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Posted on November 30, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Rome taxis seek to wipe out tourist scams (Reuters)

The Colosseum is seen in the background as taxi drivers block the famous Fori Imperiali road in downtown Rome, November 29, 2007. REUTERS/Dario PignatelliReuters - Rome's largest taxi cooperative is trying to improve the bad name of the city's cabbies, notorious among tourists to one of the world's best loved cities.



Posted on November 30, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Goncourt winner Littell wins Bad Sex Award (Reuters)

Reuters - Jonathan Littell, who won France's prestigious Prix Goncourt in 2006 for "The Kindly Ones," has picked up another prize for the same work -- the Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award.

Posted on November 27, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Bulgarians name brandy after PM after tax victory (Reuters)

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov speaks to the media in front of the polling station in Bankya, near Sofia, November 15, 2009. REUTERS/Oleg PopovReuters - Bulgarian villagers have named their home-made rakia brandy "Borisovka," playing on the name of Prime Minister Boiko Borisov to thank him for stopping parliament from raising taxes on alcohol.



Posted on November 25, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

“Coffee police” fight fraud on shop shelves (Reuters)

A judge takes a spoonful of specialty coffee before tasting it during the Cup of Excellence competition in Machado November 13, 2009. REUTERS/Paulo WhitakerReuters - Brazil's coffee industry is engaged in a tireless battle against rogue roasters who cut corners and costs by bulking up their products with corn, soy or even wood, the ABIC industry association says.



Posted on November 25, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Irish use strike day to shop across border (Reuters)

A woman pushes a pram across a glass walkway in the Victoria Square shopping centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughtonReuters - Irish workers caused traffic jams on Tuesday as hundreds made use of a one-day public sector strike to do some Christmas shopping in the cheaper stores across the border in Northern Ireland.



Posted on November 24, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Hitler’s favorite car makes comeback? (Reuters)

Nazi leader Adolph Hitler waves to crowds in his six seater Mercedes car in this undated World War II file photo. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - A car expert says he has tracked down Hitler's favorite Mercedes to a garage near the town that helped the Austrian-born Fuehrer become a German citizen.



Posted on November 24, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Using your plastic for plastic surgery.. (Reuters)

Reuters - Unfazed by a recession and rampant inflation, image-conscious Venezuelans show no signs of cutting back on the facelifts, liposuction, and breast augmentation that have become de rigueur beauty treatments.

Posted on November 24, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Man robbed of $2 million bank withdrawal (Reuters)

Reuters - A man in Taiwan was robbed of more than $2 million in cash that he had just withdrawn from the bank, a police official said on Tuesday.

Posted on November 23, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Judge blocks law allowing guns in bars (Reuters)

Reuters - A judge on Friday blocked a Tennessee law that allowed people to bring handguns into restaurants and bars.

Posted on November 23, 2009 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Cops on trail of “gingerbread town” vandals (Reuters)

Reuters - The people of Bergen rolled out the cookie dough Monday as local police tried to sniff out vandals who destroyed the Norwegian city's traditional Christmas decoration -- a town of gingerbread houses.

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