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Posted on June 30, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Fireworks could brighten up Rhode Island budget (Reuters)

Reuters - The cash-strapped state of Rhode Island is hoping to turn residents' patriotic fervor into a boost in tax revenue this July 4th, after passing a law that legalizes small fireworks for individual use.

Posted on June 30, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Lock of Napoleon’s hair sells for $13,000 (Reuters)

Reuters - A lock of hair cut from Napoleon Bonaparte's head after he died has sold for US$13,000 at an auction in New Zealand.

Posted on June 30, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Researchers seek Little Miss Muffets for fear study (Reuters)

Reuters - An Austrian university is on the hunt for girls who recoil at the sight of spiders for research into how fear affects the processes of the brain.

Posted on June 29, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Ukraine recovers stolen Caravaggio work: report (Reuters)

Handout picture released by the German Bundeskriminalamt (BKA, German Federal Criminal Police Office) shows a painting attributed to Italian master Caravaggio. German police said they recovered, in a joint operation involving German and Ukrainian authorities, the 400-year-old painting called Reuters - Ukrainian and German police have recovered a painting by 17th century Italian artist Caravaggio stolen from a Ukrainian museum, the Interfax news agency quoted Ukraine's interior minister as saying on Tuesday.



Posted on June 29, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Oil broker banned for drunk trading binge (Reuters)

Reuters - Britain's financial regulator has fined and banned a former broker for manipulating oil prices by buying more than 7 million barrels while on a drinking binge.

Posted on June 29, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Gum goots designed with a blast to charge mobile phones (Reuters)

Reuters - Modern festival-goers who dread ending up with a dead mobile phone battery after days stuck in a muddy field with no electric plug power points may now have a solution -- power boots.

Posted on June 29, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Singer murdered after denying he was dead (Reuters)

** FILE ** In this May 26, 2006 file photo, Mexican singer Sergio Vega speaks in front of a promotional image of his album 'Plaza Nueva' in Mexico City. Vega was murdered Saturday, June 26, 2010 by unknown assailants at a highway near Los Mochis, in Mexico's Sinaloa state. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Reuters - Mexican singer Sergio Vega was murdered while on a national tour at the weekend, just hours after denying reports of his death, local media reported.



Posted on June 28, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Russia police car chase ends with cash in the wind (Reuters)

Reuters - A Russian fisheries official suspected of accepting bribes tossed 10 million roubles ($322,000) from his car after a police chase and a crash on a busy Moscow highway, investigators said on Monday.

Posted on June 28, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

Police arrest models after fashion show (Reuters)

Reuters - Sudanese police briefly detained more than 20 models, make-up artists and designers after a rare mixed-sex fashion show in Khartoum, participants said Saturday.

Posted on June 28, 2010 - by Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters

China bans online love for soldiers (Reuters)

Reuters - China's military officers have added matchmaking to their duties, after the government banned troops from online dating over fears that lonely hearts might let sensitive information slip, state media said on Monday.

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