut at Neb. Zoo (AP)

AP - The Henry Doorly Zoo has announced the birth of its first aardvark.
 The animal, born in Omaha on Sept. 9, made its public debut on
 Wednesday at the nursery, the zoo said.

    How to overcome that sinking feeling in quicksand (Reuters)

Reuters - Quicksand is not the bottomless pit portrayed in Hollywood
 films that sucks in unsuspecting victims and swallows them whole.

    'Oy Vey' Traffic Sign Goes Up in Brooklyn (AP)

AP - "Leaving Brooklyn? 'Oy vey!'" That's what motorists now see as they
 cross the Williamburg Bridge into Manhattan. The huge sign, affixed to
 a cross beam of the bridge high above the bustling traffic, is a sweet
 victory for Marty Markowitz, president of the borough, home to a large
 Jewish population.

    Thieves Pull Plug on Brunei Power Utility (AP)

AP - A gang of thieves has stolen cables, pillars and doors from scores
 of power substations in Brunei, disrupting service and leaving power
 lines dangerously exposed, an official said.

    Head of Royal Canadian Mint quits over expenses (Reuters)

Reuters - The head of the Royal Canadian Mint quit on Wednesday after it
 was revealed that he and his aides had racked up a vast amount in
 expenses, a move which added to the political woes of Prime Minister
 Paul Martin.

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