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    You can't fight here, this is a boxing dinner! (Reuters)

Reuters - Perhaps inspired by the presence of the "baddest man on the
 planet" in their midst, guests at a British boxing dinner for Mike
 Tyson launched into a mass punch-up.

    Woman weds teen, spends honeymoon in jail (Reuters)

Reuters - A pregnant 37-year-old Georgia woman who eloped with a
 15-year-old boy was in jail on charges of child molestation,
 authorities in the southern state said on Tuesday.

    Angry? Take it indoors! (Reuters)

Reuters - A Chinese university has set up a special "anger management"
 room for students to let off steam, apparently to avoid students taking
 to the streets in protest or taking their own lives.

    Serial killer art raises free speech debate (Reuters)

Reuters - An online auction of artwork by a serial sex killer triggered
 outrage in Massachusetts on Tuesday where lawmakers proposed to block
 criminals from profiting on what they called "murderabilia," setting
 off a debate on free speech rights of prisoners.

    Budget cuts enabled prison escape? (Reuters)

Reuters - Two convicted murderers were able to climb over a wall and
 escape from an Iowa prison because budget cuts left some guard towers
 unmanned, a state senator said on Tuesday.

    Prescription for heart disease: pat a dog (Reuters)

Reuters - Just a few minutes spent patting a dog can relieve a heart
 patient's anxiety and perhaps even help recovery during a visit to the
 hospital, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

    In New Jersey slogan search, everyone's a comedian (Reuters)

Reuters - New Jersey, long trying to overcome its reputation for
 mobsters, air-choking traffic and toxic waste dumps, asked the public
 for a new image-boosting slogan and found some of its people share the
 same sardonic outlook as its detractors.

    Bush surprises Koizumi with Segway gift (Reuters)

Reuters - In the latest sign of their chummy ties, U.S. President George
 W. Bush gave Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi a surprise gift
 of a Segway electric scooter Wednesday and urged him to take a spin.

    Judge Admonished in Sighing Case (AP)

AP - A sigh isn't just a sigh in the courtroom of Nassau County Family
 Court Judge Richard Lawrence. There, a sigh could lead to a few nights
 in jail. But on Tuesday the state Commission on Judicial Conduct ruled
 Lawrence should be admonished for ordering a man locked up for contempt
 without first warning him he could be sent to jail or allowing him to
 say anything in his defense.

    Beep. It's from Hamlet. 2B? NT2B?=??? (Reuters)

Reuters - Woe un2mnkind! The text message is trying to summarise the
 great poet John Milton and a respected academic thinks this may be a
 smart new way to teach literature.

    Grandmother of Child Groom Disgusted (AP)

AP - The grandmother of a 15-year-old who wed a 37-year-old woman said
 Wednesday that she doesn't want anything to do with her grandson's
 bride.

    Rare whisky goes on sale for 14,000 pounds a bottle (Reuters)

Reuters - At 500 pounds a sip it is one of the world's most expensive
 tipples this Christmas.

    Kinkajou Repeatedly Bites Elderly Woman (AP)

AP - An elderly Pontotoc County woman received 20 stitches after being
 attacked and repeatedly bitten by a kinkajou, a raccoon-like pet that
 had escaped from a home five miles away.

    Police called to fight at Tyson dinner (Reuters)

Reuters - Perhaps inspired by the presence of the "baddest man on the
 planet" in their midst, guests at a British boxing dinner for Mike
 Tyson launched into a mass punch-up.

    Slaughterhouse-Bound Pig Tries to Escape (AP)

AP - A 280-pound pig delayed, but couldn't derail, its trip to a Bangor
 slaughterhouse when it bolted from a wooden trailer after its owners
 had stopped at a red light.

    Bush surprises Koizumi with Segway gift (Reuters)

Reuters - In the latest sign of their chummy ties, U.S. President George
 W. Bush gave Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi a surprise gift
 of a Segway electric scooter on Wednesday and urged him to take a spin.

    Woman Plans to Marry Man Who Shot Her (AP)

AP - A woman said she still plans to marry the man who shot her in the
 groin and then held her hostage in his family's garage for six days.

    "Anger management" offered on campus (Reuters)

Reuters - A Chinese university has set up a special "anger management"
 room for students to let off steam, apparently to avoid students taking
 to the streets in protest or taking their own lives.

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